The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-06
4 FEARLESS MINER JUDGE
. How Squire w. c. Shockley Makes Lawless Missouri
Camp Safe Place to Live In.

bit pick handle over 'Cinderella's' head
disturbing the peace $50 worth, and
! that Cinderella had previously made
humiliating reflections upon the gen
ealogy of 'AibinO SAL which was also
bad taste, and will cost $50 to straight
en- out. Now wait a minute; l know
you amt got the money, nor any re-
spectacle job to get. it, but well fix
that. In the morning YOU two girls will
scrub out the town hall and wash the
windows. for which the municipality
will give You credit, and l will collect.
They been needing something done
there for long time. Then I'll let you
| tend to the street lamps for a month,
and if there's anything still due you
can paint my barn and I'll settle with
the county. If you don't like the de-
cisiOn of the court, you'll have to leave
this burg. and if you stay here and get
| into trouble again the fine win be dou-
bled and you'll have to work it out on
the coal road!'
big Enough Clark" white noun
taineer from Tennessee, 6 feet 4 inches
from foot to name, got out his Win
chester one day and began hunting a
gambler who had won his ready cash
i'm crap game the night before. In
the course of his rounds he stalked into
the company's store, which was full of
customers, men, women and children.
Squire Shockley was sitting on crack
er box near the cashiers window. Ev-
erybady scattered out as the big man
staggered up between the counters
Whats up, Clarke" asker the squire,
quietly.
"Nothin fer your butt in" growled
the mountaineer.
MOP" said the little judge. Then,
looking over his shoulder, he addressed
the cashier.
How much has Clark coming to
him. Mr.. Smith,"
The cashier ran over his books
"Forty-six dollars and fifty-ffve
cents" he said.
"All right; that will be the amount
of his fine, Mr. Smith, if he don't hand
over that gun and get out of here in
side Of sixty seconds. Please remem-
Der that on payday, viii yOu?"
The squire pulled out his watch and
looked intently at the small hand
Clark stared at him a moment and then
said.
can you take my money that
way?"
Tell him, smith-the minutes near
ly up"
That's the rule" replied the cashier.
IF he fines you the moneys yours no
longer"
Times up
But before he said it Big Enough
Clark" had passed over his gun and
marched out of the store The threat
of taking the money he had earned was
stronger persuasive force than
whole posse of deputy sheriffs
The habit of carrying guns soon be-
came questionable by reason of the
go
pugnacious ones that there was GER
tain way TO reach them. ana that there
was man among them who had eyes
like an eagle. ShoOtings became rare
and there was less drunkenness
Squire Shockley has possibly done
more than any man in the township to f!
make the great mining camp orderly /
lie has had TO deal with all sorts of I
people, from nearly all the countries /
Of Europe. Frequently he makes arrests /
himself and settles a case right on the /
spot. He deals fairly with all More
corrective than the admonition of the 4
preachers is his kindly advice to the 1
lawless youth when arraigned before /
him. First Offenses he passes over. but /
an encore appearance of an offender
results in a heavy fine The coal miner
judge is gentle. but firm. He has al 4
most wOman's intuition for singing
out bad men from good. and this abil- /
lty TO distinguish stands him in hand
i'm dealing with the cosmopolitan popu-
latiOn of the bailiWick. OF course. there
are times when the unruly threaten
and talk Of getting even. He is aware
OF this, but carries no weapons, al
though in his situation the law would
thoroughly Justify him. But ne knows [
if he went armed many of the rougher
element would take it as warrant for
initiating his example, with a conse-
quence increase in turbulence
Squire ShOckley was born I'm Indiana
In 1913 He has been a MissOurian
since 1880.