The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-05-11

What DrOuSuG Jim Ih"Ai"J w y S"A''AOO
nohodv in the town seemed to know, and
90 he was a good sort of man who paid
HE wav and lnterfered with nobody's
business he was allowed to go unques-
toned and do very much as he pleased.
There was nothing about Ogalalee that
vould induce any same man to live there
unless he was forced to do so by all pow
orful circumstances. AS rule it was
r,othino more than small collection of
bouses and tents half mile from the
Union Pacific railroad. Every few weeks,
however. Ogalalee threw off its usual
deadly lethargy, and blossomed out into
roaring, drunken, Eldorado for cattle
men.
From the time that the big railroad
across the praries was first built Ogalalee
was selected as the point where the cattle
men from all the counties South should
drive their enormous herds in order to
ship them to Chicago, and the other big
cattle markets. During the year most of
the cowboys of the Panhandle country
touched at the place, and when one of
the bic herds came in the drOvers imme-
diately commenced painting the little
village a bright vermillion, and the
blaze of red light was kept up until the
proceeds of the hard drive had been
seuan Tered lu few days Of riotous de-
baa.4oIy Ia.a .ae cow boys mounted
their horses and disappeared across the
praires to find employment in driving
another herd to the railway.
1t made no difference to Murray wheth-
er the town was echoing to drunken
shouts and pistol shots, or whether it was
enveIoped in the CHASTITY stiffness which.
usually characterized it. Whenever a
herd came in he would 90 from barroom
to barToom, until he had seen every man
connected with the outfit, and when he
had satisfied his curiosity he invariably
returned to his usual corner in the Set
ting Sun Gin palace and resumed the even
tenor of his life.
1t happened to me once that [ was fore
ed to passed several days in Ogaialee, and
among the first men l met was Murray
HewaS 50 evident ly ouGof element and
from his own statement led such pur-
poseess life that l made some inquiries
and finally decided to accept his as an I'M
anSWprablp cnnundrup,
When l first arrived in Ogalalee it was
in its sleepy state. One evening we were
sitting in the Sunset as usual, when
horse gallOped up and large man enter
ed The stranger announced that he
was the advanced courier of a big herd,
and had been sent ahead to secure the
best cattle pens, as two droves were COM
ing from different directions and would
reach the railroad about the same time.
The newcomer was not a fascinating
looking individual, and the handles of
big pistols which protuded from a cou-
pie OF holsters attached to his belt show
Ell That ne was prepared to defend him
sell II necessary. AS soon as the man
commenced talking in peculiarly high
pitched voice, Murray started visibly, and
Si'er that he continued to watch every
motlon he made. After taking several
urlnkS the stranger seated himself at
CaoLe and the conversation became gem
eral.
Inc courier told us many strange ad
ventures throughlwhich he had passed
"Aile driving cattle, and l noticed that
every lime he stopped Murray asked
sumo leading question which would bring
up anew train of thought and anoter lot
Vi Strangeremiscences. Finally everybody
present commenced telling of the cele-
'i"Veu criminals they had met, and the
Stranger asked if we had ever heard of
VIE great Muse Head gulch murder.
Every one in that part of the West had
''n excited over the tragedy, and the
PARTICULARS were so horrible that no one
S0ulu' after he airing them, possibly have
so'Oen Them. 1t was strange, strange
'iS Vi young man who had been be-
1'iended by a herder in the Pan Handle
tounVry and had been taken by him to
NO ranch, where he was made welcome
~ l" iteely entertained. One day the
hearted herder was called away,
bi Wnen he returned at night he found
.a ",le and his three children murdered
Tue young man he had befriended
49,, Gaming over the woman's corpse,
s siy' 'he axe that had done the fatal work
SclI in his hand.
-AUuough it was known tbro,,rbou+ 49,