Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-27
BILL SNOW, THE KILLER" DEAD
MS FAITHFUL WIFE MoLLIE DID
NOT LONG SURVIVE HER HERO.
Grief Drove Her 20 Commit Suicide.
History OF weii-to-Do Illinois
Couple Who Sought Their Fortunes
in the Western Country.

the victim OF arsenic administered by
her own hand. Three weeks ago the
Indian police killed and buried Bill
Snow. near Lenapah. "Wild Bill" as
Snow was called. was a typical killer"
Of the latter-day type. dapper, we'll
dressed, fiashy-loolSing young fellow,
with Jet black hair. big black eyes,
cred bad man"
when Oklahoma was opened up to
settlement in 1889 Bill and Moll.e We're
posted in the Cherokee strip. ready to
make the run for home. They had a
good team of horses. prlng wagon,
almost $1,000 In money. and had left
the old home in Illinois perfectly con-
ddent that fortune awaited them in
the west, Bill had always been a reader
Of dime novels. so when he reached
Arkansas city, and found that 1t was
fashionable TO wear big slx-shooter,
he purchased a 44-calibre Colt and a
belt Mollie was shy at first, and did
not like to have Bill come too close
10 her with the ugly-looklng weapon,
but she finally became used to It..
one day q drunken thug insulted
Mollie and drew q pistol on BIZ, who
interfered. Now was his chance to
establish his reputation as a KILLER"
and Snow shot "Klckapoo Sam"
through the head. For weeks after
this neither Bill nor AIollie could sleep
well at night for thinking about that
lonely grave on the prairie, but the
men on the border came to speak OF
Bill Snow with respect rs n dead
game" man whom II would be well to
leave alone.
In May. when the final rush for
homes came Rill, Molle and the pistol
were In the front rank. Down upon
the banks OF the Canadian river Bill
drove his stakes, and when couple
OF Texans came along and concluded
to squat upon Bins land he warned
them of with his siX-shooter in his
pistol hand. They were preparing to
resist when n friend OF theirs came
along and said, Better let that fellow
20 easy; he's the game chap that killed
'Kickapoo Sam" and the Texans went
on a mile or two further and drove
away an inoftensive German, who was
not game man" and did not carry
n big pistol. Bill and Alollie's claim
was first-class bottom land, well TIM
bered. and worth good deal Of money.
When Bill went TO Guthrie to prove
up on his claim Mollie went along,
and when Bin stood in line all day
to get II chance to file his vouchers
with the land office. she rustled around
and got him something TO eat and
drink and carried II to him. They had
money, and both dressed we'll. Bill
proved up all right, and built nice
little house ON his claim. just about
this time deputy marshals were In de-
mand, and Bill was pointed out as
game man." who would be likely TO
make good one. So Bin Snow moved
to town and began to wear high heeled
boots and drink liquor with the boys.
dance with the girls at the dance
houses. and incidentally to serve some
warrants for the United States mar
shall over In the Pottawattomie coun-
try he killed an Indian for whom he
had a warrant, and later on he had
a shooting match with half-breed
Mexican over a pretty girl of the town.
This latter affair comes to the cars Of
Mollie, his wife and she concluded to
follow BIZ some night, by this time
Bill had become SO popular that he
spent the thousand-dollar nest egg.
sold his claim on the Canadian, and
was about through with the proceeds
Of that He had advanced from the
stage whore they call man game"
and had become noted as n "lllller."
As he remembered the dime novel days
in Illinois, he wished some OF his old
chums could hear OF his exploits, so
he had local writer give him send
off.
This newspaper notorlety stirred up
other bad men" with records. and Bin
had to defend his title with his pistol,
with the result that he Killed man
named Dennis over in the Chickasaw
country. When he returned TO
Oklahoma he was more OF q hero than
ever. But his money was almost gone.
and he had an eNtravagant girl on his
hands, the former mistress OF the
Mexican whom he had killed. Added to
this he went into politics. and tried 10
be elected sheriff His record as a
killer was not In his favor, and he
was defeated by the better class of
people.
About this time his wife, Mollie. fol-
lowed him TO questionable house In
company with man, n friend OF Bits,
They came upon the killer unoxpect-
edly In the hall, and Bin MISLEADING the
reason for his wifes presence In the
house, shot the man with her. He was
arrested and thrown into jail BY this
Time many people who We're AFRAID OF
him conspired TO see that he got Justice
'AN Mua hulBths Gtllilcul enemies
wanted 10 -sti,- him ren1oXel- and. the
decent people thought that an example,
siiouid be made OF him as representa-
tive KILLER
His wife. Mollie, was almost the only
friend he had left. with all the money
at her disposal she managed to ar
range matters so that BIZ escaped be-
iore the time get for his trial. All he
mad LETT was his six-shooter his repu-
tallon as n Killer and a horse which
ne stole from the sherlff. Every ones
hand was now against him, and he rode
south into the wild country around the
Wlchita mountains, and then he Joined
the Rogers gang.
He had now gone through oil the
cages ifum n 'tendeffoot boomer 10 a
game man. and thence 10 n recog-
nized killer" and now he had landed
IN the "desperadn" rank. He held M
STAGES and robbed express cars. He ent
AZ me notorlety his nature craved.
sun MS Illinois wife chung 10 him. aud
q year ago she even visited him at his
retreat IN the hills. But the officers
iollowed her and became SO not on her
husbands tran that she had 10 leave.
lew weeks ago an Indian scout.
caught Snow mapping and shot him fun
OF holes. Mollie learned OF his fate and
committed snioide. her h,l,, me
game man, the KILLER" and lastly the
"desperado,' was dead
Getting strong Again.
Terrell, Tex, Nov. 26-Mr. Duncan