Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-13
tanned WYATT carp
WESTERN BAD MAN cOWED IN
DAWSON CITY.
OImInutive Member of Canada Mount
ed Police Too Much for Old-Time
Terrcr'-The Power Of Rigdly En-.
forced law.


Since Wyatt t.arp. once famous a 4
a7ln fighter in Arizona and California
ii up into the Klondike very li'l1
has been heard OF him by the outsida
world. Earp was never d man Who
2ould easily be tanned, conseQuent!y
tory told of his suppression few
weeks aSo by diminutive cocknes
member Of the Canada mounted polie'
#lll be interesting to some of tet
friends here.
carp drifted into Dawson several
months ago full of a determias1.on= 10
set action, said san Francisco man
. some Of Earp's old Western friends
the 9th. night. t!e discarded his
atore clothes. got himself a flannel
shirt. pair OF leather trousers ausl=s
5ombrero, stuck sun III his b=Ht
loaded up on bad whisky and Y ~
around the saloon. and faro baIlta
aallEragging everybody who would
stand for his game, and taking a few
shots at some men who resented ii
Well, the fact that carp was hit
ting 1t up got to the ears Of little
ffye-foot coekney member of tHe Can
ada mounted police, one OF whose
duties II was to sea that Dawson be-
aaved itself. New, carp didn't know
much about the Canada mounted
police and the manner Of men Who
compose it.
Therefore when he was interrupted
ID the gentle amusement OF cleaning
OFT a faro bank in Dawson one night
by this little chap coming up to him
With request that he give him his
gun, he opened his mouth and his
eyes very wide, swore a mighty round
Of oaths and asked the little fellow in
riding boots and cap if be wanted to
visit hades at once or wait a few
hours
carp was somewhat surprised
when the little fellow simply smiled
politely and said:
You must give me the gun or
bury ii. sir, and extended his hand for
HE weapon.
carp sWore some more. but not
quite SO eloquently, for al, the while
fhe little man was smiling calmly in
Eis face. Finally. carp clean fustered
by the situation pulled his gun from
his belt and fred il three times into
the ceiling. whereupon the little man,
still smiling said:
Now, you'll have to bury it or I'll
have TO take it away from you. sir
Take my gun away from mel
roared carp.
Exactly. said the little man May
be you doubt III do it, sir?'
The witnesses OF this colloquy did
not know what to expect from Earp,
but they knew what would happen
pretty soon il carp became defiant,
because in Dawson people know what
to expect from the Canadian mounted
police. They knew, too. that this lit
tie cockney had squelched every bad
nan who had ever come into Dawson,
and they didn't doubt that he would
attend to carp.
However, crisis was averted by
I1arp's putting his eun back into his
belt and starting to leave the place.
lust as he got to the door the police
man walked over and tapped him on
the shoulder.
beg your pardon. sir, he said,
but if YOU come out With d gun in
sight tomorrow. | shall have to take it
away from You
carp turned purple with rage, but
he had no nerve left when he con-
fronted that politely smiling face He
rOared a few Oaths back at the amused
crowd in the go milling house, and then
went to the Golden Lion saloon, where
he took few drinks and proceeded to
tell what he would do the next day
when the coc.1ney tried to take his
gun.
Why. I'll blow him full of holes
he said.
Yes said listener. but when
you put ;.ole in him you put a hole
in the British empire, which it will fill
with Two men. II you Kill them, four
will take their places. In the end,
carp, you will have the whole British
army here il necessary just to put you
ont. Better let him alone
The next day carp, very sober and
very thoughtful, appeared on the
streets of Dawson in the store clothes
he came 20 town with. Almost the
first person he struck was the cock