The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-18
HE CAPTURED THE POLICE.
Exciting Times When Captain "Bill"
 Mcdonald Visited Town.

Austin (Tex.) Cor. Kansas City Star. captain "BilP McDonald the former Texas Ranger who is said to be brave
 enough to charge hell with a bucket
 or water has planned to visit the principal cities of the north and east
 next month. He will have a two
 weeks vacation from his Nities as
 state revenue agent and he expects to put in a good part of that time view
 ing the sights of New York and other cities. He says that he has mapped out regular itrErary which includes la Nlsit to St. Louis, Chicago, Indian apolis, Pittsburg, Philadelphia and New | York. He wants to take a little run l up to Boston if he has time" he says. captain Mcdonald was In the Ranger service for more than thirty years and during that long period he did most of ms riding upon the backs of wild bronch os. The most luxurious trip which he ever took was when he ac- companied President Roosevelt on his wolf hunting expedition into Oklah oma captain Mcdonald joined the presiden-
 tial party at Fort Worth and went along as guide. He does not hope to ever travel in such elegance again TT l can get hold of the right kind | or saddle l want to take a ride through Central Park when In New York" Cap tain Mcdonald said the other day. "I understand that everybody rides a sort of fiat. n-shaped saddle up there. but I'll be hanged if Il straddle such a piece Of leather. Pm thinkin' 1t might | be good plan for me to taKe my Texas saddle along. It would take up a heap of room in the sleepin car. and prob- ably l had better leave 1t at home
 Another thing, I've been told that the only fashionable horses up there are them that have been bobtailed Now
 wouldn't l be pretty picture a-rldin'
 
 horse?"
 The only large city that Capt Bill Me- Donald ever visited was the City of Mex lco' several years ago he trailed Bill Brash, who wrecked a bank at Quanah
 Tex, down through Texas and Mexico to the capital of that republic There was considerable red tape to go through with ir fixing up the extradtion papers and while this was being done Captain Mcdonald took in the sights of the big town With the true spirit of the man Of the plains he drifted into one of the big gambling houses that were at that time run openly In the principal streets ol the city. The experience of the cap- tam Following this visit to the gambling house Is an oft-told story among the
 members of the American colony in the
 City of Mexico It Is best given, how ever, by Captain McDonalds own words.
 This is the way 1t happened" he said recently, when asked to give a true ac. count of his experience in the Mexican capital. "I had been hittin the grit a good long time after that fellow Bill Brash and when l finally rounded him up in the City of Mexico, I felt like I
 was entitled to a little amusement I moisied around the town for a day or two and didn't find anything specially interesting until l ran into one of them
 high-toed gambling places. There were lot of dons and seniors sitting around palying all sorts of games. Monte took my eye. You see, knew something about monte, while the other games that were going on in the place were no sabe' to me. l don't like to go against any thing that l can't sabe. so l bucked the monte game. l bucked it so good and strong that when I quit the place about 1 or o'clock In the morning I had roll of bills almost as big as my leg slowed away In my clothes I noticed that two tough looking Mexcans had been watch ing me pretty close while I was playing. When I went out of the place they fol lowed me. I had on my old forty-five' and I did not feel uneasy, except that I thought the fellows might make rush upon me and try to stab me-
 Sure enough that was their very game. l had gone d block or two men they closed in on me. I knocked one of them over the head with my gun and was reaching for the other fellow when he turned and ran. In his flight he struck his head against a stone wall while turn ing the corner of the street and he fell in heap not ten feet from where I was standing.
 ''In the melee my gun went off. and here came squad of six policemen lop
 ing down the street toward me. Both of
 the men who had tried to rob me were