South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-06
BUD BALLEW NOTED
SIX GUN MAN, Shot
Police Chief Beats Ex-Deputy
Sheriff to Draw, and
Kills Him.

Nils HIM.
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fights was repu-ed for his quick
ness On the draw in the early days
0f Cu,lawry iu The southweS-. To-
DAY. j. IS. Mccormick. former Texas
ranger. and now chief OF police at
Wichita Fails TeK drew and fired
first
Bud took i'm too much territory
today and for once was too Sow or
the draw" was the opinion ea-
+ pressed by many here Friday night.
Deputy Ten Years.
BalIew's prowcss with a six shoot
er was reputed in this section as
second only 10 that OF his CHIEF
I Former Sheriff Buck Garrett under
whom BaI.ew served as q deputy 10
years until Garrett was ousted from
office several months ago. lie was
feared among the outl Tvs OF -n-
cattle country i'm the early days
when this section of the state was
headquarters for notorious outlaws.
Ballew was afraid OF only one man
and that was his chief Buck Car
rctt. When Bud went on a rampage
here and IN surrounding towns IL was
usually Buck Garrett that took away
his guns.
Lurid streaks of gun fire and the
cracking Of pistols told Ardmore
and other towns many times that
Bud Ballew was 'on a tear II was
: Buds delight after imbibing 10 shoot
, up q town no true wild west fashion.
p Citizens made way when Bud was
out 20 indulge IN his sport. But
when Buck appeared Bud became
. meek.
/, Residents some times take visitorI
: down the main street Of ArdmOre
J and point out bullet-pierced build
ings which stopped some OF Buds
bullets.
: Ballew was discharged from a hos
. pital several weeks ago where he was
= sent following an ARRAY in the cour'
] house here last February Shootins
broke out in the office of the county
r attorney after Garrett had been re-
, moved from office and Ewing c. Lon
e. don had been appointed temporarily
, Ballew stepped in 10 stop an attack
a on London by a man who had nc
e connection with the custer row, and
e London's man thinking Ballew was
attacking London. opened IRE. Bal
3 lew was shot i'm the leg and -four
others wounded
7 About two weeks ago while Ballev
o was still limping about be shot ~
e two towns near here in daylight
= During the trial OF Clara Smith
Hamon here for the killing of Ha
. mon Bud was appointed by Garrett
= as the personal bodyguard of the de
, PENDANT
The night Clara Smith Hamon wa.
. acquitted a dinner was given by th'
. defense and 10 celebrate the victory
% Bud shot holes in the ceiling OF the
. restaurant, according 10 some o.
e those present
Bauew became one OF the famou!
Garrett deputies after lie had op
posed Garrett for office in an cleo
ton A short time afterward h
made himself CARROTS right hanC
Z man when he saved the sheriff
life in a fight with two alleged ban
dts near here Garrett pursued tn,
bandits in the dark. He overtool
n them and when they drew guns Car
y rett refused 10 give up. Dusty Mills
one of the men. was preparing q
shoot Garrett when Ballew arrived
Bauew beat Mills TO the draw and
z another notch was added 10 Bud
! gun Later in an Ardmore CAFE
: Ballew shot Dow Brazil
In Healdton. an oil town. Ballev
: killed an alleged bandit named
Highnote after being shot twic
: through the abdomen. In nj
wounded condition Ballew calml,
poked his pistol under Highnote'
" jaw and fired.
Steve Talkington. alleged bad man
: gambler and whisky runner. was an
other Of Baliew's victims He wa
killed when BaIlew led q raid on hi
:. place at Writ. Talkington reache,
= for a rifle but was TOO slow.
q Arch Campbell was killed by Bal
lew and other deputies in a barbe
shop here
Ballew was wounded another tim
when he killed Pete Bynum in IN
s oil fields. Ballew entered a resor
: where Bynum was reported stagin
n q holdup II was Just another cas-
d OF the deputy sheriff getting his sui
% first
Bauew's body reached the fyin
5 field here Thursday evening an
= scores of persons We're waiting y
: funeral arrangements have bee
made. but il IS understood he viii p
IS buried beside his father and son il