The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-24
DID WESTERN men
ARE GETTING
SCARCE
rELEPHoNEs AND THE TELE-
GRAPH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THIS FACT, ACCORDING TO A
PuRsuER OF pEsPERApoEs.

Scott Hickey, six feet four inches tall.
one OF the last OF the noted man
chasers, survival of the pioneer
days.
For sixteen years he has gone up
and down the far western country. on
the trail of desperate men, and his
reputation as dead game" officer
pf the law Is without blot. His field
BIZ operation as "man chaser" or
professional trailer OF outlaws, ex-
lends over Arizona, California. New
bda and the northwest He has also
trailed his man into the interior OF
Did Mexico. A genuine man chaser"
pften wins big rewards, but the busf'
hess II extraordinarily hazardous.
+ "As soon as get over this opera
uon." said Hickey. as he rolled
bigarette and settled down comfort
ably In bed for q little chat, II shall
hit the hills. / like 1t better there"
Hickey Is not the man to tell his
own experiences. Like many brave
mon In commanding positions. he has
little to say of his work. 1t was only
BY long efforts on the part Of the In
Reviewer that the man chaser" was
Ooaxed into giving a few details OF
his exciting career.
We'll. he said rehectively, Il
cant honestly say ever had fearful
adventures, as you fellows call II, and
m can tell you II that there Is
only one way to deal with outlaws
I get the drop on them first. otherwise
you may lose your life. But IL you
nhow them that you are ready to die
with your boots on and pull first, you
nave an excellent chance to land your
Imam. That's all there Is to this bad
Imam hunting business. I've seen q
.lWhole lot Of 1t In the last 16 years,
,hnd I have scars and bullet wounds
MI over my body. But they never
not me yet I've been dead lucky, l
guess.
4 4 Great Chance Missed.
Y "Arixona Bill? That's Bill Styles.
md he il a bad one of long years
btanding. He Is dangerous gun
man, with a long record in the west
ern country. There is q reward OF
$4,000 for him dead or alive, and
many of us are looking for him.
had his photo, but he doesn't look
like II, or I would have landed the
money all right. This is one on me.
II had heard good many stories
about Arizona Bill and his ways, and
he certainly Is slick. He has pleas
ant way OF disappearing for a long
time, then showing up In a mining
camp, setting up the drinks for every
body and burning up his money. being
= good fellow.
at was in small town In Nevada
that met him. face to face. He
asked me to have q drink and was
real sociable. We passed the time
Of day, and then I went on my way
booking for the man that was right
there before me! could have got
him In a holy second only / didn't
know him. He didn't look bit like
his picture.
No. there aren't many bad men
left. The railroads, telegraph and
telephones are too much for them. It
10 hard for them to make getaway.
Another strange fact is that the had
men Of today are young fellows be-
tween sixteen and twenty. They are
the ones to look out for. The old
ones are not so desperate.
The only man l am shy Of Is the
petty larceny outlaw. You will al
ways md he's q coward As for an
out-and-out desperado, l would just
~ soon walk up to him without any
gums, for I could talk to him man to
nnan and take my chances, X he Is the
real brave stun; but look out for your
zittle cur dog fellow that will take
your watch or your roll Of $500. He's
sxho fellow that will shoot you In the
hack when you aren't looking. And,
besides being q coward he II liable
10 shoot almost any one. woman or
\ = child. for he Ia on the lookout to
yavs his own cowardly hide at all
times.
~The genuine high-class train rob-
her Is q man of another sort entirely.
One of the bravest assistant man
nhasers' / ever had was q fellow who
had done time for train robbery. The
Nudge gave him Is years. but he got
= parole after seven. and Is today a
reformed man. He and a pal held up
the overland with the intention of
sobbing the express car, but at the
last moment found 1t was steellin-
"a car, and as they had no tools moth
lng was to be done. I didn't hold
up this train for nothing said my
friend He grabbed bag and started
through the coaches.
Every man and woman had to
throw valuable stun into that bag.
The hold-up took So minutes--think of
fhat!--aud he and his pal got away,
Sut soon after was put on the man
hnnt With some good fellows and we
rode them down and made them
throw up their hands. This desper-
odo. now one Of the best citizens OF
96e1ada. may be relied on at all times
/. "a uphold the dignity Of the law.
s.Nov. over in Nevada, we keep law
Ana order. and win have you under
~1and that: but we also believe II Is
H~4fer "a rid the country of bad men
Shsn To take chances. Not long ago
a Tonopah some desperate characters
o1otfed TO blow the safe In one OF the
Xerest banks. They got into the cell
2cr' hored through the floor. and were
m ready to pull on the job that night,
nIken not wind of II, took them
oaide and said: THE jig Is up. your
0lans ere known. There 10 only one
{hing "a do. skiddo. II you value
youf uves.
@rhey took the chance and left
I eown. isn't that q much better way
Is keen law and order than to have
(. arrests, and q whole lot or expense
fryinx worthless menf
Another good thing Is to know
hovt 70 separate a bad man from his
(. 80 a. knife and be able to Jump
5r1o the middle Of barroom row with
@,1rr and knives pulled In every d.
+ T~o1lou. tap the ringleader on the
7ow sos---and me big arm went out
--s@enA HE knife flies one way, his
e ko6r another. Oh, n II no love tap
+ - ut your life, and Il may take
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