The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-10-01
TURNER AND.HIS GUN
1o19LE-L Eek, TFS coweov. AND
ms MODEST REeoR0s CLAIM.

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nerad s,i',.er with q Winchester.
Nov and rl,cn~a .4.btsR man tries to
\ cnltizueeAs slasstaiRg WhAah inc .mistakss
for .alao4. DO OF 1bcso deyotees of lev
! ity Slsaal TO. y apAt she. cattle range q
.wes,eT1 Isst -. and every fan and
spring he II. .,ared in DsilSe City az riIs
general ,.mdUi, Every time he
! cane 70 town lie fcft some proof of IA
/ facet 5iJnTninds and was Satysars Of be.
ing talked irbout by every Idle anan agSd
me ~ tke-tJusy cIlfss who lremained
/ whI-4 aslo tGs!l .v1ss syaS AA.
/ a:&l9e was Eck Enmer. though
4 Dodge Clty Will .bCt. Temenlber him ~
the tt tie DGRble-l iEIck, The Duplicated
+ cap,,.,l. being. Leonard y L6ughr,klSs :
| br:,.sd, and 10 -bcfng' one Of their hest
r.tio-.'. Tn FORT. Turner might nave feen
for ~ y I bod csrea f,ir~ tlie position,
bar - ca5sf riIs Ne 4. and 4hsre were
: fezsleSEaE -ssg t.EFiiIl sr9pe sild n-oh,
fbiy &c 1-ao coIr4tl -l,ss.E- 1tati glls ANA
h;a,- hip nlolo i'',.r1thtiy thaIf.ls.
IT,, - = lUl-c WAS he wanted recopl-
[ FCnso t. - dulI 7-,Ie Of acowboy. he
Gid1't C'.-e g.1- M jrcy. Anyvagds going
yyere a7-c-:''. L To him. But when the
csk.lo r., 10 I'd an and there WIS half
~ d.ar's e-ca- 1 ON the tedi1rm OF labor
lle.z puucrvssl.. his fling. and he, al
yays,wsat a. ~ town ina had it.
AtN,. "a, lu7eErln cannes as these
, ,hiuGs. I.e u 4. Stay 10y heherd all Tie
tlno, l..eer-c s. clear he'd aud firm
..la,c "a tl;H~~7 20. He ls tA- represent
ctirr-of the o.Fl.e~--tl.s. eps;todhln II
ucl Eriarsll!!t--s dissipation rs not 30
be t',0uel ec..
. O-e e f'.i- Turner's PCT bats II hu-
lAor was - ~ : oat' people Whose ap-
rydranc1 q -2.4s-ed him aRd shoot Just
near errou9sl % them IN EXPRESS his s,m-
t.menis srarucularly disiiked TO see
EOrS ;-iCl 90 by On the trOt. 1t vas in a
cowboy ooyEltry. and cowboys galloped,
Wheeler c. not they were III hurry.
And il the rider had habit of "ris-
inS' IL tic slrTups, rs conventional
t7UJt rs often do. Eek Turner i,ated him
viCo1tly. So that when he came down
Main ss- 81 one day and saw q rather
veil dressed man go by trotting and
'I-..--- with Tie motion of his horse
Eek called general attention to the spec-
tacir.
i6c,lly the troSier was not very good
hOraeman. 1t was possible, as Eek OBJ
ge-ycdy' TO "see dayaghSueSer himp ey
e., G-lie IL re al tlie saddle And the
ali,.pcs ct tiirt recurring "day light
IrUYO&e-l I,cl- - a hit = pistol practice.
.! bet. = sed ne. Watching tine rider
.,l.d 4cc .'' i.ra is,.cn rcve'rrr urcttv
A..Il 49, --l4-s Euii, ! is, can shoot
Z, we.n e-rl srfi the saddle and never
r1ae-. Is.thorS'-
he I'd oFn GInlkiug in So de~orous
q ,l tp Ne 'iaagur... ANA s1 TO-
eve ...o:t,r.}. Tire rider WIS half a
ti.-- a..av vixen 3SG firo.,. and the
bull must have p -ie time. forth ridat
~ au uncdn -.uas. while u sign IN.
,,.- ,.s, tAe s,rc.t WAS shattered
by t-" .s-at
ia ,eivI st ~ an Late IL lhe-,l.,y- md
for'rrs, sely-m raculoIsly y--ess -aptd the
irG cion IF njury Dodge CITY talked
atc-- y ~ .le-f, i'cly'' and his new Joke
All summer. ;.aI in tine autumn he came
IN and tried il a-liu.
'she sL.>5 =. : .le made ,he hit 4 man
ia ,-i"> !, ;.lT vas vely indignant be.
c1Cs they '.culd not give lim another
chance, s-.,r.ns the crippled victim IL
was an acc dent and urging him to
M uHv and II pas Just one time more.
rls-n' r0 liSitr jNln n lr,A ddhe. and
Eu.,-. ., '.,i, - Fut three shots ont II
-hHe bc'' 'ccl him and the saddle or buy
the 'tii.- Tor the crowd
B-t 1t ves the uncertainty about the
utGer two s.. tlJt irtc.f,red with no.
gotiat icns-t'iat and the IrottinI man s
p'qa -c-.i c.-.. n to g. jCvtf freedom
II .A-i-cv III, Nhilc L x r.
N: 60 -~uc,.
- 81 70 N.as funny. and that
Aa-1acin2,i.1 grew ,u him tiI Doe gut
rrs+ .-l -. .t,hcu the wave 81 ..reNas
fever -. pt over Eau IS "a 1~>u. kill
ing of 20 many Of tho i1ansas clstle.
state law. 10. I'D those drive which.
bad been g." ilie OI western Kansas. and
Ec'. Turner lat III, occupation. ,HeW,ut
far Ter west ana s0uth and tried TO shoot
the tcp -off p man 5 plug hat IN Colorado
SPRINGS b 80 Ec insisted thc fashion
Wa two shorter than the man
Wa yCIr
LIN, i he took exception a the
prtte. ng md occasionally Iiade ty
an cl~ rric lamp and went about shuot-
ing Tie cuh MS in two till thc city
marshal en..g.l in rcTartee and shot
OF the'ead - Eck's tbuulh. alleging as
a suf~icnt asal tire fact that n5 man
with two .-"rI I. umh, could he real
~ bad L---l. -.k replied iu kind. and
theHe wee 10 aprl cluts FOR thc POSITION
the marshal ; deiaise left vacant until it
was known that lex had left that region
3nd gone 10 Arizona.
AZ Fort Wing'He ne. had .Ile misfor-
tune TO shoot into an ambulance driven
by very mild hammered private sol
dler, who pulled up winchester and
crippled Esii f,F Die, destroying the use-
iuhess of botA shoulder and incidental
" putting out his right eye