The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-09-11
tanned WYATT carp
WESTERN BAD MAN CoWED IN
DAWSON CITY.
Diminutive Member Of Canada Mount
ed Police Too Much for Old-Time
"Terror"-The Power Of Rigidly En-
forced Law.

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gun fighter in Arizona and California,
went up into the Klondike very little
has been heard of him by the outside
world. carp was never a man who
could easily be tanned, consequently a
story told of his suppression a few
weeks ago by a diminutive cockney
member of the Canada mounted police
will be interesting to some Of his
friends here.
carp drifted into Dawson several
months ago full of a determination to
get action" said a San Francisco man
to some of Earp's old Western friends
the other night. He discarded his
store clothes, got himself a flannel
shirt, a pair of leather trousers and a
sombrero, stuck a gun in his belt,
loaded up on bad whisky and went
around the saloons and faro banks
ballyragging everybody who would
stand for his game, and taking a few
shots at some men who resented it.
We'll, the fact that carp was hit
ting it up got to the ear of a little
five-foot cockney member of the Can
ada mounted police, one of whose
duties it vas to see that Dawson be-
haved itself. Now, carp didn't know
much about the Canada mounted
police and the manner of men who
compose it.
Therefore when he was interrupted
In the gentle amusement OF cleaning
out a faro bank in Dawson one night
by this little chap coming up to him
with a 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 he 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 it, sir and extended his hand for
the weapon.
carp swore some more, but not
quite so eloquently, for all the while
the little man was smiling calmly in
his face. Finally, carp, clean fustered
by the situation pulled his gun from
his belt and fired it 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 met
roared carp.
Exactly said the little man. May.
be you doubt I'll do it, STRIP
The witnesses of this colloquy did
not know what to expect from Earn,
but they knew what would happen
pretty soon if carp became defiant,
In Dawson people know what
10 expect from the Canadian mounted
police. They knew, too, that this lit.
tie cockney had squelched every bad
man who had ever come into Dawson
and they didn't doubt that he would
attend to carp.
However, a crisis was averted nv
Earp's putting his gun back into his
belt and starting to leave the place
JUST as he got to the door the police.
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man walked over and tapped him on
the shoulder.
II beg your pardon, SIR he said.
but II you come out with a gun in
sight tomorrow, l shall have to take II
away from YOU
carp turned purple with rage, but
ne had no nerve left when he con.
fronted that politely smiling face He
roared a few oaths back at the amused
crowd In the gambling house, and then
went to the Golden Lion saloon, where
ne took a lew drinks and proceeded To
tell what he would do the next dav
when the cockney tried to a k his
gun.
Why, I'll blow him full of holes
he said. ~
YES said a listener, 'but when
you put a hole in him you put a hole
IN the British empire, which it will fiji
with two men. If you kill them four
VIII take their places. In tba end
carp you will have the whole British
army here if necessary just to put Won
out. Better let him alone
Inc next day, carp, very sober and
very thoughtful, appeared on tho
streets of Dawson in the store clothes
he came to town with. Almost tho
1rst person he struck was the cocL.
ney' who had evidently been waiting
1or him, prepared to take his y,,n
away II he showed it. AS soon as no
saw carp he stepped up very nolito,y
and said: '
Ihank you, SIR and then turnoa
on his heel.
carp hasn't been deuce b;ob
pad man in Dawson since that moi.
dent. incidentally, l might saw - W.
nau elected % mix it up with the
ckn he'd be sleeping under an
epltaph tonight; for of all tho rao1
tough men | ever saw, either for = -
against law and order, those Cow
ada mounted police are the limit /"
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