, 1888-04-19
WILD GILL, OF KANSAS
killing Two Soldiers In TwinklInE,
but uesitnting ut u Monkey.

killing Two Soldiers In u TwinkllnE,
but uesitnting ut IL Monkey.
"Wild Bill was n good shot, was he
notS"
"NNith the six shooter he was simply
wonderful. In my entertainment l give
an illustration of n double shot he made
out at Hays City, Kan, in the early days,
when he shot two soldiers, one In front OF
him and one directly behind him, each en-
deavorlng to shoot him before he could
draw his gun. He killed one and NOR
tally wounded the other, and the two re-
ports OF the revolver seemed almost as
one. The marvellous feat was the talk OF
the country for n long time. In fact,
when came by there IL few days ngo one
Of the old residents who witnessed tho
killing mentioned it to me and said ho
coull scarcely believe 1t even after seeiry;
1t. ill never missed his mark. have
seen him take II pistol in each hand and
fire with right and left pistol at II ci0
thrown in the air, hitting it with both
bullets. BY the way, ! heard II very
funny story told on Bill some time ago.
If you remember, he married Mrs. Agnes
Lake, widow of Lake, the circus man.
Bill fairly worshipcd his wife, but de.
spite his great love for her she never
could induce him to quit drinking. Ila
would come home fun OF bad whisky, and
one day Mrs. Hickok said to him;
'Blll, If you don't quit this drinking
pretty soon you will actually begin to SEQ
monkeys
" Monkeysp' said he. What do you
mean, little one?'s
why You know, when people bac.S
east drink too much of the kind of whisky
they get back there they see snakes, but
this awful stuff out here makes them soc
monkeys
'Bill laughed at her and did not give
the matter u second thought, little dream
ing that she had put up job to brc;.i.
him Of his Incorporate habits There was
tame monkey In the town--Cheycnne,
believe 1t was-and Mrs. IIickok had in
duced its owner to loan it to her for II
night. Bill came home that night COM
Portable drunk and after he had gone to
sleep his wife secured the monkey and
chained 1t to the foot of the bed. Then
turning down the light little she too
retired and awaited results. Bill woke
up in the night burning with thirst and
raised up into sitting posture, intending
to get ont of bed and get II drink of water.
There perched up on the fOotbOard, was
the monkey staring him in the face with
hdoous grimaces lie rubbed his blcared
eyes, looked again, and horrible suspi
cion came into his befuddled brain. Had
his wife told him the TRUTH Did he really
have 'em' Finally, he sprang out on the
floor, seized bis six shooter, which lay on
table near, leveled it ut the grinning
creature, and said:
Now, old man, IL you are n monkey
you're in n bad fix; If you amt u monkey
I'm in bnd fix At the same instant he
fired and the monkey fell over in the ago.
nies of death. His wife, who had been
watching the working OF her scheme,
sprang up in the bed with n scream, and
Bill, turning to her with broad smile OF
the most intense satisfaction, said;
Little woman, congratulate me, fot
l have just had n wonderful escape. !
ain't as drunk as / thought was, and
there's monkey lyln' there on the floor
Smestic felicy of another happy family an
malAn gentleman think he's got the jim.
jams Capt. Jack Crawford in Kansas
City Times