The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-20
KILLED Ia MEN OUTRIGHT.
Desperate Arizona Outlaws Meet More
Than Their Match in Quaker.
From the Indianapolis News.

IMAM Their Match in a Quaker.
From the Indianapolis News.
THE best-known man in Arizona to-
day. a traveller remarked, who mad Just
returned from that territory, lis Commo-
dore Perry Owens, who has been sheriff
Of Apache county, city marshal of Wins
low, and is now one of the guards of the
WellS-targo express across Arizona He
is an Indianian who went to Arizona fif-
teen years ago. | had long talk with
him the other day as he rode on the train,
his Winchester rife and couple of navy
SKIES within easy reach
when he learned that | was also a
Hoosier ana knew his people, Quakers,
who live near Cartersburg. in that county,
we were at once on the best of terms
When | asked him if the report was true
that he had removed from active life more
men, by the Winchester line, than any
other man in Arizona he looked panied for
a moment. Then he answered:
- was raised a Quaker, but out here.
you see, man can't work at that. liant
suited to the Arizona climate have done
a good deal of shooting, but it has all been
necessary and in the line of nv official
duty. never murdered a man in nv life.
never. My mother, back in Hendricks
county, every now and then writes me a
letter. She sees these newspaper reports
I
If I've shot 100 menu Well. no. / haven
that is, unless you want to count Next
cans. I've only killed fourteen white men
and wounded fifty-three. Some of them
died after they were wounded, but that
was the fault of the doctor
You ask what episode of this kind
consider the most exciting in my ex-
perience2 These events are all more or
less exciting, but think the liveliest of
these affairs took place over at Winslow.
when [ was sheriff, had a warrant for
the fellows arrest, and had written for
him to come in and surrender. He didn't
even answer my letter, which WASH +
treating with proper respect my official
position. He was at his mothers house.
double log cabin, built in L-shape. I
tied my horse and went to the house As
/ knocked on the door caught a glimpse
of two faces at window at my back.
The coor opened about a foot, and the
man [ was after stuck a gun out. I
let drive my Winchester, and as
heard him drop | fired over my shoulder
through the window The second load
caught two, killing one and shatterirg
the arm of a younger brother | knew
there was still another man in the house.
and 1T was dangerous to remain on the
porch. jumped out into the open ground,
and, as did so, saw a man sheltering
himself behind blackboard l ran a few
steps and uncovered him. When | took
account of stock there were three killed
and one wounded. There were no further
hostilities. The coroner took charge of
the effects, as l didn't think it would be
proper for me to act under the circum-
stances The whole affair took place in
side minute.
81 don't drink; | don't gamble and T
haven't ever been favorite with the
women. Most of the fellows who are
shot get it because they want some
woman to think he's bad man. They
put on Mexican spurs, sombrero. and a
cut throat outfit and start in for trouble
The coroner finds them with their
boots on
II knew young fellow up at Williams.
nervy little chap, never said much, but
when 1t came time for work he could get
his revolver out as quick as anybody.
But be was perfect gentlemen. There
was only one thing he was afraid of, that
was dying with his boots on. One dav,
by some kind of accident-it could never
be explained-he got into difficulty with
a Mexican, and the Mexican shot him.
We saw he was hit hard, picked him up
and carried him into a saloon We asked
Dan If he had any last request to make
In faint whlsper-we could barely hear
1.-THE said: Boys, take my boots of. :"
AS we did so a smile broke over his face.
and he went ont like an ANGEL