Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-31

THE MAN WHO
HUNTED FOR TROUBLE

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There was fellow that ! once
knew who went around looking for
some one to kill him and he couldn't
find a man that would undertake the
lob" This Is Colonel Dick DillOu's
own statement. AS he began II let
him finish the story.
1T was about the time that Luke
Short was distinguishing himself in
his own peculiar way down In Texas
continued the colonel. "and the story
was told me by most truthful and re.
liaS2e gents" Nobody questioned his
statement and the colonel was per.
nitted to continue.
"As ! said. gentlemen, the story
that I am about to tell is absolutely
tue. know II Of my own personal
observation and II there Is any one Of
you who doubts II ! shall insist that
he announce himself before | proceed
further"
There was o silence and again the
colonel broke forth. This fellow liv.
ed right here In Kansas City. am
not prepared to give dates and street
number as regards residence. But.
nevertheless, he lived right here AMI
I could prove 1t by the finest collec-
ton of gentlemen that ever trod the
earth II they had not been taken OF
suddenly. His name was Lucas. At
least, that is what | think was his
name. II any of you know otherwise
please correct me. He had some mon
ey left him. also a dread of insanity.
| might even say more-he had In his
own mind an absolute certainty that
he was marked victim OF the dread
al I.,. ,,xl NI,.N fS,,t, f,<
Ave insane asylums were awaiting to
gather him In. He was dead 'daffy.'
After his parents were dead and there
was nothing for him to do but think,
Lucas made up his mind that rather
than die in an asylum he would com.
nit suicide.
to settle up his affairs and prepare for
death. He found when everything
was closed up that he still had to his
ty mess for man that was to kill
himself. What to do with that bunch
OF wealth bothered him.
"What was the use OF shuffling off
when one has SO mucn possibilities in
the way Of sport? So he said to him.
self, I'll blow II in and then when the
wealth is no more I'll be absent from
roll CALL But when he had gotten
well started upon his laudable enter
price he began to think that the very
proposition in itself was wild one
and only worthy of a nolle. He grew
more morose and so weak in power
that he did not have the nerve to kill
himself. But to die he was determin.
ed at every risk and keep out of the
asylum. II he could not take his own
life he was bound that some one else
should and that is the point where my
story begins.
Some time afterwards he appeared
at Teyarkana and began to make In
quiries regarding the bad men of the
town. Two or three lesser lights were
named, but he did not warm up. One
day, however, he saw tan man with
rather wild look in his eye and he
vas told that he was Charley Dixon
the only real out and out bad man In
the town. His name had not beer
mentioned in the first place, he dis
covered, because many persons nevel
whispered 1t except under their bee
clothes at night. Not long before hi
had shot dead the correspondent. a.
the latter was giving evidence in a di
vorce suit that Dixon had brough,
against Mrs. Dixon. Lucas hun,
around the saloons that Dixon wa,
| supposed to frequent, but he coulo
; never meet him. One night he heart
that he was In a poker game ovel
fGuinocio's and straightaway he wen
there. He found Dixon at one of th'
J tables playing poker. As a bird Is fas
cinated by snake so Lucas kept re
, volving ground and around this table
J At last one OF the players threw dow
, his hand and Dixon raked in jacl
pot. top yelled Lucas. that man ha
cheated and pointed to Dixon. II,
had an ace up his sleeve. saw him
Every person In the room stopped
playing and crowded around Dixon. eN
pecting to see a killing. Lucas threw
back his head and stood with his eye
ablaze facing the bad man. Dixo
looked at him In surprise anu covere
him with his gun. Lucas gave viii
laugh and yelled, If you are such
h OF fellow. why don't you shoot
. That was too much for the crowd
Somebody caught Lucas by the arr
and led him out of the place. TIL
next morning. thoroughly disguised
he shook the dust of TeXarkana off hi
iec' anu Wch W iooh eiSeWneTe 10
trouble.
! AT Fort Worth Lucas landed fror
the train one damp morning in tn
early spring. ! don't know where h
came from or where he mad been. Br
he had a disguised. sad look on hi
- face. He got into Canada Bills' hac
!, ana told him to drive him around som,
where that he could find trouble. Bi
- knew where there was plenty of tha
~ article to be had. but he looked wit
q sort OF compassionate interest upo
the stranger. In fact, Bill himself ha
= Few scraps OF more or less pleasin
proportions on his own account, sue
as the killing of -four or five men.
FINALLY they stopped at the Gait
= Exchange resort and the two me
u. went inside. Jim Courtwright. WI
= was city marshal, was standing at II
bar with VITO friends. 1ney were ju
about to take drink when Lucas hi,
ted In and. striking Inns arm, knoc
: ed his glass from his hand and II IL
to the floor. breaking to pieces, Jill
livid with rage, turned quick as
flash, his gun in hand to face I.uca
4. with his arms akimbo and snecr
his face, I understand you are XII
eli, said Lucas. Now that Is what
am looking for. and you can add OF
more to your gun stock Jim look'
at the fellow a minute. turned to Is
) and said: You had better drive yo
10 load out to the asylum; that's whe
:. !. belongs
:. "Since ! am speaking of Coul
wright, | might add that he was kill,