The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-07-14

nature gave him. With his brawny arms
and their knotted ends he spread terror
among evil-doers, not on the Usage Res
ervation alone, but through all Of the
Indian Territory. Even beyond those
lines he was known and feared A ply
sical giant, with nerves OF tempered steel
and the quckness of a cat he captured
and subdued more bad men than any
half dozen other officers In that section
of the west only to meet death at last
at the hands OF drunken negro.
HE tanned THEM ALL.
For ten years or more Jones had kept
the peace OF Usage reservation. When
| he took the place the reservation was
overrun with tough characters OF every
class. The Osages themselves We're peace
ful enough. but the half and quarter
breeds always a source OF trouble on any
reservation. were an annoyance and a
danger. Then there were the bad r1en
from the OUTSIDE who invaded the reser-
walton TO trade with the Indians and
cheat them out OF their money at cards
Jones tanned them ell. and did IL
quickly. He went about his dangerous
task In a new style that was ridiculed
at first. But the laugh soon died out
Jones first step in making an arrest was
always to use a common sense argument
IL that didn't work he used his fists. They
never failed TO accomplish the desired re-
suit. When a gun was drawn on him, as
IL was In the majority Of cases. he seized
Il and threw IL out OF reach. and then
proceeding with the tanning process.
Dozens Of men who were noted for their
quickness with a gun and who laughed
derisively when told that Jones was COM
ing to arrest them, were met and con-
quered in the same way. Jones eve
and arm were always quicker than the
most rapid action OF the worst OF the
gun lighters The ready revolver was
often drawn. but before IL could be used
IL was snatched from the grasp OF the
man who intended TO use IL and sent fly
ing through the air.
With desperadoes who boosted OF their
physical strength II was the same story.
The best OF them were easy for Jones
When one or two OF them rushed 10 che
aid OF a comrade Jones bumped their
heads together and lugged them all of
20 jail In extreme cases they often went
20 the hospital irst, so thoroughly were
they tanned. No one knows how many
men Jones could have whipped single
handed simply because he was never
put 20 the supreme test. He always
won. whether ne was tanning one or six.
Jones soon drove the tough outsiders on
the reservation for good. and the quarrel
some half-breeds became quiet and sub
fire water" The government officials
gloried IN Jones. not so much because OF
his fstic prowess as because he main
talned perfect order on the reservation
al a minimum OF expense
The Usage Indians were celebrating the
Fourth OF July with = display of hre-
works In front OF Jim Bighearsts store.
a negro from the outside became noisy
and oAstreperous and Jones went 90 ar
rest him The negro had no reputation
az a bad man and was supposed 20 DO
only drunk and harmless Jones was
-r-A-r+.4s-Tnara attention 10 the frewor ks
than his prisoner when the negro sud-
denly drew a revolver and fired into the
officers breast. IN a moment his wife
who several years agO was suddenly
stricken blind. and who had been tenderly
watched over by Jones. was a doublv
blind widow. with no one 20 care for her
In the excitement the negro escsped and
the government thinks 10 is doing its full
duty by offering reward Of 800 for his
capture.