The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-21


tiles at Hot Springs has pointed
out to him a grizzled man slight
y bs+ow the medium neigat, with pierc-
Ing blue eyes. who spends most of his
time IN a popular cigar stoa.e. He walks
with his right foot turned almost at
right angles to his left. ewing to a.
load Of buslshot which distributed it
self about the joint. His lefs arm
hangs useless at his side. The bone
was shattered by a rifle bullet HIS
body is scanned with scars representing
hot head and cold steel Just how
many there are the bearer OF them viii
not tel, for ne cannot be induced to
tax OF his past. When he laid aside
the cards and faro box, the Winches-
Ter and six-shootec, he also tried 70
forget the events connected with
Them At present he is a mild and
Peaceable citizen. living upon the
fruits Of his lS.bors in the days when
he dared not put his f1ea out Of doors
without having several scouts in ad-
vance to that no enemy lurl1ed in
The quiet little man Is Frank Flynn.
at one time absolute monarch Of the
gamblers in the town where. gambling
Is run probably at greater pressure and
more openly than any other place IN
America Seated at his table IN what
Is now the well known ArlfnEtSn. Han
saloon, he sent out agents and Collects
60 tribute from every ,sTner of q game
IN the city. Soon after Flynn's as
sumption of the gambling throne one
man refused to pay his toll. The next
day he was buried and Flynn Tor SSne
time after conducted his business
After that no one denied allegiance to
the king he maintained his slprer1l
acy until the spring OF 1854, when
there was fought the battle FOR The
gambllng- privileges. of Hot Sprfncs
Ark, campaign of outlawry which
Tor displays CT absolute disregard 81
constituted authority, personal brav-
cry, and dogged determination, is with
out parallel.
At that time there we're ten gam
bling houses in Hot Springs, all 0rldel.
tne control OF Frank Flynn, who had
ms brother Billy az a partner. Flynn
mad been exacting from all who de-
sired 10 run a game so large a per-
Centage of the winnings that with
more games running, there would have
Deen no profit for any but himself
JIM Lane, than whom at that time
no man in sporting circles was better
hnoWn, was dependent OF Hymns
anu became tired Of giving away the
larger part of his winnings. There
fore, be determined. il possible, to end
that state of affairs and wrest forever
from Flynn the monopoly Of gambling
u the best known heath resort OF
America, He7wrote- to- Thomas Doran.
a
tttleans, 70 visit the Springs and look
the ground over with Il view to open-
ing an indepen9 sptsa house .prOrniefr4e
him aH the aid possible For this par
pose ne quietly organized a band OF
sebinylers, VINO were tired of Flynn-s
tyrannical sra1ie.. All OF them were
game men and fighting for what they
cared their rights to DO business with
OUT interference FROM any man. .Doran
came az once in response to the let
Ger. lookeGr oi.e town over. and saiGF
tes' viii opeIFfs. game, and say
nothing to Mr., Flynn about h.,
Where the ParIor drug store now
staifdS there was them located the Owl
saloon. This liquid disturbance palace
was, housed in a -two-stotsV- frame
structure. The upper floor had at ore
Tine been used for a gambling house
Inder sthe Iegiu1eI sestabl she'd BY
r ~, y mad been c'osed UP, This
room Ooran secured for his raw fnde-
pendent enterBrise
Flynn and rDoraR did not meet l1n+fI
the 4etter had beet. in Business almost
Two weeks. One Gay they met on the
main street. Flynn did not see his
rival unfii
Why. hello. F'raaIE.s said Doran AT
the same tjme dtaSving q heavy re-
No5yer from his belt AMI opening fire.
Flynn wore, a steeit, brea.st-y1iafe
which stopped six bullets from
Doran's sfnoke-wa gon in the next six
seconds The tfusillade. together with
the jar OF the bullets striking his
shistd 50 dazed the tribute-demandin
Sanoier that he did not draw a
weapon. but stood still to be shot. Al
seeing That he wasn't making a salts
factory Impression, Doran replaced his
now empty weapon IN its holster and
drew another, the. third buIlef from
Waich knocked Flynn down. Thinks
1ng that ne had at last solved the
problem OF gambling TO his sa tfsfsc-
ton, Doran coolly reloaded his weap-
ons md strolled away
But .Ooraa had shot too Strafg ht
The protection Worn by Flynr tor INST
such emergencies had saved him ne
was taken to his home, where he re-
NAMED mO1th or six weeks II was
gwen out at the time that eSwas rest
lng. but Il became known that the Jar
of the bullets had affected his hlngs
and that he was suffering, Som f4rrn-
orrhages. When he Yves able to be out.
again Hot Springs was armed for war.
ne Httie main thoroughfare was
alive with men carrying not only six
shooters and knives. but 1oaded rides
and shotguhs. The newspapers de-
Tnanded ti,at these men be ARRESTED
but II was shown that they were fully
within their rights Under the constftu-
ton, and n0thing could BE- done
lt was now discovered that Flynn
while at home resting had sent ali
over the United State for men vita
reputati' 1s as fighters and killers un-
Z
city aud the personal services Of 200
armed men,. Doran quickly real
lied that be could not hope to
combat such force with his few
friends Of the opposition. and the new
adhereats he had gathered to his cause
since his Arrival Accordingly. he re-,
turnet 70 New Orleans. leaving. how
ever, spies TO inform him of the dar
on which Flynn. would release and
muster Ogt his army. THAI occurred a
mon5n. later Flynn. had come 10 the
confusion that Doras had gone for
gocd. and that he could dispense WITH
hi;' dangerous and expensive standing
= my.
As soon as p9ran was informed of
this he set on FOR the Springs. but
Flynn also aed his spies. and was adj
vised by What train DoraR would ar
rive. Gathering eight on ten n1en he
set of Tor ftalFerrr. the junction OF
the Hot Springs and Iron Mountain
railroads. to lntercept and kin DOraif
Doran learned Of this. and left the
Iron Mountain train at Arksdislphfa
twenty-tso miles below Malvern ana
thirty five niles, oySrfand from Hot,
springs. This distance ne covered, on
horseback. Flynn and his gang searched.
the train at Malvern. and. Of course.
failed -. fnd their man. Fesrins an
ambush, they dropped back 10 Law
renee station- ceven miles from Hot