The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-09
THE BAD MAN.
A WESTERN CHARACTER THAT Is
PASSING AWAY.
What He Could Do-StOries of Jimmy
Holland. Wild BiII and Others-A
County Seat War.

nat Tar western CHARACTER known as
the bad man. is rapidly passing away.
Here and there one still lives. fourishing
modestly-and harmlessly-on the capital
he acquired when laws were without form
and void; here and there one makes oc-
casiOnal abortive attempts 10 retrace his
steps, and dance the gay filings Of his
youth. but the times and the marshal are
against him. Somehow. he cannot always
understand 1.-THE things that used to en-
noble a man above all other achievements
are more lightly esteemed than they used
10 be. To his intense disgust II his heart
be yet turbulent. he finds that filling up
with wild liquor has become disreputable
and the killing of man positively unsafe.
From 1856. to 1870, was about the limits
OF the bad man" era, and his country
was anywhere from the Missouri river to
the Pacific coast. Since the latter time no
man has enjoyed a long career as kill
err" Even in the newest mining camps
and the widest cattle towns the force Of
the lawful man has been so early felt that
after one or two indulgences in murder,
however SkIOHk the AlUNNNdAiNAts esAe "aA
man" has usually "slpped.' and left his
little reputation to grow up by itself;
whereas. in the old days he would bave
steadfastly remained in the region OF It's
birth, cultivating it. and adding TO 1t when-
ever-well. whenever saie occasion
arose
Jimmy Holland was one Of the old
gang, and one of the latest lie was
san Francisco youth. with weakness
a.Hr.ar Ia
the way from Virginia City 10 Mount
Shasta, and particularly well known at
the army forts. Slight of build, with a
smiling face. bright eyes, white teeth,
good raiment. and an excellent horse,
Jimmy" Holland was a general tavorite.
He seldom drank, and was never drunken.
The demands of his profession precluded
Indulgence. For in spite of his very cor
dial demCanor jimmy Holland was
gambler. At Carson one nght-a town
he despised. as no one but the legisla-
tors would play, and Nevada could not
afford to keep a legislature in session
perpetually, even for hlm-he was dealing
faro when two gentlemen disputed as to
which had set a 800 gold piece on the
seven spot-the seven having won.
Both were members Of the legislature,
and, therefore. honorable men, and so
Jimmy" could not decide between them.
Both we're shooters and. therefore, he
deemed IL according 10 all Carson ethics
to let them settle il between themselves.
This was agreeable to the man from
Reno, but Winnemucca's representative,
Joe" Aldine, thinking row with Jim
my" would be easier abused the dealer
roundly for not protecting his patrons.
Jimmy" said nothing, tapped the cards
to a straight edge in the box ami in
quired If the gentlemen had made their
bets For reply Aldine rose tumultuous-
IT, tipping the table and confusing the
coin. He then whipped out a very large
revolver and announced that the game
was closed.
There was a special election at Win
nemucca as soon as legal notice by pub
LEGATION could be given, ami II is said that
Jimmy" Hollands floral Offering TO AL
dimes funeral was the handsomest up to
that time seen in Nevada.
Down about Fort Defiance in the edge
Of New Mexico--the place Is abandoned
now for the newer military post at Win
gate-NavajO Sam used to make a good
deal of trouble. He had been an enlisted
man and was sent TO his regiment from
the recruiting depot on Governors Island.
But nothing was known Of his antecedents
in New York or elsewhere.
Sam would shoot, and It was because
of his utter Indifference as 10 the objective
end of his aim that he was finally dis
charged from the army. If he could have
confined his attention 10 Ctes and Apaches,
with occasional repressive demonstrations
among the Navatos. he would have been
very valuable. But when he had shot one
post traders clerk for refusing to sell him
postage stamps on credit, and destroyed a
lung for the company teamster, he was
mustered out on the ground of permanent
and incurable disability.
He called the captains attention to the
fact that the teamster still lived.
YES" said the captain. but his lung
is gone. The man cant yell. A man that
can't yell can't swear, and the army has
no use for any one that discourages pro-
family among teamsters."
After that Sam shot a half-breed Zuin
Indian, a stage passenger to Yuma, and a
belligerent Mexican COW boy from Sonora
and was possessed of a record He tried
to run a saloon at Durango but his habit
of promulgating his ideas at the point Of
a pistol discouraged trade, and after he
hard contributed four tenants to the Du-
range 1ats-a little strip Of level ground
devoted to ceremtery uses-he gave his sa-
loon to the sheriff. borrowed a tenderfoot' s
saddle horse and pack mule and started
south.
The tenderfoot, being rash, overlook
him at the Petrified Forest and uniim-
bered a Henry rifle at 400 yards Sam
pdlu no dtleiltOH, anu ne kept peSSll,
away till he hit the pack mule Thsc.
Sam made a few remarks, accompanied
by his Winchester, and when Chief Co
ches came down from the north with
his sheep in the fall he brought the
Henry rife with him and a pair Of large
spurs with a Cincinnati trade mark upon
them.
When Navajo Sam reached Gallup he
found his record-and some rlvals-await.
ing him. The first night. being surprised
by the quickened and effective action Of
Gallup whisky, he grew troublesome, and
a barber. who disliked being cursed while
shaving made a slash with his razor. ana
carried away some portion Of Sans lef;
ear. They carried the barber away pres
emily; but it was all Sans eloquent ear
could do to convince the Gallup avengers
that this was a fair hght and not the
act of a man unduly eager for glory.
But he had come to his end, and that
in a most inglorious fashion. The At
lantic and Pacific Company had just built
the new railroad to Gallup, and the sim
ple-mnded plainsmen were not accus-
toned to its habits. Sam had a discus
sion with Julius FEEDER a Semitic trader.
who deal: in Navajo wool. 1t all gre y
out of the Jews dissemination to trade
ponies
Julius mounted and flew. with no more
damage than a hole in the crown Of his
hat. Sam mounted and followed. but his
pony was unequal to the task of captura