The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-02-15
A TERROR To OUTLAWS.
The Sanguinary Record OF q Quak-
er in Arizona.

HeHsever Murdered y Man But He Had
Killed Many q One In Performing
che Duties of His Office as
Sheriff.
"The best-known man in Arizona to-
day. a traveller remarked who had
just returned from that territory. lis
Commodore Perry Owens. who has
been sheriff of Apache county, city
marshal of Winslow, and is o one of
the guards Of the Wells-Fargo express
across Arizona. He is an Indianian,
who went to Arizona fifteen years ago.
] had a long talk with him the other
day as he rode on the train, his Win
chester rifle and a couple of navy skies
within easy reach.
"When he learned that I was also a
Hoosier," writes a contributor to the
Indianapolis News, land knew his
people, Quakers, .whoSlive near Carters-1
burg, in that country, we were at once
on the best of terms. When I asked
him If the report was true that lie had
removed from active life more men, by
the Winchester line, than any other
man in Arizona he looked panied for q
moment. Then he answered:
81 was raised q Quaker, but out
here, you see, a man can't work at that.
1t amt suited to the Arizona climate.
I have done q good deal of shooting,
but it has all been necessary and in the
line of my official duty. / never MUIR
dered q man in my life, never. My
good mother, back in Hendricks coun-
ty, every now and then writes me a
letter. She sees these newspaper re-
ports and she misunderstanding them.
You ask if I've shot one hundred men?
Well, no. I haven't-that is, unless
you want to count Mexicans. I've
only killed fourteen white men and
wounded f~ifty-three. Some of them
died after they were wounded, but
that was the fault Of the doctor.
"'You ask what episode of this kind
l consider the most exciting in my ex-
perience? These events are all more
or less exciting, but think the live
lest of these affairs took place over at
Winslow, when ! was sheriff. had a
CIl1O " sOAAO p "A4OoO3 I4IA
had written for him to come in and
surrender. He didn't even answer my
letter, which wasn't treating with
proper respect my official position. So
after awhile I went after him. He was
at his mothers house, a double
dog cabin, built in L-shape. ! tied my
horse and went to the house. AS I
knocked on the door I caughta glimpse
Of two faces at a window at my back.
The door opened about a foot, and the
man | was after stuck a gun out. ] let
drive with my Winchester, and as I
heard him drop fired over my shout
der through the window. The second
load caught two, killing one and shat
tering the arm Of q younger brother.
] knew there was still another ma in
the house, and that it was dangerous
to remain on the porch. ] jumped out
into the open ground, and, as did SC,
l saw a man sheltering himself behind
a blackboard. / ran a few steps AND
uncovered him. When took account
Of stoclt there were three killed and
wounded. There were no further
hostilities. The oroner took charge
Of the effects, as ] didn't think it would
be proper for me to act under the Cir.
eumstances. The whole affair took
place inside a minute.
81 don't drink, j don't gamble, and
! haven't ever been a %favorite with the
Most Of the fellows who are
shot get it because they want some
woman to think he's a bad mar
They put on Mexican spurs. q som
brero. and a cut-throat outfit and start
in for trouble. The coroner finds them
with their boots on.
81 knew a young fellow up at WI.
much. but when it came time for work
he could get his revolver out as quick
as ANYBODY. But he was a perfect gen
tlc,nan. There was only one thing he
was afraid of-that was dying with lis
boots on. One dav, by some kind o:
accidcnt-itcoald eve 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 be
had any last request to make. In ;
faint w~hisper-we could barely hea1
it-he said: Boys, take my boots OFT.
As we did so d smile broke over hi
face, and he went out like an angel
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