The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-21
PlTHFInDERs IN
THE WILD west
Glidden Scouts Hear About Gum
Fights From Bad Men Of
The Past

CALDWELL, KAS., by mail.@-Pro-
krees II always purchased ~ the cost
Of romance Dial Fl. Lewis. the Amsrl-
can AutomObtie Association scent ana
Die cunpaMfens On the 0lidden path
finatng trip have learned.
Pr9hthfyion and agriculture have
&Ahasd t3ste fNxtuu HOW and Caldwell
rests az PEACEFULLY in the midst OF
ionced-in faeids as though the crack
her streets or. the ciatter OF ponies
and the yeils OF COW panchers had
nevsr aroused thUSe OF her citixehI
who went 70 bed at night
When the Chalmers "30," with the
exploring party arrived Ut Caldwell
for no0n-day lunch al sbie-bodied
residents turned ont. II IL usual for
the offenders OF the glad hand 70
boast q how much their own town
and the cost OF IT. princapal buildings,
but no sooner had Dai Lewis stepped
10 the ground than 4 bearded OLD
man touched his arm and. In tone de-
noting 4 piaintive ysarning for the
dear. dead days. said.
MY friend, yuh ses that bank
thereg We'll right In front OF there, 20
Eumdest gun fights ever pulled on in
this section. Nine msn went down
yes. sir. nine. A United States mar
shall named Maria tried ~ arrest d
cowpunehsr for suthtn ana the sho0tiE
commenced. everybody takin' side.
fur or aginst. They WAS an old wei
there and nine men lay dead d
wounded around that we'll before the,
quit. s.s
Lewis went into dinner and sat a,
ths table with bald psrson wWosl
thin face was the hue OF well cured
/ tobacco. Pardon me. etrsngsr.s h
said. You ain been hers long have
YOU? Well, let ma toll you something
Right out there, In front Of the bank
eleven men got shot In = light -
years ago. when this was q wide-cper
COW town. Bill Marks United States
marshal. come over from Fort Smith
was after plugged him. Then Bill'i
| friends took IL up and they went i
hot and heavy around an old vel
that used to be In the middle OF thu
street When they nnishAd, fhay wai
eleven men laying there With bullets
| In EN-"
| Dai expressed his appreciation o.
the thrilling recital and, after dinner
stroiied into the billiard room. Al
Iold chap with q faded blue bandAnt
about his neck sat with chair tiltst
against the wall.
| "Pardncr. d. yah see that bank orel
thar" he said. pointing with the stsn
,of d corn cob pipe. wal. right thai
/ / seen fourteen men shot In . fiEh
lgn YEARS aga HN rnmbied o.
through recital OF how loud AM
continuous was this rattle OF IRE arm
and how. the ground was strewu viii
slain when the firing ended. Yes
sir, II as good boys ~ YOU ever see
laid out there dead and dyin' with
their shooting irons In their hands.
Dai was In the car, about TO Kivs
the signal for the start, whan somt
Zone pIucked his sleeve. Say. Mister
| reckon you never bean in Cald~ei
before. This Amt the town, II uset
to be. no, SIR. Twenty years aGo
way lust comm out of the AIhanH6fs
4 "a ionn one afternoon wnen Y -
/ gang Of cowpunehers tishtin' rounf
an old we'll that stood right near whers
| the bank ID now. When tbs smoke
cleared up, 10 men was
Drive on. joe" yeiied DIAL. and
the biuebird shot ahead leaving
fat man with canvas overalis, GsxtnA
after IT, perplexed and chagrsned.