Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-10-26

few minutes Pay the cabman g. These
New York cabmen are regular hoidup men
and your driver may want to charge you more,
but don't pay him any more than ~ under
any circumstances'
4 was glad Wild Bill was coming. hadn't
seen my old pal for long time. and ,poked
forward with pleasure to meeting him again
told everybody about the Brevoort hotel that
Wild Bill was coming and in the evenings as
] sat about the lobby recounted some OF his
wonderful fights and adventures I wanted
Wild Bill to feel easy as soon as he arrived at
the hotel. and told the proprietor II didn't
happen to be around to welcome Bill and make
him feel at home
wild Bill arrived in New York on schedule
time He had my last letter in his pocket
and had committed to memory my instructions
as to what he should do. AS soon as his train
arrived he stepped into cab and ordered the
cabman to drive him to the Brevoort house
When the cab drew up in front of the hotel
and Bill stepped out he handed the driver a
81 BILL He was bent upon following my In
structions to the last detail.
+" Here's your pay he said
PAY nothin.' said the jehu NY charge
IL s..
We'll. " is all you're going to get said
Wild Bill.
well. Rube I'll just take the rest out o.
your hide said the irate cabman, and he leaped
from his boz and made al Wild Bill Wild
Bill punched him around the sidewalk un-
mercifully and wound up by knocking him
under his cab horses. where he lay unconscious
until pulled out by onlookers. Wild Bill walked
quietly into the hotel. The proprietor, who
had Witnessed the fght came running up TO
my room where l was having a nap and
thumped at my door.
Say, Mr.. Cody he shouted, I guess that
gentleman you have been expecting has ar
rived
wild Bill was rad actor most anywhere.
but he was an especially bad actor on the
stage. Jack Omohundro. known 10 Texas Jack
was with the show. and when the curtain fell
at the close OF the first act he and / and Wild
Bill were supposed to stand out near the front
of the stage casping rescued maidens to our
breasts In the white glare Of the calcium. But
Wild Bill was never out there where he be-
longed. He invariably hung back In the shad-
ows at the rear or remained half-hidden behind
. painted tree or rock. lie was poor hand
to pose or show on and hated to have lot
Of people staring at him. One night when
the spot light found him leaning against q
gnaried oak In the background It made him
mad. and he took q shot ct the spotlight ma
chine in the central aisle Of the balcony. shat.
tered the bulls eye and broke the machine.
The play had to 90 on to the end without the
usual calcium effects.
wild Bill remained with the show three or
four months. BY that time he had demon
strated that he was impossible as q member
OF travelling theatrical company. / tried to
make him do better. but I couldn't do any
thing with him and he was released. He was
glad OF II and turned toward the west with a
hight heart
"A little while before Bill Joined the show
he had killed Phil Cole. wealthy Texas cat
tleman II Abilene. Kan. Bill was marshal OF
Abilene, and Cole. who was desperate him
self. had threatened to kiil him Just TO show
the frontier he could do It. They met on the