The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-03
RESCUE OF A TENDERF0OT.
THE SILVER CITY SHERIFF AND
THE AMATEUR BAD NAN.

WONDER IL harvey W nltonlll Is on
II he still lives at Silver City, and holds his old
Office OF sheriff OF Grant county. N. NJ. II
needed q man Of sand and sagaclty to hold the
place down when was there" said A. r. Help
with. formerly OF New Mexico Silver City
from the start had all the elements to
make It, II left to run itself. the toughest town
in all the Southwest Until DeminG grew up
at the junction OF the Southern Pacific with the
Atchison there was no settlement worth the
name between Silver City and Las Cruces. ITO
miles to the east. and Tucson. $50 miles
to the west. Every Apache raid came close
to the town one side or another
and usually ON all sides. so that at times 1t was
necessars to picket the suburbs against the
chance that the Indians might make dash
into the city itself. Then il Indian scarcs were
frequent the desperadoes were worse for they
wer. with US all the time. The fact that We
were so far from anywhere drew men to US
who had played themselves out In other COM
munites and had sound reason for placing
themselves where they would be hard to get at.
When Silver City got too hot to hold them there
was the Mexican border only fifty miles away.
and the wilderness on every hand to run to.
THE town was n rushing one from tho first.
| but by good luck it was peopled mostly by
| Americans. and the good element held the up
| per hand and put Harvey Whtehill in az
| Sheriff. He was bluff, good tempered man.
| who had sand enough for two when sand was
| needed. and with 1t the tact and management
| to carry through q great many unpleasant af-
| fairs without difficulty or bloodshed. 1t was at
oos
Of serspe h when many an oeeT good Sn e.
y9Snf So ~. from the Fat Wiz
younEster had got IN with the gang that he
was with is neither here nor thore. but they
s S .1csrs and ahe H
SO long as they conformed to the ordinances Of
their looks and Behavior told tho story as they
payns Thsy were hestnS red
liquor at ne slow, pace, but there was no cham
thsTe was D no e1trsSsFance Of that kind. having
psn 5o:d En- h ss sas his
tongue from RAINING. and so II BECAME known
hss the q his "G oom.
ns4 day TO get drat cashed at Porter
Crawfords. Then they were to start for the
81 u. that Rim
his prospects good Of ever getting so far as the
Ss sy at @ G
with II that SanEs1t they stSoS on S1iauese
nS G't Ss 1 Who ioush
and desperate; distinctly DISCOURAGED any con-
asS dfs 'ns
$685.: Vim i: s!$sa sss Ss1S Il;
Thar ssryns eS
others in The saloon. he had sneaked his gun
hi 20 aa TR The hS
sSs sss; sss:
panions' game, and they tried to discourage
he SYDnf @ nc ,hs saoa
about that time. took a hand. Ne put on no
otllcial fris. but sagptered smiinrly up to the
got ready 70 60 home. At this the tsaderioot
~ Who in hell are you. anyway he asked,
step b sad away "a b as
hand The man that takes this pistol takes
it might mean business The disadvantage in
dealing with agreanhorn in such case is that
weaken at the first call-down., or he may have
been printing his courage for weeks ard
ready, to shoot slnp-dash at the first sign OF
onHe or for no cause at IA A. He tn o oTS
rather have the job OF arrestinE professional
bad man than agreenhorn WHO was aiming to
Of 9aa M his "na Ho
vey Whtehill knew AL that rs well as any man.
he Y benz to BOY hs IS"
such intention, he only laughed at Il tas.
trouble when there IS no need, my hoy, he said
IN q good, humorcd way, J am an officer OF
hs 1 psS Il
tender If you don't want to give it to mo lis
M let pvt %hfn y 2o are pocs. Ren
and don't flourish it any NOR" r-,
came s' in Tie boys SIC co S Knew that
their game was up II he got into trouble in this
way. and they were calling to him to put up
| shnDtAT attention
to what they said. and commanded them to
,ad S.y T "1sd that rb he s TSnA ss
So sane t IT, sSS"ans ro1 his On ha@i
swer the young fellow raised his gun.
1t may have been through neryou.pess. IL
toi went of, so, 1T seemed; fnil in the sherlT's
face; The boys aim may have Wavered or his
had way th n; shGS m.sHd but It
Tnstfs "+f
the muzzle before the sheriff had the pistol:
hhs s had ssu besn do~ned His aSmPsaio9: .srtsd
! EhoT SsT %hisehis irs1ds Ter: and
fool then aud there. and half Of US hoped he
nsss The boy %tk ss and Fhe
plaster whGH he ted HE S head n and took in the
|
zlo of the gun long enough to get a realizing
sense OF how It seemed TO be at that end OF II,
stern, to got up. The youuEster. eshy pale and
completely sobSred. got upon his feet,
"'Come with mo- want to talk to you,
said Whtehill. and he !marched the young
fellow into back room. You stay clear, and
don t interrupt us-or you II ind yourself worse
on he added. and shut the d9or In the faces OF
What talk passed between the two i never
knew. except IN general way. bpt when they
showed that he had been crying and he look ed
humble. But he had made up bis mind what
to do. and he went straight from tho saloon to
tho Exchange Hotel where he had boon stay
ing, Whtohill going with him.
THE three mon had made themselves scarce.
seeing how things were going, and they did
not show up again round the town that niRhk
They were u wandering lot and the boy. Ii
seemed. had picked up an ae9ualntance with
genuine frontier article. was for joining his
FORTUNES with theirs He had arranged to 60
make their start next day. Instead OF this, he
staid at the hotel where his baggage still was,
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