The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-21
EARLY Days of
NANSAIJGHIER
Story of Cowboy Reign in The
Short Grass Country
"WILD BILL" AND OTHERS
MasterSon'S Record In Ford
County Recalled
hWILD BILL" AND OTHERS

,.,-o- Col June 2O.-The killing OF
che outlaw James Mckinney IN d clliiieSs
sa-s1o,,e.-at bakersfield, Cal, has served
10 recall some of the plucky deeos oi
famous frontier marshsls, who never
besitated to enter any place or to con1roif'
INV ODDS when striving TO make an
arrest. Mckinney, who shot Charles T.
.Rla5Cev. known as the cowboy plans l a.
tKinelna1 Ariz., was a desperate OF inc
worst TYNE. He was known to be a sure
tsbot and Quick with the gun. C9rseQn-
ter+7v after his brutal murder Of Blakey'
s,e1,en mckinney turned up at Bakers
eei5 the town marshal knew that ne
1zas facing. death as.soon as he got wfthin
range of McKinuey's gun. But Achln-
fnav,s fire from the josshouse was
ve+,,r3ed with such godd effect that the
outlaw was killed, though nat until ne
tbad slain Deputy W. Z. Thibbets ann
EmortaHy wounded City Marshal I. j.
Packard. ON the, opposing party
Daeds ike this were not uncommon IN
4l,e vzes+ a few years ago. In fact, When
a many accepted the marshal's star or
service. badge he knew pretty well tnat
S1e- was taking long chances in game
with death. Particularly if he happened
80 be in a community that. was favored
,,-+h r,anx-rnen of -''baU'' type. Towns
like Dodge City and Hays City, Kan,
Tombstone. Ariz., and LeadVlhe' Col-'
were the bright particular gathering place
fof the knights Of the revolver ana the
HISTORY Of the bad men and OF the
takers Of bad men" is so mingled that
one is at a -loss to know today where TO
find the line that marks the desperate
from, the Iipholder OF the law, IN fact
Eit was a common custum in the west
70 select as sheriff d man who had made
IA record as a killer
As good an example Of the bad man
turned marshal as one can point out IS
..rvud Bill Hickock's, whose fame viii
endure as long as that of his cousin
..Rrffalo Bill" wild Bill aas known
as q fighter in the various cities from
dodge City 70 Denver and from Tomb
stone to Dsadwood lie began his fight
ing career in the Civil War, one OF the
most famous of his exploits being the
sinking of the guns Of Fl. Pillow. me
federal feet ID not dare ascend the Mis-
soolri under the guns Of the fort. wild
PHI was dropped into the river, having
aroound his neck a string of light files
witt which to spike the cannon He
strangled the sentry. climbed inside the
holes Of the cannon; when he was spik-
Ing the last gun he was discovered. He
esc3Dsd over the wall. swan away, mott
fed The fleet. and the federals came up
the river past the helpless fort.
When wild Biz was living on the
BE- Blue. near Manhattan, Kan, eight
pro-slav,rv men visited his cabin with
the intention Of killing him He was at
The spring when they came but he shot
two az them dead. got into the house
and shot four more before his pistol was
empty. The two remaining men sprang
upoor him. but he killed both OF them
with his knife Such feats made Wild
BIZ famous throughout the entire West
end there was rivalry among the lively
cities of the frontier TO secure him as
marshal He was one of the most pic
turesgue figures of the old days. His hair
was long. black aand cure!y. His nous
tache gave q fierce look TO his face and his
keen eye made him man who would he
picked out rs something extraordinary
in any crowd He had the shoulders
of a hercules and the waist of a woman
and his physical strength was pheno-
uenal His chief characteristics however.
was the quiclInoss with (which he could
draw his REVOLVER re never took aim
but the guns were discharged as soon
as they were drawn from their resting
places. This fact doubtless saved him
from death hundred times He always
depended on the fraction OF a second OF
advantage which his own quickness gave
In,
soldiers undertook to kill wild Bill
and they crcrt upon him from behind
one of them knocked him down with the
butt of his revolver. As be lay on the
ground half stunned. Wild BIZ instinc-
lively drew his terrible guns and both
soldiers were killed before they could
complete their work. At another time
n noted gambler sought 10 kill wild
Ful" Hickock not only shot the gamb-
ler dead. but killed two OF the mans
friends who were running 70 assist him.
Then he paid the funeral expenses Of
both the men. A refractory alderman OF
HAYS city. whose vote was needed.
swore that not even wild Bill" could
take him 10 Tho council chamber Wild
BII' walked M to the man. threw him
ON his shoulders and carried the alder
man into The council chamber like a
sack Of hour.
A. a marshal wild Bill made won
derful record. Usually his mere appear
ance was enough To make lawareaker
submit 10 arrest. This hero of "A hundred
battles Ike nearly all other men who
have depended on the revolver. met an
icnominious DEATH in d saloon - Dead
wood being shot in the back by an Irish
man uith whom he had an alteration.
BAT SIastersou. who is known today IN
sporting circles from coast TO ceaSt was
one of the coolest lighters in tho DAYS
when The revolver was the last resort Of
ARGUMENT To-day Nas;erscn Is an in
offensive h,ue-eyed plum-h3uded chap
who can write rafting good newspaper
article who IS soft II speech and whose
long divorce from any scene Of violence
has even Jed some people into The erro,
o. thinking that his record as "a frontitr-
men --~rcr WAS imaginary But any well
posted Western man knows that Bat
NasterSCl has fought his way out q
over many Geath traps and has trlum7hed
over many close shooting enemies merely
through his cool head and steady hand
AIasterson I'm 1S-7. though a mere boy
al that tir0e. WIS sheriff 81 Ford COUNTY,.
Kan. and his brother E5. a handsome
While Ed was attempting 20 disar1
some cowboys before they entered q
dance ban Pee vas shot rhroug the lungs
81 killed two n the cowboys and chased
Tho others lEacn.ui1lsly cur a. The town.
This save Bat widespread reputation
as guu fighter. although ne had