The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-25

that halks, III get aim Al the end OF
the street he returned the guns and told
EN- If a single one looked back he'd be-
gin.
But talk about oold-blooiedness. there
was a 'bunco s5eerer' in town running a
cort OF faro-and he was a killer. too
maxim all kinds OF money. Wei. he'd
been causin' some trouble, so the cons
table. an easy-like felle-. went down and
talked 10 him, but he paid no attention
10 the warning 50 Brown went down.
and walkin' boldly into the concern.
pulled his gun and knockin' the piles OF
money in every direction, Jared his big
Colts right up against the faro's breast
and sad You d-d - - I've
come 10 kill you. Now yo1 pack Up aud
get out Of here as soon as possible The
bunco mon was pale as death all the
time the marshal was speaking. but as
soon as he left went ana got his six
shooter and laid it down in easy reach.
a-watchin' for his man Some sneak.
who liked % see a mlx-up, slipped out
and told Brown about II. Soon the mar
shal appeared with his gold-mounted
Winchester-t1e city had made him a
present Of it-and walka' through the
hotel in which my shop was located. he
stepped out in front with his gun in
position Now, the faro den was JUST
across and down the street a little way.
across and down the street a little way.
I walked out and asked Henry what Was
! up and at the same time noticed the
faro man step out and lean up against
the door post. He was killer aud was
looking for his game.
The marshal turned 70 me and said.
Young chap you'd better get back in
there. for were going T. begin business
here mighty quick I got back you bet
Z Well, sir, that man just coolly dropped his
I gold-mounted Winchester on that same
ster and bored a big hole right through
+ his breast, and then ran across the
street. uD 10 the fellow, who BY this
tint had got into his den. and showing
/ his gun up against him was goln' % give
him another load. but the poor devil said.
as the blood. al each pIlsatiOn. spurted
! out over the marshai's coat. For God
I sake. Hank don't shoot me any more
You've killed me now. and fell over.
Well, sir, that man Brown just turned
around and holdin' his gun down about
his waist, swung II round and round.
drivin' the crowd away from him and
+ then he deliberately walked back across
the street into my shop and climbed Up
into my chair laid his Winchester over
his lap and leaning his head back FOR a
shave. said. BIZ. pull down that curtain
there / don't give a d--n 20 he shot.
but I don't like to be shot in the top Of
my head That man was "a KILLER.
T
those prairies was Bill Log one night
during that temperance trouble AZ Cald-
well. three fellows took a man eut and
hung him. It turned awful cold and
rained and selected and showed till, the
next morning. everything was a glare 81
ice. and when they discovered that fellow
hangin they also found frozen in the
sleet. a glove with Did Bill Logs name
on it,
f; Talk about grit though" said the
big burly traveller. you emerube that
Indian Territory outlaw Maxwell Well.
sir, a deputy United States marshal
stepped out Of a little build!n one day.
Just behind Maxwell and blew the whole
back Of his head of with q double bar
relied shotgun loaded with buckshot. and.
sir. believe me- but that outlaw cuss
pulled both Of his guns and had his
right one cooked before he fell" Chimed
in the wizzen-faced man. That Jack
Farley was a Teller for grit Why. when
both his ewes were shot out and hangin'
down over his checks he pulled his guns
and yelled. oh. God. a second f5r sight
to shoot the -- -,' and fen over
dead
But speakin' about bravery" spoke
up the thin. angular chap again. "there
was preacher out a Dodge city and
he had been leadin' the temperance people
against the Joints. This preacher was
out waIkln' on the railroad one day and
all at once he heard something 20 zip
binr and then be heard gun report (
Looking up he saw smoke rising from
the top Of a load Of hay about n quarter
OF a mile away There were two men F..
on the wagon and the smoke had hardly /.
cleared away when there was another /
pun and second later the report and a /
zip-bing as the bullet went whizzing by. /
Well sir that divine didn't run. He
just went walkin' on into town keepin' (
watch on that wagouioad ~ has.
1.-THE team had scarcely stopped Inside (
In walked that preacher and sfeopln' no
70 two fellows. one q which had "A win |
chester. he calmly said 'Noa sir YOU
dirty scoundreI. know who you are. and 1
the beat thing FOR you 70 20 it 70 make I
ycrrself scarce sroun here aa1 pc quick /
a1ou f.. too and then he walked out as /
cooley a. ~ came"
That's very good asid the mar weaT-
ing gold spectacle @hut can 70 you
one better u was mat same marshal
vas telliu' you about a while ago. He
had killed several 81 a tough gang. 70
they sent one y their number % t0Wu %
XII the ofscer II Vas Ia one % The
tough Gems and fhis feiier cent 20 XII /
TIRE ma-shal Eas set,in' AZ table 81
game when in came the officer Henry
Brown p Caldwell. booked 81 tais teugh
and then under bHe table ard walked
behind and aroaad hin look5u- rim over
ali the time. Finally ae zfeppe8 oHt iu
front of che gambler ard said 'yTc'r
III he 5-a Ha "a. Are 500 ~
chap they sent a9uu beer - kfI ne
ia. 10. Wen ~ al the poorest z1l-
d2-ne3 .per iule1s. yoG Heat 'e-n Az Say.
ye got any u7-e ~ en- 70 t-ers Ike
you T7r're a p8rtT lecklr' thirz .0 se-1
oct 20 XII man. Ia hat Tsg-Ff
d-s ps-~ .ookfu' k.ie-. ard =aL3et
rst ~ urc7Hcsrue1 ~ yDu please l7e
faIler' sat tsers s-cast3o' the esras -z
rale as street, end the nexi morn ~ 81
was gone
A. ,hs man SIN ere b.a-k ras-etas ss
finished bis last story tau er5-
aogide-e6 uas get ap sa1 went infa gre