Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16


out of the window, the shower or chips
startling the crowd loHnging down below on
| the sidewalk. He swung heavy swinging
chair. used by one of the faro lookoutsr
down upon the long keno table and busted
| II beyond recognition. Then. taking look
around to see If he'd made complete job
| of 1t. he walked over to the window, vault
| ed over the sill and landed on his toes four
teen feet below.
ITO inquirers whom he met a few mo-
| ments later at his hotel he told the story OF
how he had found the young chap from
st. Louis getting skinned in Penfield's. and
that settled Penfield in Guthrie He was
given twelve hours to drill out OF Guthrie
and he drilled.
"A year later Penfieid landed in Wood
ward. Houstons home town, one morning.
and. impeIled by leftover jag that he had
with him and the memory OF hts wlping-
out at Houston's hands. sent Houston word
that he was going to bore him on sight
Penfield was ugly. and meant II, at that, Tor
| he took up the conventional patrol of Main
street waiting for his man. But Houston
suddenly stepped out at a corner. catching
Penfield unawares He threw his left
around Penfield's body before the gambler
could draw. and with his right he came
pretty nigh to Pulling Penfelds nose loose
from his head Then he turned Penfield
loose suddenly, game him two terrific open
| palm slaps on either cheek. grabbed him
again from behind and. with his knee In
Penfield's back and kicking him every few
steps, he literally ran him down to the
| depot, held him there till the next train
came along, half an hour later and then,
| tossed the thoroughly cowed gambler
through the open door Of the baggage car
IL he'd been a sack of spuds. Penfied.
| got out of Oklahoma and never showed his
| face there again.
Trouble With the Jennings Brothers.
Temple Houstons quickness In putting
away two other men who had publicly
announced their intention of killing him
| did not lessen hts reputation as n man to
be feared. The two men who were going
! to take Houstons life were brothers-Al
and Ed Jennings. They, too. were Grim
| inal lawyers, and their grievance against
| Houston was that the latter had taken a
profitable client away from them. where
| as the client had really gone to Houston
| voluntarily. without any solicitation
whatever. But they gave It out that Tenn
| pie Houston would have to answer with
| his life for stealing their client away
from them
The Jennings boys lived in Woodward,
too. and when they passed the word out
| that 1t was going to be Houston or them
| they knew what they were up against
But both of the brothers were there with
| the nerve, and when they started out to-
| gether to look for Temple Houston they
knew that 1t was going to be work to
| finish.
| las soon as word Of the Jennings boys
| intention was carried to Houston at his
| home he started down town He hadn't
more than got out Of his gate before he was
| Joined by one of his intimate friends, a
| man named Jack Lane. Lane told Houston
that he was going along with him. Houston
baked at that saying that he wasn't going
| to need anybody with him. Lane insisted
| upon accompanying him. and Houston be
| came so wrought up over his friends per
| sstence that he threatened to shoot Lane
| IL the latter didn't make quick hike of II
| and let him do his own work in his own
| way. But Lane, who loved Houston. told
his friend to shoot and be id; he was
a III and hat q hrfV a
| Houstons wrath and won him He threw
| his arm around Lanes shoulder and they
proceeded down town Houstons idea in
| trying to chase Lane had been wholly un-
| selfish He simply did not want his friend
to get damaged, or have to share In any
| after consequences in fight In which he
| had had no initial part.
| Houston and Lane stroled Into the first
| bar room they came to. and were taking
| drink. when, in the bar mirror. they saw
the two Jennings brothers push open the
| swinging doors to peer in. They didn't
| know that Houston was in the bar room.
| but they were taking a look. They were a
| bit blinded by the strong sunlight In which
| they had been walking. and 1t took them
| a few seconds to become accustomed to the
| dimresS of the bar room and to make out
the figure of Houston standing at the end
| of the bar, with Lane alongside him. And
| 1t was that little delay. caused by the sun
| light in their eyes. that was their undoing.
A Fierce Encounter
Houston deliberately stepped in front OF
Lane, kicked him backward on the right
shin with all his might so as to disable
him and keep him out of the fight and the
consequences-Lane sank with a groan Of
pain to the floor and then, quicker than
thought the instant the Jennings brothers
had espied Houston and were going for
their guns he had both of his guns out
and working.
ED Jennings fell dead. pierced through
the heart. with Houston's first shot, and
AL Jennings went down with a dangerous
wound IN the chest an instant later. NUT
tering I've got enough as he toppled over.
Houston walked out of the saloon. went
into q drug store next door, got some ar
MICA and. returning to the bar room. pulled
up his friend Lanes trousers leg and rub
bed arnica on the shin spot where he had
back-kicked Lane to keep him out of the
muss.
"AI Jennings recovered from his bad
wound and is now practicing law in Law
ton. Temple Houstons trial Tor the KILL
ing of Ed Jennings and the wounding of
AL was just matter OF form, and he was
acquitted on the somewhat naive ground
that it couldn't be proved who had fired
the shots, Jack Lane having been present
with Houston at the time of the shooting.
Temple Houston had marvellous control
over the Indians, by whom he was loved
and revered, his fathers generous treat
ment Of and association with the tribes
being traditional with the red men. He
could talk fiuently in the dialects OF all or
the southwestern Indians, and often gave
gratuitously of his valuable services to
| the government in treating with the In
dams over points of contention. he
served in both the house and senate or
Texas from the Panhandle district and
was slated for great political honors at
the hands of the Texans until his unfor-
tunate addiction to liquor overcame him.
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