The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-18
BAD MAN" IS
EASILY BLUFFED
Cowed Into Quietude by
Trimming of Fierce
Mustachc.
WAS CAT ON WHEELS
Texas Bluff Called by Ten
nessean Who Was Not
Afraid Of Cats"
By s W ROSS

TAnLEQuAlL Okla. April ~.
~ nctc Bud" Long. who lives some
miIos northeast Of town. near IN"
banks of the Illinois river. camo TO
this section - long while ago from
Tennessee lic was living iu the hin
country east Of the Illinois In old
Indian Territory days when the bad
men and alleged bad men who
created trouble wcrc numerous ana
among tho Interesting anecdotes rec
lated by old -timorB iH ono having to
90 with tho treatment accorded by
Long to a staggering ana pic
turo.luo fellow VINO fot a snort tim"
infested the Wauhillau neighbor-
hood. u nolghhorhood, by the way
In which quite u number of men
have died with their boots on, hoth
before and since statehood.
Some one Of the citizens Of the
locality decided that the time was
ripe for a big country dance. Per
haps . house raising or rail split
ting WAS to bo had for on such
occasions "A dance was always given
after the labors Of the day had been
completed. Anyway, the dance was
announced aud at the appointed
hour large numbers Of young mon
ana women, with n fnir sprinkllnB or
older persona, arrived Extonslve
preparations had been made Tor the
event and after bounteous supper
had been disposed Of the floor was
cleared, the fiddlcrs took their sta
tions and the dance began. All went
merrlly for some time but after
awhile. as frequently happened,
some of the boys" began to givu
evidence Of having looked upon the
"cawn whiskey" too frequently and
the peacefully disposed attendants
cxertod themselves In seeing that
order prevailed. Besides the oou-
piles engaged In dancing, "a number of
persons stood near the corners OF
tho room, Interested spectators Of
the proceedings. some of them spin
ming wonderful yarns OF the dances
Of the older days. when the rcla.
tors were "younR and full % life"
Bud Long was among the spocta-
tors and was quietly attending to-
hin business" when tho door was
roughly flung open and the bad
man from Texas" entered. lie, AS
has been mentioned, had been In the
rcighborhood for "A short ti.nc and
II seems had caused some of tho
nA YES TO regard him with feelings
similar to fear. lie was dressed in
"a costume affected by those who
WISHED Ia be known as sports big
wide brimmed hat, high hccled
boots, broad leather belt and about
his neck a gayly-colored handkcr-
chid. As he staggered and swag-
ferod into the rHJn II was dppar-
ent that this tall and sinewy fellow
! a ltN.h 10.
extent lie fe,t that thl time had
come 10 show tho people what q
bad man" was. so he advanced TO
near the group In corner of tho
big room and loudly announced IL
am "A cat on wheels; look out when
] begin to roll" Tho Texan wore
a long and sweeping set OF mus.
taches and when he began 10 roll"
he advanced directly to where bud
Long stood
without moving an inch from his
position Long stood until the fol
low was almost brushing against
him. when he suddenly reached in
his pocket, drew forth "A keen
bladod knife, which no opened. and
then taking one end of the long
mustacho in the fingers of the
other hand he deftyy severed the
hlrhutc huornlncnt, close TO the lip
OF the cat On wheels Showing
the alleged dangerous man away
from him, Long now bado him In
stern and menacing tones TO keep
exceedingly quiet Re careful
whore you roll" advised Long in
tlmating that further action by the
Texan would result In "a slit throat.
For some moments "A deep silence
reigned The dancers ceased to
move and with the spectators stood
AnNiously awaiting the desperate
fight. II WAS expected tho disturber
would begin, Rut nothing OF the
Kind occurred. Without word the
latter slipped quietly iouft OF the
door and hastily left the vicinity.
In few days he left the neighbor-
hood and was never seen again.
The tanning OF the Wild man from
Texas occurred number of years
ago and Long removed from the
Wauhillau region some time later
and made his home whore ne now
lives ahd whore until short tmo
since he was successful fisher
man, Turing the piscatorlal inhabi-
tants 81 the deep blue hole" TO such
an oNtent that he sometimes brought
wagon load at a time into town.
hu, old age now has him In IT'S
grasp and no Is rarely seen away
from home