The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-23
An Ideal Oklahoma Family.


few OF US were at the depot to see the
steam cas- come in and Mr.. Mulhan didn't
DO a thing but hustled US on the train to
take dinner with him at his home within a
stones throw Of the city which bears his
name, fourteen miles north of here. II is
enc OF the finest homes In Oklahoma and
under Its roof resides one Of the most ideal
families it has ever been a mans good for
tune to meet. The father, mother and three
daughters. ranging from years old to IS.
I've as If they were all brothers and sis
tiers, Zach himself being in spirit the kid
| OF the household. Mrs. Mulhan is one OF
the most charming women in the south
west as many of the ladies Of Wichita, who
know her so well when the Mulhalls lived at
the Carey. can attest. While dinner was
! being prepared Mr.. Muihall took us out TO
| see bis feed lots and he showed up one of
the most neatly arranged ranches in Okla
homa. In these feed lots he has some beau
| tful cattle, horses, hogs, sheep and even
goats. to say nothing of poultry. He has
1000 acres Of land and through 1t all runs
living stream and lakes that abound with
| fish and game. After we had wandered
( about among the cattle. granaries and ma
| Chinery for half an hour, manifesting the
usual admiration of the city chaps, the
| scene changed from the enthusiastic TO the
pathetic. II want TO show you the last
resting place of my only boy" he said, and
with this remark he led US into an open
| field directly south of his house and there
under lonely tree not planted by human
hands we saw one of the most magnificent
tombs, and probably the most beautiful and
costly. between New Orleans and the
Rocky mountains. 1t is built of cut gran
| lite and is surmounted by a stone cross un
der which is the portrait of the beautiful
boy who Steps forever within its walls. The
tomb and the tree of wide spreading
branches stand in the center of an en-
closure perhaps an acre In area. This is
about the greenest spot / have ever seen.
Il is surrounded by an Iron fence placed
there temporarily. The stone for a per
manent Will is now being cut and within
tie present year it will be put into masonry
that, with the handsome tomb will endure
forever. On entering the sacred acre
marble step Is IN the page bearing the name
of Logan Mulhail. Nice cement walks sur
round the tomb and within little circles
pretty young everygreens flourish. The in
terror of the tomb is lined with marble and
two marble shells run it's entire length.
You enter into the ante chamber OF the
tomb through a heavy oak door with a
heavy plate glass about half its own size.
The door leading to the inner chamber is of
the same material without the glass and
in front Of it is pretty little water fount.
Living flowers abound In the ante chamber
and are attended TO every day by the moth
er and sisters of the boy. Mr.. Mulhall OPP
ened the inner door and led us into the
room that contains the body which lies in
a costly casket adorned with solid silver
handles and plate. AS We stood there in
the twilight the scene was impressive.
could not resent a feeling of sadness and
sorrow for the father whose eyes were rest
ing on the casket of his only son. knew
the boy when he was years old and at
that time no cowboy in the Cherokee strip
could ride broncho equal to him or shoot
more accurately with rife or revolver.
He was known among cownien and cow
boys far and wide for his skill in horseman-
ship. He was only 6 years old when his
fame was national and all the big papers
used to run his picture and write columns
about him. His father was a sublime pic
ture Of delight in the early days of kiowa
as he stood on the sidewalk and saw his
5-year-old son ride and untamed broncho
down the streets at break-neck pace amid
the shouts and plaudits Of cowboys and
plainsmen. Logan was Is years old when
he died. He was nearly six feet tall and of
perfect physical development. 1t was quite
coincident that the county and city in
which he lived bore his full name-Logan
county and Mulhall city-while he was
born long before either county or city were
in existence, or dreamed of. In due time
he was sent to school at St. Marys, Kan
sas and on Christmas eve in 1895 he came
home for a holiday visit and died three
days afterwards. The father was away at
the time, as the sickness Of the boy was
not considered serious. An old cowboy who |
had worked In his better days with Mr.. |
Mulhall was then living on the ranch. 1t |
was he who taught the boy to ride. In the |
afternoon Logan called him to his bedside |
and taking his hand said: "Old partner, 1 |
am dying. Tell papa that I would like TO |
rest forever under that lone tree out there |
in the pasture" It was on that exact spot |
that Mr.. Mulhall built his tomb. Logan |
got his first horse from Sam Lazerus, IL l |
am not mistaken. That horse Is yet with |
Mr.. Mulhall. An artist from the east was |
brought to Mulhall and he spent some three |
months painting picture of the horse and /
his boy rider. A sculptor in the City of |
Mexico is now chiseling from the marble of |
that country a life-size equestrian statue Of |
the boy and horse and in few months 1t |
front of the tomb and within 150 yards OF
the family residence. The boys horse now /
srszes around the little private cemetery !
and at times he acts as II he were con-
c.ous OF the fact that the boy who loved |
him so well lies sleeping near.
After We left the cemetery none of the
party spoke a word until the home was
reached, when Mrs. Mulhall had dinner in
waiting that would be a fit spread for |
guests OF royal blood.
There are only two steinway pianos In
Oklahoma. One of them is owned by Mrs.
Eugene Wallace of Oklahoma City and the
other is owned by Miss Agnes Mulhall.
girl who is as talented as she is pretty. She
Vas educated at All Hallows academy IN
Wichita and was one of that brigh. bevy
IF girls who graduated from the institution
r 1894. Zach took down his flute and play
ID accompaniment while Miss MulhaH play
ID and sang all the pretty songs in the
books with Mt. Otto Beckemyer of Guthrie
who is a splendid tenor. Miss Mildred Null
lall a child Of two. delighted the party
with some jigs and skirt dances that were
wonderful. Among the pretty features OF
he evening was the rendition on the piano
~ Mrs. MuIhan OF a piece composed by
herself which is clever musical represen-
atios of cattle stampede in the Cherokee
"trip Miss Mulhail Is a very accomplished
musician and has a beautiful voice which
The viii, in the near future. have cultivated
o greater extent IN one OF the eastern
i am satisfied that there
5 not family In the west living a more
deal life than they are. The two Misses
gulhall. Agnes. aged Is. and Lucille. aged
J. are fine horseback riders and both OF
hem are dead shots with the rife. There
s no vringing OF chickens necks on that
anch Whenever a chicken is demanded