Telegram-herald., 1889-07-19

Ing po-ter which. printed ia big letters on
ss<rsag y~llo~ paper. AAs decorated aaay
sf tau Gotham fcncs- aa1 oil boards:
$50 REWARD
Fer the Nosorieu- Road Agent,
DEADW GOD DICK
Alias Richard Bristol. I'd Harris, &c.
Wi.o apon she l4ss day OF last priI stopped
snd robbed ths S1ax7 Cosch between 81.
~~rson and Lradville. of th- Wells fargo
and A1sfas Express CoDpanys cash box
or - contests. The Above reward vii be
pad Tor sira
DEAD OR ALIVE
JOAN Lax. sheriff.
Leadville. Col
an not A dramatic critic. bat I Know
a good play When | see IL. and having
taken Ia "Deadwood Dfck' from zn or
ea-str. stall. for ~hieh paid s5 cents,
aid beea ia.pr-sssd with it- merits pro
pose - g. tns public kaow something
about t.
After the orchestrs had kindly played
a. overture from "JSoany Get Your Gun"
aad a~ occu pants u she boxes mad been
supplied With Deer. theeurtaia rose and the
pay began.
The frst scene represented Wild west
srn bsx-roo0m in a mining camp. There
was bar keeper with big som mbrero and
small pistol. variety stage Dutchmsn
with a SNAIL cap and large abdomen,
Sheriff BIN Stokes, (true ss steel, ia
Bo~sry dapn-l shirt. high boots, a wide
brimned sst asd a p caltber dve shooter.
one Or Two williams with pistols, and Balti-
mere. Introducing songs etc) The latter
fair yo-ug giri dressed like COW
boy. except that sne wore remarkably
sh0rt skirt OF ponxee silk She also carried a
sxsLooter Her sombrero was wide and
her xosdea hair fell ia = ghttering cascade
sfo~n her back She wore rhine stone
ear rugs. Arrer sii hands had taken a
drink st the BAR. n rsery Hank (ths hard
erowf) casually remarked that Baltimore
wss "0resty xaf' aud rhst be WAS going
- kfss hsr. Baltimore pulled out her
pistol and talked r~sl hard 20 Hank in the
Ta0st approved dime novel slang. While
she ~As doing this the orchestra gave
flourish and D-adwood Dick the Outlaw
Primer. stepped into the room from the
gnich outside Tie sook in the situation
with one glance of bis eagle eye and then
iaformsd Hank that ne was dead wrong to
treat xirl that way on first acquaintance.
tbs rlisd Hank aud he gave some back
taFk ~ Dick. the upshot OF which was
tlas aArt "at pfsposr| Au1 promptly
fonght out IN she bar-room.
~ soon - Bill stokes g1ve the word 10
fr- Dick aratly shot Hanks pistol ont OF
hfS hsnd Then Hsok had TO apologize.
IL did With bad grace and then sat
down at The tshie, where he was soon
.oined ~ Monroe MalTeen. che heartless
onrl Tb-y talked together abont mine
Tor awhile sud thsn Deadwood ID ck. who
was evidently ous FOR gore. stepped over
- thsln tnd n n'osmed the Leartisss one
thst hs wss rhi-f coward ans a muir
cersr. S1ca language e. tast meant fight
every g me and an idst sra;tling exchange
u shots she scene shifter got 10 his fine
work sos drew wvod acd veil over ths
bloody frscss
Tie frst person - enter The woodland
sceus vs@ john Henry Augustus, the
eoIor-c gent. H- said that ne was hungry
and veut oT ~ tb@ ?. side. Then Adolf
phus Ffrnosd3e. shs dude. came iu With
Hank Hank Immediately shot the heel
OF the dudes boot and the latter rsn of.
rhen ,oe -olor-d gent came back and The
Hard Crowd Immediately ~ent for ain
snd threafsne1 - sgelnk y head