Bisbee daily review., 1907-09-14
BILL SLEW
 FORTY VICTIMS

That Wild Bnr' c. B. HickockD was "a bad mar" in the western sense, is denied by Buffalo BilT Cody in a New York Herald inter- view, though he admits Hickock was a dangerous man to fool with. Cody says he knew him from boyhoOd. and together they fought in the Mormon troubles Of 1857. The conditions that produce such a man and others like him arose from the resistance Of the ndian savage hordes lined up to oppose the traffic toward the Pacif- ic, the strife of the brewing free state and slavery question that resul- ed in the civil war, the drifting to- ward that quarter of all kinds of ad- venturous and vicious men from the older section. eyading justice, and who thought it field to let loose the passions in every way, having no le- gitimate occupation, added to the diff ucGlties. Immediately after the war there drifted in a host of men ad- etiicted to all kinds of excesses, and whose actions were almost, one might say, invited by the simple, morgan fzed an unprotected life then exist ing among the early settlers. Some idea of the atmosphere in which na- Ii Ixas- -fIka- Hinknnt- and mEsalf had hean horn and raised can be imag. ined from this description.
 Personal responsibility rested on each and every one; everybody nee essarily went armed. Is it a wonder that, peculiar. qualities were needed and developed in those who became prominent on this side of law and Order-sueh as Hickock's life eyi dences? I did not and would not cIaim for the early plains celebrities who achieved prominence all the moral virtues, but I do contend that their mission was as necessary and as fruitful of eventful good as their co adiutors afterward in organized mu nicipaI state government and uulpit influence was when the expert hand Ter of the gun was the olly appel late court to deal swift and deadly justice.
 --Hickocks name was James. H, had a brother older and celebrated a . brave, courageous man, wagon master who became renowned b. holding his own in dealing with tn bandits and rogues of the day. s fearless as to be known in the trad as Wild Bill Hickcok.' Taking Jame with nim early in life, he tutored hiT so effectively that he eclipsed hm l daring performances, adventures an escapades to such degree that tn title Wild Bilr was transferred [ the younger brother and has left hiI thus known forever in the histoT of the West
 Wild Bill and I grew up on tn plains together and were In the Mo mon war. which took place in 1855 working for the government freigh CTS. who were hauling supplies ft Albert -. Sydney JShnston's arm. which had been sent against the Mo mons. The train that we were vii WAS burned tsIe MoTmons Hams Fork, about 100 miles east Salt Lake City. After the burning
 our train We returned to the MissoJ River. a distance of 900 miles. N walked and being well armed. kill' zane and by strategic instinct ayoi ed danger. 'BiIP was little old than L
 was a mere boy at the tiT~
 he was very kind, assisting me
 many ways. In 1859 and 1860 '
 were both riding pony express.
 was while riding pony express th
 -wHd BilP was forced into rg
 with the desperado gang that WIS !
 by 'JaEe' McCandles. In the fig
 eEiF killed eight men and mc-tal
 wounded enc ether The fight is (
 Yloifed in detail in an article by
 z-4..c- states army officer Harpei