The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-08
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he LOST HIS NERVE.

Man
A score of us saw the man as he came
cantering into the frontier town on his
cayuse and more than one remarked
how singular it was that he was I'M
armed. He hitched his horse to post
in front of the Big Elk saloon and had
just disappeared within the door of
the shanty when a man came running
up and exclaimed:
BOYS. that's the sheriff over at
Deadwood, and he's come for Wild
Jiml"
We crowded into the saloon to see
what would happen. There were five
men playing poker at one table and
three at another One of the men was
Wild Jim. who was wanted for murder.
On entering the place the sheriff had
backed up against the bar and faced
the players. Wild Jim had leaped to
his feet and pulled gun with either
hand, and the other players leaned
back and looked around to see what
was going on.
After me, Joe?" queried Wild Jim,
as he stood with guns presented.
Yes"
"Going to take me dead or alive?'
Yes"
You can't take me alive and if you
move hand I'll drop YOU.
The sheriff smiled and looked around
the room and back at Wild Jim and
queried:
How does the game stand, Jim?"
I've just dealt hand"
''All right-finish it."
minutes to play out the hand. Then
ne looked up ard said:
''Sure you want me, JoeP'
'Dog-sure."
"Jest come for me?"
jest for you"
Then I'm goin' TO kill you where
you standn'
He raised his gun in his right hand
and blaZed away. firing six shots as
fast as his finger could pull trigger.
The sheriff never moved. When the
smoke had rolled out of the open door
and we could see him he stood in the
same position and his face wore the
same smile. One bullet had burned
his cheek-a second had grazed his ear
"a third had cut through his shirt col
lar under the left ear. Wild Jim was
dead shot, and vet he had missed his
man at fifteen feet.
Got through, Jim?' asked the
sheriff, breaking a silence that was
positively painful
And you-you are not heeled"
gasped Jim as his arm sank slowly
down
.'No-come on,'
You didn't bring your guns!'
NO. If you are through shooting,
we'll go?"
jim laid his two guns down on the
table before him and walked to the
door and out into the street. His horse
was tied to a post block away He
reached the horse. mounted and then
headed down the long street after the
sheriff, who was giving him not the
slightest attention. In five minutes
the pair were out of sight
What allied Jim?" ! asked of the
bartender. who had come to the door
IF the saloon.
Lost his nerve, ne orusqueiy re-
piled.
How do you mean?
why. the sheriff coming without
gun and standing there 70 be sho, at
took all his sand away and made a
woman of him"
suppose the sheriff had had gum
The man jerked his head toward the
field wherein fifteen or twenty victims
had been buried and sal:
He'd a-bin over thar
And will Wild Jim get clear?
Likely. but he'll hev TO leave here
The boys hev already put him down as
" G."
AZ his trial for murder in Deadwood
Wild Jim was discharged from custody,
but he went forth changed man No
man took him by the hand-all men
avoided him Two weeks later he was
found dead in Custer City-a victim OF