The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-25
~DESPERADo LUKE SHORT.
a naa HAN with . Can. NE uaa seus ne
deerntng Qualities.


"In q recently published list Of noted bad mon
with gums who have passed In their chips In the
last ave yoars I saw the name Of Luke Short"
said A. q. ArkwriRht, formerly OF Kansas and
Texas. "By q singular train Of events I became,
you might say, intimately acquainted with him
ten or twelve years ago. II was during q vacar
tion I was taking at the Arkansas Hot SpringS,
and Luke Short came there, To the hotel whore I
was staying. with his wife, tho beautiful and
accomplished daughter Of an Emporia banker,
whom he had married under omantic circum.
stances. He was q short. well.built young man
with a round. smooth face, very black eyes, and
muscles like steel springs and catgut. He
dressed well and plainly, habitually wearing q
SUIT OF dark blue clothes ana q black eombrero.
His manner toward those persons whom he liked
was pleasing.
AT Fort Worth, Tex. his home. he was idon-
hhod with various inoongruous private and
public undertakings. He owned the largest
saloon and variety hall In the city, was director
In q bank, q board member Of the gas and OF
tho wator company, and a founder and trustee
OF n young ladies seminary at one and tho
same time. lie was at the Hot Springs for his
health. AS he walked out OF his saloon AZ
Fort Worth one day, a short time previous. tho
CITY Marshal, standing on the other side OF tho
street, lot drive ut him with both barrels OF q
shotgun. Imlk1lnR MIN. Short Teturned The 0t-
to,,i,, hy L,,,ina ,ho Mor.,,, u;,h nj. r.yo,v.,
.na Sanna,n, 100 90 h;s sa,',I.. IT, NJ.
ana wounding Two OF MS deputies. The Mar
shall had friends likely to attempt to ayenge
b;s death and although Ieuallv .xon.rated
80 60 - ."'In"
leave Fort Worth for a while. and SO had come
TO the Springs. He was always ON hi, guard and
equipped for trouble, but except to pin to the
table with an oyster fork the finger OF q man
"hoLh ho NhuoAs yshe ~ pehh y NOAN Al I"
sons for being too inQuisitivc about him. his life
al Inc springs was a peacetui one. no was q
devoted husband and passed much OF his time
with his wife. When 1 said soOa.Dy to him
here /. was WIN tho pioA''ne'' impressions OF
at was four years before I saw Luke Short
again. was IN inc lexas ranhand'e buying
nisht At a so.oaIleJ ho,si a, a little crnss.,rsil.
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table reading a week.old St. Louis paper by the
iivht Of n Kerosene inmp three touch LOOKING
fellows, in country garb. with spurs on. came in
and ordered drinks. They gave me no notice,
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two or three rounds Of drinks. Then. as the
whiskey began to work in them. they picked me
out as z suolect 70 nave run WIN. AS tney or.
dereu Ihe lourth rouhu one Oh tnen,, ois; w!
sung out 10 INC r9ngniy .,,, u.,,, v.r
Some up and haE y a drink with US and ,
thought it best e accept his invitation; drank
with themLsucn whiskey IL was; uSh ..and
then. 70 MAKE matters pleasant, Sraered an9thet
to my paper. but they Wouidnt have It so, l
had to drink WIN oach OF Mike Two eonpan.
again, ,r,,. mora, r,,. IAN, ,.,, , dr,n. +,
oh, drinf more anat ism : ha ndrti HT'9 in, :
ss% s'ns 5 E he H.; i Sr in a5 Tfst &c. ;s%s: sS.. sr H. ! :
dr 1r6,n DoT had i, g sna at ao far a %1 / csr reie 10 e enSu ~
S San as the others drank ana ''t 1t down nearly
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Tin n Mini s'e epp from auu a sb.nlff and and setting i, on ~ The
counter, turned the whisky from my tumble
i M n N; l iSe n nSn pU wn. h wf'sff nT 'r He b uns bo eon
working up to this point from the time 81 he called
me 70 u the 10 par par 70 dfink' ana ne haa nS uHneS'
Turn that into you, and dom. make two
swallows OF 1t! You WON'T 1ouA take the
'o!i i raise raised the bottle as II to bring it down or
SET Ell, the es glass ;rt dancing n hh9u on me n sne.ses wS she t x,
whiskey i had contsined was distributed pretty
evenly over Nike; The shot had come from M .
observed BY me. had come into the barroom ant
taken bis seat in a corner; - ~, han. -,
Mike turned. sun hoinlhB N Nh nahu tnt
fired the shot His Jaw fell, all the buliylnf
look left his face, and ne STOOD pertectly stiil
n mos o0TT Be s@n1l m ms9w les them SsSm stand for q fuI
minute and then spoke; ,., :,
Mirs Dr nmS up n that a cup wprS 3i ,h mni rSfaan nan rsnR IL 4
though he couglSd and strahEiea AZ inc Gnu.
Landlord. NJ MN up enotheI' anne w
command from the corner TO- not d tunpie'
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