The chronicle=news., 1913-03-20

getting on In tho world that the boys
lpalle& him Mysterious Dave. lie wa1
IN full fellowship with the high;
binders and Wa never ksown to do
q days work In hls hfs.
He drcased better than any OF the
cohorts and every little while he
would quietly horseback out Of town
on some mysterious csrapd such Al
. apook might 20 on. A tow weeks
later when No returned bulGinE with
the long grecu tho folks wonderful
where he got II al until the mystery
WIS finally solved and II became
known that hp was only horse
thief. Whcnever he needed the rhino
he slipped away and rau off SONG.
bo.ly's herd Of hOrses and always got
away with the plundcr. Subsequent.
ly Mysterious Dave became marshal
OF Las Vegas and the last heard OF
him twenty or tucre years ss0 he was
riding With the mounted police In
the koOtcnai country where he prob-
ably found plenty Of mysterious ways
10 mako living.
Another man Of dubious tread who
was quite noted for ways that were
dark and tricks that were vain was
ChAei'e BaAsett. who wins once the
sheriff at Dodge City and good
ono nj that while working for the
county. Later however. ho 10t Into
bud company and siraycl away like
lost sheep In the chapparal. With
Dave Rudebaugh. who was another
bad man at Dodge. Dassctt went 10
Fort Elliott down on tho Panhandle
and tried 20 work the xold-brick turn
on ID. ". vanIiorn. the mercantile
manager for Lee & Reynolds. These
bunkica figured out with Henry v
thnt meas faiths uro aa wafer
cakes" and Van Horn might prove
q fat rhauec. They were not 70
smart. however. as Doc RaEsx and
were raw at tho Ramc. Van Horn
pretended TO nlbbic but only long
enough, to send bid over tO Mobcc.
tic for Captain Arlington. late Of tho
rangers. then 'sctirR "a the sheriff OF
Wheeler county. When Arlington
arrived an hour later and saw who II
was. there occurred a great pow.wow
and tho confidence n,cn from Dodge
City were allowed straw bonds xo
that they cot away. g
Then among tho 0y&terlous jIW.
mics there was l3etty Carr. who had
once been marshal at Caldwell, Kan.
sas. wbcp that bvre was the whoop.
yah tough town Of tho frontier. lie
was engaged In no especial criminal.
tiles that they could fastcn onto hiu,
but like tho bird Of evil omen. he
was always fitting from place ia
place. Thus he naturally became u
suspicious character for the rrasoil
probably that Il: never rcma Inci or
one roosi very long at . time. Once
at Fort Griffin when Hill ellison was
marshal he helped to Arrcst . bad nc.
tor and locked him W. In the Gala.
booSc. II was common enough Ia
those days 10 pick up any miserable
wnyfarer OF blanket man who nigh,
happen along and get littlc tips,
but II seems that this fellow va,
something more Of a criminal thcu
tho good citizens concluded to cat
| him.
That night the vixIlauiex cam,
around will, halter. bfokc into tn,
dog house aud hanged Cilsou's ma,
Eight under his nose. This littl,
X Jpleanntsy peeved the marshal =,
much that he got up on . bog In th,
street and denounced the Who'll.
crowd. He. inside tho unusual mis-
take Of calling Oft their names ant
this was rcEnrdcd rs such bad etI
auettc that they held a little moctln;
on the side aud voted to hunx pool
Gilsou also. Before they got arou nj
to the tying of the knot under Gil
sons left ear. Captain Jcssc Lee,
company Of Texas rangers Eallopct
into town ,nnd rescued the marsha
Just In the nick OF time. as they xa,
In love stories. They rode him ou
lOntO tho prairie and whatever l,c
|camc Of him from that day to this us
lone prcsumcs to know. The f,iuny
part Of It all is that Batty Carr 20,
up from poker table aud disap
pcarcd at the same timc.-Ficld aut
Farm.