The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-19
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showed his nose around the corner of
his shelter, when quick as flash Bat
fired at the nose. The bullet struck the
corner of the stand where the nose had
been when Bat raised his gun. That
settled the fight, the terrified saloon
keeper saved his proboscis by lodging
when he saw the gun raised, and drop
ping his own weapon fled Bat sent
bullet whistling after him, but without
any intention of hitting and before Mas
tersOn could reach his hotel and regis
ter, Peacock was out of town. The two
never met again until a year or so ago,
when they came together at Salt Lake
in the Knutsford hotel. When Peacock
saw MaSterson he displayed a great
desire to get to a side door, but Bat
called him back, offered his hand and
told him he had nothing to fear. Pea
cock was dumbfounded. for he fully ex
pected to be killed if he ever met Mas
terson. The two subsequently became
good friends
For the killing of Undergrad Master
son underwent the first civic arrest of
his career. Some cogniZance had to be
taken of the scrap to clear the con-
science of the authorities, so a warrant
was sworn out for Bats arrest for dis
charging firearms in the city limits. He
pleaded guilty to the charge and paid
fine of S..
Mastersen did not return to Tomb
stone, out went 10 1TlIlludu, SOl., anu
settled. In 1882 he was appointed city
marshal and served for a year. He
lived in Trinidad till "a, and then went
to Denver. where he has since resided
The Peacock Ubdergraff episode COM
pletes the list of fatal encounters Mas
terson figured in, in which the men who
fell by his hand were known by him
or their identity was ever learned by
anyone else. but he had numerous adj
ventures that proved fatal to somebody
else. enough somebody's, in fact, to
bring the total of the men he is known
to have killed up to rs or &c. he is not
certain himself of the exact number
and as they were mostly redskins, who
in those days We're only accounted good
Indians when they We're dead Indians
one or two more or less is not matter
of any great moment.
Y.
1t was i'm the fall of % that one of
Masterson's important adventures of
this kind occurred. He and Jim Har-
yey, buffalo hunter of some renown
at the time, We're hunting on the Can
adian river when they came upon a
camp of five Mexicans who had a string
of burros packed with skins. They
were not very gracious set and show
ed the two hunters scant courtesy. AS
a result q fight ensued, in which Mas
terson and his partner killed the whole
nNe ana selzed anu Sola thFaT piop-
erty.
In the same fall a party of white
traders was camped on the Cimmaron
river where II divides Kansas from the
Indian Territory A band of Indians
were camped Il miles away on Medi-
cine Lodge creek and the Indians would
ride over to the traders camp and
trade skins for liquor. Masterson was
at the head Of a hunting outfit and
was hunting in that section. One day
one of his men was murdered in cold
blood by the Indians and he deter
mined to repay them. Accordingly, he
laid his plans to catch the redskins as
they returned from their trips after 1re
water, and laying in wait one day.
caught the party as they rode single
file over the divide. He killed an even
dozen before he concluded his dead
hunters murder was avenged. Master
son had other experiences of not dis
similar character. the particulars OF
which are not now recalled, which con-
tributed to the grand total of the men
he killed in single-handed combat. with
the one exception. How many Indians
he killed in numerous engagements IN
which he participated would be hard
matter 10 estimate.