El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-22
"A house for every man, and
Every mans house his temple"
lfrented, only Temporary"
Had you thought about it?

three classes which are seldom found
together. 1t is believed by many that
even a branch road from Ell Paso would
pay to operate from the start, and that
the development of the country would
soon make the road profitable. There
which is said to be of good quality;
there is gold, silver and copper: mar
BILE, of fine quality and different varie-
ty, and many other classes of fine
building stone: timber of different
variety-but mostly oak and pine.
Vegetables of all kinds are raised
without irrigation as the seasons are
much more regular in that section
than anywhere else in the section. On
to White Oaks!
lately and the talk grad ually drifted to
the famous bad men of the west and of
Texas. Times have changed," said
the Texan. I'm the early days if a
killing should have occurred like that
in which Miller killed Bud Frazier,
Miller would have had no more show
than d jack rabbit, either in the COM
munity or before the courts In early
days all the famous bad men gave the
object of their hatred some chance for
his life. | remember When the famous
Will Bill was marshal of Ogallala,
Kansas. Wild Bill, mad record as
killer, but he was a man who wanted
the advantage. The Texas cowboy
and gamblers caused Wild Bill great
at the Texans. Ben Thompson and
Phil Coe were two of The IN; So noted
Texans then around Ogalials and they
were both men of nerve and quick with
a gun. Ben Thompson left Ogallala
and returned TO Texas, but Phil Coe
stayed in Kansas. Wild Bill one day
got the drop on Coz and killed him.
This aggravated the Texans against
Wild Bill and eventually he had to
resign the marshalship and leave the
country. He went to Idaho and was
killed in a milling sAloon-shot from
behind and his slayer was hung. Ben
Thompson was one of the quickest men
with a gun that ever Hveo and he was
completely made up with nerve. He
killed twenty-eight men and 1t is said
that he never killed man who did not
have gun in his hand. Ban aud King
Fisher were killed in "a in variety
theater in San Antonio, but Ben went
down with gun in his hand aud it
never quit smoking until his breath
had left him. Joe Foster died from
one CT the bullets from Ben's pistol at
the time. Ben Thompson was proba-
bly, one of the best known killers of his
day, but he was never a desperate and
always stood a trial for every man ne
killed. He was refined and polished
gentleman when sober, but bad man
when drunk, but there was never q
time when be was drunk enough to fail
in his shots or when his arm was uner-
ring enough to harm friend in shoot
ing scrspe Ben was printer by trade
but gambler by probes ion. When
Leadvil e WAS in the hey-day of its
glory Ben took the town alone and
closed up every barroon and gambling
hall. The next day when sober he
went up and paid for his fun. King
Fisher, who vas killed with Ben, was at
one time desperate who made the
brush of west Texas his home, but he
quieted down and when killed was q
deputy sheriff of Uvaide county and
would have been the next sheriff if he
had lived. The parties who killed him
had nothing against him, but they
knew that he would stay with Ben as
long as breath lasted. He was killed
dead and never even pulled his pts oil.
| could aud will talk more on this SUBJ
ject for you at some future time. l can
give almost all the history of the bad
men of Texas in latter days. They are
all gone now.'
ROUND ABOUT.