Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-01-23
''BTfalo Biz"
At the Capital.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-THE halls of
congress were ornamented yesterday with
the person of Buffalo Bill" and a friend
whose appearance was as oddly pictur-
esque as Colonel Cody's own. They came
to congress, not as solons to enact laws
for the government of the United States,
but to beg their friends, the congressman,
aid in securing a few Indians for heir
wild west shows.
In the corridors where every third per-
son seen is a character of national re-
pute. Buffalo Bill easily held the center
of attention. He stallxed about the mar
BILE halls with his easy western swing.
stopping now and then for handshake
with an acquaintance or conference with
congressman. At every pause crowd
gathered about him to listen to his deep,
sonorous voice
With his wide sombrero; his long, iron
gray hair plated and folded about the
back of his head; his typical western
garb and his commanding figure, he ap-
peared the true plainsman that he is. Be-
fore he left the capitol an incident occur
red which lent interesting comment
throughout the corridor.
On the west side of the hall hangs the
noted painting Westward Ho.' There
are several heroic figures in the picture.
all of which closely resemble Colonel Co
dy. In his wanderings about the rotunda
the great Snowman finally ran against
friend directly beneath the painting, and
the two stopped to chat.
A moment later an elderly lady passing
that way suddenly halted and threw up
her hands. She gazed in open-mouthed
establishment at Colonel Cody, who at
that moment happened to be standing like
statue. with one hand extended forward
in gesture. -
BLESS me-" exclaimed the elderly lady,
under her breath, 'if one of those men in
he mir hos rfa nd ont
of itl' -u
Then she called several friends who
were near by and they all gathered at
respectful distance to eagerly discuss the
remarkable occurrence. The guide said
they were a school ma'am and her schol-
ars from Massachusetts,. They didn't go
away until Colonel Cody noticed them ex-
citedly making sketches of him, where
upon he dived into a near by committee
room and escaped.
1 found him later on the floor of the
house after adjournment of the session,
and he talked interestingly of his visits
to Atlanta. 5g
"I shall never forget one of my trips
to that beautiful CITY," he declared 1--WE
were showing there one day when detec-
tive from Baltimore walked into our en-
closure and laid hands upon one of my
Indians, fine looking young chief The
Indian had been pointed out to the Of
hcer as one who had. week before. killed
boy in the streets of Baltimore with
brick.
1--WE took out a habeas corpus for the
Indian and proved in the United States
court before Judge, William T. Newman
that the young chief who had been point
ed out as a murderer was on the reser-
walton in the territory when the killing
occurred. You see. the Baltimore citizen
thought he could pick out certain In
dian from big bunch, a trick which even
the oldest plainsman is incapable of per-
forming In the end the case was drop
ped because no one could identify the buck
who hurled the brick
Eyes, remember ATLANTA as one OF the
finest cities 1 ever visited. The people
there are very generous in their apprecia-
ton Of our shows%
Colonel Cody got all the satisfaction he
wanted in regard to a stock OF new In
dians from the reservation. He left the
capitol in high good humOr, but for sew
eral hours afterwards he was the sole
topic of conversation.