The sun., 1899-03-05
LUCK AGAINST A BAD MAN
QUEER THINGS THAT HAPPENED m
TOoTHPICK DAVIS.

Last Attempt TO Play n Butcher Kpit.
Against a Faro Dealers Pistol.
Ono evening at hotel In Denver one ~
party OF men happened to read aloud an or,ic,-
relative to John Wesley Hardin, now in N.
Texas Pcnitentiary. Then he remarked:
Speaking OF Hardin and bad men In cor-
eral. reminds me Of Jim Davis, Toothniol,
Davis. as he was more familiarly called in
whom l used TO take great deal Of intcreo,
when no was in Austin. Tex Atterward usod
to see him great deal In Galveston, whore h.
ran faro game and general gambling hopso
Davis was the hardest man ever met, and
have seen a few. He was a giant Of n man
| over ak feet In height. broad and burly ms wall
| One time was out tarpon fishing, possibly n
mile or two from shore. when noticed Tooth.
pick and another man cruising about at a littla
distance from me. Suddenly Toothpick $ part.
ner. who was stepping gayly about In the bont
| fell into the water In a wild endeavor to snvs
] his friend, Davis fell after him. The boo,
which was sailing bit free at the time went
something like 100 yards. and then got her
| head into the wind and stood there flaming
her sails. When the first man hit the water
my boat%ap ~ without th waiting for orders s
than his friend We pointed for him to 10 pcs Hs
him up. but , as we approached he waved his
can't s%n sf for and e. ssss my rSa H.
FRIEND Who had about tub Of ufGa water iH hm M.
and and didn't have anything to say for an hour.
days later when chanced to meet ToohpIssss f hhIss
thanking me for saving his life. he said d. "'''f
But about my friend. You know that I
ihats straight but w Whas We does e the aI fellow WS
AS soon @ as he 6i 6rec9yered m his Is breath he lands
| because drown thntiF i
s@take1 @ Mi him nag against faro bank he could win
and he now owes me $1,000. see II t would would
have been better for me nSnsqy had
...'i think. said man from the Southwest. sS%S
that used TO see something OF your friend
4 and T, Railway was extended in is72 81 from ON
Parson. Kan, to Dennison. It went through a
RaSFeeds fnses GS and he sPmn"s mn5n%f
Tho t had to emisrate to MI Mans
monte men and as fine gang OF criminals as
ever went unhung swarmed about the tent
sRoonS Tas ne and the eoT5s
s, was that trvn IT Eas exceptional % il man
lived in eabooses with extra tim bered dEi@sa sd@sa
sort OF fortresses on wheels Col, Edward
eSTabe naa ons she or TN ne road not an
which he had to secure his supplies. He was
ftne,looking ,1na. man. tall: 1.-the: alert. aud q
with Davis for Transporting the supplies
Toothpick promised by contract to bring 100
carry supplies south but What a does e ToothpeH
do2 He simply went out and rounded up some
iculty started out The novelty Wore etou out for
the the beasts after, the first two days, out. and
were overturned and the steers broke away.
Toothpick made not the least attempt to
"Lynde soon heard Of the confusion and
started atter Dayis with with big mueteer named
who apcOmDanipd n Me-
ToothpiGk reached for his guns. but was GOV.
to i Win Tho
he got bullet in the, wrist; Toothpick was was
wagon and carried back to the end OF the line.
whore he was made to square accounts. Davis
didn't relish this; and swore that Lyndes life
ride. and made promissorv notch for Big jim.
On One 9g night about A month after this. col.
the hotel. The barroom was redolent OF smoke
largest group stood Davis Every @ man was te ac
counted man OF experience and all had heard
known to himself had never carried a gun, but
Re had owe t Of it He
ktll tll him on sight i he crossed his path, again.
was not pleasant, and the gang @ proceeded pr @ Ito to
as l9u2r sbt up. p making @ things III lively and man
ynde Wans eo he 6c
which was eng, narrow room with IA railing: aiiis:
az one end. suddenly there was commotion
in with revolver in each hand. and % with than an
oath. asked for Col Lynde. The latter leaped
@ hoed om lis Ms hp huge poeRs Rd
started for Davis shouting I've got you nown
ana ana Iofsothpick fed as If spurred by the devil
Speaking Of the time when parts of the
ses
rus FSstler war in Wyoming" spoke up an9theroi
s a the ou e Tfs coSr @
tnS tbs e had to
tion. and he was simpiy wild with delight when
he found that he could go along and see the
q e IN the Thoe sss fs
hadn't single strand OF it left-he was simply
fear Of assassination, but with it the certainty
OF a long. wearisome imprisonment. Weeks
away the time At, last, after about i hres
Haggard and unshaved and covered with dirt
he left the Court House and hastened to the
telegraph oftice and wrote q message to friends
in ERpgand psIs 1t contained just one word
back he came to TIE telesraph otiice V with new new
shF S Rs Rs SssS TSss Ts
roll to his gait and an unsteady look in HIS
himself and Wrote another G message lsu ne as bbof
and 70 ,i,nt the point as the former one. 1t said;
BY the way. adyerting to Toothplck DAVIS.
do any Of you gentlemen know what finally be-
came OF him ?" asked a man from Missouri.
with an air OF interest.
oh. he got killed finally" answered the
up in Gunnison county. believe. over in what
they call the Tin-cur mining district. Tooth:
pleR was playing faro bank one, night, and
man, who was sitting on his left. and said:
Stek a H,.i htty on the queen for me. pard.' The
lost. He borrowed another nifty and lost It the
same stLny; way; Following, these two defeats Davis
safoiled put put LA after being away half an hour
again. and soon bad his twenty up TO Ave or
SIX 81 hhSndred Sn BY this time the meek little man
pay me that hundred'
Go away from me now said Toothp!ck.
sayaEely: i don't want to be bothered now
=. But didn't talk like that when advanced
u Y you, demonstrated the little man.
You keep on bothering me about that hum
1reo., said Davis. with dark frown. and I'll
h iIaIxl ha Ain Ii