The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1911-05-12
WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEN.

lent and exciting episodes that contrib
part of the northwest in its raw and
formulative period. 70 OLD timers the
repetition of these accounts has Irous-
ed dormant memories. while to the
later arrival thry give d slight idea OF
the rude, rough life, not without its
attractions to a locker on. thai con
/ fronted he pioneer. That some of
! the stories are somewhat twisted ami
/ colored in their narrltive does not de-
tract from their interest, although the
reading may sound different to eyc-wit
nesses or thosr who learned the pal
! ticulars 1T the time of the occurrence
! from others familiar with the facts.
/ In the last 'ssre Of the Sunday Re
view page was devoted to the dra-
matte meeting OF Hank Naugn and
Charlie Long. a meeting that would
| have ended more tragically had not the
men been mad OF such tough material
/ that they were able to carry moro lea |
/ without any great inconvt nience. tran
a grizzly bear. Perhaps there never
was exhibited any where. or under ar
circumstances, greater nerve nor NOR
ferocious effOr. TO intlict fatal inju-
ries, than on he evantful occasion OF
the meeting uD OF Iaugr and Long.
Both were strlnrers to the sensation
of fear. They we're handy with the
siX-shootnr, which vas ar indisl lensi-
Bile portion of the toilet Oi every man
of that class in tie west While Long
may not have enjoyed the genera; rep
utatiOn Oi d gun fighter that was at
tached to the name OF Vaughn through
out the northwest, he certainly never
shirked ii occasion arose when a gun
was necessary to emphasize an argu
ment 1t is not in the spirit of criti
sational getting together of these two,
at that time widely known characters,
is given. 1t is only a repetition of the
account the writer had of the affray at
the time. ard he has since heard le-
peated by parties who saw the be-
ginning and tho end. if they did tenn
porari!v lose iotcrest in The proceed
ings between the opening and close OF
the drama. 1t may be mentioned in
passing that "A present citizen OF Loo
mis- WAS present when that heated ar
gument was in progress
As The story goes Vaughn ana Long
met in "A casual way in bar room ,i
Prineville. OrceoG This was back in
the early eiehtys They were not total
strangers, and had had some hisCn-
derstanding at Il previous meeting.
And anyhow they were not averse to
violent settlement of even a trivial
quarrel, as there may have been some
jealousy over the prevailing reputation
attached to their names as men ready
for any emergency, and caring little
how or when the emergency might
arise. The joint was occupied by the
usual hangers on of such places in a
COW country, o,nging at the bar so
as to be convent, ntly located III cas-"
! libarality on the part of any customer
might suggest treats ior tn" crowd
or passing the time at the seductive
and Naugn were well known TO the
spectators. who felt trouble brewing
! in the al" from the mere presence OF
such dynamic forces. The TWO men
were talking at the bar when angry
! words were heard exchanged. The
quarrel warmed up, and one or the
other suggested that they shoot it out.
| The prelmnaries were soon az" angcd
| it being agreed that they should each
/ take hold of the end of handkerchief
and at that close range open host1li-
ties There was no Sinking III that
duel to the death. The reVolverS of
both men were cnpti"d. ard both were
pretty thoroughly shot up. After they
had fallen to ,ho floor Long tried to
drag himself - the prostratr Nausn
with the object of finishing the job
with the butt OF his empty revolver BY
that time the crowd, that had sought
shelter from any stray chunks of lead
rushed in and considering that blood
letting had been sufficient prevented
Mr. Long from carrying out his in
tention of ending ON ne spot the career
of his helpless adversary An Ordi-
nary man would have died OF the
wounds thus received and intlicted,vet
both these men recovered, SuoSequont-
" 70 meet unnatural ends
Charlie Long c@me to nOrthorn Okla
hogan county , Join his cousin, A $
Long, still a resident of LOOMS 81
the evening of January =, 1897. he wa.
killed by Geo. II Smith no relation
whatever 10 'Otanogan Snith--ol
what is now known as the iiuchel'