The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-10
RATHER A COSTLY JOKE.
A SCARE THAT WAS CAUSED BY
AN uNsGNeo BOGUS DISPATCH.

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farce. which arose simply from Q drunken
spree, cos, the national government ard the
Southern Pacific Railroad company thou
sands Of dollars and caused tho people along
that road such fright As they viii not srou
/ forget
The facts In the case arc given as follows
by a writer In The 81 Louis Post-Dispscrhs
On Jan. i2. 1881, connection was made he-
I tween the "Sunset.n or g. H. and s A. rail-.
road, running west from San Antonio, Tex,
and the Southern Pacific. running cast from
/ San Francisco Cal Both roads had been In
c,urse Of construction f.r several years, lead
w through a wild. dcsoiatc and nninhabitcd
region u country The counties through
which The roads were built, in the Pecos and
Devils River countries, were nnorganizcd,
and since the labor employed along tho line
consisted Of probably as rough en- element Of
civilization as 10 world ever saw, there was
very little semblance 81 law or order among
the thousands and thousands % men la tho
grading camps strung along the limo The
principle Of existence was every man for him
self, etc.
REPRESENTATIVE or LAW AND ORDER
Finally murders. highway robberies and
other crimes bocamc so frequent that the con
tractors AMI the railruad company united In
petition to the governor Of the state to APP
point justiceof the peace. clothed with the
additional functions AMI authority Of coro.
ner with jurisdiction over this entire terri.
tory Tho petition was granted, and tho man
appointed at She request Of the petitioners TO
an this important position was Roy Bcan-
JUDO Bean, as lie was called, was
short, stocky man Of about five feet eight
inches in height, about ~ years Of age, Tilt
crate, stern, pompous and courageous
His honor, as he frequently asserted, was
the law, the judge. the jury, attorneys and,
II need be, witness on both sides lie swore in
tho Renaissance style. and bis decisions wero
brilliantly bcspangod with salient and pro
nouncod forms Of ancient and modern impre-
cation.
But after exercising such arbitrary author
ity over territory larger than several east.
orn states thrown together, as soon as tho
connection was made, the camps deserted
and the men scattered, othcllo's occupation
was gona, and the judge had 10 HE him TO
pastures new. Tie went westward on tho line
and opened out tho Eagles Nest" saloon
at Iangtry, which station was Inhabited by
the operator and tho tankmn until Judge
Beams arrival
But toour episode During the warm sum.
mcr months Of 1888 the writer happened to
be In the little border town Of Dol Rio one
day about doon Tho village was Wild with
excitement over a dispatch corning from tho
west woniei: THE Indians ars upon usl"
The operator did not sisu his station, and
whe. lts locality might be OF where tho In-
dams might 0o WIS left 10 conjecture Tho
supposition was that the POOR follow had
either dod for his life OF had been scslped
Tie kilograms Kept lyng, and anxious inqui.
ries wore made OF each passing train, but moth.
ing could be learned Finally the excite
ment grow 80 intense that Superintendent
Van Yieck, in San Antonio, was literally
showed In with kilograms bosecchingi "For
Gods sake, send Us trains % take us 10 aplace
Of safotyl' Trains were made up taking tho
employees and their families 10 either Del Rio
or Sanderon.
In the meantime there was company OF
United States cavalry at tho p 81 Of Del Rio,
commanded by Capt Randlett As soon as
there seemed to be good grounds for action
tho captain wired Gen Stanley at San An
tonic. c0mmanlant Of tho southwestern mill
tary system. asking what be should do In tho
promises Tho general tccgraphed at ones
70 the secretary OF war az Washington ask
Ing instructions, and was ordered to have
Capt Rand.etts company 10 s. to tho scene
Of action 40 ouce At i0'c.ock the morning
after tho alarm the cavalry were aboard tho
cars and whirling along 10 the fray They
woro gone a week or ten days, calarrupins
around over the pralries IN search of tina
bloody hostJos, and returned With tho report
that no one had been killed and not a living
soul could be found who had ssen or definitely
heard OF an Indian. The feai.os the people
gradually suLsiled and the incident became
a thing Of the past.
TUE MYSTERY CLEARED UP.
During that summer the writer had occa-
sion to 60 70 Langtry, where Judge Bean was
CONDUCTING bis establishment for the dispen-
sation Of liquids incidentally the Judge do
tailed tho facts with much gloe, about the
cause Of tho recon, SO called milan outbreak.
Thoy were as follows: One forenoon there ar.
rived at Langiry ranger and q cowboy,
who announced 10 his honor that they were
going over into Mexico, about half a mile
away, 20 hunt deer and turkeys They drank
considerable before starting, AMI shortly after
arriving on tho Mexican side OF tho river
they discovered a wild Apache buck about
10 years Old They immediately drew down
upon hin, disarnel him, and. contrary to
every principle Of International law between
the two republics, forced him 20 como with
them 10 the American side.
Tho Indian could speak neither English nor
Spanish, ~ they took him up % Judge Bean,
who spoke Apache and aeyera. other Indian
dialects quite lucltiy After l.nbibing freely
Il tho ardent fuil and loOsening up the In
dams tongue tho quartet became quite ia.
niliar. They waited on the operator In a
body and Invited bun 10 join tho festivities
Of the hilarious cotorie, and when be bad pre-
cipitated himself with sufficient fervor into
the cup that cheers and Likewise inebriates
they persuaded BIN " Cash tho announcement
over tho wire. The Indians ere upon Us"
He was sensible enough not n sign bis sta
ton, and TO this good day il has been mys
tsry as to what was tie origin and SUBSTANCE
Of the terrible Indian scare Of 1888.
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topag rimilei wish clrcis Of small d.lnoo,L
OK uousnal ius.,r
slightly Inconsistent.
Tic treasurer q lao Peoples Passenger
railway, IN speaking the other day q odd
characters to be- found % ths cars, said. Il
know woman 50 dcyogt and rcliglously
strict tLa. slc mover has and s0ys She never