The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-08-18
DUEL WITH LARIATS.
TERRIBLE BATTLE BETWEEN
COWBOY BANDS.
Mexican AVID American "runcher.. srt,i,
rhrir difference he Sensational
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Between q Mexican AMI 900 AmerI-
can. yes. said Joe Hampton. 40 ham.
pcnod about twenty years ago. and b.
was about as exciting a piece OF worn
as ever saw. was foreman ai that
time Tor the SEVENTH e. g. pi horse
ranch. In Wyoming. ana We ver, op
our way from sydney Neb. with 4
band OF mares that had been Skinned
from Missouri to sydney W, had to
drive the animals overland 90 OBJ, homo
rsnch. Well picked up an outfit of
men around sydney. seven American.
and three Mexicans. a tough lot We
started out. and when We rot TO the pir
Cheyenne river. south of the BLACK
Hills, We stopped TO let the horses rest
for few days. There was one Moyi-
can. Pedro Gonzales. about the most
ill-natured and most quafrclaome man
! ever saw. lie fel, out with an Amerl.
can by the name Of Dick Neal. AN all.
around bad man knew Dick by rem.
utatlon and he had a bad record. We'll
one day az dinner time Dick made some
remark about roplng a grcascr down
In Texas and hauling him across the
prairie until he was worn out The
Mexican answered by saying that man
must have been asleep or dead. for you
could not rope live man aud do that
Dick jumped to bis feet and pulled his
gun, and Pedro did the same. rushed
between them and ordered them To out
up their guns. The Moxicnns black
eyes shone like a rattlesnako's when
about to strike, bu, he put the gun
back In his belt and Dick ala the same
knew there would be trouble. and
how to avoid It was question not
easily solved. ordered the horse
wrangler to fetch up the saddle horses.
for intended to move on that after.
noon. The Mexican spoke to Dick and
they walked of to one side and talked
In low tone for few minutes. When
the horses came up noticed both men
saddled up their best horses. They
both unwound their lasso ropes and
stretched them out side by side. Dicks
rope was about iorty-nve feet long ana
Pedro's about sixty feet. Pedro drew
bis knife from bis belt and cut his rope
the exact length OF Dicks Then they
colled up their ropes carefully and each
man led his horse In opposite dlreo.
lions until they were about 100 yards
apart. Then they mounted like a fash
and rode toward each other. stood
holding my horse by the bride and
watched every move. will never for
get the look Of hate and murder on the
Mexlcan's face His lips were apart,
showing his white teeth and n wicked
smile seemed 70 play about his mouth.
Dicks Jaws were set tight. and look
Of mingled fear and rage combined on
his savage fac They rode slowly
toward each olhcr for about ATTY yardA,
watching each other Alike couple OF
Gagged panthers. Then they made a
dash and both ropes shot out like a
streak Of lightning. Both men lodged
and escaped. In an instant they had
gathered Mp their ropes and began to
circle around and around. could
hear the swish OF their ropes az they
swung them around their heads. each
man trying TO get some advantage.
They charsod back and forth ana nnal-
" both threw their ropes again. It
was a close call for Dick. for the Mex
lean got the rope over Dicks head. but
Dick threw Il OH before he could pull
mp the slack In an instant Pedro had
gathered mp his rope and threw q again
and caught Dick around the head and
one arm. lie drove the spurs into his
horse and started across the prairie.
but like fash Dicks hand went to his
pistol, and before the Mexican could
pull him from his horse, Dick sent a
bullet through his head and the Mexi-
can fell 10 the ground, dead. But Dick
was ierked from his horse with terri
bic force. for the Mexican had made the
end Of his rope fast to the saddle horn.
The MeSican's horse ran short dis
lance and then stopped. and before I
could get to him one OF the other Mex
leans had ridden up and emptied his
slx-shooter into Dicks body. He then
put spurs to his horse and soon dlsap-
peared across the prairie. and that was
the last ever saw of him. The other
Mexican told me that was the third
duel OF that kind that Pedro had
fought, and always got his man."