The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-26

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of the noted desperadoes at Dodge was
Mysterious Dave Mathes, who was BY
nature coward and who Killed most Of
his enemies by surprise or assassina-
lions. He was called Mysterious Dave
because Of the stealthy manner in
which he moved from place to place.
dathes had hatred for MastersOn and
resolved to kill him. He came to
Dodge from the indian country one
day and told his brother-in-law, a man
named Brown, that he was there to'put
Masterson out Of the way. HIS plan
was to hide behind q high board fence
at night and shoot Masterson as the
latter was going from the gambling
houses to the room where he slept,
Brown told Mathes that he was tired Of
that kind OF business and that II he did
not leave town at once he would put
Masterson on his guard. Mathes refused
to go and Brown told Masterson.
~ was sitting IN my room one night
writing an opinion in q case when MIS-
terson came In. as he often did. The
room was a long one, and the single
lamp that was burning left part Of the
room in shadow. We sat talklngWhen
suddenly a bright light flashed into the
room and as suddenly disappeared
Masterson sprang to his feet, drew MS
pistol and stepped behind a brick chin
1 ~ LIT thu NV6Hn
looked at him he was trembling IKE
leaf.
WASP he asked In q whisper. i told
him that I did not. That was the
flash OF dark lantern thrown into the
room to see II was here said he, and
hIathes is the man who did It.
81 joKed and told him that would
find out what It was. as knew OF no
one who wanted to kill me. ] went
outdoors and made a careful search
but could find no traces Of any persons
having been there. The electric lights
were burning brightly, and as / turn
! ed to 10 into the house saw a large
brass ring attached to a curtain In the
window flash bright. I went inside,
called to Masterson, and turning the
I ring until l struck the right angle,
threw Hash OF light across the room.
Masterson was chagrined, but said
| that ne had never received q greater
nervous shock in his life.
when the prohibition movement got
under good Roadway in Kansas, Dodge
was one Of the first towns upon which
/ the temperance people descended. The
tough element OF the town was In arms
ut once to resist any attempt TO change
conditions. Many exciting scenes took
/ yraa HtfRtnR fh0Hn NuFhnlnnt
| times that nn event both ludlcroug and
pathetic occurred. A. B. Campbell.
known as one OF the most eloquent and
brilliant temperance orators Of Kansas,
was advertised TO speak at Dodge. The
meeting was TO take place in 4 church.
Masterson and a number Of his asso-
clates thought II would be good Joke
10 All the church with gamblers and
disreputable women. The word was
passed around, and on the night when
Campbell was to speak, all the seats IN
the church were filled with men who
wore checked shirts, flash neckwear and
big diamonds, and by women with
rouge on their cheeks and paste jewels
IN their hair. The temperance people
had TO stand up or sit In the alsles.
az had heard OF Masterson's plans,
and went quietly to Campbell and told
him about them. Campbell smiled, but
gnId nothing. / Ind n seat that night
ON the platform. II had probably been
many years since most OF that crowd
had heard q man OF refinement speak.
Campbell arose, gnZed In kindly man
ner Mt the men and women before him,
thanked them for their courtesy In COM
Ing to hear him speak upon subject
OF vital Interest TO the community, and
said that while they would probably
diner with him In his opinions, yet such
a thing should not prevent their being
friends, At this many Of the women
Uttered and the men scraped their feet
on the floor.
lmperceptIbly into his speech. He told
q story about little child and Its
mother; of how the babe laughed on It's
mothers knee and then chung to her
skirts as II grew into the knowledge OF
mothers love and protection. The
story WINS carried on and on in a mas
terly way. Campbell touched every
chord OF human sentiment in describing
the life Of the child ns'it grew TO ma
turity, struggling with sin and sinking
deeper and deeper into the pit OF dark
ness. Through nil this gloom there
was one light TINT never failed, one star
that never dirumed, a mothers love for
her lost and maynard child He had
spoken only few minutes when ! saw
one OF the most notorious women In the
town furtively raise her handkerchief TO
her eye and wipe away tear. In a
moment another woman began TO sob
quietly, and then another and another.
Soon ali OF them were crying aloud ana
the men who. like the women, had come
to soon, sat gritting their teeth while
the tears streamed down their checks.
Campbell threw his whole soul into his
words. Il was the greatest shaking up
that had ever taken place among the
sinners Of Dodge. II was the most pa
thctic scene ever witnessed IN my life.
In nm hour Campbell had become the
hero of the dlssoiute men and women OF
Dodge Instead Of the sneered at prohi-
bltlaplEt that he was when he arose to
speak There was nothing that those
men and women would not have done
for him except 10 depart from the evil
OF their ways They awore that no
other temperance speaker should come
10 Dodge. but that Campbell could