Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-20
linn ON THE BORDER.
,,,ovs. PAT DOMAIN TELLS OF HIS E4PER-
FENCES.
-. Times in New Mexico After the Apache
0a,brsak-P.sols and Knives on the
Poker Table-Gensral Lew Wal
lace as Governor Of the
Territory.


..ruftE- ana SAIL AOP"A - "a
s,,b strikes of gold and silver ore,
-, ana cattle stealing, gin mills aud
-.,,b'ing hell ARRAYS, cowboy and
e.rs,y raids and veudettas, and mis-
o.T.rsops scrimmages and shooting
1.-,,ss I'm the plazaS, on the ranches,
80 camps, on the trails, at the
--i.9s and everywhere, we had decided
iviyely times.
THOSE we're days when a row would
80 MACE at q poker table, pistols
ga Knives would be drawn, and in five
..rtss TWO OF three "StitfS" would be
lied into a back room or chucked
S-L595 tbe doors; drinks would be or
5,-s4 81. round and the game would 90
80 ~ nothing happened. Those were
~. ayo0d old times" when II a tender
loot showed himself in the street with
.stovepipe hat" on it was instantly
-,4i.ed with bullets from the revOlvers
~ sr0rtive marksmen, and IL he OBJ
s,.ts5 20 the amusement ball or two
Low the hat ended his protests and
,r-,fsbei material for another funeral
80 yellow with bis boots on"
n was in those stirring times that
,,sr.ys cowboy one day bet his gun and
.,rrs that he would jump his pony
through the window of railroad hotel
s--ir--room. clear the tables full or
CHESTS and 60 ont of window on the
Srrosfte side OF the room; but be lost
~ bet. for juStas his horse was in mid
air over q table in the centre or the
room the landlord, with douoie-bar-
relied gun, put IA 5UckshOt through the
8a,btng rider, end he fell dead on the
fable. while the bronchO plunged
through a window and escaped with an
sm8tv saddle. So bold and high hand
Oh aid rufianism and crime, rufians and
criminals become that wherever the
better elements Of population had SUI
f,.ert strength, such notices began 70
aDpsar this, which was published ia the
Las Vegas DQjly Gazette Of July "A,
1851: -
To Thugs, Thieves, Cutthroats and Muir
5srsrs, You are notified that your pres
sres will not be tolerated in the vicinity Of
D8s Vegas after 10 o'clock p. ~. Wedues-
DAN. 2-.h inst. This notice is intended TO
'rt.rds the Kids and all other persons not
engaged 10 earning a livelihood in legltl-
nate way. by order Of the
Committee on SAFETY.
july q, 1881.
On the handbils, which were stuck
On all over town, the hand at the side
Of the notice was printed In blood red
ink. and the whole thing was character
istic OF the region and the time. The
date OF the proclamation was just 10
DAYS after the winding up OF one Of the
widest rOmances of crime In all the
b'0od-stained annals Of our American
border by the killing OF "Billy the Kid"
He had for years been the red-handed
terror of the Southwest, the prince Of
frontier outlaws. His exploits were
the theme OF every tongue and pen In
New Mexico.
Previous 10 this killing Axtell was
removed from the GOyernOrship Of the
Territory by President Hayes and Gen
eral Lew Wallace, since famous as the
author of 1.-THE Fair God" and Ben
Hur' was appointed TO the place.
Chisholm, the cattleman, went up TO
Santa Fe, aud by some means won the
new Governor over 10 the side OF the
KID.
Governor Wallace issued a general
reclamation Of pardon and amnesty 10
All parties, Including army officers,
who had been engaged In the Lincoln
county outbreak, commanding them TO
lay down their arms and go home and
keep the peace.
Shortly after this the widow OF Nc
Swain. one of the victims OF the Lin
coin comfy war, resolved TO prosecute
theSayers OF her husband and destroy
ers OF her home she employed law
Yer named Chapman Of Las Vegas, who
went down into Lincoln county and
promptly began TO stir up all the old
strife but was soon murdered by a man
named Campbell and others OF the oppo-
site faction.
When Goveror Wallace heard Of the
death Of Chapman he went down into
Lincoln county, Outlswed Turner and
bis party, aud all other officers of she
law who had been fighting Chisholm
aud McSwain and the Kid and his gang,
had Turner and ten or twelve OF bis
men put in irons, and had Colonel Dud-
ley, a regular army officer, arrested and
relieved Of his command.
TWenty.One indictments were found
against Turner for murder, arson ana
cattle stealing. He and his associates
lay in irons forty days and nights and
we're then brought before the court for
trial, the Kid appearing as the principal
witness against them. They were all
acquitted, butTurner had been harassed
from that day until I saw him for the
~ time, some two years sfterward.
{ Judge Ira Leonard, a former Missouri
sn, Ike Ekins and CStrOn, had been
Employed by Mrs McSNEain 20 prose-
cute the charges against Colonel Dud-
o. OF being accessory 70 the murder of
her husband ana the burning OF her
house.
Judge Leonard az the time was resi-
dent OF Las Vegas. He was accom-
pan!ek 10 Fort Stanton by John Nc
PhersOn, chief Of police at Las Vegas,
Who had been warned By the thieves
aad thugs OF that place to leave on the
pain OF death. Mcpherson had been
Fith Quantrell during the war, and was
a.mSei a desperate OF no small renown.
Returning TO Las Vegas some time after
tais, the rOughs kept ther promise and
killed him.
As he aud Leonard were sitting in
'aeir room az Fort Stanton one night I
saorly after their arrival they heard q
app.ng on their window. Upon open
nag the heavy wooden shutter the KID
Stepped into the room aud announced ,
yaat be had come to end the trial OF
dudley by killing him right in the fort
surrounded by his troops. With DIM
s1'Iy Leonard and Mcpherson dissuad-
81 hin from his bloody purpnse. He /
Iea noiseleSsly slipped out in the |
S4FAueSs, as he had come, mounted his
l0rsa oD1 -s---t- . g.. eha stalnd