Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-04

~ around Mat VIII Bill could neser hold
office ID DeadWoai City A rluar reach
ei Otier iiai tho big plainsman who had
ruled hall dozen Towns, was To be as
sassiuatcd. That evening he came. over
TO camp looking serious.
"Biil. said lir, after supper, 'its pret-
~ duh around here don't YOU ihinkg
Wild Bill nodded looking into the
FIRE
I'VE beer considering" resumed Utter,
'that we might as well rake a move.
'sS0g Where tof'
'Wen, II might be q good scheme to
organize party continued Utter, pcr-
suasively, Hand 90 over TO Sanding Rock
and cut out some ponies.
BY cutting out ponies Utter meant
the swooning down of few white men
upon a herd Of Indian ponies, driving
them of and selling them-a Fan, 'Ntich,
IN the easy morality Of the prairie, y
perfectly legitimately where Indians are
concerned.
Bill was silent
"Joe viii 90 along" resumed Utter,
urgently. and so will Richardson Il
wasnt 50 sure about thatl, and doz-
en- others, Viii Won got'
Not id foot
''Mhy notT'
"Weil those fellows over across the
creek have laid Il out 10 kill me. and
thy're going to do II or they amt Any
way. l don't stir out Of here unless I'm
carried out.
THAT was when saw the quick flash
Of ferocity In Wild Bilrs eyes.
The conversation ended At this point.
Everybody knew It was useless to argue
with Wild Bill when his mind was set,
and so everybody went on about his BUS.
mess as before Two days afterward
those fellows over across the creek car
rlod out their proposition
Five men. among them Wild Bill. We're
playing draw poker in n shaniy saloon.
Standing ahout were dozen others, look
ing on. Bins back was toward the
door. Seated next him to the left was
an elderly man with his back against the
wall. Something had been said about
his changing seats with Bill, and after
that hand the exchange would have oC-
cured. Human life hangs on slender
threads. With his back 10 the wall
Wild Bill would have been safe enough,
because few men would have dared to
attack him openly.
Suddenly, without word Of warning,
without even the knowledge Of those
standing nearest him, an understood man
right behind Bills chair, q man whom
Bill had never seen In all his life, showed
q siN-shootcr TO his head and fired. There
was muilled report, Bill partly straight
| ened up. and then fell over sidowisc. dead.
! The understood man ran ont The elder
| ~ player dashed through the back door
| and up the side of the gulch. shouting
| murder The town was IN an nnroar
/ There was a miners jury" consisting
| almost solely Of skin gamblers, to sit
on the case. no them the assassin told
| q prearrauged story OF how his only
| brother had been shot by Wild Bill. and
| how he had noblv avenged that brothers
/ death. ii was an q wild farce. that trial
| just as Utter and his friends know il
| would he and the murderer was set
| free. Until now he had been absolutely
| without money. In few DAYS he turned
| IN 10 Laramie City with plenty Of free
| gold in his possession. and boastfully
declared that he had slain Wild Bill IN
single combat Where did he get the
| gold2
| Mccall was arrested and taken tC
| Nanlton. G'ttcr pursued him 10 the very
scalfold, furnished tho witnesses, pait
| their expenses out Of his own pocket and
fairly convicted the wretcbcd coward
who snivcllcd and whined like horse
| whipped hound when Il came 10 tn,
final show down, Utter was fniihful t.
his odd friend to the last. Wild Bill
was buried at Uttcr's expense. II Is I
late day. to plaster the mud Of falschoo,
over this fallen giant Of the frontier.
A lock Of the dead mau's hair was Gu
on after his body had been prepared fo
burial. Utter took half OF the long brown
strand. and I have the other half 10 thi
day II is as glossy as snun glass. an,
as soft as down. Near the roofs thor
Is Just touch of ronghness. where IN
life blood Of a brave. great hearted Amer
lean man gusle1 out as the assassin
bullet burst throrsh his brain