Williams news., 1904-07-16
/JEFF BIDDER IN TROUBLE
Arizona Ranger Makes Too Free
 Use of His Gun

'i'AiN Sit'SO was uOlIS uuty Tn tnl
 section, but recently transferred t. the southern portion of the terri tory, seems to be trying to make
 reputation for himself as a bat
 man, judging from the followin.
 from the Bisbee Review of July 6
 "Who sent this ranger in her,
 with his pistol to beat up men or
 the streets of Bisbee? What provo
 cation is there for inflicting a mar
 with the methods of a thug, bully and butcher upon a community that has the reputation of being peaceful to degree, excelled by nc camp on earth? Is the reputation of a member of the ranger force to be made and maintained by the muzzle end of '45' in the hands Of a hot-headed man wearing a star? Who gave this man Kidder. wearing an Arizona ranger badge, the extraordinary powers warrant Ing hlm to cut mems heads open with the butt end of '45?' Why are not our own officers ample to care for the peace of this commu- nifty? They have taken care of it ln the past. they are, still able to do so without the savage assaults of murderous mind, stimulated with the idea that he's the whole cheese. ifhhe can demonstrate his ability at Knocking out men and boys with his ever ready gattling. A sorry affair, indeed, was that on the streets of Bisbee last night. Let the captain of the rangers come here-fair man as Capt. Rynning IS, and take this man Kidder out of here, strip him of his star and badge which gives him the author ity to pack a gum and use it like a crazy man, unftted to1ahsSrant ahsSr as- l saul. shs sy ,nisss5;as .na was a. ts9 naas as can be ascertained, and the Review man made diligent search for all the facts in the case, was a wicked assault made on a young man named Radebush. He with com panion was standing near the front of the Turf saloon, on the sidewalk, and on the curb thereof, when along came the great peace pre- server of Arizona, his ever ready shooting iron in his pocket, pre- pared for business. With a gruff "YouYl have to get off the streets here," he pushed Radebush off the sidewalk, where he had perfect right to be. Radebush turned and said: "Why, what's the matter with our standing here?" This was enough for MT. Kidder, the big man with the big gun. Arizona had been deadly insulted by common miner "a peaceful young fellow who 1 works for the Calumet and Arizona company, a young man who by scores of testimony from such men as Lewis Hunt, Mayor Taylor and others state is a steady, hard worker, without a particle of bad blood in him. This dreadfully in- sulting remark of Radebush was enough for the dignity of the ar senal packer. Out with his side kick, his '45,' he immediately
 smashed poor Radebush over the
 face with his deadly weapon and
 knocked the young man cold. As
 he fell to the sidewalk his forehead } struck the cement walk and was cut open. There he lay uncon
 scious, the third victim of this mar
 strapped with a belt full of cart ridges and long tom gun. new
 weapon for slashing men brough into vogue in Bisbee.
 "So cowardly, so vicious and s' } brutal was the unprovoked assaul 7 that he (Kidder) was soon sur !, rounded by thousand men, ant 3 cries of get rope hang him : string him up,' came from hun
 dred throats, and it required bu