The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-01
aoM0 Dicks Las HIDE

ErOm wound Sustained L4ng AGos
"A slaae OF sand from tke mountain
side that rises just eaet Of the old
fort the other day tore open one of
| the graves that were made by the
soldiers some years ago. says the
Fort Tnlercsa, N. M, correspondent
of tbs New York Sun. and disclosed
the skeleton of man who Was once
we'll known here. who came to HE
death in an unusual fashion. His
name was Richard Delong, but known
among his associates as Long Dick.
When the Mexican Central railroad
was first constructed Dick was en-
ployed by the company as carpen-
ter, and, thu, wages being good, he
rapidly accumulated a stake of sever
al thousand dollars. This done, he
started lack for the states, and as
luck would have it, in a train that
was held up by bandits. That is tc say.
a number of bandits boarded train
at station and started through the
cars, two to each car. to rob the
passengers. Dick had been in Mexi-
co long enough and understood such
circumstances as to acquire violent
prejudice against the ordinary in
habitants. 1t riled him greatly to
have one of them get the drop on
him, and he sat with his hands under
the muzzle of the bandits revolver
as pale as death. When the thief
who was taking the valuables came
to the seat he noticed Dicks pallor,
but mistook it for sign of fear, and
SO, having been very successful SO
far, he lost his caution for a moment
and turned his head to call the other
bandits attention to Dick. That
was a very bad mistake for the BAN
dit The moment he turned his head
Dicks big fist took him under the
ear. Dick was as strong rs an OK,
and the blow killed the bandit, broke
his neck, they say.
Nevertheless, in falling the thiefs
revolver discharged and the bullet
struck the seat and glanced into
Dicks side. But Dick was game and
picked up the revolver. opened fire
Dn the bandit who was on guard.
that sent the rest of the. gang flying
off the train, and then the rest of
the passengers gathered around Dick.
A surgeon found the bullet was
lodged somewhere in the muscles of
the back. but had no instruments to
cut it out. So he dressed the wound
and by the time Dick got up the road
TO Socorro, N. NJ, where he intended
to stop, he felt so well that he de-
cided not to have the bullet cut out
at all. He eventually recovered, to
6ll appearances, and CON ing to the
Tulerosa region became a cowboy.
He had been here few weeks when
a man came along breaking bronchos
for the cow outfit. Dick watched the
man through two mounts and then
said he could break one of its desire
to pitch in less time than the pro-
fessional could, and backed his offer
with $5. Both men mounted at the
word. and both got a good shaking.
The two ponies pitched as only plains
ponies know how to do, but both
were conqu cred in space of time
SO nearly equal that the contest was
declared a draw and a new mount for
eHch man called for. But Dick was
ont of the game. He had downed
his pony's spirit. but when Ae had
fone so his head rolled from side to
-blQS. DCGauSC vi usHL4nt5o SluQ nc w ISS
:sroaning with pain.
something gave way" he said,
land it must have been the lead of
that id Mexican.
lie was right in his diagnosis, he
got off his pony. but soon fell to the
ground, AMI in Il short time died. A
rurgeon who examined the corpse
said the BULLET had lodged near the
nain artery there and the wound was
.ot fully healed. He was of the
opinion that it would have killed the
nan sooner or later no matter how
1e had cared for himself, but the
tremendous jolting while trying to
break the pony had broken down the
wall of the artery and death soon
followed. He was buried in the SOL
diers' cemet terry near the fort