The chronicle=news., 1913-09-10

enough" and they thought 40 too.
The belligerent Woodruffs hid out In
the hills = few days for NJ Butler
said: In all the trade Of var no
feat is nobler than y brave retreat 81
After u few days they returned 10
their humble abode on Rapid creek
and remained in undiSputesi posses
sion OF the stream. for there WAS
nothing left to fiKht.-tteld aud
Farm.
The PtOne-r iiarbrrs: The ortgi-
nal lOcat0rs nj Denver In 1850 had
quite \ srrapink acquaintance with
Edward Sxndcrlin and william Ran
dOiph aud there Was no mystery
about this fact. for were not these
two eoiorsd worthless tho first barber
In town. They had no shop with
easy chairs and cleaning mirrors.
nor did they necd such nm elaborate
establishment right away. They set
themselves up In business out in the
open pretty close to the present site
Of John Brisben Walkers old castle
In the Riverside park near the foot
of Sixteenth street. This primitive
shop consisted Of a dry goods box
backed up AGAINST n prairie schooner.
the tongue of which served ~ y head
rcxt. There were whisksrx In those
days aud II cost two bits to get n
iathcrins nnd sometimes II was n
close shave at that. These soapy
young bucks had whaekcd bulls all
tho way out from 81. Louis and got
their brushes In scraps with the In.
dians.
They cam. with the fsciKhtinE out
III Of Irvine and Jackman 30 II was
not strange that they should have
stuck to 4 schooner for their habitat
after they got here. Sandcrlin was
4 tall. saddle colorcd gentleman and
possessed the old style courtesy
which made his fortune. He finally
got Into business right and eventual
~ owned the best piece Of frontage
OH l.arimer street and had backed hts
French competitor. the asfsblc Count
Murat Of Napoiconic lineage. off the
boards ns the towns popular tonsor-
iai artist. A money shark finally got
away (rom him hut this smoothly soon
went to lunxcr's grave. Sandcrlin
reared . family Of pretty Girls and
finally washed himself to tho eternal
shore with = bar of soap. hixhiy cs-
iccmcd aud pretty we'll off which IL
more than can be said Of most shay
cru.
Disarmins the army: That rascal
OF a fellow Dutch Henry who never
had any other handle to his name.
aud who made 4 great mistake when
he killed the marshal Joe Carson at
Las Vegas. WAS getting into scrapes
ms far back rs 1867. That year while
running with his gang up and down
the Smokey I'm seeking whom they
might dcvour. he ran off a band Of
army horrcs from Fort Wallace. Lieu
tenant Abcll Of the Third Cavalry.
was sent out with four troopers to
recover the stock. They came up
with Dutch Henry on the Republican
and got the horses all right for the
theft was single handed and alone.
They started back 10 the ort and
were In camp for breakfast on Sand
Greek near the Big Timber. In an
ungarded moment the despcrado
grabbed n carbine. got the drop on
the soldiers and disarmed them. Then
he made Abell take Of his boots and
walk barefoot back toward Wallace
and let him go only after reaching
point five miles distant from the
post. The poor licntenant's feet
were severely bruised by the prick
ley pears of the plains and he could
scarcely hobblc into the fort. The
horses were gone again Of course and
Uncle Sam never saw hide or hair ot
them afterwards. Is II any wonder
that the strangers OF Las Vegas had
great pleasure in running up Dutch
Henry and his gang? This was done
one beautiful evening in January