The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-03-17
LONG DICKS. LAST RIDE.
A Bncking sBroncoz Procipitated Death
From a Wound Sustained Long Ago.

Bncking Bronco Precipitated Death
From Wound sustained Long Ago.
A slide of sand from the mountain
side that rises. just east 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 Tulerosa, N. M. correspondent
of the New York Sun, and disclosed
the skeleton of man who was once
we'll known here, who came to his
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 a carpen-
ter, and, the wages being good, he
rapidly accumulated stake of sever
al thousand dollars. This done, he
started back for the states, and as
luck would have it, in a train that
was held up by bandits. That is to say,
number of bandits boarded a 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 a sign of fear, and
so, having been very successful so
far, he lost bis caution for moment
and turned his head to call the other
bandits attention to Dick. That
was 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 us 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
on 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 we'll that he de-
cided not to have the bullet cut out
at all. He eventually recovered, to
all appearances, and coming to the
Tulerosa region became a cowboy.
He had been here few weeks when
man came along breaking bronchos
for the COW outfit. Dick watched the
man through two mounts and then
said he could break one of it's desire
to pitch in less time than the pro-
fesslonal 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 d space of time
so nearly equal that the contest was
OoC1dieu d urdW anu a new mount Tor
each man called for. But Dick was
out OF the game. He had downed
his pony's spirit, but when he had
done so his head rolled from side to
side, because OF dizziness and he was
groaning with pain.
"Something gave way" he said,
''and it must have been the lead of
that id Mexican.
He was right in his diagnosis, he
got off his pony, but soon fell to the
ground, and in short time died. A
surgeon who examined the corpse
said the bullet had lodged near the
main arsory there and the wound was
not fully healed. He was of the
opinion that it would have killed the
man sooner or, later no matter how
he 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' cemetery near the fort.
Twelve Wedding Rings.