Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-12
tanned WYATT EARP
WESTERN BAD MAN coWEo IN
DAWSON CITY.
nininutlve Member Of Canada Mount.
ed Ponce Too Much Cor Oid-T,me
"1error"-The Power OF Risidiy En
forced Law.

VI Since Wy att carp. once famous as
1un fighter in Arizona and California,
went up into the Klondike very little
4 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 cocknev
Hmember Of the Canada mounted police
will be interesting to some OF his
|friends here.
& carp drifted into lawson severa:
Rmonths ag;, full of determination tc
|Ret action said San Francisco mar
10 some Of Earp's old Western friends
The other night. He discarded his
Store clothes, got himself a nanne1
Bhirt, a pair of leather trousers and
3ombrero, stuck gun in his belt,
1paded Up on bad whisky and went
/ round The saloons and faro Sanks
3alyragging everybody Who would
4tand for his game, and taking & few
1hots at some men who resented it.
|& well, the fact that carp was hit.
Ing it up got to the ears of a little
|4vefcot cockney member of tie Can,
Ia mounted police, one of whose
|1ltles it was to see that Dawson be-
hyed itself. Now carp didn't know
3uch about the Canada mounted
plice and the manner of men who
EDmpose It.
M Therefore when he was interrupted
The gentle amusement OF cleaning
pt faro bank in Dawson one night
M this little chap coming up to Kim
4th request that he give hirs his
IN. he opened his mouth and his
tes very wide, swore a mighty round
Il oaths and asked the little fellow in
ing boots and cap if he wanted to
Sit hades at once or wait a few
urs
X carp was somewhat surprised
en the little fellow simply smiled
@itely and said
You must give me the gun or
~ it, sir and extended his hand foe
weapon.
carp swore some moro, but not
te SO eloquently, for all the while
little man was smiling calmly in
face. Finally, carp clean fustered
the situation pulled his gun from
belt and fired 1t three times into
ceiling, whereupon the little man,
smiling said
HI Now, you'll have tc bury 1t or IN
Re to take it away from YOU, SIR
Take my gun away from met
red carp.
n Exactly, said the little man. May.
Sou doubt III do it. sir?'
NMve witnesses Of this colloquy did
WlsNHow what to expect from Earp.
3dey knew what would happen
Wy soon II carp became defiant
huse in Dawson people know what
Expect from the Canadian mounted
|ce They knew, too that this lit
cockney had squelched every bad
who had ever come into Dawson,
they didn't doubt that be would
knd to carp,
However, crisis was averted BY
Fps putting his gun back into his
and starting to leave the place
as he got to the door the police
@ walked over and tapped h;m OF.
IN shoulder.
beg your pardon, sir he said.
it you come out with gXn In
8t Tomorrow | shall nave to Xke It
Wy from you
Earp turned purple with rage, but
e#had no nerve left when he cor.
unted that politely smiling face. Hs
pAfed few oaths back at the amusol
80 in the gambling house, and then
le1t to the Golden Lion saloon, where
9ook few drinks and proceeded to
M what he would do the next day
hon tho cockney tried to take his
~
Why. III bloc him full Of holssf
oaid.
YES said a listener, but when
~ put hole In him you put hole
ne British empire, which It will fill
lM two men. If you kill them, four
take their places. In the end,
Hp, you will have the whole British
~ Hele IL necessary just TO put yOv
Better let him alone
Che next day, carp, very sober and
Ia thoughtful, appeared on tho
keets OF Dawson in the store clothes
came to town with. Almost the
person he struck was the cock.
u who had evidently been waiting
fhim. prepared to take his gun
~ II he showed it. As soon as he
carp he stepped up very politely
said:
TEThank you, SIR and then turned
,Iha heel.
: ARP hasn't been deuce high as a
man in Dawson since that incl
Incidentally, might say, II he
elected to mix it up with the
kney he'd be sleeping under an