The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-03
BOSS OF CRIPPLE CREEK
ROW THEMlRSH4LP PROHIBITS THE
 CARRYING OF WEAPONS.

Rounding Up Tramps-sentences of
 Prisoner's-Jim's Personality.
 It has been the ambition of g. great many marshaIs In mining towns to en- force the regulation that the citizens under their charge shall not carry weapons, The object of it was only too obvious, and it's enforcement has inva- rlably been resented as personal af- front for the enterprising resident of a mining camp not only loves his "gun," but loves to have it always handy,
 In consequence, until the present time no marshal has ever succeeded in achieving completely the ambition of his official career It was usually cut short by an undignified exit from the camp of hasty demise.
 The man who has at last succeeded is the marshal of Cripple Creek. His name is Jim Marshall, and mighty is it there and thereabouts.
 If there ever was a Napoleon of mar shals Jim" is it. He is not big and not over-muscular. Strange to say, there are no stories afloat of his ever having fatally unloaded any lead into
  cowhide boots. Perhaps this singular trait in one of his profession is one req son why he has become so conspicuous, He is always ready to shoot but sell dom finds it necessary. "Jim's" magnetism is oVerpoWering. | It may be that he has hypnotized the whole of Cripple Creek, for whenever he says a thing must be it invariably comes to happen. The toughest miner that ever came over the hills with a pick invariably knuckles under to Jim" and with mighty little argu- ment. He is brief of speech, but his words carry as much weight as a freight train.
 And so it has come about that since Marshal "Jim" made up his mind that the carrying of weapons was a habit detrimental to the general health of the community shooting irons" and knives have vanished like magic from the streets and barrooms. All serious arguments are now carried on with the weapons supplied by nature.
 The marshal takes good care that all new-c corners shall immediately be made acquainted with the prevalent condi- tion. Whenever a 'tenderfoot' ar rives, "Jim' at once introduces himself with that lack of formality peculiar to western communities.
 Hello" is his greeting. What yer come Here for?"
 When this question is satisfactorily answered he demands the name and the place from which the stranger | halls.
 All right; come on up and have a drink"
 As soon as the fred flicker" is gulped down Jim says in confidential manner, and like one comforting a great favor: "Now, look here; Pm marshal of this place, and you bein' a stranger I don't mind givin you a right start and doin' ye a good turn. There's two things you can do. You can stay or go. If you stay you can't carry any weapons. If you do, you can go and you can git quick Think il over and take yer choice. I'll see you later. So long"
 The stranger concludes to stay, as that's what he came there for.
 Somehow the no-weapon rule has come to be regarded as quite the prop CT thing, and very little objection is now made to it. In this respect objec- Cripple Creek is a shining and brilliant ! exception to all other mining towns
 Jim reigns supreme, and is in way
 a good deal of a, despot. When occa-
 sion requires he takes the law into his
 own hands and administers justice
 without any hesitation.
 l of fl,ah 6Y.a hn i0 was one of the buildings burned
 When the marshal saw that it was sure
 to go, he threw open the doors and tol6
 all the prisoners to light" out anc help fight the fire.
 Go where you like" said he 'unti this rows over Then I want to see al
 of you" "You'H never see them fellows again : Jim" remarked bystander. 'Why
 didn't ye put 'em under guard?" ; Didn't need to- was the laconic re- ply.
 When the fire had burned itself ou
 or was put out, the wooden jail haG
 been entirely consumed, except the
 iron cage, which, of course, still stood
 "Jim'' was equal to the emergency He had the cage fixed up as we'll al possible and sides covered with canvas to shut off the gaze of the curious Then he went to work herding thu , prisoners he had to let loose. In sur
 prisingly short time, and apparent. ! with very little difficulty, he had tn , | whole gang corralled. Not a man haC escaped How he managed to recap 7 ture them all nobody could explain ex t cept by the vague statement that 'i !, was easy enough for Jim to do, $ | When they were once in the cage agail s he took the matter Of their disposa - into his own hands. They could not, O l course, stay in there, and something e had to be done. So he retried each de l linquent and acted as judge, jury ant r advocate himself.
 t Where did you come from?" h t asked the first.
 Kansas"
 e What are you in for?" ;, Fighting in the Eagle saloon. Go ten days"
 2 You get out and skip. Don't ye eve s come back here again. !. The next prisoner said he was a. coo c who had been sentenced to the lock-u : for ten days for being drunk. t T need a cook. You go up to m t house and cook this summer, till I tel Q you to quit' The cooks sentence wa e extended considerably beyond the te