The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-20
"Tex" Meets His Waterloo
and SCOOPS for "Santone
american News service)

(American News Service)
Chicago. Sept. 2O.-Tex O'Reilly, he
70 of score of pitched battles and
myriads Of CORY encounters, stood at
the La Sale street station and saw a
train move majestically to the south.
He sighed and shook his head. His
brow wrinkled, his head bent, he pom
dered.
Half to himself and half to the
throng Of open-mouthed youngsters
who gazed at his gay sombrero, he
murmured: "Chicago's too hell fired
tough. I'm going home. Give me a
one way ticket to San Antonio. What
train leaves next. and how fast does
she go?"
O'Reilly bought that ticket and ap-
piled some terrible adjectives to Chi
cago.
For, be it known to all men. that
O'Reilly has weathered the toughest
spots of the entire earth. He was
born in and raised near the Mexican
border line in Texas, when the Lone
Star state was as wild and woolly as
the melodramas make it. He was a
newspaper man in San Antonio when
the rattle of chips in the gambling
houses disturbed public worship and
when court adjourned every fifteen
minutes to see who had been shot.
But Texas was tanned. and O'Reilly
was compelled to seek pastures anew.
Aguinaldo was a very busy little per-
son in the Philippines just at that
time. Blood was being shed, and the
water cure given with pleasing fire.
Quency to man Of O'Reilly's daring
nature. Thither O'Reilly travelled and
again he made a name for himself for
er, Krag and bowie knife.
But Aguinaldo was captured by
O'Reilly and General Fred Funston,
and the excitement was over. Hong
Kong offered possibilities to q man Of
his nature, however. and O'Reilly has
tened there. At the Chinese city. the
select souls of badsmandom had as
sembled. O'Reilly. always siding with
law and order. buckled on his six.
shooter and rendered his services as
policeman. Not many moons had
passed before Hong Kong was as tame
as q Sunday school picnic with the
preacher looking on.
| Chicago's levee district was at that
time some place. The sandbag was
not altogether unemployed, and stick
up men. white slavers. Chinese
:tongs," BLACK Hands" and several
other institutions nourished. O'Reilly
came to Chicago. He cleaned out two
or three West Side dives. leaving a
trail Of blood and CONSERVATION be.
hind him. and in the daytime disport
ed himself chasing elusive news stor-
les for various Chicago publications.
He returned to San Antonio, but
could not remain idle. He was called
on to bear important messages
through the habitat of the bloodthirsty
Yaquis, who were then on the war
path. He did SO and simultaneously
the Yaquis disappeared from the news
columns.
No more worlds to conquer he rest
ed his laurels, but inactively was no,
his share in life. He was again called
on to serve his city by riding bron
CO from San Antonio to Chicago to In
vite President William Howard Tai,
to visit the scene of the death Of Davy
Crockett.
invites Taft to Texas.
Right well he bore the message
Booted and spurred. with sombrero
red bandana and fuzzy breeches. he
delivered the missive to the president
Then he went out in search Of ad
venture. He had not proceeded fal
when he encountered his old comrads
in arms. J. Ignatius O'Dea OF IRELAND
and east Tennessee. noted hunter O
"moonshiners," blind tigers" ant
"bootleggcrs'
The pair proceeded down Clarl
lstreet. They accidentally ran agains
three young ''tenderfoots" and berat
ed the imDudence OF those same ten
derfeet for crossing their path.
Before O'Reilly and O'Dea could ge
their forces mustered they had beer
stricken hip and thigh, and the younf
'tenderfoots" had proceeded on theil
way, bearing the bowie Of O'Reilly ans
1.-THE blackthorn of O'Dea.
Meets Waterloo at Last.
Z After O'Reilly had recovered hi,
{ Isombrero and a few missing pieces o
, his anatomy he picked up O'Dea IL
lsectiOns from the car tracks and pro