The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-22
Dynamite Dicks Wish to Save a
Friend From Annoyance.
He FACES NINE OFFICERS OF LAW
And Wounds Four Of Them-Insult
To Wife Avenged With
Iili Daiton--Rcd Duck
Wakcman's Fate.

ago by two OF the toughest propositions
down In our neck Of 81. Charley clifton
better known as Dynamite Dick. and
Red Buck Wakeman. They were rida'ed
within thirteen miles OF each other one
ON Sunday and the other on "a Mona"!
by different men altogether and up TO the
cad neither of the bad men had the
slightest notion that the other was with
IN hundreds of miles. else they would prop
ably have gone after each 0tntr, Tot lhel
We're deadly enemies.
The nght that clifton put mp against
the purse OF nine marshd.s VINO Hn"i|
Put /, on him ana wound him up M inc
door of sid Williams shack was chdI-
asdcrisiic OF the man. He was o'd
I0t. this Charley clifton but this has go'
10 be said of him. ne was "a fighter in the
open tie was never known TO crack
gun from ambush. After this posse hdd
chased hi1 all over the Cherokee nation
making the game So swift Cor him that
he voluntarily furIoughei DIS gang so as
30 give each man am even chance TO
squeeze out of the net work OF hunters
he made for Sd Williams cabin dt Che-
cotah In the Crond country with the re-
solve of making his last stake there
Williams. although am honest man him.
self. was an old friend Of Clifton s.. ana
the desperate knew that De could depend
upon him. Williams lived in the shack
with his wife and two children ana Whcn
Dynamite Dick turned mp he gave him the
best welcome ne knew how. for the two
men had been boys together IN Iowa.
When the nine marshals finally located
Clifton and surrounded Williams cabin.
the bandit PROBABLY knew that his kite
was punctured. for he said TO Williams:
&c Sid. you're not IN on this deal. keen
out OF IL. and stop fumbling them guns.
This is a game o. solitaire. and I'm going
TO play ii with my boots on and without
any coaching
Then. instead of making HIS fight from
the cabin window holes and from crac ks
between the logs. like some less merry
bad men have done when similarly round
ed up. ne pushed Williams and his wife
and children into corner Of the shack.
gave each Of the two kids a hug-he had
a couple Of his own y'see-and then he
grabbed the two guns out Of his belt
lying on a bunk. sprans 10 the cabin door
threw 10 wide open. and gave the yelp
Everybody blazer
''He opened FIRE on the group of mar
shals. all Of them mounted with the words
and got four OF them pretty badly before
they 70, him have the voiey that sent
HIN over he big divide.
"Wakeman didn't make such bad
finish. either although ne did &c from the
brush lie was ON The Chccotah trail.
most likely bound toe Wichita, Kan. where
he had friends when the two marsh1ls
who hid been beating the two territories
for rim came M behind him on foot.
Jle Old not hear their approach. hut plod-
dcd on iu apparent sense Of security.
WAKENtAN PRTFERRCD TO SHOOT.
Hey Their. Red. one of ne marshals
called after him ~hen only thirty feet
separated them are YOU ready 20 stroll
along with Us now. or IS it case Of
shoot
The marshals told US afterward in
Guthrie that Wakeman didn't even wheel
around 10 see II he was covered-as he
was by the four guns of the two mar
Shals-but simply made a sidewise leap
from the trail into the brush, so quickly
that the four balls sent after him as he
made the move came nowhere near hit
ting him With only his head and should
ers sticking above the brush, Wakeman
turned upon his hunters who were sin
shooting at him. and began'hs fire.
" Case o shoot?' he yelled. You bet
your did
He went inio eterrity with that word
on hls lips rather "a characteristic final
word of bad man. 81 somewhat horri-
tying Neither OF the maIshals was
erazod
Il knew Charley Clifton when he was
a chubbyfsceG boy IN Davenport, Iowa,
nearly quarter OF century aso. lie
belonged 10 a nice family of people had
let OF brothers and sisters Who are now
scattered throughout the Northwest and
was about az nice. clean intelligent. up
right a little chap as YOU 4 want to meet.
lie used 10 come around TO the grocery
store IN Davenport. where / then worked
as a clerk plant himself ON an unended
keg. ana poster me 10 spin yarns for
him. ] took quite a fancy GO the boy.
and lied myself black in the face telling
him OF the hand-to-hand encounters | had
bad with Indians and AN that sort Of
thing The Clifton family moved away
from Davenport before Charley was eleven
years Old and the next time ! saw the
boy was IN Kansas city about seven years
later. lie was then working en- a hard
ware store and ne was still an right and
honest with nothing OF the bad man about
him. ! happened into the store acci-
dentaly. and recognized the young fel
low right off, as he did me.
You're an right old man.. he said TO
me II YOU are the worst fakir that ever
tried 60 stuff a kid. Dye remember them
lnjun yarns7'
"Wen the next time ! saw Charley
Clifton he was Dynamite Dick and bad
II was soon after the opening Of the
last Oklahoma strip. and my pardner and
myself were on our way down IN
prairie schooner 20 locate a business plant
We took the trail from Wichita and 1t
was a bad trail an that 50 that We didn't
cover very much ground In "a day We
D. - rrfaf
pretty well into the territory when one
night. lust as We were preparing 80 make
camp In the wagon. three men on horse
back ro0e mp In the moonlight TO our
outfit. They didn't make any hostile
demonstration. but ] didn't ike tho nosey
way they sized our OUTFIT pwith at that
Finally one OF them rode 20 the rear end
Of the wagon where I was hustling around
with the cooking gear. making ready for
supper and said 10 me:
" Anything much In the wagon. caD?'
II kind o. thought the voice sounded
familiar ana ! looked up and took good
peek az the mans face in the moonlight.
II was Charley clifton. he hadn't re-
ocenizcd me On the shadow cast by the
schooner's head
" What the devils that 70 you? said l.
going on win my panwrassllng
" Well said he, cool as you please
I'm under fOragng orders from Bill, and
] guess I'll take what you've got
=" IN be damned n you amt a pretty
nervy Ombrey said l. Bill who?
Bill Dalton he relied. quiet-like. and
i guess made a pretty quick turn Oh
him then.
tell me that you've gone and got your
self mixed up with Bin Daltons bunch
OF cutthroats? What the devil do you