Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-02
DAHLINAN Is IN FLIGHT
UNDtR U06US NAME
because lii Shot a Man
in Texas.

Lincoln. Neb.. Oct In an author
izei interview. Mayor James C. Dlhl.
man, Of Cm2-a Democratic candidate
for Governor Of Nebraska. tells the
stoIE Of his life. how he came to Ne
bEasza under an assumed name aftc,
fleeing from Texas, his career on the
plains and the part he played in the
development in the state.
Rumoss that have been circulate
from time to time that Mr.. Dshlmal
was eompaEed 10 leave Texas because
he killed man are given a differea n
version in lis own recital. Mayor
Dan man admits he shot man name i
Bree in Texas more than 20 years ago,
AMI. supposing he had killed him, fed
o Arkansas, later coming to Nebraska.
Liter, he says. he learned the man
WON he SHOT recovered. 1t was a
case, he added of shooting or being
shot, and he CDahlmanJ was the quick
est to draw.
The atmosphere in which lie was
reared, the Mayor says. was such as to
give him the reputation he has some
times rejoiced in Of being a bad man
Why He Killed His Mate.
His version Of the Texas shooting .
as follows:
An older sister married a man nam
ed Charley Bree. a shift,ess sort of
fellow-nothing more than an outlaw
They lived together for two years ami
some time after their child was born
e deserted her for no apparent reasoa
than that ne was tired of married life
and his innate cussedness. 1 was a
fiery, quick-te1npered boy, less than %
years Of age.
There was scarcely any law in the
country and none that was likely to
reach cuss like that.
4 sent Tim word that / would shoot
him the first time I saw him. Things
went on in this condition for some
time, and Bree and I did not meet.
Then one day, purely BY accident, We
met in a town where neither was
known. No sooner did We face each
other tan We both pulled and shot. I
got him, he missed me.
We SHOT hit once each. Ny shot
hit him above the eye, and he dropped
like lead. thought he was done for.
and wasted no time in getting away. i!
role through into Arkansas, and STAY.
ed there in secret, soon after coming
TO Nebraska.
Got to Be Pretty Tough.
This was the atmosphere in whica
! grew uB, and naturally as l became
a young man about the only right I
knew was that OF the pistol and a quick
hand. The law was but poorely en-
forced, and men lived by the right Of
the might. I got to be pretty tough. l
admit it
! went around good deal of tie
time with a chip on nay shoulder hop
irg some enc wouIi knock it of. The
country was full Of maverick csttle.
and no one was a better hand than I
With the rope chasing down these
strags and putting eae branding iroI.
on them. Everybody did it.
I was training with bad crowd. as
bad as there was in the country. har
um-scarum. deyil-may-care fellows
you know. / can see now that it was
only question Of time Wen 1 woull
get into trouble. So came 10 Nebras
ka to get away from it."
Mayor Dahlman says he assumed the
name CT Jim" Murray when he came
to Nebraska, and retained it until
about the time Of his marriage.
His career in Nebraska, he said. was
"a open book. From cowboy and
Sheriff" ne continued. Il moved to
OMAHA, and engaged in the live STOCK
commission business in South Omaha.
meanwhile residing in Omaha. / goz
into Omaha politics, and that is how I
came to be elected Mayor the frs.
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