The sun., 1904-12-10
CUSlER'S ORDERLY KILLS MAN
mGEE SOLE WHITE SURVIVOR
OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN.
Fugitive From Texas. He "Aint saying"
FOR Wnat. but II Was ION the Level"
Fought With New Chum over Kidney
sten-Too Expert With the Knife.


sten-Too Expert with the Knife.
william McGee, sole white survivor OF
custer's command In the famous battle Of
the Little Big Horn, Ia in Jail here for stab
hing and mortally wounding, late Thursday
night Frank Mitchell, salesman. who
died later OF his injuries. He followed the
border for forty years, did MoGee; he has
three holes In his body and clip over the
scalp from Indian bullets and knives; he
Law wounded one whole hot day In the
trenches with Reno, standing of the rushes
of Sitting Bulls braves; he's been in many
q border scrap. and now he has ended up
nv getting jailed for a stabbing atfray
which 3tarted over his ability to make kidney
stew That fact. as much as anything else,
rankles in the bosom of Bill MCGEE.
McGee, who is pretty we'll educated and
has been union printer in his time, left
Texas suddenly. Had trouble he says.
He put back all the way to New York, and
went TO canvassing for Harper periodicals.
He roomed at 800 East Forty-frst street.
In the fat below lived Mitchell and his
wife. Bill told Mitchell his troubles, after
the Western fashion, and they got to be
chums.
Thursday night they all went to the
theatre At home again the men folks said
that they we're hungry. Mrs. Mitchell
said that she'd go to bed and they could
warm over some beef stew. Here is what
happened next in the words Of Bill MoGee
We got to kidding. No trouble. only
fun He joshed me about a kidney stew
I'd made for him once,
Go on. says |, just kidding I've
cooked lot for, good people in my time
The hell you have!' says he.
You're right, have says |. 'More'n
that. Where you can spend 81 could spend
81 in my day
"Ha got mad, and passed the lie. II
there's anything l won't stand for it's
that,
Look out for me when you say that
says |.
There's where Mitchell played the damn
fool There were a lot OF kitchen knives
on the sink that had been washed and not
wiped He grabbed one. Quick as wink
| got another. He rushed. l ducked to
one knee the way learned from the Injuns.
His first lick ripped my scalp, but l got
inside and gave him two in the body
Il didn't think I'd hurt him very bad
He kept his feet. / shoves him back and
says;
Frank, you don't want me 10 XIII you,
do you?' His wife ran in. She carried
on 50 bad that ] got out. At the door j
met a copper and told him that man had
been stabbed inside"
Bill McGee had only ~ cents AT .ne urhe.
With that he bought drink and borrowed
so cents of the bartender. Then he made
uis ., 70 powerv saloon and passed
n's Nay W -, 80
the ment on lhe tao'e' ,
And In the morning moseyeo BACK 10
the house to see how Frank stacked up
he said.
Mrs. Blondell' the 'and'ady' met hlm at
the door,
For heavens sake, Mr.. Mcdee go away!
the police in New York are looking for
,,,~ w
yoMuoc.o strolled hack downtown. He
..vs tbst he was going to see a lawyer
frat and afterwaDd give himself up to the
as IL scanned TO The Texas mind But down
Iour on a newspaper bulletin board, he
saw saw an w announcement OF the stabbing.
II scanned TO him that the announcement
gave him the worst OF it.
So Mc(iee went up to the Office and asked
for The editor. The latter sent out re-
norter n see him,
See here" said the weeterner. I'm
Mc(;ee Bill Mc(Iee, the man they re after
for stabbing Frank Mitchell. You've got
me yrone. and 7 want to put you right
Sar. Won needn't edge away like that
amt going To hurt you."
WcC;ee hooked the part. There was a
s,raak NJ blood down his white shirt front.
and his hair, when he removed his hat,
uss matted f-om his fresh scalp wound.
The renorter excused himself and CON
ferred rapidly with Willie. the office boy
Willie tore }or the poljce, McGee was
arrested wbiie be was telling his story.
Ee toor /, Nth GOOD humored calm.
XII rirht nastner I'm your man. he
s,iJ ''e''' pa'''e'
Wbns waiting for bis hearing before
Nas;.trate pos in the Yorkyifle police
cn,,I4 Mceea toid The story Of his pa1t
IN the cn.ter asht II has bcen told before
IN tbe Wet ~ Tho doomed three hundred
rhn wa,e IN ,h., fatai and glor;ous charge
nrly ora ,.r,a sm ,ia, a,t aIre That was Cir,ev
onns on 'a,ne am Gsr;s.d 9m, hinnae,f in a war
Sonne, snd snaetad eway This man
Wnraa ,a.s e..' r. datachment h,t not
IN ,he cSerra. w, ba ' had been sent taok
M, r ,en n,;nutes hefore % 70 carry q message
W Nc iar Pnno ~
10 na.os ,'',aer nu ,ro for Neu York court
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