The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-27

known by the Comanches as sober hitc
Devil" on account OF his duiet ways and, his dis
head Of the Texas rangers for ten years, used TO
il seemed as II Hays was gaiioplng into the val,
ley of death. Once when the Comanches had
Hays and seven Rangers followed SO close upon
the retreating savaGcs that they, got separated
d aions the 6srt main nn body .oA AS9 SiI,s tn nnd io St IN Ghs wait ait
for the palefaces.. The .Comanches, suddenly
rushed out on the Hank Of Hays \, End and his ,Su SSsom n;
retreat. The Indians rose in THUR saddles and
yelled with joy; Hays realized his danger IhC
boulders among the hills a mile over to the left;
He made a motion, to his companions and all
aftcrward said that he simply called out to them
as they rode like mad for protection back OF the
granite rocks: a.
boys, we're in a hell of a tight box this time"
They reached the boulders. and getting among
them opened fire on the Comanches; The re.
upon the Indians a little later and drove the re-
treating sayages OF; but had It not been for
Hays's quickness and GOODNESS he and his COM
panions would have lost their lives.
In the campaign Of Gen, Crook against Ger Sr
ON mo In Apache land Hays W was asc empioy ~ ~ Sy
knowledge of Indian ways and the topography
Of Arizona. He frequently carried mes messages
from one army officer to another over 100 miles
Of desert and mountain trails, through q ,coun-
try infested by, the most savage Indians Uncle
he led detachments Of troops to within a few
miles OF a camp Of Apaches and In a locality
| WneT6 no Otner wnlto man, VINO kneW N uhh
gers, would dare to proceed. In this campaign
he was wounded once by Indian arrows and ne ie
VIZ Which th hey E Sad be s@n dippssd rom inc poison III
lie led the detachment that, slew. and cap
jured the seven renegade Apache chiefs under
markable chase, and one which Hays always
narrated with pride, while he seldom related
any other experience in his ad ycnturous ca
ro6r. The renegade Apaches had murdered a
storekeopcr at Yellow Springs in southwestern
tom hplzO and ' food foop %t K fhS ssor they Sy f flIisd Hni raneh.
ton concerning the direction Of their fight;
Territory well, and he asked permission to lead
a detachment on horseback In pursuit OF the
San Lorenzo Mountains, across sixty miles of
trackless. burning alkali wastes. along gorges,
seen seen from h%aDu ONE decade isE,f to another Matte y For 400 miles
he led the detachment. Many times he pro
teede . alone N ahead ,Hs, n Of the weary we ,go d trsi IN mt
ed near what is now Peach Springs 81 on the
dians were in a strange land for them, and. con-
trarys to HSys,s wishes for a fight, they snrren.
sent to the military prison at Aicatraz.
perie @ v Of x 2sys as m a pese s' o GtssrG on Oh The ep plains in,
ceeding, the civil war, He was employed by
eral years during the building Of the road 70
keep the lawless element in check at the tough.
z L CuIStElCtlbhN ldtlOhS dlons tDc LULU
are dozens of stories of how Hays would enter
dance halls. faro and roulette dens. and saloons
crazy drink, and would haul a drunken II brute
begirt with pistols and cartridges from among
his con comrades ndt u to 3h jail. ,,n In Flush o. , &c City rrOo one night night
he arrested the barkeeper for forging Union
Pacific pay, orders. His SLOUGH hat was pierced
away by another. He was desperate himself
that time. He backed up against II wall in the
saloon to protect his, rear. and he shot one as.
sailant down, wounded another. and lot sew
ssral more bullets whiz past other peoples ears.
Then Th he drew his second loaded revolver Elm co+
this" said he. flourishing his fresh weapon.
He, put his hand on the barkeePer,s shoulder
hall. out Of the door; and across the street to
the railroad company's office.
with his revolvers, and for a long time he
drank neither tea nor coffee, because he said IT
moment; lie used to sit in his room near the
Union Pacific Company's office at Bigler, and
tine! Ts,p a p yfFiesy in of q p Sso If s for an Mbi h9u he at Sad 3
had dumped there as marks. When the Union
Pacific pay car, with its thousands Of dollars in
enne. Hays went with it. He would wander
among the, crowds Of men at the tougher sta.
tons on the lookout for schemes Of robbery;
He heard OF a plan of a gang Of half-breed
Ne leans to hold d, up the pay car "a a. a stati9n in
self as u miner just down from the Rocky
Mountains, and went alone among the des;
6eradoes for a week to watch them; Me feiEned
3D. 49, " NOAhS Nv
But one of the fellows In camp recognized him
from his experience among the Texas rangers.
the white stranger was none other than Bill
Hays of Comanche and Texas fame. A de-
population of the camp occurred that night.
When Hays was eIlployed at Tombstone,
Ariz., by the millionaire mine owners as a special
every part Of n' the southWest + for = his Af fearless.
ness ano his honor. He was almost so years
S Std them sony dnd e tSoIy bs pss nn errssfsd in H the we NEST st
tombstone in the summer OF 1880. 1t was
then a place of 10000 people, and was tho hard
est and most reckless community on this CONT;
nent. For ten months previous murders had
occurred at the rate of one every, eight days;
in one dive. The very fact that Hays had
come to town to preserve order helped matters
amHzi N Eyamb Kin went Saas. up on and ba dHwn sb ahe long = !
Ions, and deadralls,, and learned what bad
characters had rushed to the new ~diggings from
out that while he did not intend to turn Tomb
stone into a Puritanical town, he did mean to
hurt tho name Of Arizona and kept timid CAPT.
talists and settlers out Of the Territory: The
fell Of Immediately. Hays, with two big pis,
tolls hanging. over his side trousers pockets and
a conspicuous figure on the streets OF Tomb;
stone for a year. He neither drank nor smoked
nor gambled. He seldom chatted with any one.
He WIS always watchful.
shots n block distant from his room. He pull oil
on his trousers and bpckled his private arse
nal about his waist, and with bare feet and hat
less hurried down the street toward the scene
OF the shooting. A crowd of men and women
from the ginmills followed at a safe distance
behind. The shooting was located as having
come from a o~ne-story adobe building. where the
lights. had been extin guished. Hays walked
straight up to the door.
Come, come. open here. I'm the special
marshal, and want to investigate" said he.
rapping on the door.
Curses and several shots were the response.
The Tombstone citizens got back quickly and
the women turned and ran. Hays never moved.
his life uselessly.
open this door. or III shoot you all as full of
holes as a sieve" called Hays.
There was a clicking OF the key in the lock
and the door was opened partly. Hays, with a
revolver in each hand, kicked the door wide
open.
Now, gentlemen. light up. and we'll see what
dark.
1t was found that one man had been shot
through the throat and one in tho shoulder.
Several men In tho party were as hardened
criminals as one might find outside a penal in
s%titu;i0n Two had previously murdered their
men. When the lamp was relighted Hays
stepped in as coolly as ono would enter his own
home. He asked who HAD been shot and what
the row Waa ahnnf n saama that thara bal