The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-19
MADE HIM NERVOUS
HE WASN'T AFRAID IN A FRACAs,
BUT SUSPENSE TOLD ON HIM,


Closing Episode In the Life of Dallas Studs-
meyer. the Quick Shot-He Had Twenty
seven Wounds and Carried Three Bullets
Around In His Body.
Ny fist meeting with Dallas Stude-
meyer was ct Las Vegas, n. NJ, in the
summer ct 1882" said southwestern civil
engineer. 81 had taken the morning train
that day from Albuquerque to Las Vegas.
In the car few seats ahead of me sat Pat
Garrett, the tall sheriff of Lincoln county,
the slayer of Billy the Kid. Seated beside
him was man of equal height, wearing a
black sombrero and black frock coat. His
profile as he turned now and then to left
or right showed thila aquiline features and
long .nustache cf a reddish tint. The
two mel, We're talking earnestly together
and occupied the same seat all the way to
Las Vegas, where we arrived at noon
"On the station platform was standing
Fred Leach, then superintendent of the
lower division Of the Atchison road As
the passengers alishted from the train he
shook hands with Fat Garrett and his COM
panion, and moment afterward said aside
to ME:
You know Dallas Studemeyer, don't
your No? Then I'll Introduce you
50 was duly presented to the famous
city marshal of FL Paso He was at thu
period ex-marshal Of that lively town ow-
ing to a recent falling out with th, city
council He greeted me politely, as Is the
fashion of men OF his kind toward strangers
with whom they have no quarrel. / no
ticed the peculiar tint of his eyes, the pu-
pills of which had reddish hue that had
never seen in any other human eye. De-
spite their strange and olninous tingc, his
eyes were not unpleasant, ct least in his
peaceful mood, and his look was fearless
and direct Pat Garrett l knew and had
already spoken with on the train. Garrett
and Studelneyer took the next train, as 1
did, to the Hot Springs, six miles from Las
Vegas where the railroad maintained fine
hotels and lighthouses
'Studemsyer was haggard and very nerv-
Gus from the effects of overwhelming and
the constant danger to his life during his
last month in FL Paso, and his hand shook
90 that he could not sign his name on the
register Of the MOntezuma hotel The tall
sheriff and the ez marshal, although re-
served and unpreteGtious Of manner, were
noticeable figures among the crowd of
fashionable guests at this noted pleasure
resort, and It did not take long for the
people TO find out who they were.
In the afternoon Studemeyer went over
TO the batl,house and took Turkish bath.
The head attendant came up in astonish-
ment to tell the superintendent at the
springs about the strange man whom he
had just attended
he bears the scars of 81 wounds, he
said, and three bullets are still in his
body. One recent wound that he got when
he killed three men in FL Paso is still I'M
healed
When Studemeyer came up stairs aftes
his bath, the superintendent invited him
into his Office. The ex-marshal talked
frankly and without hesitation of his ca
reer in FL Paso and made no concealment
of the fact that his nerves were badly shak-
en- by what he had recently passed through. |
1t was a tough experience to live
through, he said, 'and it kept getting
worse all the time. / was pretty nigh sin
gle handed against the town and every !
body trying to get the drop On me to kill |
me. 1t got SO that if man had a charge /
in his gun that he wanted 10 get rid OF
he'd wait round a corner TO fire ii into
me. UlUI lflilN Il SIlcDtlHkS scrap W Iicn |
it came Il YVES the suspense thai wore /
on me. / never know now when / may |
be attacked unawares. 1t might happen |
in a railroad train or anywhere that l |
chance TO be. I've had the offer of two /
different city marshalships this week L |
don't know what III do about them. Go |
back to FL Paso maybe when get straight
ened up
l.. hac ot6 Of 1,a,
tain region of Alabama and had served |
In the Confederate army. Since the var
he had led an adventurous life in the
southwest Though undoubtedly he was
armed, there were no signs of weapons
about his person as he walked or sat in
the SUPERINTENDENT Office
THE constant sense of danger of which
he spoke and anticipation of attack from
any quarter was shown when a clerk at
work in the same room had occasion to go
behind him TO overhaul some papers piled
upon the floor. At the sound OF somebody
moving behind him the nervous sudden
ness with which Studemeyer jumped from
his chair and wLirled round to see what
was meant was an effective illustration of
TIE suspense under which he WAS living
Like many other men of his Kind who
lead u life of constant danger, Dallas Stude-
meyer WIS fatalist
~ Believe said he, that when a man
Is born the time when he is 10 die is fixed
and appointed, and he cant be killed be-
fore that time comes round / don't be-
lieve the bullet was ever nodded that will
XII me.
But the bullet was nodded and waiting
hat should Kill Dallas Studemeyer. He
eft the Springs that afternoon and went
down the road tie next day. He stopped
got into good physical condition
and went back TO III Paso in the course of
week or two, where he was again APP
pointed city marshal He got along all
light until he again took TO overwhelming.
His old feud with the three Manning
,rothers was revived, and one day he en-
cred their saloon and variety hall for the
purpose he said, of having a talk TO clear
I'D matters of difference between them and |
)ring about a friendly understanding. Doc |
nd Jim Manning were at the saloon, and
i'm started out TO go up the street TO find
Iohn Manning, SO that all three of the
,rothers might De present at the confer
nee. Jim got as far as the corner of the !
'uilding and stopped and waited In a
minute more two pistols were cracking at
lively rate inside the saloon, and Dallas
came backing out of the
doorway as he exchanged shots with Doc
Manning whom he had wounded At the
threshold Jim Manning was waiting 10 re-
GIVE him, revolver in hand, and he killed
studemeyer with shot through the
head. New York Sun
His Amendment.
Two rival shoemakers in this city some ,,
ears ago put up signs in front of their
PREMISES. Cobbler No. / said on his sign