Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-02-23
A GUN WITH A HISTORY.
1t Belonged to a Desperate Who
Held Up Trains.
Sixteen Notches I'm the GRIP show the
Outlaws Deadly Wori<-rhe
Property OF q Wichita
Citizen.


Some time ago au Oklahoma man who
has had a wide frontier experience and
is well acquainted with the records CT
western bad man promised Hal $. Ray,
ot Wichita, Kan, 4 qua with history.
the gun has 10 notehes carved on tie
handle and every western maa knows
that each Ct these notehes represents
he victim OF shot from the gun. WITH
ii his friend seat air. Ray al interesting
outline Of its history and OF tue des-
pegaGo Who once carried It. The let
ter reals il part:
Il Ae gun | send you is IS, which, by
some, IS considered the best eaiiber,
owing to the accuracy with which they
shoot. This particular gua was ear
ried by George Newcon.b, alas Bitter
Creek alias Slaughter KID lie was
given this last alas on account CT tie
many mea he shot white yet ltia.
y used to work with This fellow on
the range a.oag in 10 or 81. lie was
in those days what was called horse
rustl>l' Scr the cow outfit. After he
drifttd tito Oklahoma he made The run
auting the opening, settled On claim
in 4 portion CT Oklahoma known as the
notoricas cowboy Oats. say notorious
for the reason that of the seven COW
punchers who settled in the 1ats a" of
them turned out TO be train robbers
ard all were eventually killed..
The first affair of note in which this
gun figured in the hands of Bitter
a., +
the Atehison, Topeka & Santa Re rail-
read, where he, with Bill Dalton, 'Tul-
81 Jack Dynamite Dick Bob and EN-
uet Dalton, held UP passenger. They
shot the conductor and some two or
three CT the passengers, but procured
hut little money.
The reHt affair was the Coffeyyi.le
bank robbery, where he was working
ulder the direction of Bob Dalton. All
the robbers in this case were killed
with the exception of Filter Creek
he being the only man out Of seven who
escaped after having killed the city
marshal, barber Gad one other.
After beiag SGT aGrift By having his
companions killed he disappeared fer
awhi,e, alterward joining a garg,ed By
Bill Dalton. This gang robbed the
Santa Fe train at Wharton, the Mis-
sonri, Kansas & Texas at Prior Greek
aud The bank at Southwest City. No.
the bank at Mound Valley, Ran, and
the Lcngview bark in Texas. etc. After
one or two other rohbelies they re.
turned TO 3h,ahoma, finally drifting 10
Ingalls,, in the eastern portion of tia.
territory, at which pace they had
iisht with six United States Gcputr
malshals. In this fight therewc nine
people killed and wounded, including
the deputy marshals, who were a.!
Killed. Bitter Creek was very badly
wounded, but managed to set away
This fight took place on the 1st day OF
September, 1893.
ia april CT the following year the
Dalton gang Gcing practically broken
TIP litter Creek Joined n row outfit.
Witch was headed by BI Doolin. ard
CT the evening Ct April !. 1891, they
robbed the Eocls Island traio az Dover.
Q. 7" ard Ind 4 lnht the following even
AR, in which Tulsa Jacl.' vas killed.
Otter Creek again c&cl,ssag. with his
u.Gthiar shct fun Ct holes.
or ,,ay S, 1894, Bitter Creek hay
'ng separated fror, the rcet CT tie gang.
fa7 CT 70 como Ct the deputies ca TIE
saStera .ire Of Tie territory ara In the
'9'it I Lies COX place was Killed. Tie
'ai';c:.! 2H4 e2.nrsss con NAMES and TIE
aagcspfout ra:a an aggregate reward