New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
MARSHAL JIM or CRIPPLE GREER.
HE HAS DRIVEN PISTOLS AND KNIVES OUT
OF THE MINING TOWN.
ON The St. Louis Globe Democrat.

shals in mining towns to enforce the regulateo
that the czens nnd;r her m Sasrss sy Sh no not
and It's enforcement has invariably been resented
Of mining camp NOT only loves his gun" Sut
loves to have it always handy.
sbal bas ever succeeded in achieving competeIv
the ambition of his official career IL was usually
cut short by an undlsnihed exit from the camp q
The man who has at last succeeded Is the mar.
shal of Cripple Greek. His name is Jim Mar.
shall. and mighty is it there and thereabouts
II there ever was Napoleon OF marshals Jim"
is it, lie is not big and not oyermuscuar. Strange
TO say there are no stories afoat of his ever hay.
ing fatally unoaded any lead into the carcass Of
a ructious gentleman in cowhde boots, Perhaps
this singular trait IN of his profession is one
reason why he has become so conspicuous. He
is always ready TO shoot, but seldom finds Il
"Jim's" magnetism Is overpowering 1t may b
for for' whenever he says thing be ii irvaraSi;
comes to happen. The toughest miner that ever
ed nasr oyer to tne inns e Aaqsa aPs
lie 4 brief Of fpssGn Tssh ns his words carry
And so il has come about that since Marshal
jim made up his mind 1nSt he carrying ,s q
health of the community shooting irons and
knives have vanished like magic from the street.
carried on with the weapons supplied by nature.
TIMELY WARNING.
The Marshal takes good care that all newcomers
shall Immediately be made acquain,eSd With Win the
lives jim at once nrodu 'es himself with that
lack Of formality peculiar to Western r sommunitss
Hello" is his greeting ""hat yer come mere
When this question is saisfaStory h % ;u answered s's
he demands the name ana the place from winch
the stranger halls. ,.,.
AN right; come on up and haye Srnka nsa ,o.
jim in confidential lax End birs like one one
Marshal of this place and YOU bein stranger
don't mind glvin' you a right start and don' ye
good turn There's two things you can do You
can stay or go. II you stay you can't carry any
weapons II you do. you can 20 and you can quit
quick Think il over and 'ake yer choice III
The stranger concludes to stay. as that's what
som"how the no-weapon rule has come 10 be re.
garded as quite the proper thing. and very little
objection is now mad to II brann ii Hs sxrssSs rssps
10 ali Other mining towns, Jim l"ignS supreme.
and is in way a good deal OF Hesnoti Wnen
hands and administers justice without any hesi'
tation -, -. ,r o -, ..
,be bdnrs rnS rn burned When the Marshal saw thai
1t was sure 10 go ne threw open me do9rs , s aho
told all the prisoners - light Out ana heip nght
NOVEL JAIL DELIVERY
go where you like" said he :, until unit this rows
"Youil never ee them fellows again. Jim" re-
marked ReT i a bys,ander. why didn't ye put EN-
unIer unpdnfs fI"'ed need TO-" was the acCnc reply
when the ire had burned Itself Gui OF was pg'
the wooden jail cS had See Of Gng cors @ stood
jim was equal TO the emergency He hsd a.,si n;
cage fixed up as well as pIss'ps za anu ~ The cIrous
Then Then he went 10 work herding the prisoners ne
in .ry srfpsssy g'. ssu iaoFi he '%s nsa ,ss
Whole gang corrraed. Not man had escaped. sL
tIno, no managed to recapture them all noood!
nnia oT nspian Except by the vague statement that
~ was easy enough for Jim TO Do Wnen Inc, ,ne!
.ers ONCE in the cage again. he TOOK ne mdl,s,
W, ,boir disposal into his own hands They could
not OF course stay in there and sometnins hso cs
be done So he retired each dslinqush' anu ao"1
,s tidge Jury and advocate himself. Go,
Where did you come from he asked the n'''
What ;i,ai''a are you in for c,. ,on dan.
sighting In the Eagle saloon Got Ten osyn .yys.
You get out and skip. Don't ye ever e'"'
o@N Tbe mex, prisoner said he cook who haa
h.an sentenced TO the lookup FOR ten Gays i''
0s!IS need "' cook You up 70 my house ana ana
k cookk snn,en"n was extended bly, beyond
the ten davs originally imposed by me Msgsi'a 81, -:
dozen or so prisoners The "iransients wer;
ordered to leave oYn at once 3mbdrs Mpis and such
ike We're disposed OF much as though tnes
i apprentices. In this way anairs were H'a"aee'
! until a new jail could be built.
THE TREATMENT OF TRAMPs.
There is a deep-sea,ed dislike in Marshal .., .Jlms
nature toward tramps Thanks 10 nj, ,ras sssH, from
Offices Cripple Creek Is remarka9y lres In getting
rhf" riG Of them hen Whenever he inds that they are
present m any considsr"oG m Tbsn he makes
r@ausition on the railroad for an engine anH ~.
ireightcar and bundles the ramps into the ca. "A'
Vow addressing the engineer. you let her sa 60
Take these fellows down tne ro'n ~ li none OF
! 'cm come back | haven't got any use lot 'rai"pN
and | won't have EN- here n.,,h r,ilroad
Az tramps are never overpopular Win tH.os az
men the engineer is only too glad 10 ger 'ns'' r o.
far away as p0SSs %@a hn dumP Scied
such a procedure the Marshal, II Is SAD WAN Sr"r
anS ,S G"p pos sns Them on eth the in that
! manner He was never accused OF having ao'"
aiv resorted TO such heroic measures. however
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methods OF enforcing the law and preservig +;
H,uray n task His duties mD, WITH ffhS kid gloves
II Is said that on one occasion. when there "a ss
prGsG'f, psG acSpo D aSS the dispute ans
there by calmly pocketing the PIE hi'Srm ",o tne
public treasury
AN ARBITER or DISPUTES.
"That'n teach em to play poker IKE genmeS gr,sS
men." he asserted. As Jim WAS the o'l's sisss less
1' r%e weapon rule worked to his advantage 10 10
more than one instance. quite likely II si,m5 4
responsible for the general fear In when ''" -
on another occasion he wound up violent arsu ~
"ss TO over boosSda by S the balls
the window and telling the players tha' IL aoo,s e
wanted to finish the game they could go o"''''''
"Jm's appearance has certainly not won SSssin9 mn
his popularity for 1t is far from prepSsseSssssi: ss
lie is not of commanding stature. nor mas s.,Ser n
staggering manner ON the contrary ne J. d,S,s,iy
but quickly Just how old he is would puzzie, bsr an.
one guess. for he has one OF those we"' n 80,
beaten. deeply scanned faces that might nave d % cn
sixty cold winters and few hot summers an, ha,,ns
the other hand 1t would easily pass FOR na.,re m
known but half that number. II Is as nohI,v.as no S,ras
initial as a mummy's. With that face al, ,,n,ess nh
OF blufiing could he done at poker. Neverlne'' ~:
Jim does not utilize his natural ADVANTAGES,
rarely plays. and when he does II seems aS '"o"s-
luck took good to shun him. ,,,oA "A
His birthplace has been variousiy accrea.,eu. can
half n dozen different States. and so iat AZ AZ thc
be learned Jim never contradicted. any oa.,h.y oa
statements made on that subject 1t II ,cs OF
too trivial a matter for him TO take cognizanSrL
lie is a equally good Judge of horses and whsnsy, ~,
and neither has much influence upon MIN. ..xcsut
that matter. nothing much interests MN eNesr:
being Marshal and preventing shooting scrape'
and 'stabbing matches