Sharp County record., 1891-11-19
TYPES OF BORDER BAD MEN.
The Real Thing is Closely Initiated by
the Plated Article.

Bad men in the west break into two
classes" said gentleman, late of Sill
yer City THE sure enough and the
imitation bad man. One is killer and
the other simply busters The two
sorts look alike, talk alike, garb them.
selves in big hats, belt guns on their
hips, swear and guzzle the throbbing
whisky of the region and follow each
others suit from first to last; for which
reasons it is hard to tell the real thing
from the counterfeit The only sure
way of distinguishing the true, solid
silver bad man from the plated
fellow is to test them as fast as pre-
sented.
Russian Bill who, in the early SOS,
was rustler in the valley of the San
Simon in Arizona, and a singularly in
dustrious horse and cattle stealer of
that shadeless region, was an imitation
bad man. He was a great tallSer and
hear him tell it-had filed more
graves than an epidemic. 1t is doubt
full, however, if he ever drew human
blood, and the other ''rustlers" similar
ly regarded him as man of no cour-
age. 1t turned out case of the mag
pie and the peacocks with the Russian
though, for one evening the impulsive
denizens of Shakespeare, Ariz. took
Bills word and incontinently hung
him de bene esse The Russian had
company though, for they stretched an
other gentleman, time and tree the
same, yclept Sandy King. There was
no discount, however, on King One
could have taken brace and bit and
bored clear through King and struck
nothing but clear-strain game. King
and Russian Bill were together on the
occasion of their apprehension and TAX
ing off, and were decided specimens of
the two types of bad men.
"Bill, as a name, has been the prop
erty of good many of the fighters OF
the west. Frequently some atIix or
prefix went with it to keep the blood
bedewed Bills from getting all mixed
up There has been a Curly Bill,
Wild Bill a Navajo Bill, Buffalo Bill,
Poker Bill, Cheyenne Bill French
Bill, an Antelope Bill, Russian Bill,
Broncho Bill, Canadian Bill, Monte
Bill, Butcher Knife Bill and Bill
Bonney or Billy the Kid that have
known of.
Cheyenne Bill was and is one of the
false killers referred to, and always
trying to run blazer upon some ten
derfoot and scare him to death. Ration,
N, NJ, pronounced Rah- t0On-does not,
as community, rise early of a Sunday
morning, and as | once, back in 'S3,
came out of the hotel in the still and
early hours of that holy day heard
voice over on the next street raised to a
point between threat and a command
My attention was at once ...tt ATTRACTED, s,ted
found Cheyenne Bill in slow but threat.
ening pursuit of reluctant tenderfoot
who had come in on the train the night
before, What the row was about
didn't know
"'Stop whar you be or I'll pull on
youH commanded the vaporish Bill in a
fierce tone his hand on his six-shooter
and following along after the stranger
some two rods behind.
ITO give the tenderfoot his due, while
he kept walking away from Bill, he ap.
peared more disgusted than scared, and
while he said nothing and did not turn
on his would-be captor, nevertheless
he received his order to halt with
becoming contempt and kept straight
on.
Except for my presence Cheyenne
and his victim had the town to them
selves, Jack Hixenbaugh, the mar
shal, and the rest of the citizens being
sensibly in bed, had seen China
man run Cheyenne around once over In
Trinidad, and knew there was no more
to be feared from him than from the
last calf on the range, and shouting
over to him ! so informed the person
from the east and advised him TO 90
ter the doughty Cheyenne and pull
his head off The tcndcr'oot had about
made up his mind to do IL anyhow, and
my vote settled IT, He turned and
started for BILL whereupon that
person at once lost all his valor
and fed briefly, The tenderfoot
caught up with him, however,
and eased his surcharged soul
by three or four forceful and very
meritorious kicks This seemed to do
both Bill and the shorthorn world Of
good, and the former avoided the fifth
by plunging up stairway. The ten.
derfoot wanted TO charge after Bill and
XIII him completely; but urged a dif
ferent view and pointed out the fact
that Bill took his gun with him and II
he found himself cornered he might
shoot
Curly Bill was another OF the riot.
Gus and desperate sort His range in
81 and 80 was Southwestern New
Mexico and Eastern Arizona No one
knew where Curly Bill hailed from, but
II there's truth in scripture, where he
was going 10 was plain TO all lie was
reputcd when saw him 10 have killed
nineteen men; and had the air OF one
who was looking hard for the chance
tomake II score Curly Bill has found
his grave somewhere ont In tina nrid |