The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-23
The MURDER OF CHISHOLM.

rot Know till he was well beyond Chick
asha that as Yet there was practically
TO law and but very little government
III the towns which were just then
in that state Of transition which was be-
/ ginning 70 change the indian cornields
| INTO modern, civilized cities. In spite
Of his headstrcng determination TO be-
come westeruer. in his heart he longed
Tor Back Bay ana the antique poise o!
dear old Boston.
4 lot Of things conspired to annoy him.
! All the way rom Chickasha the men
I before. behind ana beside him talked Of
Bert Casey's eand: murders they had done
how they killed Sheriff Smith. how the
deputies had finally rounded up the out
laws and how. before they could get him
behind the prison bars. Casey himself,
ten times murderer. horsethief ana high
wayman, had escaped.
We'll. sir" said q rougll-lookins man
opposite Neale, 4 played chucsluck with
that feller Casey two days fore him an
lis gang done the sheriff. an b. cracky.
he was as innocent-lookin a kid q most
as that dude sittin' acrost the aisle
They tell me" said another that
Bert Casey's married He amt nothin'
hut a kid, but Hank Rollins says he's
as nice q little woman IS they is in the
territory, one of them gintle, motherly lit
lie critters Jest like a turkey hen. only
delicater"
II was dark when Neale got of the
train st Chisholm and they stopped at
! the Roosevelt House a two-story frame
! building, the first and finest Of the new
town.
Being quite hungry. the Bostonian was
/ beginning 10 enjoy his rude supper when
/ ne suddenly became aware Of two sinister
4 eyes watching him through the closed
4 windows at his elbow He dropped his
| knife and fork and everybody laughed
/ at him, neither his appetite nor his self
/ esteem being reinforced by the assur-
| ance that 1t was only an Indian rubber
! ing" Disguised by the coarse surround
/ ings and nervous in spite of himself
! Neale stole off to his room about s O'Clock
and tried TO read. Then he examined
/ his pistols, barred the door and went to
| bed Later he heard the bus founder
ing toward the hotel the pounding Of
muddy boots. the scratching OF the pen
as some new guests registered and more
/ frequent and more rasping than all.
choking. gaspiug. intermittent feminine
cough
Then the stairs groaned with retiring
guests. The cough came nearer and fin
ally sounded through the thin partition
which separated Neale from the adjoining
room. There seemed TO be three in
the party-two men and the female. who
was evidently very ill-for the scared
III just lay her here on this bed, jim.
ill she goes to sleep. Feel pretty bad,
Jennie? Poor little gal: go TO sleep"
Then came anothe rspaSm OF coughing
and a rough voice in another room shout
Cd why don't YOU get that cough pull
ed?' The two men laughed softly and
dropped their tones as they resumed their
conversation. Neale could hear them
shedding" their garments. heard their
heavy boots clatter as they threw them
off, and then in a whisper: Which bedn
you take. BERT"
Where dye run acrost her Bert?"
up in Anadarko. She just got stuck
on me an kept runnin' after me till
I tok pity on her She amt going 70 live
long. Doc Burney says it's asthma, but
I think it's gallopin' consumption.
why don't you pass her up. She's al
ways gettin You in trouble. People amt
goin to stand for her always cogghin !
especially in hotels, an You can't take !
care O. her running around like We are |
Why don't you-
why don't 1 what? 7 can't shoot her /
leastways not in town, and I couldn't I
look in them big brown eyes o hers and 1
think about poisonin'-
"Sh-hh-h," cautioned Jim. Il think 1
there's some feller in the mex room. If 4
YOU amt got sand for the job, all you got /
TO do is to say the word. III fix Miss
Jennie"
'.Well, go ahead and fix her"
"By jing, III Go it right now while she's
sleepin.
How YOU goin' to do it,"
Neale heard the thud of bare feet on
the cracking floor, one of his neiehbors
was up. The shocked easterner listened
while the unscr assassin hurried into his
boots and clothes and numbered out into
the hall with Back IN I'VE minutes
T -.
ing. and the listener could hear Bert
soothing her with whispered words of
Pretty soon Jims heavy
steps came back upon the sidewalk. tip
toed noislessiy upstairs and opened
the door ''Sh-h" cautioned Bert. she's
beet awake. Wait
There vas ten minutes of silence and
then: Now she's asleep. 7 couldn't see
Z done while she's awake. What dye
get JIM
"Ch,oroform. I'll put her out Of pain
thout her KNOWN a thing.
well, all right. 1 amt gOin' TO look,
though / amt got the heart 10 SEE her
NeaIe heard him say: Lend ne your
wipe then "Good-by. Miss Jennie. abb
sOiute silence for five minutes q eurgling.
stertorous sigh and finally jim. rs he said.
"Au over. Bert, Let's lay her on the
floor with this quilt over her. I don't
want to sleeD with no corpse, d'yor4'
That was enough for Clarence Neaie
# Boston He got out of bed and the j
moment his door creaked utter silence s
-ell over the adjoining room. lie loaded
his pistols. buckled them on ami tip :
oed down into The ONCE. The night 7
'Iarz was asleep and the trembling Bos-
oman. uncertain what to do. looked over 2
he register TO see who his TillSinOus g
eighbors were. b. II. Hawley I'll Re- &
10, he read. and directly under il Jas G
Foley. kiUcfshcr. ?
Bert Casey and one Of his pals III
ct thought Neale But he didn't know q
what 10 Go. Molly the United States p
authorities. tell -he hotel clerk rouse +
he town. AT commissioning desire came T
pon him 70 draw @ bead on one of the e
ilolls suhdue him en- sicnt and tlcs
sin FOR himself ,The lasting reputation rs z
seasoned and f-ave froutiers-nar But + 5.
rhat would jim j. doing while Re cover q
d Bert and vice versaf At any rate p
leep was out Of the question He ,vcnld -
il alone III the Office and wait for his
len Toward daylight. when the clerk 3
yoke up. Neale asked him r there was b
ny rear exit from tie second story. u
hen BE Went around TO recounoiter. p
1und an aii night saloon 81 q dismal tent 4
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