The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-12
TINESIN CHEYENNE.
. CITY TIE PLAINS that WAS
= Gil TzE roUeH's PARADISE

of Al OA4S~-
Uncle sam. -, p,,u.,,n
ne Boston Commercial 6u'tetin'
FROM I'm. ~ no other city in the far west
10 ny history ope-half 50 peculiar and
possess, a. that of Cheyenne, Wy. l
Interest," .9,hsr when the place was proudly
wen nv its iuhabitants the "Greas CITY 0.
~ nlaius.n This, to-, at a 'ime wien
INC u ras rightly held to De the
II town of its size IN the
WIS States. At one period within my
UnlvoI - - ,bAre were upward of 5000
rscOi lS ing and dying in the place, for,
- "a saw, hardly an hour passed Out a
IL oitber by hanging or shooting,
u71'1' .bara. | do not nov remember OF
ocoI .i-tbs occurring in the city, the popu-
any ING from time to time increased by
l 10 al s Of .'pilgrims" from the eastern
stotes or returning MIXERS from CALIFORNIA
aud Oregon .ho .i,v !. stood on a
Talair about which flowed Crow creek.
10 distance lowered lowered Long
u high promontory some ninety miles
fea n 20 while to the west the long line
70 'no ,I,ntains known as the Black Hills
OF IiS sasmingly impossible barrier to
reaieu .roTress in that direction A truly
iuItuo .sIi snot in which to dwell IN sum-
GEM 80 where the wind, blowing across
ulei snowv SUBMITS Of the Rocky
eho sweeps over the city aud its
l,,rronndings with refreshing GOODNESS. In
,e,1- dav cheyenne was the paradise OF
,oychs and belonged to the territory Oh Ia
Ito wyoming was then being organized.
g far as / could observe there was no otner
Government maintained than the popular
Eli and the will Of such dlsreputaDle cos
' wiz Tito gathering of people as then
Tesided there was, to say the least, oIteh
disgraceful in its demands.
U4 e might truly have been said that Chey-
.,oa wss then the land of the beggar and
T,rince there being no middle class. One
ri Murrau. an Irishman, had, previous
- nv arrival. served as mayor of the town,
snd before him appeared all offenders. TO
soma of our readers the story may be old,
,arertbsless the fact may be told that the
douchtv colonel invariably inflicted fine
~ s10 upon any individual in the place
Who shot at another, no matter whether he
bit or missed his mark. In like manner all
rersons arrested for being drunk
were severally fined $40 and two bits. the
latter portion Of the fine being appropriated
by his hoaor to pay for his daily drinks at a
neigaboring saloon. There was always
plenty of excitement in the town, the gamD-
ling saloons and places of lil-repu remain
ing in operation all night long. The only
fine of ouiec was from 10 O'Clock in the
morning to o'clock in the afternoon. A
persou on the streets during the hours men,
tioned would often overhear remarks after
the following fashion:
Dick Radford's out again, amt her
"You bet yer boots, and he's howlin', too,
for another fight"
Killed anybody yit"
"Yup! Had fuss over to Talbot's last
night Seeding from Indiana tried to
sack up on him in a game o draw, when
Dick let drive"
81 see, Major planted him, chi"
"Yup! And Dick he paid his little tenner
to old Murran aud was turned loose again. "
"Duru that court, anyway; it don't
amount to nawthin'. Anybody that's got
the scads can git away from thar"
The past record of Cheyenne for murder
and robbery is simply horrible one. On
an average two murders daily were COM
mitted, in some instances the victims being
fairly rlddled with shot before dying. AS O
rule always found that strangers to the
place, or travellers who strictly attended to
their own affairs, were rarely, if ever,
troubled. As Wild Bill was often won't to
declare, majority of the murders COM
mltted In the west occurred among the
worst classes living there, who, like wild
beasts, fought among Il emselves.
lam led to believe, from the erroneous
statements OF certain writer's upon the sub
Jectof life in the TAR west, that manv peo-
pie in tie east entertain the false notion
that miners are quarrelsome set AS O
matter of fact | have always found the re-
verse to be the case. Like soldiers and
sailors, the average miner is careless and
Tree with his money, and the very nature
Of bis calling makes him gambler, al
tnough he rarely becomes a drunkard A
nTm believer IN the doctrine of chance, he is
always ready and willing to ''stack up
against any game that might be in prog
ress' being apparently never so happy as
%nen within sound of the seductive clicking
OF the ivory chips used in gaming.
speaking of gambling reminds me of the
iacI that no more successful gamester ever
AYea Than Wild Bill, who Yves a frequent
VISITOR TO Cheyenne. While the latter was
serving as marshal at Hays City was liv-
Hg WIN the cavalry put there, and many
peasant evening spent in company with
le IaVorlte scout, who had served with me
a. TEA Ridge during the war. Welch's
. eoou was his tavorite place of resort. and
mo.e l nave often known him to win
t agmafq I OF $1,000 at pcker in single sit
~ 9, Inc scout was for a long time all
hbHnV"ltn tae soldiers, many of the latter
lug expert gamesters and free betters.
s SpS. one occasion, however, he lost some
5 private, and later was said to have
Ing soldiers -e 'o'N'i 40 oonceFn-
NJ ms speech of his finally reached the ears
n, .ae soldiers themselves, and in time the
ts ,aiSual was forced to arrest several of
W . LUMBER Tor assaulting him.
ha aI tne winter of 1870 Sergt. =. one of
ros.t Ne ~ Ietio"s IN his corps, CHANGED to
tbsr az fort Hayes, Wild Bill, who was
st5o, linking somewhat heavily. Now.
oSu Tue scout was ANYTHING but a
ff- r man, and in manner was an.
r racy lree from bluster or bravado. he
to ba1 rue.eSs nad so long been accustomed
fronH iI.Is us word respected as law among
wben tb otlaen That be was rather taken back
bin IN 10 10 serseant refused to make way tor
@u u tue narrow sidewalk.
Hair o,, nIcn DO You weigh. Mr.. Long
astonisS H0Aeu Cne sergeant, who was in utter
the man Ouo UNPARALLELED cheek OF
Won H. H., about 10 when I meet a man l,ks
a ION. '1f aly hghting weight is more than
~, guess I'll take you In" ~ Oil
sergean+ cns week." coollv remarked tbs
voyer Diver aS the scout reached for his re-
who ws up your gun, " continued the soldier
that T ! "a also armed. II am proud to saw
men WIN 0'T IRON rom Boston, where they rear
a pr,vota uaVe no use for revolvers where
III 6 pbt dispute is to be settled
battle gu ana you here a fair stand-ur
with Won IL T. you whip me I'll &c