The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
| TWO DEATHS IN OKLAHOMA
DYNAMITE DICKS WISH TO SAVE
FRIEND FROM ANNOTAECE
Nsrv yand Almost Simultaneous End of His
Particular Enemy Phases In the Life OF
had Man-An Insult to wife Avenged
Handkerchief Duel with Bill Dalton.

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peculiar con,'noh,os s s, ~ r,,,,,,. nuio
territory sau george laiSn'y' " W 80. 49,.
was INC 'ioS' h'i'1h n,''io 49,, a., H., o,,,
by TWO OF 'no wusnus. p'Vl.,. 49,, -. n,,n.
neck ol !" 'hn''os ."'",,' u,.,. rrL.,,
th~ DICK anu "ou nu." :, 80. -.
were nuu'eu N,.nn 49, ,,'n o,ho, ~, Mond.v
ono "n oununs "a ~, 49,, ., A.. ond
ny u'"o'eh. INC" a'"t' Wv, .,',,.,,, 1T,
neither "i the pad men haa VIC shRn"e, no'o"
that the other was within hundreds Of miles,
.,s. th,,, uouid p,obablv have gone after each
" my '''. ~. a.,.,,,,.,
Other Tor they were deadiy enemies
of min. ,r,,sbels who finally put IL on him and
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wound MIN up IN 'heuoo' Oh o'a ~, mans s S.S
NV '"'S '""'os N'''o'', ~ INV NJ
said Of him; he was hgh'er IN 'he open. ITO
was never known To crack gun from ambush.
At, ,,t ,ss,, h al ,aed hi, al, over the Cher
h"' '''s p''oo n' ."a''' mn "' ,,,, ~, htr,,
that he voluntarily iurloughcd his gang 40 al
IN give each man AN even chance to squeeze out
'" NV '"' ~ " 49, 49, D., ca,
of tho network oi hunters ne maze 'oi o'u
willIamss cabin at Checotah in the Cfrnd
'"'"s, W." WV ''',''' " -. - -
there. williams although an honest man MN
self was an old friend Of Clifton's, and the dcs-
n.,odo unryy ,hot NJ, could depcnd upon him.
n N 49, "" ~, -, 49,.
Williams lived in the shack with his wife and two
children md when DYNAMITE Dick turned up
n. oo,o hin, ia. b,., ,,.lc,,,o IA. knew how for
ne gave MI" 'ne oeS' "e,'""'o NV MY" No. "
the two men had been boys together In Iowa.
When the nine marshals finally located Clifton
.,J .,,,o,,a.d wuiI.n.,. c,hi, III. bandit
anu suf'ouhuen "nna'ns 'ao'"' VIC ' Wv
probably knew that his Kite was punc'uted, iot
he said 10 Williams.
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IT, and stop fumbling them guns This is
game n, s,,i,,,rc and I'm going To play II with
my boots on and without any coachnc'
cabin niuJn Holes and it.m ms rraks between
thc logs like some less ncrvy bad men have done
and his Vie and rhili,cn into n corner Of the
shark gave ,nrh nj The two Lids n hing he had
a couple Of his own, y'see and then he gra bbcd
th, twn guns ont ~ his belt living on a bunk
spranp IT, The cabin door. threw Il vide open,
and rave The vein ''''
~ Them m"unird with The words and 20, four
The v"IIey thni sen, him over the biz divide
VI" "W u.Sra, ' lin, ,rnp. such a had anish
either oi,h"ueh he did if from the brush lie
WAS on he Che"otah rail m"st likely bound Tor
Wtcbits L an ,,Ic,. he had Inc do when In,
two maTshnis Who Ind been beating the two trr.
Wv" H., "m, m"u ' hchnd Inn an fnoI ~.
IA w., ~, m.' am up h, n,dded nm in
Spparcnt sense Of scr',ritv'
"'giHi ey. there. Red. one of the marshAls called
ar, v"ii rrrdy ,o strnii along with us now or il
il a case Of shoc,'' '''''' ''e '', ''','' ~ "
H., al ,,.II ftatu ri in tlNfto
,l,,t WoIcm,", ii,in't even wheel around 10 SEE,
II bc va ,nv.,.d as he was he III, four guns
Of the two marshals but simply made a side
,y,s ic, ~ ~, ,hc ,,,u min ,h hush On nuirEIv
,hnt tbn fu, halls he son, ,ftcr him ms he mn dc
iii" move rsnc nowhere near hitting mir, With
nnlv his head and shoulders sucking above lie
hrusb Waterman ,IIncI unnn his hHnirrs who
were sill shw,tln, a. him and began his fl n,
case o. shoot'' he yelled You bet your
damned
"Iir wont into eternity with thnt word on his
lips. rather a charnc,cfistic final word II a had
mntshals VAS rrazcI
faced b"y in Dny.nuor, la nearly a quarter
al n century ago He belonged To- n nice family
of rcnplr had a lnt VI brothers and sisters Who
are now scattered throughout the Northwest and
was about ns nice, clean, intelligent upright a
come around 10 the grocery store in Davenport
whe,c then worked as a clerk. plant himself
for, him ! took quite a fancy 70 the boy, and
lc-i myself black in the face telling him 81 tho
hand hand en,o"pfFs had had NH Indians
moved away from Davenport before Charley
was eleven years old and ,hc ncN, time saw tho
boy was In Kansas CITY, about seven years later.
lie was then working in hardware store, and
hr WIS sin all right and honest. with nothing "t
store ' nccidsn,%y' and rccosniied the young
fellow right ~ 49, h" I'D me
'lor',. all night old man he said to me-, i
a kid II vc remember them lniun yarns
Vol III" ncIt time ! saw Charley 'li'ton he
was l'Nnfhh" ll'N anu nhu " Wa soon hl''r
the op"ning oi the lest Oklahoma sfrir, and my
pardnrr and myself were on our way down in
prairie schooner Ia lucnt" business plant We
took tn" iran from Nichltr and " was bad
trail ~ that ~ that We didn't cover very much
ground in day W" had hen cut about eight
days, and had got pretty well into the territory.
when on" might, Just as "" werr preparing TO make
cnnin ~ tn" WAGON, three men on hnrS"hHck rode
M In the moonlight to orr outfit They didn't
make any hostile demonstrations hut didn't
like the nnsN WAY they sized our outni un with,
NJ thnt. Finally one ~ them rod" 70 the rear
end NJ the wagon, wher" was hustling around
with the cooking gear making ready for supper.
and said n me
ANYTHING much in the wagon, can
Il kind Z" thought N" voice sounded familiar
and looked M and took good ~ X ~ the mans
fac" in ~" moonlight. IL was Charley Cliftoi.
lie hadn't recognized me in the shadow cast by
the schooncrs hood.
What the devils that to YOU said ]. going
on with my rrnwrnSSling.
well said h., cool y. you please. I'm under
fornring ORDERS from lh and ] guess I'll take
what you've got
"T he damned y YOU amt pretty nervy
omhrcv, said 'hll who"
"'lNll Dalton he replied, Quiet IKE. and guess
Imndc pretty quick turn on hin, then.
"'Why. darn your skin, Clifton said l. shaking
pan a. him, for III" thing made me- feel pretty
warm, do You mean Ia tell me- that you've rorc
and got yourself mixed IN with ll nRl'on's
bunch n cutthronts' what the devil do Won