The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-07-21
ONE KIND OF BAD MEN
THOSE WHO ARE DANGEROUS TO
ROWDlES AND ROBBERS.

ROWDlES AND ROBBERS.
a Wyoming CattIeman Who Checked the
Little Game of Two Chicago Thieves.
Howa Millinery saicsnan Cowed Tough
That Wanted to shoot mt Everything,
What Is known III n bad man in the
far west ~ not necessarily man of an
unvaryingly evil disposition or of dis
position evil all He may he uniform
~ and eussedly bad or bad only i'll thu
sense of being dangerous to those who
Difor him unjustitiablo provocatiou.
have met many varieties of the species
III my 90 years of travel west of the
Mississippi, a" said former commercial
traveller.
1 was in the train iii which it Imp
pened, although did not SEQ the occur
renee. when two thieves camo to grief
in trying to rob oattlcmnn. II WINS in
the Chicago Burlington and Quincy
station in Chicago, or, rather, Just he
yond the station Tho thieves evidently
Ind planned tho robbery beforehand,
knowing that the cattloman had large
sum of money with him, and they had
followed him To tho train and aboard II
coach. He had seated himself near the
middle of the car After the train Ind
started and got under good Roadway ono
of the thieves suddenly grabbed him
from behind. pinioning his arms to his
side. while the other drew his pocket
book from his inner breast pocket Then
tho thieves ran III opposite ways toward
tho car doors with the intention of
course, of jumping from the moving
train, but they hadn't reckoned rightly
on tho quicknoSs of tho cattlcman's pis
tol. Drawing his revolver he brought
down one of the thieves half way to tho
door, mortally wounded, with IA bullet
through his back. Turning, he fired Mt
the other. just dashing out ut the door
shooting him through the heart 80 that
he fell dead ON the platform.
The whole thing WAS done so quick
~ that few Of the passengers in the
coaeh were aware TINT anything unusual
was going on until the pistol shots rang
out Then naturally there were jumping
up and confusion and Mysteries The
cnttleman, pistol In hand, went at once
him and, not finding his pockcthook,
went back through the car to where the
other thief lay dead on tho platform.
The crowd gave him free passage along
the aisle, you can bet. At the door Il
brakeman handed him the pockethooiS
which the thief had dropped when In
fell. The cattlcman rnn his eye over the
contents satisfied himself that they
were all right then went bnck to his
seat, wheio ho remained quietly until
tho next station was reached Here he
got out, asked the telegraph operator to
notify the police that he WAS waiting
for them to arrest him and Htaid until
they came. The coroner's jury exoner-
ated him for the killing, and his case, II
ever 1t came before court, was quickly
dismissed. met him afterward in Wy
oming, quiet, everyday sort of man OF
no particular reputation as II shot, who
had got along with little trouble in II
lighting why before and after his ex-
plot at Chicago, but he showed him
self great ut this ono time when nerve
and promptness and good marksmnuship
were needed
II saw II rough fellow taken down by
man who was not bit rough to look
Mt once on passenger train of the
Southern Pacific road, west Of Dcming.
IL wis in parlor car, and the tough
had arrived at the stage of drunkenness
where ho felt IL necessary to get out his
pistol and shoot mt telegraph poles along
the side Of the track. lie got ugly when
the conductor spoke To him and allowed
he'd do pretty much M no pleased and
that tho man who intcrfercd with him
wouldn't turn up for his victunls next
day or Mt any time after. II IL probable
that the trninhands eventually would
have brought him Ia rights, but pas
senger. "A slim. quiet, refined looking
man, took the business in hand aud
saved them the trouble.
"I'ho fun began when the tough's pis.
tol went off IN tho car, by accident quite
likely. AT this the slim man got up and
walked back to him, cnIryinR slender
walking stick in his hand
There has been enough of this bust
ness, he said. Put that pistol up
1.-The tough jumped up from his seat
:. Damn your he shouted DO you
know who you're talking toi You gitP
He started To cock his pistol MS he
spoke, but the hammer didn't get half
way up. The thing was done too sud
denly for my eye to follow, but the pis-
tol changed down on the floor between
them. knocked from the fellows hand
swore and clutched with the other hand
Mt his hand that had been so smartly
raped. Tho slim man stopped, picked
up the pistol and threw it out Of the
window
q" Now, will you behave YOURSELF he
asked. looking the fellow In the eye,
with tho expression Of wild beast
tanner and holding the stick as "a fencing
master holds his foil at ready
g You bet, was the prompt answer,
and the tough man sat meekly down. lie
was very much ON his good behavior all
the rest Of the trip, He even tried to
make friends with the slim man. The
slim mans name. by the way, was f. L,
Hallam, an agent for IA millinery goods
firm. lie received the lionizing of the
other passengers modestly, acknowledg
ing, however, that he fenced and spar
red some and could play little at sin
glo stick. New York Sun.
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