The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-07-14

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fellers, and We was just going to fire
Sandy Miller p. d. q. But we didn't.
He wouldn't are. We cleaned him out
instead, aud he ard his hired man
nearly cleaned us out dom 1t. We got
MP there all Eight and found old Sandy
At home. He came out to meet Us with
a Winchester and his hired man stood
in the door behind him. He knowed
what we was after without our sayin' a
word.
".You fellers,' he says, "don't run
none of your wizzies on me- ne.
says, ana with that he ups with his
Winchester and lets silver. He took
cid Bullwhack Bill pretty fair and 1t
got plain they was goin' to be fight.
l take it he wasn't used to Wyoming
ways. Well, when he shot Of course
got ont my gun and began to talk some
myself. They was considerable snoot'
ing going on, and seen that Millel's
hired man was pretty handy with
winchester himself. He worked her
faster'n any man ever seen. Some
body knocked Miller over, and I thought
it wouldn't be just square not to save
the hired man trouble, 50 l gave him
one that stopped his old Winchester.
Damn good thing did, too, for the
Laramie man, with the yellow chaps
and Bullwhack Bill and one of the
other fellow was done mp
"Well," said the colonel, lighting 4
a fresh cigar, "that was the kind Of
men Hyde and Ducello were, and 1t
was evident that II they ever crossed
each other the shooting would not be
as long drawn out as accurate. They
crossed. That seems to be the newt
able when two bad men really have
nerve. So many bad men are just blum.
ers and bullies, you know, that you can
hardly tell what any of them really
means to do. don't know as ever
heard just exactly what started the
row between them. Professional jeal'
ousy, most likely. Maybe Dpcello
sueared about Hyde's escape from a
mad steer. 1t was at roundup, aud
Hyde got Of his pony to throw steer
another cowboy had roped. He started
in, but the other fellows rope broke
and the steer charged at Hyde. Hyde
dropped his own rope, pulling his gun
at the same time, shot once at the
steer and dropped once to the ground to
avoid the steers rush If he missed.
But he didn't miss. However, the row
started it don't matter much how, and
the word went round that there would
be some of the quickest and cleanest
shooting when Hyde and Ducello met
that the world ever saw. Well, they
met and there was shooting. But nc
man alive is ever going to tell exactly
how it happened.
''Ducello was breaking bunch Of
bronchos for the X outfit. Hyde wa
IN Cheyenne. It happened that ON the
afternoon on which Hyde started fol
Little IVA, Ducello took it into hiz
head to ride into Cheyenne. That
evening their ponies came up the lane
to the X ranch together, but without
riders. The boys knew what had har
pened, and started out toget the bodies
they we're lying not 80 very far apart
on opposite sides of tine road, only
about mile below where the lane
from the ranch turns into the stage
road. hyde was. shot through thu
| heart, Ducello through the top of tn,
head.
"The boys figured that it happened
In this way: When Ducello and Hyde
met it just so happened that thu
chances of the draw were even ant
each saw it. Each wanted to &c
whatever advantage Of the other h
could, and neither was in hurry t.
pass by the other, 50 they stopped ant
talked, may be about the Indians, mayb
about the stock; who knowss Mayb'
they cursed each othev, though tina
isn't likely, and it's Just as unlikel
that they tried to make up. VIVA
would you talk about If you happens
to meet the man you'd sworn to kill an
who had sworn to kill you under sue
circumstances? Well, 1t was eviden
that whether they stopped to talk Q
not Ducello turned back on his trail an
rode along with Hyde. His body va
hardly cold when the boys found hin
and they knew he had had time afte
he left the ranch to get good dea
further away than the place where b
lay. So they rode together, talke
away about whatever it was, but eyin
each other every second. At Last on
thought he had chance to draw. Th
instant he reached toward his gun tn
other did too. You remember tia
Hyde had the reputation Of being tn
quicker man. His friends argued frol
the fact that he was shot through tn
heart that Ducello get the advantage q
the draw. They copjectured that tn
shock of the bullet disturbed Hyde
aim, so that the bullet that would hav
struck Ducello's heart crashed throug
his head instead. don't know, som,
how always thought Ducello was th
quicker"