The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-31
ARIZONA KICKLErs.
She Man Who Came Up From. Wolf
Greek

It is with deepest sorrow that we
tGnronlcle tragedy that occurred in
last.
At that date-we had planted in our
pIvate editorial graveyard eighteen
victims, and we were hugging the
nope that We had reached the end
IN each, and. every one of the eigh-
zen cases we had been, obliged to
snoot first to save our own life. and
nao been honorably acquitted by a
coroner's jury
In each and every case, also, we
Ralo all funeral expenses and rode at
Lne mead of the funeral procession in
the carriage with the minister.
=, Each of the eighteen mounds has
its own marble headstone. We could
have substituted wood and thereby
saved considerable sum of money,
out we did not stop at expense to pro-
cure the silent sleepers the best that
could be turned out. Aside from the
names, dates, etc, most of the stones
pear such sayings as: Gone up nigh
err, He sleeps WELL and "Our loss
Ia his gain"
The plants, r bushes and trees we
have placed IN sthe enclosure give it
the appeardnee=e a public park, and
as matter of fact 1T IS so MADE use
or by our citizens. We have often sat
tnere as the Sun1nef sun Went 10. rest
and reflected on the instability nof life,1
and as our eyes dwelt on, mound after
mound we have wondered how it was
Win the SleeDerS IN the great DCS O410-
We are not a holy terror.
We are not a Bad Man with two
guns.
We were not born at the headwaters
of Fighting Creek.
On the Contrary. we are a humble
looking cuss of humble spirit, asking
nothing so much as to be let alone TO
do our humble work on earth as best
we can.
We have taken to our heels rather
than shoot We have taken a cold
bluff when other men would have
pulled a gun
In no one instance since we were out
of knee-pants have we thirsted for
human life.
Reports to the effect that we are a
savage and on the shoot are base ca
nards, having their foundation in the
jealous hearts Of contemporaries.
We must be crowded to the wall be-
fore we shoot, and then we shoot as
gently we can After being ac-
Quilted by the coroner we sit down and
feel real bad for several hours.
Two weeks. ago we received a postal
card from some one at Wolf Creek who
signed himself ''Deliverer,'' to the effect
that he was coming on here to remove
us from this world of turmoil and trOu-
BILE We threw the card into the basket
with dozen others and gave no fur
Their thought, but on Wednesday, as
we sat in our sanctum writing an edi
torial on the political situation in the
far west, an individual whose name has
been ascertained to be Henry White.
entered the room, drew. two guns, and
seating himself opposite US announced: |
Mr.. Hellso, I have come to shoot
your
Isn't it rather sudden" we asked in
reply.
Il gave you notice two weeks ago.
Besides. all good things happen sud
denly"
Are you following out any particular
idea?''
mo. propose to remove you on gen.
eral principles. You have become the !
1t of Arizona and no one else can get a
show. Do you want to be planted in !
your own graveyard2', ..t L
would it be TOO much trouble?"
MOT at all. you d praying
man?''
Not to any great extent, but under
the circumstances
go ahead. viii give you five min
utes. After that time has expired. be-
ing this is my busy dav.
sent over the Great Divide without !
without further notice.
We INDUCED in the hope for a mo-
ment that Mr.. White was loco, but a /
look into his eyes proved that he was |
not only in his right mind. but very
earnest in wanting to carry out his |
little plan. Our guns were lying near /
us. but if we had put out a hand he |
would have fired. For a long three |
minutes we thought of home and !
mother. We thought of this gulch be-
ing left without anybody to run it. We
how tickled the editor of the
Lone Jack Banner would be when he
heard of our death. We thought how
our esteemed contemporary in town
would chuckIe and claim the credit of