Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1894-12-07


and when a couple of Texans came
along and concl u led to sqpat ol
Bills land. he warned them of
with his sixshooter in his hand.
They were preparing to resist when
q friend of theirs came along and
said Better let that fellow G.
easy, he's the game chnl, that xii.
led "Kickapoo SAM aud the
Texans went on a mile or two far.
ther and drove away an molten
siye German, who was not "game
man" and did not carry a big pis-
tol. Bill's aud MolIie's claim was
first class bottom land, well tim.
bered, and worth good deal Of
money. When Bill went to Gu
thrie to prove up on his claim
Molly went along, and when Bill
stood in line all day to get a chance
TO file his vouchers with the Land
Office she rustled around and got
him something to eat and drink
and carried it TO him. They had
money and both dressed well. Bill
proved up all right, and hnilt a
nice little house on IT, Just about
this time Deputy Marshals were in
demand, and Bill was pointed out
as "game man." who would he
likely to make good one. So
Bill Snow moved to town aud be-
gan to wear high heeled boots,
drink liquor gith the boys. dance
with the girls at the dancehouses
and incidentally to serve some war
rants for the United States Mar
shal. Over in the Pottawatomie
country he killed nm Indisn for
whom he had a warrant. and
later on he had "a shooting match
with q half breed Mexican over a
pretty girl of the town.
This latter affair came to the
ears OF Msllie, and she concluded
to follow Bill some night. by this
time Bill had become 81 popular
that he had spent the thousand
dollur nest egg, sold bis claim on
tue Canadian, and was about
with the proceeds of that.
He had advanced from the stage
where they call man game" and
had become noted as a "killer."
As he remembered the dime-noyel
days IN Illinois. he wished SOME
Of his old chums could hear Of
bis exploits, SO he had local
writer give him send off . This
newspaper notoriety stirred up
other "bld men" with records, and
Bill had to defend his title with
his pistol, with the result that he
killed man named Dennis over in
the Chickasaw country When he
to Oklahoma he was more
Of hero than ever. Bat lis money
was almost gone, and he had an
extravgant girl on his hands, the
former mistress Of the Mexican
he had killed. Added to tins he
wept into politics, and tried TO be
alected sheriff. His record as
"kller" was not in his favor, and
he was defeated by the better class
IF people. About this time his
wife, Mollie, followed him TO a
questionable house in company
with a man, friend Of Bills.
They came upon the "kiler' un-
expectedly in the hall, and Bill |
the reason Of his wife's
presence in the house, shot .the
man with her. He was arrested
md thrown into ial} BY this /
lime many people were afraid OF
llm and conspired TO see that he
got justice aud was hanged. Poll
,ical enemies wanted to see him re-
and the decent people
thought that an example should be
nade Of him as a representative
killer"
His wife, Molly, was almost the
,hly friend he had left. With all
he money at her disposal she man
sged to arrange matters SO that
Bill escaped before the ime set
or his trial. All he had left was