The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-14

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g9n's right hand was not there. Neither was
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Ike o man who know how to use il. The two
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epldier, quickly, hauled the table to a corner OF
nt each othor in the centre OF the shack, began
the bowie fence, yhich both appeared to I'm.
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his condition and reeled OF critical points. Tho
men. both leaning far forward with extended
other with the caution of cats, lungin and
uoaRlng, but never getting near enough for the
thrust St f9r several minutes. NYth Of them pant.
fingers OF the soldiers knife hand. hut thai was
as near as he ever got to his man. Tho four
no part, the two hangers-on being Indifferent as
70 me outcome, and the soldiers seeing that
sh s6h man no. pT yas SSD! had The winning a n end n e it .
peculiarly vicious thrust on PotoZzo's par, and,
taking advantage Of q stagger his man made,
heart OF the gambler, who was dead within a
minute. The bad soldier threw the knife
against tho wall of the shack without a word to
any OF the Othnr men nufhrrpd M the frp1l u~l
notes on the table, strobe in tho black darkness
Of II Waco's muddy streets down TO the waters
felucca moored there and showed OH into the
waters OF Bakers Bay. He was never after.
n MqnS t of,eel:: s and StH1, the ht,I p%;reisu mIa %,S Of a., ,hs
,oria and stoves awsy on the steamship Co
Astoria at 4 O'Clock the next morning.
in i Isse was a shooting case IN San Antonio
which the general verdict vas that tho soldier n
needed TO be shot. lie was a cavalryman, sta
TONED at San Antonio barracks. whose payday
sort. He would begin the sprees in Tho post
%canteen, and would. generally wind them up on
horseback in the streets Of, San Antonio. He
or years ON the plains punching cattle, and cvon
when he was drunkest he could perform as.
canteen jag, we'll under way he would navigate
aioot to g livery stable IN San Antonio, pick
coed to show tho inhabitants OF the town Jus,
what he could do.
One OF his specialtios was racing his horse at q
dead Rallop through the main streets Of the
town and picking up stray dogs in full career
This trick finally palled upon him, and he be
them Into the saddle while going at full speed
This he did q number of times on successive PAL
days, and the parents OF the children, as vel
as the, whole population of the town, who hat
seen tho pranks Of the drunken soldier, grcv
~ warned that IL he repeated the trick he woul'
get himself into serious trouble.
The drunk that he acquired on the pay da.
when he met his fate was OF so intenre q %variet,
that he felt that he could ignore The warming
He lifted several and set them down again, an,
charged up and down tho streets like a mat
n" I'm nG a " WoEifil Gimme room. This is my da,
to howl! eat ella monsters and a whole 10
r. en- = bad Gimme iTaI9. some aiia monster' Oh bu
Finally, In the afternoon Of his payday DRUM
he saw q little girl about four years old cross
ing. the street down which he was charging
and he leaned over the saddle rs he swoopet
down and made q, grab for, her. The littl
child was thrown. rolling fifteen feot away, an
was severely bruised. The soldier, sobere'
for q moment, refined mp.
Tit child's father happened to be a saloo
keeper named Morton Farley, and he was look
Ing out Of his saloon windeT when the thin
drawer and went out to the sidewalk, nea
WHICH the soldier had refined his horse.
- uncerstood you to say a while ago tina
You were a wolf. didn't H. Inquired Farley.
That what you did, and q bad one at
wolves for their hides" said Farley. and he sho
the soliier dead as he sat astrido his horse. H
was acquitted by a coroner's jury.