The herald., 1898-03-27
he MADE GUN PLAYS
A WILD AND WoOLLY WATCH
MAKER FROM TUCSON
TOYED WITH A BIG REVOLVER
Scared His Rival and Then Proceeded
to Make Love to His Sweetheart
at the Pistols Point

BehlnQ the DarS OIL the city prison Is q
man with an ingrowing sorrow. and it Is
all because of Miss Lucy Jane Stubbles.
who caused his heart to mourn by driving
him away. John Eaves loves Katie
Buddy, but when she told him that all
coons looked alike to her. he went cunning
for the new bully Of the lady's affections
and wound up in Jail. None of the parties
to the little romance are colored, how
ever, but love makes some kind of men
act the same, whether they are white,
yellow or black.
The romance dates back some years and
opens in the sunkissed territory of Ari-
zona. There John met his Dulcinea and
they loved In fact, so mutual was their
regard that they resided together for four
years. Then Katie got tired of John and
came to this city. John is matchmaker at
Tucson, and after Katie's departure he
applied himself industriously putting in
new mainsprings and Going his best to help
the good people of Tucson and vicinity 10
be punctual. But it was of no USE Katie,
the handspring of his existence, was miss
ing, and in consequence he could not run.
She had wound herself around his heart
and he could not exist without her. And
to make matters worse. John ceased to
hear from her. Instead of being philo-
sophical and feeling satisfied with the let
ters he could get. John, like other fool
ish men, persisted in longing for the let
ter that never came. Finally he could
stand the strain no longer and hied him
self to Los Angeles to inquire how big a
game the lady was sitting in that she had
overlooked him like a white check
He found, after short investigation,
that his horrible suspicious were correct.
He had been worked harder than a two
year-old Waterbury watch. One Frank
Beavin had supplanted him in the affec-
tions of Katie John found that Katie
was employed as a chambermaid at ne
Model lodging house, 526 San Julian street
Friday night he engaged a room OH the
hoor below Katie, but he did not occupy
1t much of the time. He chilled his bones
to the marrow by passing the night watch.
ing the backstairs leading to Katie's apart
ment. John was jealous, and the longer ae
thought of Katie the buer his spirits grew
and the longer he stood in the cold hall
way the bluer his body got.
Yesterday, after his fruitless vigil, Johr
proceeded to carry the war into Africa
and called upon Beavin. The matchmaker
Of Tucson wasted no words, but went
straight to the point by drawing / bis
six-shooter and levelling 1t at Beavin's
head. Having supposedly sllenced oppo
sition. John began to declare himself. HI
told Beavin that he must leave Katie. She
belonged to John and If he did not get he,
he would kill Beavin and then himself
Beavin tried to mollify the infuriatet
John, and did succeed in jerking the pis
tol out of his hand, and, after promising
to give Katie up hurried away to tell hi
troubles at the police station.
In the meantime John called upon Katie
and adopted the same busness-like meth.
DDS with his lovemaking that he had EN-
ployed in discomfiting his rival. He drew
his revolver, and pointing it at Katie
asked her If she loved him. Katie did
Katie thought him nicer than the other
fellow, didn't she? Katie did. Katie wanted
to go back and live with him? Katie die
(noD. The woman was SO frightened with
the revolver that she agreed to every
thing John suggested, but help arrived ir
the person of Officer Tom Rico. The land.
lady had learned that gun play was ir
progress and telephoned to the police sta
tion for help. Officer Rico went in :.se
room. and had just got seated when Eaves
started to draw his revolver from his hiI
pocket, where he had returned it aftel
Katie promised to live with him, but hi
reckoned without his host. Officer Rico is
about the quickest man on the force, ar7a
with bound he was at the side of Eaves
grabbed his wrist, and, with a quick turn
wrenched his hand loose from the pisto
and threw the matchmaker down. Their
Katie added injury to insult by taking
the revolver out of the mans pocket and
searching him while the officer held his
hands.
Eaves was taken to the station and ar.
raigned before Justice Morrison on g
charge of assault with deadly weapon
His examination was set for the 31st at II
q. m.