The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-08
KIND OF BAD MEN
,.uo ARE DANGEROUS TO
[.ovoIes AND ROBBERS.

la' NOT necessarily man of an
.nly evil disposition or of dis
," oy;I at all. He may be uniform
n0ssedlv bad or bad only i'll the
- being dangerous TO those who
- nniustifiable provocation. l
many varieties of the species
az Years of travel west of the
iOri 4" said former commercial
IN the train in which it hap
altbough | did not see the occur
when two thieves came to grief
.nc N rob cattleman. 1t was in
Fh;capo, Burlington and Quincy
in Chicago, or, rather, just be-
fho station. The thieves evidently
lonned the robbery beforehand,
no that the cattleman had a large
money with him, and they had
Cd him to the train and aboard
He had seated himself near the
Of the car. After the train had
and got under good Roadway one
thieves suddenly grabbed him
Iebind, pinioning his arms to his
rbile the other drew his pocket
|,om bis inner breast.pocket. Then
iqves ran in opposite ways toward
n doors with the intention, of
Of jumping from the moving
Init they hadn't reckoned rightly
nuiokness of the cattleman's pis-
|Drawing his revolver, he brought
one of the thieves half way to the
|mortally wounded, with a bullet
rh his back. Turning, he fired at
Iher, just dashing out at the door,
fpg him through the heart so that
! dead on the platform.
he whole thing was done so quick
\ few of the passengers in the
were aware that anything unusual
ioing on until the pistol shots rang
then naturally there were jumping
h confusion and Mysteries. The
Imam, pistol in hand, went at once
! first thief he had shot, searched
Ind, not finding his pocketbook,
back through the car to where the
thief lay dead on the platform.
rowd gave him free passage along
! sle you can bet. At the door
man handed him the pocketbook,
J the thief had dropped when he
The cattleman ran his eye over the
bits, satisfied himself that they
all right, then went back to his
where he remained quietly until
bxt station was reached. Here he
BIT, asked the telegraph operator to
! the police that he was waiting
lem to arrest him and staid until
Fame. The coroner's jury exoner-
BIN for the killing, and his case, IL
! came before a court, was quickly
! sed, | met him afterward in Wy
/, quiet, everyday sort of man Of
Pticular reputation as n shot, who
Dot along with little trouble in a
|hg way before and after his ex-
BAT Chicago, but he showed him
beat at this one time when nerve
fomptness and good craftsmanship
needed.
|saw a rough fellow taken down by
who was not bit rough to look
zee on a passenger train of the
fern Pacific road, west of Deming.
F in parlor car, and the tough
frived at the stage of drunkenness
he felt it necessary to get out his
and shoot at telegraph poles along
PIE of the track. He got ugly when
lnductor spoke to him and allowed
70 pretty much as he pleased and
PIE man who interfered with him
|n't turn up for his victuals next
at any time after. 1t is probable
the trainhands eventually would
brought him to rights, but a pas
\, q slim, quiet, refined looking
took the business in hand and
them the trouble.
Pc fun began when the tough's pis-
|nt OF in the car, by accident quite
AT this the slim man got up and
d back to him, carrying a slender
PIG stick in his hand.
here has been enough of this bust
he said. Put that pistol up
Pc tough jumped up from his seat.
Pamn youP he shouted. DO you
|who you're talking to? You gitp
started to cock his pistol as he
but the hammer didn't get half
|p' The thing was done too sud-
Tor my eye to follow, but the pis-
Pnged down on the floor between
knocked from the fellows hand
now with the stick, The tough
and clutched with the other hand
hand that had been so smartly
\ The slim man stopped, picked
pistol and threw it out of the
w.
low, will you behave YOURSELF he
looking the fellow in the eye,
'he expression of a wild beast
|and holding the stick as a fencing
holds his foil at ready
lou bet was the prompt answer,
Tough man sat meekly down. He
fly much on his good behavior all
Oh the trip. He even tried to
friends with the slim man. The
an s name. by the way, was E. T.
an agent for a millinery goods
de received the lionizing of the
passengers modestly, acknowledge
wever, that he fenced and spar
ne and could play a little at sim
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