El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-13
Heard In Hotel LObbieS

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and be swore he would. Swore he
would sue the United States for dam
aRes, and have me strung up for inter-
| fering with the Individual rights of q
free born male white citizen in an
attempt to enquire about his family
that for all he knew might be burning
to death In fiery flames.
81 WAS standing back OF the window,
talking to him through the hole cut 10
the boards. His red face, savage from
whiskey was about a foo. from mine.
Cali OF o sudden he reached down
and drew Q long Jack CHM Kentucky
bowie knife from his boot leg, flour.
| ished 1t around his head two or three
times, and then brought it down with
an overland sweep. buryipg the blade
in the soft pine wood. The knife stayed
there, vibrating from the force of the
blow, while the owner struck an sppro.
pirate attitude and beloved:
"I 60 now, but l return soon, and II
I haven't by then received an answer
TO my telegram I'll bury this knife il
your heart, even as l have buried It in
this plank. Message or Blood, Tske
your choice
"Then he pried the knife blade out
OF the window and sailed forth to re-
fresh himself again.
n6u 6u 6esle t6ut. an enilsbeQ mau
in the fifteenth infantry, detailed 20
the signal service, whose name WIS
Connolly.
Connolly got out his gun when the
belligerent visitor departed with his
bowie, and provide himself also with
q billiard cue which he reinforced by
scre wing q glass insulsJor on the end.
Then we waited his return, prepared
to DO battle, but he never came back.
il - 10 - tal
across the country for San Marcial
Before be disappeared In the distance
an answer came from his wife, but 1t
came too late.
This fellow Connolly was one o; the
characters OF the old frontier. He WAS
an intensely ignorant man, but he had
a good appearance, and he always
managed to put up fair bluff. It was
his duty to deliver all messages receiv-
ed at the office, and be performed the
service in q manner distinctly charac-
teristic OF Connolly.
"He couldn't read or write, but he
didn't let that interfere with the per-
Torrance OF his duty. When he got
message to deliver to Charlie. somebody
he would spell out the fret name Char
les. he always delivered the message
TO the frat man of the name he met.
"Ou one occasion a telegram came
for one of she revenue officers there IL
WAS directed to Rev. Officer Blank.
Connolly took it and started out
he studied IT the name Rev." but
IL was q new one on him. he didn't
Z now anybody by that name in Silver
City and 1t puzzled him. Finally light
began to dawn. Rev. sssuredly meant
reverend, and he took fresh start to
hunt up tho first minister he could
find, but he didn't meet with any sue
cess as there were none In town.
Pretty soon he came back sheep
ishly and after edging around for
time finally said look here. Amt
this Rev. a Catholic priest?'
"Connelly also had q Eethod of his
own Of having his letters read. He
posed as great literary man and fire.
quently, from sources not generally
known, received letters which he ap-
peared to enjoy with much delight.
Finally otter two or three days he
would approach some of the boys and
make como joke shout the great letter
he had just gotten, funniest letter be
had ever seen, and similar remarks.
Then he would insist upon somebody
reading is to the crowd-he would never
agree to do this himself, and then, for
the first time, would become acquaint-
ed wish the contents"
Mr.. Wallace remembers when FL
Psso had Its frss boom in 'S2. At that
time the Gillettes owned most OF the
land here, and Mr.. Wallace remembers
when parties at Silver City would
telegraph Mr.. Gillette, Offering him
certain large sums by wire for various
pieces of property in Ell Paso. MIR
John G Gillette couldn't understand why
bis land should be ip such demand, and
he would send back q telegram accept
ing the offer, and considering himself
extremely lucky. As an indication of
Ell Paso's progress the difference be-
tween the prices paid for real estate
then and now Is pretty reliable.
Mr.. Wallace was al the Grand Central
during yesterday. He arrived here
yesterday morning, and left for his
home this morning over the Southern
Pacific.
Kountz is out of the path OF the
storms which visit the coast, and Mr..
Wallace had q view to that fact wher
he decided to settle there instead OF