The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-01-29

close TO the hue VI w ~ Oh AdneA, AM
avery one was busy, for it was the season
n the spring roundup, says the Phila-
aoIphia Times. No Mans Land is tha
long narrow strip of the Indian territory
that prevents northwest Texas anC
southwest Kansas from coming in con-
tact. OF course, it is out of the jurisdic
hon of either state, and for years Uncle
SANS officials zealously avoided it fol
many reasons.
Late one afternoon the sheriff of Bron
clio county came riding into camp in
curing for Denny Murphy. The sheriff
sudden appearance occasioned no sur
prise for a warning of the same had pre-
coded him fully three hours, and, as g
direct result, Mr.. Murphy, one of the
hest cowmen in the whole circuit, rode
calmly over the border and into the land
where subpoenas came not and warrants
lost all their validity.
A few days before the fugitive had
been on one of his periodical tears
down in the little settlement of Quirt.
Vile and had been far more turbulent
and volative of the peace and dignity OF
Broncho county than usual. He had
dubbed the piano player in French Petes
dance ball nearly to death with the butt
of his sx,shooter; had shot out all thl
lights and window panes in the RESORT
also three fingers from Pete's good rigt
hand, and then had ridden away defiat |
Nyooiferous and unscathed. The afr
clap was now present in the "Three ~
ems" camp in the shape of the sheriffhd
those documents that begin so sareiti-
cally with the word greeting"
But, 20 use slang phrase, the htht
gaze the sheriff she laugh, inffming
lin that Denny had "moseyed;" nat as
a cowman there was too much dog for
him to spend any time attending ! such
minor affairs; that the sheriff would
have to waltz until the round1p was
over. and that he had better q down,
stake his horse and spend The Eht, for
il was getting late and Quirtvfe was
long ride back. The sheriff promptly |
accepted the invitation. He VS. an Off
Ger of experience and not give to chas-
ing rainbows.
During the winter just passd some OF
The cowboys had beer visiug civillza-
ton down in Fort Worh and had
attended the theater. Teir minds |
being still filled with the fories of the
experience, they diverted he camp fire
talk after supper to thins theatrical.
This brought out the sheriff strong, for
he had in his day been all yer the coun
try and never st an opportunity of at
tending the playhouse.
Boys said he, "I'Yt seen a Teller
called Booth play he'part of devil
named Iago so that my 6ngers itched to
get hold of my gun. I've seen dago
named Salvini play part named The
Outlaw all in dago tax, but | didn't
have to know that limp to find out he
was worse-used manhan any that ever
= set foot in these whee United States.
There's a woman, too Clara Morris; she
gave chill that listed week. But
I've seen a man, a Common, plain man,
who could lay over ITEM all. saw him
do just one piece Of acting and right at
ter had to hang him.
vt was good while ago, just after
they first got to dieting me sheriff,
had man in Jail md two deputies were
staying right with him all the time,
cause we couldn't take no chance of his
getting away, him being convicted OF
murder and waiting for his day to come
to be hung in. It was a mighty mean,
loW-down murder, too. Jury wasn't out
mOre'n five minutes over it. His lawyers
had tackled all the courts he could get
into, but it was no go, and the fellows
time was sure coming-only couple of
days off, it was. / think even right then
old man Dunn and his carpenters were
out in the Jail yard working away on the
gallows.
well, on this day, when you could
near them carpenters knocking and saw
ing back in the yard, who comes into my
ONCE room, where 1 was sorting out some
papers, but this feller's lawyer and lit
Tie old lady dressed in black clothes.
one was mighty nice looking old lady,
leaning considerably against the lawyer,
like she was nervous and tired. The
lawyer tells me she has an idea that the