The record-union., 1892-08-29
Limpy Jim and DINER FOOLS.


EDS. REcoRD-UNIoN: Limpy Jim is
securely in Jail. Our Reedley Constable.
Fred. Stoll, started after him on hot
trail, and he didn't let it get cold. The
trail led across the Sierras into Inyo
County, trip of a week over untraveled
mountain canyons and precipices. Fred
had neither food, nor horsefeed, nor
blankets to protect from the mountain
cold, but he kept up his utmost speed
till the fugitive was caught. And who is
limpy Jim? Nothing but an old Digger
Indian. What had he done? Killed
another Indian; that was all But the
circumstances of the killing ally Jim
with ''the great and popular movement
of the day." Jim's victim was an Indian
doctor, who years ago came into the val
ley where Jim and his family lived. and
had eminent success treating Indian all
ments. Finally, after years of successful
medical practice, he was called upon to
treat Jim's family just down with
typhoid fever. he used the same reme-
dies that he'd successfully used in ma
laria, rheumatism, sciatica, lum bago and
all previous ailments he'd treated. but
Jim's family all died, and the doctor fled
the country and was followed and mur-
dered by the deeply injured and Justly
indignant Jim.
Limpy has been interviewed. He saws:
L u,
catchum 81, give heap medicine Indian
alice time get well. Pahlee the murdered
doctor catchum 81, no give um much
medicine, my family all die" We say,
But, Jim, may be your family had a
more deadly disease than the Indians
had who were cured at PauaminIn Jim
again answers: doctor at Panamint
catchum 81, give heap medicine, Indian
get well. Pahlee catchum 81, little mecli
cine, family die.'' We again uree
Maybe he couldn't get the necessary
medicine; perhaps the progress of the dis
ease was too rapid tor him to procure the
proper remedies" To this jim gives the
same answer. We again urge that the
locality where his family were sick NAV
have a climate so unhealthy that no med
icine or treatment could allay the disease.
To this came the identical same answer.
This is Limpy Jim's statement of the
case, his defense and appeal TOR iustice
and sympathy from his standpoint.
which makes murder or any other re-
dress justitiable.
I've been TO meeting of the Traffic
Association-'tis Limpy Jim over AGAIN.
Their plea is: Eastern roads, notably
in Kansas, carry freight for 20 per cent.
or more less than our California roads,,
/ suggested: Perhaps those Eastern
roads do not have to build and keep in
repair scores OF miles of snowsheds. with
snow-plows and other expenses made
necessary by the heavy mountain snow.n
Their reply is: Eastern roads work for
20 per cent. less than California roads,, /
suggested: Perhaps in building those
Eastern roads no such very expensive
work as crossing the Sierras had to be
done.u The same reply answered this also.
further suggested that "the building of
the Central Pacific Railroad was in war
time, when it took s. to do the work of
81, and also that the less perfect appli-
ances of that time-pioneering such diff
cult mountain railroad building--involved
the builders in such enormous expense
that it may be unreasonable to demand
equally low rates as are found on cheaply
constructed Eastern roads. To this comes
the same reply. l then suggested that
many hundreds OF miles of our Pacific
railroads, between the Sierras and Rocky
Mountains. pay Tar less than running ex-
penses. and yet these necessary parts of