The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-11-15
A TERROR TO OUTLAWS.
The Sanguinary Record OF a Quak.
or In Arizona.
He Never Murdered q Man But Ho Had
KILLED Many One in Performing
the Duties Of His OHlcO as
Sheriff.

day." a traveller remarked who had
Just returned from that territory, sis |
Commodore Perry Owens, who has
been sheriff Of Apache county, city |
marshal of Winslow, and is now one of
the guards of the Wells-Fargo express
across Arizona. He Is an Indianian,
who went to Arizona fifteen years ago.
had long talk with him the other
day as he rode on the train, his Win
chester rifle and q couple of navy skies
within easy reach.
"When he learned that was also
Hoosier," writes q contributor to the
indianapolis News, land know his
people, Qual1ers, who live near Carriers
burg, in that country, we were at once
on the best of terms. When ! asked
him II the report was true that he had
removed from active life moro mon, by
the Winchester line, than any other
man in Arizona he looked panied for .
moment Then he answered;
~ was raised Quaker, but out
here, you see, o man cart work at that
1t amt suited to the Arizona climate
/ have done O good deal OF shooting,
but 1t has all been necessary and In the
line Of my official duty. never muir
dered q man In my life, never. My
good mother, back In Hendricks coun-
ty, every now and then writes me Q
letter. She sees these newspaper re-
ports and she misunderstands them.
You ask II I've shot ONO hundred menf
Well, no. l haven't-that Is, unless
you want TO count Mexicans. I've
only killed fourteen white men and
wounded fifty-three. Some OF them
died after they were wounded, but
that was the fault of the doctor.
"'You ask what episode of this kind
/ consider the most exciting In my ex-
perience? These events are oil more
or less exciting, but l think the 1.-Two
lest of these affairs took pls ce over nj
Winslow, when was sheriff. l had q
warrant for the fellows Or rest, and
had written for him 70 Gomez In and
surrender. He didn't oven H' aswer my
letter, which wasn't treating with
proper respect my official posi- zion. s.
after awhile went after him He wa
ut his mothers house. double
log cabin. built In L-shspS. rtsed M
horse and went 10 the heueo AZ
knocked ON the door cSughta gnmps'
of two faces at a window OF my book
The door opened about a foot, and tn
man was after stuck q, gun ont / lie
drive with my Winchester, and as
heard him drop fred over my shoal
der through the window. Tho secon
load caught two, killing one and shat
tcring the arm of Younger brother
j knew there was still another maxi /
the house, and that IL was dangerou
to remain on the porch. jumped on
into the open ground. aE,d, as ! dA 81
/ saw q man sheltering ILmsoh bchin
a blackboard ran q few steps an
uncovered him. When Il took acc our
of stock there were tn rec killed an
one wounded. There w ere no furthe
hostilities. The corone took charg
of the effects, as didn't thinlKit wou]
be proper for me to act under the ct
cumstances. The whole nffair too
place inside a minute.
"'I don't drink. don I gamble. ar
! haven't ever been fa' 'oritc with u
women. Most of the fl SLOWS who n
shot get 1t because tn ey want SOIL
woman to think he's bad ma
They put on Mexican spurs, a sor
brero. and q cut-throat ut fit and sta
; in for trouble. The coro 1err flndssthe
: with their boots ON.
81 knew Young ferow'up atfW
) Hams, q nervy little chap. never aa
much, but when 1t cnrne ii ne for wOl
he could got his revolver out as r1is
as anybody. But hewas perfect gre
l tleman. There was only onc thing
was afraid of-that was d ing with j
, boots on. Ono day, by ONO kind
accident--itcO uld never eexplained
3 he got into difficulty wit q Mexica
and the MeXfcnn shot him We saw
-wes hitllarl, piclped him pand carri
r him into,a saloon We as kcd Dan If
I had any last request TO make. In
9 flint whisPer-we could barely he
1.-THE said: "Boys, take ny boots of
l As we did 50 q SIN le br oke over
r face, and The went cut Ill se an ange..