The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-03-30
AN ARIZONA TRAGEDY.
gow Hawkins Met His Death In
Fly Trap 0ulch.

ut air strange, II air, ne was say
Ing as opened the door OF the room
,.here our social little semi-liternry So
.;e,v met; but could tell you queer
- things than that 'er-almighty queer
,hing,, You can't learn everything
ont Of books. sirs. nohow. You see, II
amt the men as can string English to-
c.ther and rs has had good Publications
as dnds themselves in the queer places
rs. been in. They're mostly rough
men. sirs. rs can scarce speak Alright.
ar less tell with pen and ink the things |
they've seen: but il they could they'd
make some Of your EUROPEANS hair riz !
with astonishment They would. sirs-
you bet"
mi, name was jefferson Adams, !
believe; | know his initials were }. A.,
for YOU may see them yet deeply whit
,l.d on the right hand upper panel of
rs.uoliny-room door. lie left us this
legacy. and also some artistic patterns
done in tobacco juice on our Turkey
carpet: but beyond these "reminiscences
our American story teller has van
iSLel from our ken. lie cleaned
across our ordinarily quiet conviviality
Tx. some brilliant meteor, and then
WIS lost in the outer darkness That
NIGHT. however. our New Mexican
friend was in full swing; and quietly
lit my pipe and dropped into the near
est chair. anxious not to interrupt his
story.
Mind YOU" he continued. II haint
got no grudge against your men oil
science. likes and respects a chap as
can match every beast and plant from
huckleberry to grizzly. with jaw
break;n' name; but il you wants real
in,erestin facts -somcthing "A bit juicy
YOU go TO your whalers and your
frontiersmen, and your scouts ana
Hudson bay men, chaps who mostly
can scarce sign their names"
There was a pause here. as Mr. JET
f.rson Adams produced long cheroot
ana lit it. We preserved strict ST.
lencc in the room, for we had already
learned that on the slightest Interrupt
ton our Yankee drew himself into ms
she'll again. lie glanced round with
self-satis fed smile as he remarked our
cxpectant looks, and continued through
Il halo ~ smoke:
Now, which Of you gentlemen has
ever been in Arizona? None. III war
rant. And OF all English or Anerics ms
as can put pen To paper, how many has
brea to Arizona? Precious few.
ca'c'Ia,e. I've been there, sirs-livee
there for years: and when | thins
what I've seen there. why. can scarce
~; myself 10 believe in it now.
IAN. there's a country. ! was on
hn Ss..rs "a
70 call u; and after we'd busted up
and the chief was shot, some OF
made tracks and located down there
A regular English and American col
ony we was. with our wives and chil
dren all complete. ! reckon there
some OF the old folks there yet. an
tina, they hain't forgotten what I'm q
roin' to tell you No. warrant the
hain't. never on this side Of the grave
sirs.
IL was talking about the country
though: and | guess l could astonis
vou considerable If ! spoke OF mott
iny else. TO think Of such land oein
bnilt for a few 'Greascrs' and ma
breeds, Its a nisusing Of the gifts
Providence. that's what call it. Gra'
through il, and trees so thick that 70
couldn't catch glimpse OF blue sky y
leagues and leagues, and orchids iih
umbrellas. Maybe some on you nj
seen plant as they calls the 'hycatc
err 10 some parts of the staies?'
.Danora muscipula.' murmur'
Dawson. our scientific man par exec
lemce.
.Ah. die near municipal thai
him. You'll see a fly stand on that G
plant, and then you'll see two sides OF
leaf snap up together ana eaten IL
tween them. and grind 1t up and ma
II 10 bits. for all the world like sot
rrca, sea squid with its beak; and hou
after. II YOU open the leaf, you'll $
the body lying half digcsted and
bits. Well. I've seen those hy-traps
Arizona with leaves eight ard ten IL
long. and thorns or teeth ioot
more. Why. they could but, darn
lin going too fast
..lts about the death of Joe Hawk
was going to tell you-'bout as que
IA thing. reckon. n ever you hea
tell on. There wasn't nobody In
iona or New Mexico as didn't know
Joe observation-disclosures Joe, as
was called there. rcg'lar Guitar
outer hc was: bout the hardest case
nan ever clapt eyes on. lie was ge
chap enough. rs long as you strot
him the right way: but rile him al
how. and he were worse nor blizza
I've seen him empty n six-shooter y
a crowd as CHANGED to jostle him a-go
into Simpsons bar, where there wa
dance on: and he BOWED Tom Hoo
cause he split his liquor over
wcssit by mistake. No, he didn't s.
al mn~Ier, zoe didn't; and he Were
aman 10 be trusted when he had
devils drops in him.
Now at the time tell on, wncn
Hawkins was staggering about
town and Iayin down bylaws with
shootin' irons. there was an Engtishn
there Of the name Of Scott-Tom SC
IL | reflects Alright This chap .
was Ertishcr 10 his boot heels,
vet he didn't freeze much to the Bri
SET there. or they didn't freeze niue
him. lie was quiet, simple u
Scott was rather too quiet Tor TO
lot like that. sneakin' they called