The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-12-03
Texas, the Cowboy, Makes
City Cop Obey Him then
Storms Town.
SHOOTS OUT LIGHT
TO TEST HIS GUN
Finally Is Captured When Army
Of Deputies Charge Him
In Drive.

Monday night virtually held up the
town of Thebes.
He made Town Marshal Eudy do the
buck and wing dance in the depot, and
then sailed forth to terrorize pedes-
TRANS. Every person he met, he gave
them a moving picture thrill, but in
jured no one.
"Texas" came to the city during the
afternoon, and while looking the place
over, encountered Marshal Eudy. Mr..
Eudy likes the rugged type of man,
and he took "shine" to "Texas."
The former cowboy told the officer
that he Just naturally dotted on fancy
revolvers.
81 have one of the best guns that
ever had trigger" said the marshal
to Texas" and "Texas" forthwith
asked permission to have look.
Sure" said the policeman, as he
pulled out the revolver, which re-
| SeInDieu Il MORSE pistol.
"Some artillery" remarked "Texas."
"Ain't it some gum" replied the
cop.
"I'd be tickled to death to tote that
piece of shootin' arms back to the
plains with me-" volunteered Texas"
and he then offered the chief SO for
it.
Nudge up So and it belongs to you,"
answered Eudy.
"Texas" is a man who wants thing
when he wants it, and he raised his
first bid S..
The money was turned over and
"Texas" slipped the weapon into the
inside pocket of his overcoat.
Shortly after s o'clock that night,
Chief Eudy learned that tall man,
wearing q sOmbrerO hat and clad in q
circus suit, was pulling off a "littlc
party" at the depot.
He hurried down to ouell the dis
turbance and lock up the principal in
the play.
The marshal could not keep from
laughing when he entered the depot
and discovered that it was "Texas"
who was getting rough.
"Cut out this Jesse James stuff"
| barked the marshal, and waddle out
of this depot"
"Texas" tipped his Id to one side
and gazed at the policeman out of the
corner of his left eye.
He then stepped over to Marshal
Eudy and while the chief was waiting
for "Texas" to say ''howdy-do, chief"
he pulled out the big revolver which
he had purchased from Eudy and rub
bed its nose up and down the police
mans back.
"Vanish, skidaddle, vamoOse, beat itr
snarled "Texas," "before | unload my
surplus munitions"
The marshal tried to grin "Texas"
into good humor, but there wasn't
anything doing.
"Beat it while you are in one piece"
snapped "Texas," and the tone of his
voice assured Mr.. Eudy that he ought
to be on his way.
The marshal departed and Texas
walked right along with him, prod
ding the town chief in the back with
his cannon.
When they reached corner one
block away, Texas" ordered the mar
shall to speed out of sight, and the
chief left the scene on tip top speed.
The next object of interest to "Tex-
as" was an arc light. Down in the cac-
tus belt, where "Texas" came from,
fox-fire furnishes the only illumina-
ton. Electricity hurts this former
cowboys eyes, and he thereupon pro-
ceeded to shoot out the arc light. The
first bullet hit the target and the light |
came tumbling down.
"Texas" then started out to ascer-
tain what less he might find in a Mis-
sissippi river town that looked out of |
place
He met number of pedestrians on
his rounds, and after flourishing his
revolver in their faces, he permitted |
each one to depart, but not until Texas
had been assured that they were on
their way to bed.
A. C. Enbree, a former deputy
sheriff, hurried to the home of Mayor
Arthur Brown, and requested the May
or to deputize him to make the ar
rest.
"You want to kill him." replied the
Mayor. HE must be taken alive"
Embree assured the Mayor that in
view of the conduct of "Texas," it
might be necessary to slaughter him. ]
"Well, We must not do that" said Il