Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-23
STORY OF A TOUGH MAN,
Wild Gin Nay Have Monument IN calio'
MIA.


famous and unique character " the
plains. hlf among fhe nunc1L hardy
pinus.Is uf the We. hlIi-hIa r.Eht
namc WaH hlCLIk, sou huYW--waa HhYt
dead iu saloon at l"tiMund 10 lf'4s
and hO Was bufcI .u thai town. Now
iYml ui bile oii-UmD friends no Ahh.
. enc. NuH. want .h. body tshumDd and
akHu tnrro Cor permanent burial
seytnI hundred snlIIrH have also nU.u
subscribed hy ulIH fllmgt frl ud1 lu
Kansas who now i've iu southern Cul-
lfurr.n iul removing thU rtmuln4 t1
either puuuto 0r iHilur0ok, Cal, whore
IIi has SOME Ut IthY relatives among
90. mnchmOn. lho plan Us % Ur.Dl u
monument tn hlH memory ana keep nlf
grdNt Efuuu. o. is neglected up tADro no
IUIdWuHl. 7 know Lll quite WUN lu
AhusuH DO 1870. and Doc 900 my csp9ri-
Cny0 un tho fIutHr 90 civilization.
through twenty-five yclrr, ! can safely
say never know another man like
Wild 1911 iilUklk tie was hardened.
reckless COW uurrhHr lie shot ana
Killed at least hftten men 10 his early
manhood. NOS C.uutlul Indians, and
then hH was made city marshal no
Abilene tn keep ihs peace AMONG thr
cowboys, who were making life and
property Insecure tharU From that
hour Wild Biii changed. H. became
terror o. wrnng-d0Crs. especially 10
drunken men armed with shooting
irons. and more CONTAGIOUS. and at
The same time quiet unlHaum.ug peace
officer than lilll Hlck0k was never
known on the plains. o. would walk
right into o. crowd 10 middoned. Tight
INK cowboys, rUh gtlpplng il-cnlihar
pistols. and drmIud peace. Scores NJ
uf plaInsmrn used o. wonder how any
man could take fhr chances wUuk after
week ~ hCing shot through and through
that Wild uili iil flr nuiy $40 % month
Hlasy. That's why an tho Old follows
who know what q courageous, daunt-
Ices fellow wiit nm was respect his
memory even knowing what % takOr
of human life h. himself had been. Kit
Carson unct told me-. Doe hlr Did nrc 1t
Santa f. thHt Dr. had never known
the ,cutl ~ BIl Hickok Cor personal
fsuflnsaupaH."
wild mrs mn uamr was James u.
liiyk1f. lio NuH born boz Western
Texas about 1871. and was rechr'atruUi
Wild ll'll by the ulnluHmHn Nr WASH
lud when hu began biz career nf CnW
runcher nt On end NJ the civil war
10 know nothing of thU world hul
what De- HlW of thH fouEh0st frontier
lIfr. Troops, scouts ana border fu'nunf
were tho only people he know LOO bic
south From hIH infancy De- W1H reared
amid the Shedding 10 human blood,
both white ana Indian. uud hH lHuru d
che customs NJ hlrdefitud &C., naturally
100 ordinary chlldfou do th alphabet
Tradition among the cowboys ut this
killed three men haflf b" wHs go
ynifH old ana. also. f1 UNp.rt wdH De-
with dr. arms uH H lad that he could /
drop an apple from H trU. ly cutting
lis stem with bullet. aud then put
two more balls through che apple while /
II was falling 60 the ground. ~ hn ]
Vrow 10 manhood ho showed o. strange ]
mixture nf frontier pr1hiiy and dlF- I
regard N human NE. Twenty year, |
ago thUrt was no one ou Tho plains ]
better known than wild nlll
The old-time plainamen. who hav, |
retired 90 fanch'1 In tho valleys N /
Nluihefn Canlf1Ini1 after long toll ana /
h1rdshira fay that VIVA 1911 became |
nrHt generally known nc Las Vegas. 81. |
~ Tint was ~ 1851 when thnrH WaH mo- l
railroad west NJ Topeka. and New Mos ]
lcl anu Arizona were alive with h1n-
dts. 1911 was about 20 years old lfe
came along the Snutn 70 trail with n
thousand steers ON tho way 90 In Juuth.
Col. while tho herdiug putnt stopped
ln Las Vegas the Mexican sheriff and /
police Officers started out o. capture
two Mexican bandits who had commit.
ted q series uf depredatl0nH boz that lu-
ralliy and had eludcd capture fDr Hcv-
'rhl years. nlll ipft tho herd % tne
other COWBOYS ana Wet with the
sheriff Hc waa a beard $50 Firipiiur
then. but he rode nn ahead. ir1vlun
.hu Old ana experienced handle sirerT
behind. Then hy q rgckloHs dash upon
tho camp N the outlaws h. shot orr
if them u death ana wounded and car.
.ured the othcr when the sheriff ana
posse drove uu the young COW punch0r
had his man hound. tied and ready Cor
taking 20 JAN. 30 the fame of Wld
liill began,
i'y the spring Of ISL several hum
ired Eastern men who hAd come West
IN grow up In tho beef ana cattle huH-
ness, and had settled ut Abilene, de-
illDd that reform was necessary. Tho
Town would never grow N % had not
reform. Either the cowboys muH, be-
or the respectable citizens
must move away They looked Tor
eas element, and In wlld nIll thoy
'uund him.
A. that time Hlckot was q years ola.
ne hnd lived entirely on tho border.
ind had fought lndlnna, pursued ana
ihot land-clnlm Jumpers, guided emil
lflnt trains across the plains ana gam.
lled with the minors In the mountains
II b. related Of him that on one 0cca-
hon, when making a solitary trim, h.
vas surrounded By ave Indians nnd
'lptured. Ito took 10 good-nnturpdlv.
md was an rralgncd that tho capturs
.AAh'N ANNN NlNNNlNN'i ~ tNNN were ]
ihput % cross Htrenm he pushed two
n them On the bank into the water.
Knocked another down with hiH nHt and
grthhluF the fallen Indiana run shot
ne remaining two before they coulf
iitack him.
n accepted the offor u tho marshal.
nip. ola Dr. Salem, one of tho plo-
lrfrr Of kuuHlH went ON his bond for
e olo. Filming a silver hldrr on his
hIrt front he h0ran hts duties The
tIondH M the man sim recall his ape
'cauncr ns a peace ouio.r 30 was
upcrh specimen ~ physical strength
AZ foot IAN, broad NJ should r1weish-
ng about $50 pound ana wen rrlrnr.
Toned lie wore h.s long, llghi hllr
.'Wu over hiH Hhuuluuu, ana an im-
lHu1r FnmhrUrn with a rNttirHunta skin
.nnd lie was never without two re-
divers nhout hlm.uud "a boit allied with
nriridECH cuclrclod hIn waist
The first rule laid down for the COW.
oyH. which WIS published by boz un-
ards unHird on an pWlrl1 rludw1vl
'ndlnr 90 the city. was TINT they must
AXE on an weapons on entering IA,
own ana leave tnnm No Flmf saloon or
Z the city clerks once. when thoy an |
nt dlaarm n was tho m1rsh1Ia duty
70 diHnrn them, ana tlirli1t ana n 20
ERECTION, Ills rcvolvorn were very
enyy. and his fayullt. why of u.ir.r
hem was us clulH. Graphing tho hnn-
lo7, he would pound the uhrtr.psr0ug
owhoyH into insnnHlhnity with p1ra.
~ result they feared and hated him
ma hr carried his NO in hH hnnd8
very time De stepped from hiB home
70. reputation Of being "a da1d shot
nl IN, netvlgat nnn in Kansas was