The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-06-19
his Capture or .Msxtcan Joe.-ne Has
Hanged Seventeen Mon and Killed, 1t
Issaid. Notwithstanding Up
the Wade Gang.

the Wade Gnng.
No scout In the Indian Territory is
better known than .Comanchc Jack;"
no deputy marsh al Is mofe feared by the
Territory desperate than John Still
we'll The individual answering to
cithcr Of these names, the latter given
. him in youth, the former achieved by a
life Of daring and years OF residence in
tho land of the hostile Comanche, is a
striking figure. He has just turned
fifty, and time has sprinklcd with gray
the black hair that curls over his large,
we1l-formed@ head Exposure has
bronzed his fat, chubby face until 1t is
almost as dark as an Indians. His
massive form Of Ave feet eleven would
was an adventurous young man were 1t
not. for the wounds given by battling
savages and desperate men-ten in all
he carries upon his body; one, bullet
wound In his leg, necessitates a. limp
and tho use of cane His big blue
eyes, however, are as bright as ever and
sparkle with the same good natured cum
ming as in the past.
Stillwel is one OF the best shots Of
tho Territory, and no man is quicker
than he in draWing= gun aand pulling
the trigger Two beautiful ivory
handled revolvers, present from army
officers at Fort Reno, are never out Of
his reach, asleep or awake. There is
not a desperate in the Ter ritery- but
knows this to be true and breads the
day when Jack gets on his trail. He
knows that the deputy will have him,
dead or alive, unless tho old man him
self is killed. Jack is thus as often
hunted as he is hunting, and less cum
ming plainsman would have been sent
= ssover the divide" years ago Whom
ever desperate character is wanted
Jack is called upon to make the arrest
EARLY in the SOS Stillwcll was sent
after Mexican Joe," notorious thief
and desperate, who had stolen herds OF
cattle and killed two deputy marshals in
the Chickasaw Nation AS soon as the
desperate heard that Stillwell was look
ing for him he sent word that he would
kill the officer on sight A week after
ward Jack stopped for night at dcscrt-
ed ranch on tho Chisholm trail. Ho had
scarcely lariated his horse when he saw
coming toward the place man on horse
back, and the nearer he came the more
convinced was he that the rider was the
notorious Mexican Joe."
The stranger was mounted upon a
mustang, lariat hung from the pom
cartridges glistened like the teeth OF an
angry beast in the belt around hiswaist.
On each hip was a large revolver, and a
Winchester rife swung in the scabbard
OF his saddle. ! His small black eyes and
dark face looked even uglier.- as he
stopped in front OF the cabin and delib-
erately eyed the deputy. The latter re-
turned his scrutiny carclessly and felt
easy in the thought that he was not rec
ognized,
Tho latter dismounted at Jacks invi-
tation, and, after tying up his horse,
walked toward the cabin, carrying with
him his saddle and arms.
Pretty we'll armed. stranger" said
jack Eyes, was the reply, .'and there
is one man | am laying for When I
find him am going to use them all at
once"
.tW no Is -that?o innocently inquired
the deputy.
Jack Stillwell. Do you know him?"
'sKnow him? Well, should say so, ;"
replied Jack, with an oath, land l will
shake with you, stranger. Between us
both we can do him"
They spread their blankets side by
side on the floor of the cabin and, at the
M 20 To
tion Of the hated deputy which would
have ruined saints reputation for
truth. Joe soon fell asleep, but was
weakened by Jack rolling clear over
him. ~-
beg PARDON said Jack, apollo
getieally. as tho desperate sat up eye
Ing him closely by the light of the moen,,
which shohef through the broken win
dow. II am terrible fellow to roll in
my sleep"
They both lay down again and were
soon apparently asleep Again Jack
rolled over the Mexican, and when tho
latter awoke he found himself hand
cuffed.
well, stranger, you are tho deuce of
"a fellow to rel in your sleep, said the.
desperate, still game. "What be your
name, anyhow"
{ Jack Stillwen," was the cool reply.
The dosperado, seeing that no had
been cfeverly caught, and knowing that
resistance was useless, was hurried off
to Fort Reno He was tried at Fort
Smith, Ark, at the following term Of
tho United States District Court, con-
victed and hanged.
How many arrests Stillwell has made
in his lifetime he pretends not to know.
But seventeen men he has semitic tllcir
death by the hangman's moose. Thirty
one, it is said, he has killed Even in
that wild country, where men who have
killed ''theif man. are, not a few, he Is
pointed ort to strangers with min ed
feeling Of awe and respect, lilo nc YER
speaks OF himself except whom he has
boenarinking too freely. THEN he will
tell, Sin way peculiarly his own, low
some one mot his death through his as
sistans.c.
In tho northern part OF the Territory
there operated about ave years AGO q
most notorious gang Vt dcspesaaseA