El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-26
Four Texas DeSperadOeS
Fear-Each Killed Many Men Before Clint Ha
Collapsed Dance-HoW Fisher handied
Terror.-pabIino Coy Waiting to Meet His Master

to the respective merits of the takers.
An instant thereafter Haworth fell at
full length. He had been struck in the
mouth. He leaped up, the blood we'll
ing through his red beard, and when
he gained his feet he was looking into
the muzzle of q cooked six shooter
within foot of his face. He did not
speak, and his hands went as If they
had been jerked by strings. His eyes
were half closed and he trembled
slightly. Longley leaned forward and
repeatedly damned the muzzle OF the
pistol against the mans lips and
cheeks. Each time that it came away
it left q white ring on the flesh that af-
terw ards turned blue.
Just cheep, damn you'll" he said.
Just cheep"'
Haworth did not cheep. Not . sound
came out of him. Slowly he was back
| ed to the door, the savage six-shooter
denting his flesh at each step. He was
| taken In this fashion TO his horse and
made to mount. Longley told him IT
he was found in the country next day
he would be killed. He rode away in
| the dark, still silent and thoroughly
cowed. Despite his undeniable brave
ry he left Psnola county that night
| filed with blind dumb terror of his
conqueror. Hsworth was stabbed to
death in New Mexico in 1888.
In the next year Longley killed sew
en- men in Eastern Texas. Three
months after his arrival in that region
his business became pretty we'll known
| to the people. He was q hold-up man
and his specially was stage coaches,
buckboards that carried one or two
passengers and country stores. He
had at one time gang of three as
sistants, and they got the countryside
into consideration where all assist
ance was refused the officers. The folks
wanted to get rid of them, but realized
against them was good for the grave.
Longley reigned paramount for
twelve months, grabbing plen-
ty of money, killing some
one now and then, riding into the little
towns at midday and daring any one to
arrest him, getting drunk when he felt
like it and fulfilling in every way the
Early in 1880 he went west for Q while
and in barroom in Victoria met King
Fisher, whose reputation was then at
it's height. Fisher was born in Goliad
county and his right name was John
King. He was slender like Longley,
but of an olive complexion. HE eyes
were dark blue and his mustache black.
His face was exceedingly handsome
and he WAS one of the most expert as
the west has ever known. He assumed
the name of Fisher when he left bis
native county. There was q good deal
of the romantic and debonnair about
him. and history of his exploits would
fill book. Along the Rio Grsnde the
Mexicans today are telling tales of
'Keeng Feesh, +" and In a little while
he will be changed into one Of their
legendary heroes. He was bandit OF
even wider range than Longley and
at the time of their meeting had four
teen notches on the stock of his Win
chester. Most of his victims were
Mexicans. It is related of him that
one morning he got into trouble with
three vaqueros at q cattle pen near Es-
pentosa Lake in the eastern edge of
Dimmitt county. He killed all three |
of them in the pen and then ran cattle |
all day in the brush with q bullet hole |
through his own leg. He was known |
lie every town between San Antonio |
and the river and from Brownsville |
north to Fort Clark. He was much of /
q frontier dandy, wearing the crimson
Mexican sash with art; he had boots 1
built to fit his small feet at q cost of $50 |
heavily trimmed with gold, was ap-
praised at $3.50.
The trails of him and LonRley had |
not crossed until their Victoria meet
ing; but they knew each other by hear
say, and there could be but one result |
of the meeting. They drank together |
and took cigars together and had an
other drink and squared off for talk, |
each leaning on elbow on the counter |
and noticing every movement of a fin- |
ger. From the first it seemed that |
Fishers personality had depressing
effect upon Longiey. Something that |
the fearless scoundrel could not ex-
plain or understand was Juggling at his |
heart-strings, and as the apparently |
conversation went on he |
grew whittier and whittier under his tan.
the test would come and he did not
feel himself fitted for it. He had often
desired the meeting and had pictured
to himself the addition to his reputa-
ton to come from FISHERS death. The
was at hand and he could
not rise to it.
"Well," he said at last, in weak
effort to stave off the final moment,
''let's have another"
The liquor WAS served, and as he
reached for his glass his hand shook.
At that moment Fisher grabbed him
by his yellow mustache and gave it q
savage tug, yaHking his head around.
Longley faced him for a moment,
stammering, but made no motion to
draw his weapon. Then Fisher slap
ped him twice with the open hand, the
blows sounding through the ROOM
Thr barkeeper had ducked under the
counter and two or three loungers had
into far corner to be out of
harms way. Longley made no re-
sistence. He said only, pleadingly;
Don't do that, King: don't do that"
Fisher reached under the
cowed wretch's coat, took his
from it's scabbard,
the cartridges, threw the
the barkeeper with a laugh: 'Gfve me
soma wine ON this harei It,a the GREAT |