Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-02-06

in which she was a guest and receiv-
ed a bullet in the middle Of her fore
head, killing her instantly. The man
who fired the shot was identified and
convicted, and he served term in the
Kansas penitentiary.
"A strange fate has since pursued
the town. From a bustling, active
town and a cattle shipping point. 1t
has become only a hamlet among t
sand hills of the Kansas border. There
are many old cowmen who recall the
killing of the young woman and de-
clare that the town has since been un-
der a curse.
when Harper became railroad
town a number Of shipment drives
were made from territory points.
Having attained to the dignity Of a
railroad town, a number Of ordinances
were passed prohibiting fast riding
and driving within the city limits and
assessing fines for discharging fire.
arms, etc.
"The men who came on the drives
were surprised and indignant to find
this, but the straw that tipped the
scale and broke the camers back to
the point Of rebellion was a city mar
shall wearing a big silver plated badge.
There was a consultation among the
men who were sticklers for custom
and supporters Of precedent. They al
ways had run the town, and it stood
to reason that they always should.
ut was determined to make a test
case right then and there. Two of
them made wild race through the
main street and the 'e-e-e-i-i-c-h' Of
the cowboy yell pierced the atmos-
phere of Harper.
1.-The marshal demonstrated and ex-
planned the ordinance in such case
made and provided. His law lecture
was interrupted by the swift passing
of a yellow cur fleeing madiy from
pinto pony bearing cowboy, who en-
circled a rope which settled about the
neck of the yelping dog when not 20
feet away from the marshal.
More lectures from the marshal and
threats Of immediate arrest. A pistol
shot was heard, in the direction of
which the marshal hurried. Near the
city we'll stood a cowboy with a still
smoking pistol in his hand.
CONSIDER yourself under arrest, and
turn me the butt of your gum COM
manded the marshal as he threw down
on the man with the gun.
drop your gun and get up against
the pump said a voice behind the
marshal, and before he could realize
what had happened to him a lariat had
settled about his neck and he was
jerked backward disarmed and tied
to the windlass.
"Then Harper began to howl. Many
of the merchants closed their stores
and put up heavy shutters. The dance
halls and saloons were the only places
in town left open. That night they
took the keys of the lookup from the
marshars pocket, conveyed him there
to and locked him in. They thought
fully sent him his supper and a mes
sage that he would be released in the
morning.
1.-The town ran wide open until day
break, when the roysterers left. Nc
one was hurt and no property dam
aged, for, as one Of the participants
remarked we was just into 1t for the
fun
Much fun was enjoyed In those
days at the expense Of commercial
travellers, who made the southwestern
Kansas territory In light wagons
Whenever q couple of cowboys could
lstampede a drummer's outfit by sud
den charge from behind sand hill OF
from the mouth Of draw, 1t was great
fun.
AT the half way house between
Harper and Medicine Lodge one day q
drummer complained because there
was little else than beans for dinner
and declared that he could not eat
posite reached down for his gun and
brought 1t up, covering the drummer
He ordered beans, and covering the
drummer all the time compelled him to
eat plateful after plateful.
AT Medicine Lodge, in the spring OF
1882, during a cattlemen's convention
1 saw a big cowboy catch prominent
citizen in his arms and kiss him. AS
he dropped the prominent citizen, the
cowboy said
"'You looked so purity, Tom, shaved
UP and powdered so nice, just wanted
to kiss you for luck
Luck for whom may not be known
but it may not Jingle inharmoniously
with this story to record the fact that
the man who was kissed afterward be-
came mayor Of Medicine Lodge, and
that as such he appointed Jerry Simp-
son city marshal, which position Jerry
held when he was first nominated for
congress"