Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-02

able citizen, a friend OF law and order
and much-abused man. The other
was that II he was taken. back to Ari-
zona he would surely be taken off the
train by mob and iynched. The news
papers took up the case and urged the
governor to grant q requisition and
have doc" taken back to Arizona.
1T can be set down as n fact says n
man who knows Doc" Holiday we'll.
that the doctor had killed at least six
teen men. He usually looked out to
have the law on his side and then blazed
away at them. The doctor was pecu-
liar one and was trihc deceptive in his
methods. He would seem to back out
and hesitate and act as if afraid. then
suddenly he would rush on his antago-
mist and before the latter knew what
was coming he was perhaps laid out
stiff with one of the doctors bullets in
his carcass.
The truth seems to have been that the
doctor seldom lost his coolness. His re-
venge was not thwarted by blind yield
ing to passion: it was sometimes slow and
studied and always merciless when it
came.
The case was becoming celebrated
one. Thvre were delays in getting the
requisition from the governor of Ari-
IONA. Deputy Sheriff Linton and the
whole sherltf's Office were at their wits
end. Two Arizona acquisitions had
been found defective and the doctor was
having the best OF it. After about two
weeks of suspense, Sheriff Bob Paul,
came here from Tucson with the neces-
sary papers for Doc" Holidays arrest,
Sheriff Paul was cool-headed and deter
mined. Had he come here at first in
stead of the imprudent Arizona deputy,
Mr.. Linton believes things might have
ended differently.
In the meantime Colonel Deweese and
the friends of doc Holiday were bring
ing all the forces of the law. sympathy
and pursuations to bear on the base.
They were making their strongest ef-
fort with the governor of Colorado. But
the strongest representations were
made to him that if he gave Doc" Hol-
liday up he would deliver him
into the hands of a gang of desperadoes
and murdcrers. The authorities en-
deavored to calm the governor fears.
Sheriff Paul, who seems TO have acted
with perfect good faith in the whole
matter, offered to take Doe Holiday
back to Arizona with perfect safety.
Not hair OF the doctors head, he de-
clared. should be injured during the
trip. His plan was to take the doctor
to San Francisco by the Union Pacific,
and then to take him to Arizona by the
southern route. But the governor de-
clined to grant the requisition. He said
there were water tanks and other places
on the railroad where mob of cowboys
and others could easily attack II train
and take the prisoners from the authorl-
ties. 1t was in vain that Sheriff Paul
Paul argued that he would take the doc
tor to Arizona on special train, and
that there would not be the least dan
ger.
But the shrewd lawyers and about
equally shrewd friends of Doc" Holli-
day had other weapons at hand. The
result of their efforts led to the coming
of new word in Holiday
ing" Probably the scheme that was
worked was not an original one. AT
all events similar ones have been en-
ployed in criminal cases since then. and
it has frequently been tried with pris-
Oners who have been demanded by
Deputy Sheriff Hollingsworth when he
was armed with acquisitions. The
| charge of practicing a confidence game
in Pueblo was brought against the
doctor and writ of habeas corpus was
asked for in order that he might be
taken there. The scheme worked.
Judge Dawson, of the superior court,
granted a wri4 of habeas corpus and
doc" Holiday. instead of going to
Tucson, went to Pueblo. There appears
charge. At all events Doc Holiday
was soon at liberty, and Sheriff Paul re-
turned much disgusted to Arizona.
After the doctor settled in Denver his
life became that OF the ordinary gam
bier and he did not always play in the
best of luck. Frequently the Denver
police arrested him for vagrancy. For
the past five years his life has been u
rather colorless one, relieved by one
shooting scrape" and ending with
death at a health resort.
Yet the doctor had some warm friends,
who speak of him with tenderness and
put forward the usual sporting phrase:
''He come of good people back east and
won't say nothing agin him."
''The DOCTOR" said Colonel Deweese,
''Had just as lief kill man as not. All
he looked out for usually was to have
the law on his side. said to him one
day: Doctor, don't your conscience
with that peculiar cough of his, i
coughed that up with my lungs long
ago."
One little episode broke the tame cur
rent Of the last five years of the doctors
life. The scene was Leadville and the
characters were the doctor and Lead
vile bartender. The bartender was
Billy Allen, pretty we'll known char
acter about Leadville. Billy was also a
special policeman. The quarrel was
over a loan, which is something which
the ordinary gambler, when in hard
luck, frequently has to negotiate. Billy
had loaned the doctor IS. Some days
elapsed and the doctor failed TO return
the money. On Sunday morning
Billy told the doctor that he had waited
long enough and that he had promised
to pay back the money.
81 know 1 did, Billy" said the doctor,
shut lost what had last night and l
can't pay YOU
Billy replied angrilv that he wanted
his money and would give him till
Wednesday to pay it. If he didn't come
to time then he Billy would be fixed
| for him.
"Doc" Halliday knew what that
meant. and was still more enlightened
when Wednesday came round. The
Doc" had not come to time with the
money. He was told by friend that
Allen was looking for him. Putting a
| revolver into his pocket and throwing
liuht on his ann tho