The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-12-28
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ico Of Bangs REYNOLDS one time mar
shal of Ahlene. caused ne 20 reaect
that I'm setting CA a tit In wears.
said a KaLsan how a winter resilient
of Washington Who lived in bleeding
Kansas" whcn g was a aerriiory.
\ suppose tn ire are few men now
alive aud in tal1ative hunor whe
remember when Banks REYNOLDS was
night marshal Of Abilene when Ali.
Iene was onery and dangerous to live
tn. lie was the best after daik peace
preserver ever knew. ard I've cut the
trails Of q lot Of nocturnal begood
porsuaders at one time or another
Banks Reynolds was notable maa
10 his business for two seasnns. In
ihe 6rst place. he was he inventor
aud When occasion demanded, the
most exper practitioner. OF the gentle
ART Of shooting to DEAN with Invisible
guns a u al who had the dror on him
with guas that is to say reposlng at
zn aim In he side pockets oi lis coat
Jim Cortwnght. who was kJled by
Luke Short, Of rexas, Claimed to be
the inventor Of the poei,ef gun game.
but Jim was conversing through his
amulet Wheu he made that claim
Reynolds was the first Of he sack
soat shooters AT different times he
Killed three lad men Of Abilene when
each OF them had the clean lrop on
haf with guns that weren't on public
view.
In the second place. Reynolds coIld
Slmp intG the worst kind OF an all
yo,md rough house and do the Janeiest
Job with his two hands. unaided by
any other weapons whatever that
ever saw or heart of
Outlined His p5.icy.
When Panks Reynolds accepted the
job of running abilene after sundown
aud pinned on his marsilars badge he
8hiIined his policy IN a few words
"A guns all sEiggi, and SOS a
knife fer man that hankers to be a
Miller. he said. 1 never was a killer
tlst for he name OF q. and ] amt a.
COINS to bO . killer now that I'm leg
aiized to let the asRht air into any
he'll roar'h' maverick that thinks he
IS alcade in tins camp between dew
tall and sun M. never killed no
man uidess ne needed to be killed and
n was up to me to push him yonder.
aud Two always lc3 EN- herd me into
= right iight corner at that before I'd
Seel like putting II on them. A man
can get along with his two mitts. il
Abilene OF anywhere else. if be knows
hoy and when to get busy with them
Having thus outlined his policy,
Reynolds went to work to keep the
Abilene camp Ia order with the weap.
ans with which nature nad provided
aim. and IL was only Ahen he found
himself n the direst pradicamehts tha-
Ne resorted TO his Invisible gun plays.
That he made his policy stick Is
asoS:, ~ the fact that wnen he gave
lp the nieht marshal's job at the end
" four years :he town records proved
that out OF the scores of pad men mix
ups in which he had taken hand he
had bees compelled to kilt only iye
" the hal men with his guns.
Reynolds invention Of the Invisible
gun play was an inspiration niothered
~ extremely urgent necessity He
Nas one of. the hrst men TO strike
Abilene when that camp egai to hop
ne VAS a quiet man. and he never leg
an 10 anybody where he niked from
Ale was playing a game OF sevenup
enc night with oae Of his freighung
partners ia the rear room OF the Angel
Gabe or Rust saloon when some shoot
Ing began in the 'rcst room.
Decided TO Take a Look In.
-Ihers was nothing uncommon or
anusual about this. but when the glass
began to crash and couple Of balls
came 7lappiEg through the thin board
partition that seDarated the froIt from
she rear room OF the saloon. Reynolds
and the man no was playing with got
~ from lhe card table 20 peek at
what was coming on out in front. They
stepped together into the doorway
eadiag into the front room.
They saw JACK Hincliffe. killer
Who mad several times come near to-
being the central figure in lsnchlng
Aees got up by Abilone's early vigi-
hntes. standing IN the middle Of tho
saloon slazing away With both guns
Al the lights and mirrors.
~The barkeep was not in sight but
80, Il uac all oua. Ia craUylad nilt