Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-04
TWO MEN OF NERVE.
One Was Loud-aIouthed. the Other ou,.f
But Neither Was Afraid.

oHoo9e LOT tWelVo years. said j. A.
barnett OF Salida Col. and have
seen their nerve put to the seyerest
test but ! didn't know the human
family produced men who could not
DC made 70 finch in the face OF certain
/ aealh until three months ago.
"a took an outfit for round. I'M in
western Kansas. In the party were
Joe billiard and Bud Powell. The
latter was hurly- burly. loud.
mouthed deyil-may- care sort OF a
man. who had been in froutier brawls
innumerable and who in his time
perhaps shot out as many lights.
! Just for the fun OF the thing as are
now blazing in this city to night oil.
! lard however was a very different
order Of man. He was so quiet and
demure as 70 be an enigma to the
rollicking roysterers of the little
Western towns and settlements. He
was never known 10 use an oath. and
SO far as any OF us knew. he didn't
know the taste OF liquor. He was
from somewhere Ia the Eust and that
he had history was the unanimous
verdict OF all OF US But there was
something in his manner that said
palmer than words that he wouldn't
| do 10 fool with.
While our out Il were In camp
South OF Dodge City Powell got noisy
drunk one evening and seemed bent
on provoking billiards. ire. billiard
took his chatting goodnaturedly
which only had the effect OF causing
Powell 10 become more annoying and
brutal in his persistent nings Al the
supper table Powell walked up be.
hind billiard and emptied cup OF
coffee down his back billiard sprang
from his stool like ircn led tiger
His eyes flashed fire and his frame
qniYered with anger. Il ought to
shoot you down like dog. he said.
but will give you a chance for your
life Meet me az sun.up tomorrow
morning with your Winchester and
we will fight It out a. fifty PAGES
There was deadly determination
10 his voice that sent a shudder
around the supper table and Powell,
though maudlin drunk. blanched
white as shoot The silence that
brooded over the camp that night
was awful. tried TO reason with
billiard, but he was iinmovable. He
had made up his mind TO kill Powell.
and he Was going 10 do il or die in the
attempt Both men went quietly TO
their cots az s o'clock and were sound
asleep in half hour had a fitful
night OF IL II was my duty 70 pre-.
vent the fight. and all my persuasions
had failed 10 shake billiard. though
Powell seemed a little more reason
abl0
Well TO cut a long story short
they met the next morning. each with
repeating Winchester Billiard
stepped OIL the City paces aud as
he turned firing was to begin Seven
shots each were fired, the men ad-
vancing on each other at each shot
When they were separated by about
only ten feet they both dropped 10 the
ground. Powell was dead and billiard
was breathing his last Two % Pow.
ellis bullets bad piowed through Dill.
lurd's right cheek. one had pierced
the left car three others had lodged
In his shoulder and the seventh penc.
trated tho brain. a yardstick sus-
pended straight from Poweli's heart
would have covered every one OF the
seven bullet holes in his body show
ing Billiards desperate determination
and cool aim He had intended to
hit him 10 the hear. and his last shot
did IL | don't think tho world will
ever know another such duel. because
don't believe there are any two men
with the nerve Of billiard and Powell
who were so unlike in outward char.
acter and yet so like in leoniC
bravery.