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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-17
A q up Of
Dodge Cnys Fa-
NOUS G1intfight-

each with six bullets in him. Ike threw
down his gun and Wyatt let him 60
In a few days Curly Bill, of an allied
gang. potted Virgil carp at night, nearly
shooting Off his right arm. Later Nor
gan was shot and killed at night through
n window. IL was clear enough that ao-
lon was necessary II the rest OF the fam
lly were not 10 go the same road, and
Wyatt promptly started out to execute
vengeance, accompanied by Doc Holiday,
Jack Vermiillon, Sherman McMasters and
Bill Johnson.
They hunted down a Mexican named
florentine. whom they shot and then
one by one, they got Frank Stillwen
Curly Bill and others who had a hand
directly or indirectly, in the war. Wyatt
carp is still living.
we used to see u bit of Indian fight
ing, of course. The worst hornets nest
! ever got into was the battle at 'Dobe
Walls, on the Canadian river, in the Pam
handle. There were twenty-one white
men there, fourteen of us armed and we
kept of n force OF n thousand Chey-
eDnes, kiowas. Comanches and Arapahoes
for two weeks. We lost three men and
when they finally retrcated they had lost
eighty.
There were two or three buildings
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bum in town began taking pot shots at
him from unsupported places, and Bill
had TO go skipping past alleys and street
corners, especially on dark nights. TIL
you'd have taken him for q ballet dancer.
Finally he began TO feel the annoyance
In response to his protest to the au-
thorlties he was allowed to carry two
derringers. Being a man OF peace he
advertised the fact that he had two shots
coming on The next ambitious marksman
ana l never heard that any one went gun
ing Tor him any more. IL he had said
he had one shot ready IL would have
served equally we'll.
wild Bill was a close personal friend
or mine and he'd have fitted into the
pages Of a novel. Ho was u giant six
feet two without his boots, and built like
a Greek god to the extent of 200 pounds
OF bone and muscle lie had broad
shoulders, a slim waist, Il forty-fivc inch
chest. big bones and almost incredible
strength. He'd have made the average
heavyweight prize fighter look like fun
There wasn't man in the west that
could have touched him In "A physical en-
counter. And then, as have said. lie was
unexcelled as a gun fighter. Nature had
added to his other qualifications q fine.
handsome face His full name was James
Butler HiclsolS. / never knew him TO
seek fight or to kill a man In any but
fair encounter. He was finally assassi-
mated in Deadwood by little snake
named Jack Mccall who was later hanged
In Yankfon for the decd. Mccall came
up from behind Whle. Bill .Yaa seated at a
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friends entered the place shot them down
like dogs. They were dead before they
hit the floor Ben was hit eight times
and Fisher five. / read in newspaper
recently that Ben killed six OF his assail-
ants before he went under but that isn't
true. They took too good care OF their
own hides for that.
Another. fighter who was not in the
least spectacular but who never failed
TO deliver the goods. was Luke Short. He
was little man with q quiet. conciliat-
ing manner. but for all that he never
failed to get his gun out first, and about
the only time ] remember him 10 have
missed his aim was an occasion when he
shot AT a gambler and the bullet grazed
The mans cheek. | was with Luke whom
he killed Charlie Storms. when the latter
drew on Luke and forced him to IT, WAS
right. bully who tried TO shoot him be-
cause he wouldn't let him run his place
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there. and as luck would have IL the dirt
roof gave way tho morning OF Juno 28.
1874. That woke us up. II il hadn't been
was. we were up and doing when they
made thoir dawn attack and gave them
so hot n fire that we drove them back
in all three charges they made. The
trouble with an Indian is that he can't
shoot straight and he won't tight on
foot They charged tile building on horse-
back, OF course there was nothing do.
Ing for them.
''1 remember one day old man Kceler
strollcd ont TO the pump under the hot
test lire they could give him TO draw
some water for n boy who had been shot
In the lungs. The bullets cut his shirt
and his hat and shattered the pump
handle. but he wasn't touched. Another
day ] was obliged to make a running
jump for the other building for ammuni-
tlon for fine rife had, and slipped
through at pretty good clip. I'll admit.
So you can see for yourself that those
fellows couldn't shoot, They were war
party. and after cutting loose from the
reservations they tackled as as the FIRST
game handy. They got considerably moro
than they could chew. however"
He finished and thoughtruIly relit his
cigar
'And this" said "is Intended to show
that these were just ordinary men, is
it?"
Mr.. Masterson laughed,
well you wouldn't have known they
weren't. just to meet them" he grinned.
"stlll, I suppose they did have their good
qualities"
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and then ram down the charge. Some
were pretty quick at it. but naturally ii
was slow work at the best.
1T WAS partly this account that
many OF us carried two guns. Later when
the modern cartridge came in the Two
gun man was generally a bad man, AZ
those who shocked the not too sensitive
virtue OF that country were called, but
In those earlier days the TWO guns were
a necessity. We could use. two guns at
once, shooting equally we'll with either
hnnd The callber of those old guns was
,S6 and ~. The modern As Colt did not
come In till about 1870, when the cavalry
introduced it-Just when II was needed
The first Colt .45 was Of the single action
type.
Making the Shot Easy.
The double action was never used in
shooting. even after II was introduced,
owing TO the hard pull. The gun was
cooked with the thumb for each shot. and
the drawing and cooking of the weapon
was matter OF such quickness that
don't suppose IL occupied hfth OF
second, though Il never tried 10 time IL,
If you'll just reach your hand TO your
side and back again as quickly as pos,
sibc you'll get some Idea of what j
mean. To succeed in that gamc meant
the same iineness OF perception that Isn
expert billiard player shows In directing
hls cue with the difference that the bill
lard man can take his time.
We used to file the notch Of the ham
mer till the trigger would pull sweet
which is another way OF saying that the
blame gun would pretty near go or II
you looked at II. Some of tho boys used
to file the notch entirely Off, so that the
gun would go of simply by pulling back
the hammer and letting il 20.
THE filed notch finally became the
mark OF the bnd man or the would-be bad
man. but the real gun flghtors-the better
class. I mean-didn't file the notches Off
even though they generally did the next
best thing. Many used to carry In addi-
ton to @ gun In the hip holster another
swung under the arnpit, In this way
they could draw on an adversary while
he was waiting for tho familiar motion
toward the hip.
Il remember one OF Wild Bits more
humorous stunts used to be shooting the
center out OF the Os OF an /. .. o. +,
sign In Kansas City. across from police |
headquarters. Imagine a man amusing
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| In Fort Worth. 1t was a fair fight each
time, Luke was arrested after he killed
Courtrlght and nm ambitious mob wanted
! to lynch him, but had seen the fight and
knowing he had met Courtright on the
level spent the night with him In his
cell. We were both armed and I guess
the mob thought better OF 1t. Anyhow
they didn't lynch either OF us If / re-
member rightly. Luke died OF consump-
ton in Fort Worth.
speaking OF the picturesque charac-
ters. | guess Doc Holiday stands In that
category. / never liked him and few per
sons did. lie had mean disposition
and differed from most OF the big gun
lighters I'm that he would seek a fight
lie was consumptivc and physically
do with his unfortunate disposition He
was of fine Georgia family and was
educated as II dentist He went west
after shooting down several defcnseless
negro boys in quarrel as to who should
occupy q certain swimming hole. He
made Dallas In the early '70s, and hung
out his shingle, J. RI. Holiday. dontist,
shooting of tho negroes became known
and so he got a reputation as a bad
man from the start and associated ON
equal terms with men OF more notable
record.
He finally killed man in JacI<sboro
and Nod. Then he killed n soldier, and
10 avoid being caught by the military
Denver, across 500 miles OF waterlcss. In
dian infested desert. He made Denver
In 76- The law forbade him to carry
gun therc, so he slipped n knife into
ms bootleg and presently carved UP the
lace OF one Bud Ryan. who bears tho ]
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
RACE TO BE CLOSE
Continued From Page Y

Continued From Page a.
wanted Cable to recommend IN outfeld-
er and first baseman. Wheat learned
of this and importuned Cable so strong
ly that the latter consented TO send
his name TO Gear, with the result that
Wheat was signed, to report the fol-
lowing year. At that time, Wheat
saws, he was about the worst
helder that ever played the game He
was playing first base with the Enter
prise team, but was like a wooden man
on, a ground ball, and his efforts to
catch fly ball wero awkward, and
frequently resulted in failure. About
all he could do was to catch n thrown
ball, bur even then it was not always
a sure thing that he would hold it..
However. there was one department in
the game in which he did exeel-and
that was hitting.
Failed at First Base.
He played a few games at first base,
one day and told him that he never
would make a first baseman if he
lived century. He had as a rival
for the place Gandil. now first baseman
for the Chicago White Sox; Elmer Rie.
ger. now a pitcher with the st. Louis
cardinals, was also member of the
Shreveport team. During that summer
of 1905 Wheat had his left arm broken
by pitched ball and was out of the
game for month. tho greater part of
which he spent on the bench watching
the game He had been playing right
field. Along about August in 1905 Gear
had need of Il twirler and put through
deal with the Mobile club. whereby he
secured a cash consideration and a
pitcher for Wheat. Wheat finished the
season of l90S with the Southern team
Wheat PLAYED strong baseball for Mo-
bile, IN the season of 1909, and his
work attracted the attention of the
Brooklyn club scouts. He was secured
and reported TO Brooklyn last fall. He
at once showed in the limelight by his
splendid work with tho stick, and fin.
ished the season in the National league
in fifth position
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II think it was the distinguishing trai
OF Wyatt Earp. the leader of the Earp
brothers, that moro than any man L have
ever known he was devoid OF physical
fear. He feared the opinion OF no one
but himself and his self-respcct was his
creed, He landed in Wichita, Kan, in
1879. at the nge of 20, o very quiet man.
but terror III nctioD, either with his
fists or with a gun.
carp Record.
He wiped out three gangs OF robbers
around Tombstone practically in person
while down there with his brothers, Jim,
Virgil Morgan and Warren, who was the
kid Of the family. The trouble rose from
the fact that Morgan. who was shotgun
messenger for the Wclls-f'argo people
between Tombstone and Benson, refused
TO quit his job at the request OF n band
that wanted to hold up the stage and
didn't dare to try 1t SO long as one Of
the carp boys was on hand, fearing
vengeance from the whole family.
The gang, which hung out In San ST.
mon valley, was one that had terroriZed
for years. II was made up of Ike asld
Billy Clanton and Tom and Frank Nc
Lowry. Well. in rash moment those
four sent word that they were going to
Kill Off the carp family on certain day,
and sure enough they rode Into Tomb
stone as they promised. The whole town
watched the fght from the housetops and
met Wyatt. Virgil and Morgan Earp and
Doc Holiday face to face coming around
II corner at a ten-foot range and oponod
fire from behind thoir horses. Tho Dlrps
charged and in few seconds Billy Cinn-
ton and tho two McIowrys wero dead.
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NOTICE.

council of Salt Lake City OF the Intention
of such council to make the following de-
scribed Improvement. to wilt:
To grade, and gutter and curb with ce-
ment, Second avenue between virginia
Second and Third avenues, and Alta
street between Second and Third avenues.
in Paving District No. 80, and defray tho
thereof. estimated at three thousand four
hundred four (S34oD dollars, or one and
9S-!00 (Sl 9S) dollars per front or linear
being ss ssd Of
by O local assessment upon the lots or
pieces of ground within the following de-
scribed district being the district to be
affected and benefited by said improves
ment, namely:
FRONTING ON VIRGINIA STREET.
The east sid side e Of o the south 69l9 feet Of
OF the southwest quarter of section 80.
township north. range l east. Salt Lake
meridian; the west side OF lots I and q.
FRONTING ON ALTA STREET,
The east side OF lots "a and As. block
6; the west side OF. lot 25. block IL. Pop
Of part OF the southwest quarter of SEQ
ton 33. township 1 north, range l cost,
north OF the northwest corner of lot 2e.
block II, Popperton place. thence north
FRONTING ON SECOND AVENUE,
ne SOUln S1ue OF lOlS 10 fS, IN
elusive, block 6. the north side OF lots
and 7. block q. the. north side Of lots
l and Z, block s. Popperton Place subdi-
vision. Salt Lake City survey.
Tha total cost of said Improvement Is
estimated at three thousand six hundred
itfty-four (S3G5D dollars. OF which sum
The citys portion is two hundred nifty
t$250) dollars leaving three thousand four
hundred four (S340D dollars 10 be raised
by local assessment.
All protests and objections to the carry
Ing out of such intention must be pre-
sented in writing. stating therein lot and
block, or description OF property, to the
CITY Recorder on or before tie 18th day
of July 1910 being the time set by said
council when ii will hear and consider
such protests and objections rs may be
ny Of der of the city Council of Salt
Dated February 81 1870
r s. RIyES. City Recorder.
Curb and Gutter EIteaston No. Us.
a3ssa
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marks To this day,
he then lied 70
Dodge City. whero l
nrSl met him. lie
kept out OF trouble
in Dodge somehow,
but presently wan
dcreu To Trinidad,
Colo, where the
illst thing he did
was To shoot and
seriously wound Kid
Cotton. Then he cs-
capped to Las Vegas,
u boom town In New
Mexico, where he
disagreed with Mike
Gordon and shot him
dead in a doorway.
Again he lit out 500
miles across country
10 Dodge City. He
went 10 Arizona
with Wyatt Eurp In
1880 and took pnrt
In tho famous bat
ties of tho carp
brothers In and
around Tombstone.
he died OF consump-
ton In Glcnwood
Springs.
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Interest in Snort.

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.
WASHINGTON. July .16.-The navy de-
partment Of the United States govern
ment Is making every effort to interest
the students at the naval academy OF
Annapolis in athletics. Al the end OF
the school year In June only thirty mid
dies were not Interested in some branch
of sport. The authorities at Annapolis
means of keeping idle students out OF
mischief Work on the new stadium at
Annapolis will likely be commenced next
year.
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American Beauties. Too.

Miss Loula Long Of Kansas City.
whose brown gelding. The King won
s.veral ribbons; t. H. Leatherbee OF
New York, whose David Grey won the
Toronto cup for qualified hunters
Paui r.. Cravath Of New York, and Ed,
ward Morris, .Jr., OF Chicago, who en-.
tered sc-ne Kentucky saddle horses, were
also an.'ng The Olympia exhibitors who
will show at tho Garden.
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many years. As n
fighter no was sImp-
ly deadly In that
respect he hnd no
peer. Othors missed
az times. but Ben
Thompson waa as
delicate and certain
in action AZ a Swiss
watch. He killed n
good many men in
fhir lights. but there
was nothing wicked
about him No man
ever scorned "A mur-
derer more than he.
He was finally muir
dercd. with his
friend, King Fisher,
In IL vaudeville tho
ater In San Antonio
In 1884. 1t was n
dastardly decd and
the murdercrs wore
noyer touched for It..
either.
The pssassina
We're stationed be-
hind the wings OF
the theater with
Winchesters, and tho
instant Ben and his
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Has Quit Boasting.
OWNER OF LBMBERG
PECULIAR CHARACTER
Continued From Page I.

showed eoucIusiTely that there was nos
Y horse in England OF any age a6le tn
give him a GaHop- Already he has won
over 100000 for his owner, and by no
means has he yet reached the end of iis
career. With 2 change of sizes, Galieia
seemed to do even better for she got
Lemberg frora Cyliene, and though he
Just failed TO land the Two thousand DC
won the Derby in record time. showing
himself to be n wonderful colt. "Mr-
Fairie' has dabbled III the racing game
since 1887, the year his coloIs. white.
orange sleeves and cap, were registered
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himself with that kind OF target shooting
in Kansas City today, / dropped In for
a talk with the chief OF police OF that
town one day while Wild Bill was In
his prime. and. CHANGING to notice the
sign. asked what had happened to IT,
The chief swore roundIy and said IL
was the work of that blasted madcup
wild BIZ. II appears that Bill used to
spend his winters in Kansas CITY. and
much against his VIII was required by
the chief Of police and the law TO give
up MS shooting irons while he was in
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Nj
Being

town. Bill hated the idea, for IL nat
urally made him feel like fish out OF
water. So he invariably used To relieve
his feelings by emptying the guns at that
hapless sign He would repeat tho oper-
alton in the spring when the guns were
returned to him. saying II was TO keep
them from getting rusty,
"As soon as IL became known I'm Kan
gas City that Bill was unarmed every
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table and shot him at close range Bill
never knew what hit him. II was the
most damnable thing OF its kind that
remember out there, except perhaps, the
murder OF Ben Thompson, a gun fighter
! would have backed TO win I'm a stand up
hsht with any man in the whole west.
Was a Dastardly Murder.
"Ron WAS CITY mnrshal Of Ansti,, fnr
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FINE TH0R0UGHBREDS
FROM OLD WORLD
Continued From Page Il,

ant Leon Biper, Ecole 'Eouitation,
fpres, and Lieutenant Lundrain Second
Chasseurs, Three teams competed for
tho King Edward cup at Olympia re-
pnpfl,r
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MAY RETURN TO
PRIVATE FIGHTS
Continued From Page 4.

day, wants to become Johnson g man
ager The big negro looks down and
pats Sig upon the head with an indul.
gent caress every time anything is said
about the managership AZ this kind
and considcrate attention Sig QUITS out
loud and struts about like a turkey gob-
bier AS manager Sig mi ght operate
a toy automobile but there his possibili-
ties cease.
Has Quit Boosting.
George Little. former manager OF
Johnson, believes that Langford could
give the champion a pretty close run In
forty-Eye round fight, However,, Bos-
ton Sam has had very little boassIng to
do since Johnson showed his mastery
over Jeffries. Before July Ata Lang
ford made 4 number OF dIsparaglns
statements about the black champion,
saying that johnson was afraid OF him
and other things to that effect
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ben was city marshal OF Austin for
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said bond elections on each OF the n
following named Saturdays, next p
ceding the said election, namely. Az
8. 16, 20 and 80, being the four Sat
days next preceding said election.
the Journal ONCE from the hours q
o'clock a m. to o'clock p. m.
from o'clock p. m. to o'clock p
on said days, and receive and regi1
the names OF all qualified persons
plying, who are or will be on the
of said election for which said res
tration is made. entitled to vote the
at.
Only the qualified electors who
taxpayers OF the city Of Occur d'Als
Kootenai county. Idaho. are entitled
vote at this bond election.
Every voter who desires to vOtsl
this election must register for
election and the fact that you may
registered for any other election
not entitle you to vote at this eleet
unless you re-register for this elecY
with the registrar and within the
stated In this notice.
Dated March 2eth. A. d. 1910.
o. B. NOON. Registn
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O'NEIL in LEAD
SAYS OLD LEADER
George A. RObethan Says BlackfOOt
for Wallace Man.

George A. RObethan Says BlackfOot
for Wallace Man.
The Salt Lake Tribune has the
following special correspondence from
Pocatello concerning the Idaho gu
bernatorial contest:
l. hear noises which sound like
Barney oNeil had been through
these parts recently. Good-natured
fellows saying, "Whateyers right"
to my suggestions.
Two years ago Blackfoot cast more
votes for Moses Alexander OF Boise
than for Neighbor James H. Brady Of
Pocatello. Blackfoot is normally a
republican, town.
George A. Robethan Is usually ac-
curate in his measure OF political
equasions. He has dealt in the game
personally and for his friends and his
party for many years. He is a re-
publican.
Barney o'Neil Is a winner In
Blockfoot over Mr.. Brady, In the
republican primaries by more than
400 votes" said Mr.. Robethan today.
"Of course, have no idea what
the result will be in the outside pre-
cIncts OF Bingham county, but as for
Blackfoot Brady hasn't loOk-in with
Mr.. o'Neil."
l was surprised at the number OF
prominent republicans here today
who agreed In terms, with the state
ments above quoted by Mr.. Robethan
DIR. Walter Patrie was among the de-
vout friends of O'Neil, whom he re-
garded as an easy winner in old
Bingham"
In Idaho Falls o'Neil has strong
friends. II Brady has better ones oil
as many OF them there failed to
meet them.
In st. Anthony l met friends OF
each candidate in about equal proper
lions, although the friends of the gov
ernor were of the order who favor
his reelection, hut do not care now to
be quoted In favor of what | regard
his Just dues"
II Clagstone has a following In
either Bingham or Fremont counties
/ failed to meet any OF them.