The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-26
A. BAD MANS EN0TI0NS.

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Destined Fourteen noadS OF Buck.
shot-NerVouq Shock Of q Haas
Ring-When the Bad People Wept.
The southwest has reached q rsminiu-
cent age. In q general way the pro-
fessionai bad man s. taiited about, mot
seen. Probably nowhere are stories
Of the old times told oftener than In
oklahoma. whore scores and scores Of
men who followed the frontier in its
palmlest days now 1--we Tales Of
Dodge City, Kan. once the paradise Of
the gambler and the ltillSu out now a
town Of peace and quiet. hse most ire
auently heard. a group % story tell
ers were sitting In the shade the other
day talking OF Dodgs when Judge Jere-
mlah c. srang, once Judge OF the six
teenth judicial district Of Kansas, came
along. Judge streng held court in
Dodge in It's widest days. One story
teller mentioned the fact that Bat Mas
terson, at one time the most noted
gumbler and Eix-Shooter artist In
Dodge. was now following the mpnot-
onous life of faro dealer at Hot
springs. Ark. Judge stTang began talk
ing Of Masterson by saying that the
nerviest man he ever knew Of was A. B.
Webster, who was mayor OF Dodge in
the early eighties. Webster was also
proprietor Of q saloon. Said the
Judge:
BAT Masterson was making things
lively at Dodge In those days and his
reputation as a shooter was known all
over the west. His brother Jim had
been shot and wounded in a fight while
Bat vas out Of town. He came home
with the declared Intention of killing
the man who shot Jim. he soon came
in sight Of the man he was after, and
both began shooting, but without hit
ting each other. Webster, who YVES
then mayor, stepped out OF his saloon
with shotgun and called 70 MastersOn
saying:
bat throw down your cup and come
over here
Bat turned and saw that Webster
meant business. He hesitated' but
finally threw down bis gSp aud went
TO webster, who said: =
do you see that freight train stand
ing on the track over thtre2 Wen,
want you to go straight to That train
get aboard and leave town. There's
been killing enough here and I'm tired
Of men showing up here just 70 Kill each
other. Iwant you to stay out of Dodge
for a year II you don't d04t, III kill
you on sight ~
"Masterson left town. itMonths had
elapsed when Webster heard one day
that AIasterson was preparing to come
back to kin him. The plan was for
Masterson and six friends tUistart from
Kansas City. Masterson. organised
his expedition at the Marble hall, then
q noted gambling place In Kansas City.
One man came from Tombstone. Ariz.,
another from Trinidad. Col, and the
proprietor Of the Marble hhl himself
was Of the party. Each " the seven
armed himself with do3Blg-barrelled
shotgun. in addition to his BRACE Of pis-
tolls. The train pulled into Dodge and
the shooters got on. Each man cock
ed his shotgun and laid 1t across his
arm. Masterson led the procession, his
allies walking behind, two and two.
.aTba news was carried quickly to
webster that war was at hand, and
that the Masterson crowd was headed
for hi5 saloon. Everybody In the sa-
loon, except Webster and his barkeeper'
a German. got out OF the way. Web
ster was unarmed. he walked out on
the sidewalk with his hands at his side
and looked at his approaching enemies.
as uneoncerned as If they were stran-
gers. Not a muscle Of hissface NOV
cd az he looked Mastersons steadily In
the eye. Next door to Webster's saloon
was another called the Long Branch.
The Musterson crowd came straight
ahead until within few feet of Web
ster. but did not raise their guns, To
the surprise of ali, Masterson suddenly
called out, Right about. face and the
seyen marched into the Long, Branch
"once inside, Masterson said: Boys
dId you notice that fellow2c5 He's the
brayest man I ever saw. and the only
one that / ever knew to stand up
against a game of this kind without
ainchinE. Why. that mans face look
cd iust as II he was asleep. He's too
q, he Lttisd In this country.