Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-06-01
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rhs sensuinsry Record of 9 Quak 8r in Arizona
aHs NsTar Murdered B Man But He Had Killed Meny One In PerFormln& the Dptfss ng His Office as
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 "sEhe bsst-known man in Arizons to. day. a traveller remarked who had jus. retprned from that territory, lis Commodore Perry Owens. who has been sheri& of Apache county, city. marshal of Window, and is now one ox the guards of the Wells-Fargo express' acrbse Arizoiia. He is an Indianian,Y vhc went to Arizona fifteen years ago.I I had a long talk with him the other day es he rode on the train, his Win- oheatsr rifle and couple of navy sizes within easy reach.
 ssWhen he learned that was also a Hoosier,n writes a contributor to tss' Indianapolis News, land knew his people, Quakers who live near Garters- burk, in that country, we were at once on the best of terms. When l asked him if tho report was true that he had Ssmoyed hom active life more men, by tha Winchester line, than any other man in Arizona ha looked pained for B momant, Then he answered.:
 T was raieed Quaker, but out here, you sec, q man can't work at that. It ain't buited to the Arizona climate. I have done good deal of shooting, but 1t hos all been necessary md in the line of my oiHcisl duty. never m,lr- derod man iu my life, never. My good mother. back in Hendricks coun- ty, every now and then writes me a slottar. She sees these newspa per re- ports and she misunderstands them. l7or ask if I've shot one hundred men? Well, no. 1 hagen't-that is, unless you veant to count Mexicans. I've only siiled fourteen white men and swounded Hfty-three. Some of them died after they were wounded, but that was the fault of the doctor.
 ".Yon ask what episode of this kind A consider the most exciting in my ex- periehce9 These events are all more Or less exciting, but think the iive- ',Iiest of these affairs took place over st Winslow, when was sheriff. had a warrant 1or the fellows arrest, and had written for him to come in aud ,aurrander. Be didn't even answer my letter, which wasn't treating with proper respect my official position. Sc after awhile I went after him. He was at his mothers house, double log cabin. built in L-shapa. l tied my horse and went to the house. As knocked on the door I caught | glimpse fThe door opened about foot, and the anan was after stuck gun out. let drive with my Winchester, and as [ heard him drop 1 fired over my shoul- der through the window. The second load caught two, killing one and shat. ferink tue arm Of q younger brother. q knew there was still another man in the house, and that it was dangerous Do remain on the porch. jumped out Into the open ground. and, as did SO, J saw a man sheltering himself behind blackboard l ran a few steps and uncovered him When l took account Of stock there were three killed and ons wounded There were no further hostilities. The coroner took charge of the effects, as didn't think 1t would be ptoper for me to act under the cir cumstances The whole affair took place inside minute.
 ".I don't drink. don't gamble, and ! haven't ever been favorite with the women. Most of the fellows who are bhot get 1t because they want some woman to think he's bad man. They put on Mexican spurs, & som brero, and eut-throst outfit and start Ia fer trouble. The COY ger finds them tyith their boots on.
 "'I knew young fellow up St Will liams' nerry tstfe chap, never said much, out wken it came time for work be coill get his revolver out as quick as anybody. But he was perfect gen tsemaA. There was only one thing he was sfrsid cf--that was dying with his boots on. One day, by some kind of accidant-if could never be explained < Me got into difficulty with Mexican, and the Mexican shot him. We saw he S was hit hard, picked him up and carried him into saloon. We asked Dan If he had any last request to make. In $ xains ybisper--sve could barely hear ks--he spid: aBoys, take my boots oH. E As VIC did SC Q smile broke over bis 4ece. ard he went out like an angel V Artificial Petroleum.