Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-10-09
TWO KINDS OF BAD MEN.

serves IN blg nats, bcit gun on their
hips swear aud guzzle the throbbing
whiskey 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 -svay o. distinguishing the true
solid silver bad man from the plated
fellow is to test them as fast as pre-
sented.
"I,usslan Bill, who In the early sos,
was a rustler in the valley of the San
Simon, in Arizona, and a slngularly ir-
Idustrfous horse and cattle stealer OF
that shadcless region, was an imita-
tion bad man. He was a great talk
er, and-hear him tell it-had filled
more graves than an epidemic. 1t is
doubtful however, If he ever drew
human blood, and the other rustlers'
similarly regarded him as a man Of no
courage. 1t turned out a case of the
magpie and the peacocks with the
Russian though, for one evening the
impulsiye denizens of SHAKESPEARE,
N. NJ, took Bills word for it and
incontinentally hung him de bene esse.
The Russian had company, though,
for they stretched another gentleman.
time and tree the same, yclept Sandy
1 King. There was no discount, how
ever, on King. One could have taken
a brace and bit and bored clear
through King and strucknothing but
clean-strain game. King and Russian
Bill were tcgcthar on the occasion of
their apprehension and taking off, and
were decided specimens eof the two
tyres Of bad men.
Bill, as a name, has been the
property Of a good many of the fight
ers Of the vest. Frequently some aiix
or rprefx vent with il to keep the blood
believed Bills from getting all mixed
UP. There has been a Curly Bill,
Wild Bill, a Navajo bill, a Buffalo
Bill, Poker Bill, a Cheyenne BIZ,
French Bill, au Antelope BIZ, a Rus
slaa Bill, Bronco Bill, a Canadian
Bil, Monte Ell, a Butcher Knitv
Bill and Bin Bonnoy, 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
teGderioot, and scare him to death
Ration, New Mexico, pronounced
Rah-taon, 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 morning Of
that holy day, heard a voice over on
the uext street raised to a pont be
tween threat and a command. My
attention was at once attracted and
getting out whore could see ( found !
Cheyenne Bill in Slow but threatening
turHit Of reluctant tenderfoot, who
had come in on the train the night |
before. What the row was about l |
didn't know.
Stop whar you bG Or I'll pun on
your commanded the yaporish BIZ in
a feyce tone, his hand on his six
shooter and following along after the
stranger some two rods behind.
no give the tcnderroot his due,
while he kept walking away from Bill, |
he appeared more disgusted than
scared, and while he said nothing and
did not turn on bis would-be captor,
nevertheless he received his orders to
halt with becoming contempt and I
kept straight on.
Except for my presence Cheyenne
and his victim had tho town to them
gelyes, Jack HlXenbaugh, the mar
shal, and the rest Of the citizens being
senslbly in bed. had seen a China
man run Cheyenne around once over
in Trinidad, and knew there was no
more to be feared from him then from
the last calf on the range, and, shout
ing over to him, / 50 informed the
person from the east and advised him
to go after doughty Cheyenne and pull
his head Off. The tenderfoot had
about MADE up his mind to do it any
how, and my vote settled It. lie
turned and started for Bill; where
upea that person at once lost all his
yalor and fled briefly. The tenderfoot
caught up with him, however, and
eased his surcharged soul by three or
four forceful and very meritorlous
kicks. This seemed to do both Bill
and the shorthorn Il world Of good,
and the former avoided the 18th by
Dlunging up stairway, The tender
foot wanted 10 charge after Billand kill
him completely; bat ] urged differ
and pointed but 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
rlotous and desperate sort IFS range
Ia 81 and s2 was southwestern New
Mexico and eastern Arizona. No one
Snew where Curly Bill hailed from,
but If there's truth In Scripture,