Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-09
TWO TYPES OF BAD MEN
THE REAL THING IS INITIATED BY
THE PLATED ARTICLE.

"Bad men in the west break into two
classes," said gentleman, late of Silver
City, "the sure enough and the imita-
ton bad man. One is killer and the
other simply busters. The two sorts
look alike, talk alike, garb themselves in
big hats, belt guns ON their hips, swear
and guzzle and follow each others suit
from first to last, for which reasons it is
hard to tell the real thing from the coun-
terfeit. The only sure way of distin-
gushing the true, solid silver bad man
from the plated fellow is to test them as
fast as presented.
Russian Bill, who, in the early
eighties was rustler in the valley of
San Simon IN Arizona, and singularly
industrious horse and cattle stealer of
that shadeless region, was an imitation
bad man. He was great talker, and
hear him tell it-had filled more graves
than an epidemic. 1t is doubtful, how
ever, II he ever drew human blood, and
the other 'rustlers' similarly regarded
him as man Of no courage. 1t turned
out case of the magpie and the pea
cocks with the Russian though, for one
evening the impulsive denizens OF
Shakespeare. A. t., took Bills word for
it and incontinentally hung him de bene
esse.
"rhe Russian had company, though,
for they stretched another 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 him and
struck nothing but clean strain game.
King and Russian Bill were together on
the occasion of their apprehension and
taking of, and were decided specimens
of the two types of bad men.
THE NAME OF BILL.
"Bill, as q name, has been the prop
erty of good many Of the fighters of
the west. Frequently some affix or pre-
fix went with it to keep the blood be-
dewed Bills from getting all mixed up.
There have been Curly Bill, Wild
Bill, Navajo Bill, Buffalo Bill, a
Poker Bill, Cheyenne Bill, French
Bill, an Antelope Bill, a Russian Bill, a
Broncho Bill, Canadian Bill, Monte
Bill, Butcher Knife Bill and Bill Bon
ney, or Billy the Kid, that have known
of.
Cheyenne Bill was and is one of the
false killers referred to, and always try
ing to run blazer upon some tender
foot and scare him to death. Ration, N.
M.-pronounced 'Rahtoon'-does not, as
q community, rise early Of Sunday
morning, and as once, back in 1888,
came out of the hotel in the still and
early hours of that holy day, heard a
voice over on the next street raised to a
point between threat and q command.
My attention was at once attracted, and
getting out where ! could see / found
Cheyenne Bill in slow but threatening
pursuit of reluctant tenderfoot who
haI come in ON the train the night be-
fore. What the row was about didn't
know.
"'Stop whar you be, or I'll pull on
your 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 Disguised than scared, and
while he said nothing and did not turn
ON his would be captor, nevertheless he
received his orders to halt with becom-
ing contempt, and kept straight on.
BILL AND THE TENDERFooT.
Except for my presence, Cheyenne
and his victim had the town to them
selves, Jack Hixenbaugh, the marshal,
and the rest Of the citizens being sensi-
bly, in bed. had seen q Chinaman 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 l SO in
formed the person from the east and ad-
vised him to go after the doughty Chey-
enne and pull his head off. The tender
foot had about made up his mind to do
it anyhow, and my vote settled it. he
turned and started for Bill, whereupon
that person at once lost all his valor and
fled briefly.
.sThe tenderfoot caught up with him,
however, and eased his surcharged soul
by three or four forceful and very meri-
torious kicks. This seemed to do both
Bill and the shortnorn world of good,
and the former avoided the fifth by
plunging up stairway. The tenderfoot
wanted to charge after Bill and kill him
completely, but urged a different view
and pointed out the fact that Bill took
his gun with him and that if he found
himself cornered he might shoot.
|, Curly Bill was another of the riot
Gus and desperate sort. His range in 1881
and 1889 was southwestern New Mexico
and eastern Arizona. No one knew
where Curly Bill hailed from, but if
there's truth in Scripture, where he was
going was plain to all. He was reputed,
when saw him, to have killed nineteen
men, and had the air of one who was
hooking hard for chance to make it a
bcore. Curly Bill has found his grave
somewhere out in the arid wastes he pa
kroled, as nothing has been heard Of him
for some time kansas City Star.
Gave Himself Away.
One day in chat with friend he
said to me: "Has it ever occurred to you
that when old age deprives you of much
of your present ability to earn living
voy, will ba obliged to look to your