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an honest, gay-hearted youth, who had come
West, drawn by the lure of adventure. He was
with a posse which had surrounded Bonney's
gang at the Greathonse ranch and offered to
carry an offer of surrender under a white flag.
Carlyle had met the Kid, clinked glasses with
him and later exchanged shots with him. But
he had no personal luminosity, and felt that this
was true, too, of the young freebooter. Carlyle
delivered his message. Bonney sneered at him,
threatened him, kept him for hours under the
fear of death, and when at last Carlyle dived
through window to escape, wounded him with
a shot from a six-shooter and killed him with
a second before he had crawled 10 feet.
Doth New Mexico and Texas had had enough
i. of the young rufian. Lincoln County
elected lank Texan Pat Garrett, to stop the
depredations of the gang. The Canadian River
Cattle Association appointed John w. Poe to
cooperate with Garrett in an attempt to stop
the wholesale rustling of Panhandle stock. Both
Garrett and Poe were quiet cool officers, will
ing to take fighting chance with the Kid and
his gang, regardless of Billy's reputation as a
killer.
Garrett learned that the Kid and his gang
were to attend dance at Fort Sumner during
the Christmas season. The sheriff rode with a
posse to the fort. During the fight which en-
sued they killed OFolard and Bowdre and
captured the Kid and the rest of the gang.
Garrett had no luminosity. 1t was all in the
way of his duty AT Las Vegas he stood on the
platform of train and held off mob that
howled for the lives of Billy, and especially Of
Rudabaugh, who had killed jailer there while
escaping from prison. The long Texan faced
the furious crowd hundred men, mostly
Mexicans, yelled and cursed and Surged. toward
him. Not for instant did he waver And at
last the train drew out from the station with
the prisoners safe
Rudabaugh was tried, convicted, sentenced to
be hanged He escaped from prison and van
iShed. The same sequence of events took place
in the case of his leader. 1t was for the murder
Of Sheriff Brady that Bonney was condemned.
RHLY was taken to Lincoln to await execu-
ton He was kept in the courthouse, which
had formerly been the Murphy store His guards
were j. w. Bell and Bob Oilnger. Between
Billy and Ollinger there was bitter hatred.
Bell was little lax, and his prisoner took
advantage of this to get hold of six-shooter.
He killed Bell, stepped into a room used as an
armory, picked up a double-barrel shotgun
loaded with buckshot, and passed quickly to a
window opening on the yard below and COM
manding view of the street.
Lincoln had-and still has-one business
street, the one into which Billy now looked
down from the window. It had heard the roar
OF many guns. Here Billy and his companions
had an1bushed and killed Sheriff Brady and
ms deputy, Hindman. Here had been waged
the three-day battle in which McSween and
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By Charles Wmt7eM FeSsier.'

habit OF handing out cigars 70 people VINO
shoot his wife in the Lego"
NAV: It isn't a habit. It never happened
before. Besides, Mrs. Murphy wasn't shot in
the leg Ny bullet hit the floor and she got
q splinter in her leg. Mr. Murphy said
OTearys Corners'd erect q statue to my
memory, only the ladiesd object"
Did Mr.. Murphy appear to be quite
sober?"
"Sure. He said the men folks hadn't liked.
the idea of having their kids made food
Of all along He said the fathers sat in the
audience and suffered like did. He said the
men never had such a good time in ttaeir
lives after made the women dance and sing"
HE thought 1t was q good idea, eh?"
Then he's not going to place any charge
against you?"
yeah; they,s a lotta charges. Mrs. Muir
ply said he'd fix it SOS nobody'd serve a war
rant on me if I'd make it snappy and get
outta town tonight"
You going?"
Nav; I'll be IN Jail for murder by that
time"
You absolutely insist upon committing MUIR
der, eh?"
Yeah; and I'm going to commit it on Pay
son Hopper"
You're going to kill Payson because you
injured him severely that he's had to 60
to hospital?"
Yeah
OOA BCI JOu.
WWELL you vii when explain. met
Mary Ann while back.
"She wouldn't speak to me only to say some
thing mean. She was carrying some flowers
to Payson. She said I'm a brute for hitting
him so hard. She's all excited about him
being in the hospital and she's making O big
fuss over him."
Women funny that way"
yeah, they must be!'
"And you're going to kill Payson Hopper for
that?"
YEAH can afford it."
Can you afford to be hanged by the neck
until dead?"
Who said anything about hanging? All
need is a good lawyer. They don't hang
guys for killing people"
What do you think they hang guys for?"
For killing policemen"
There's different law here" pointed out
"They hang you for killing almost anybody.
1t might surprise you, but murders against
the law here"
Mr. Conner stared disgustedly out the win
dow, where the placid life of OLeary's Corners
was going its placid way, and taking its good
time about it, at that.
I'm going back to N'Yawk," he stated
where fella's got chanel"
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that he had done so. When George Graham
came to Poe under q pledge Of secrecy and
told him that while sleeping in livery stable
he had awakened to hear friends of the Kid
say he at Fort Summer the Panhandle
stock detective very much doubted. But there
was always a chance that the story might be
true.
Garrett and Poe rode from White Oaks to
Fort Sumner They took with them deputy
named Tom Mckinney. Poe was not known
in the country and, while the other two hid
in the brush, he rode to Sumner and Spied out
the land His presence was noted. Since he
was a stranger an explanation was in order.
He was, he said, a miner from White Oaks.
He did not mention Bonney No information
concerning the Kid came to his ears. The
outlaw might be hiding there or might not.
Men went in fear of him and did not think 1t
wise to discuss his abode.
Poe rejoined Garrett and McKenney. The
sheriff still felt they were on wnd-goose
chase, but he suggested they have talk with
Pete Maxwell, man of property living in the
officers headquarters of the abandoned fort.
The three men slipped down to the long
adobe house. Garrett stepped into Maxwell'S
room while the other two squatted against the
fence outside. This was about mignight July
IA 1881. A slender figure moved along the
porch toward the spot where the men crouched.
Poe saw indiStinctly young chap, barefooted
and bareheaded with butcher knife in his
hand. The lad caught sight of them and cried
out in Spanish, "Quoin esq" CWho is it?), at
the same time covering the ofncerS Win SIX
shooter
Poe thought he was some Mexican boy on
the dodge and to say they were friends,
that they had not come to make him any
trouble. The newcomer backed into Maxwell'S
room, repeating two or three times his excited
question. Pete Maxwell had just been awak-
ened by Garrett and was answering some re
mark of the sheriff
DAT GARRETT recognized instantly the high
voice of Billy the Kid. The outlaw moved
toward the bed revolver in hand, caught sight
of the figure seated there beside Pete, and
cried again, "Quion esp" stepping swiftly back
ward. Garrett fired-fred twice The second
shot was not needed. Billy the Kids de-
vastating span of life was closed. The most
deadly outlaw ever known to the Southwest
had died as he lived, with revolver in his
hand. He was 81 years old, and he had killed
FL men.
That was the beginning of the end Of .Oper
outlawry in New Mexico. Garrett drove the
rustlers to cover in the chaparral He haired
them from gulch to arroyo, from one hill
pocket to another Poe succeeded him as
sheriff and kept up the good work 1t was
men like these officers, who carried law into
the Jungle at the continual risk of their lives,
that made the frontier safe for honest settlers
against miscreants such as Billy Bonney.
Copyright, 1900
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the dust.
Billy loitered around for an hour or two in
plain view of all who cared to see, while
blacksmith knocked the shackles from his
limbs. He was full of merry quips about the
scheduled hanging that would have to be adj
journed. Communicating a horse, he rode
gayly out of town, free once more to go wherever
his fancy dictated
HIS gang dispersed and price on his head,
1t would have seemed the part of dscre-
ton for Mr.. Bonney to move across the line
into Mexico Both Garrett and Poe believed
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Yeah guessed it would be- What's wit
nesses cost around here?"
IT haven't looked up the current quota
tons, but don't think you buy witnesses in
OLearys Corners"
1T know you don't. You just hire 'em TO
say things you want 'em TO- Maybe We can
hire somebody pretty cheap that'n swear that
I shot Mrs. Murphy IN self-defense or that
she shot herself or something"
I'm afraid local talent isn't up to that
requirement" stated, you'd have to import
experts from New York and that'd be ex-
penSive."
well, can't we do anything to beat the
rap?"
I'm afraid not"
"Whatn do?"
You'd better go see Mr.. Murphy, the dis
trict attorney. Tel him you were out of your
head. May be he'll reduce the charges against
you. I'm afraid it's going to be serious how
ever. think it's very much against the law
leg"
Yeah; I thought so, too. Well, I'll go see
Mr. Murphy and see what 1 can do"
Mr.. Conner paused and sighed deeply.
IT hope we can fix it, he stated. "You
see got my heart set on marrying Mary Ann.
don't think she'd marry me if was sent
to jail for shooting her mother in the leg"
Young ladies are peculiarly sensitive about
having their mothers shot in the leg" agreed.
Come in after the talk with Mr.. Murphy
and we'll plan defense"
MR.. CONNOR departed. Later he returned,
changed man. His face wore hunted
expression.
How much" he asked, will you charge
to defend me a murder charger"
Whats that?" asked, startled did you
shoot Mr. Murphy"
Nav"
who did you slaughter"
Nobody"
'"Then what's the idea of wanting me to
defend you on a murder charge? Whose muir
der?"
"Payson Hopper's. I'm going to kill him"
WHY"
ION account of what did to him last night
landed him in the hospital"
I'm afraid jury wouldn't consider that
sufficient reason for homicide. Listen, now.
Get control Of yourself. You're feverish.
Calm yourself and tell me what happened at
Mr.. Murphy's Office
He give me cigar"
"Eh?"
yeah; he give a cigar"
Didn't he know what you did?"
"Yeah that's why he give me q cigar"
do you mean to say MIR. Murphy's in the
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half dozen others had been shot down Now
again it was the scene of swift and violent
death
Ollinger was at the hotel across the street
when he heard the sound of the shot which
killed Bell. He decided to investigate. AS he
crossed the road a jocund, jeering voice hailed
him from above He looked up to see his
enemy grinning at him. In the boys hands
was the gun that Oninger had loaded with
buckshot before Billy that very morning,
marking at the time that he hoped some con-
demned rustler would try to escape and give
him a, chance to use it.
AS the shotgun reared Ollinger pitched to the
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C0@esnued fTOH Sixth Page
for him because they made him come out and
gallump."
Whats gallumping?"
Dancing. This red-headed kid tried to
dance. It was the kind Of a dance you do
like this"
Here my client arose and gyrated about the
room.
That's gallumping, eh?"
yeah: that's what this kid did"
did you shoot him?"
Nav; it wasn't his fault. They made him
do it. could see his mother in the wings
shaking her fist at him. A lot of other little
kids come out and tried to sing and dance;
and half the time the people laughed at EN-.
I began to suffer just like was up there in
the kids shoes"
''Vicarious feeling, eh?"
UNJAW; what mean is I suffered with 'em.
The kids, they did their best, but they
were rotten. They knew it and they felt
foolish They all looked like they were going
to heller like used to do in court. I could
the fat and skinny old ladies in the wings
egging the kids on and seeking them when they
forgot something"
What next?"
Mary AIMS little sister, Oracle, she come
out and sang a song they call risky in French.
I liked Oracle and hated to see her made
fool Of The people were laughing at her"
What then?"
Then something funny happened to me. I
started feeling haywire. I began to get queer
notions. All of a sudden 1 was getting up
from my chair. Mary Ann, she asked me
what was the matter. / don't think I
swered her. don't think was myself"
Pine" stated. Wen plead you not guilty
because of insanity
You won't neither, wasn't insane. was
just feeling funny ierked away from Mary
Ann and walked down a side aisle to the
stage entrance. I went back where the old
ladies telling the scared kids that If they
forgot their dances their songs they'd slap
'en down. The kids was whimpering.
"Payson Hopper, he asked me what did I
want. hit him on the jaw and he went over
backward. He hit his head on something
sharp and he didn't say anything more on
account of he was cold pointers nose"
Then what happened?"
well, always carry my rod on account of
I'm afraid Big Mike and his gang might come
TO OLearys Corners and 60 cunning for me.
First thing knew had my gat In my hand.
g UST then a woman by name of Mrs. Egg
gleson slapped her daughter account
OF shed run off the stage because they'd
laughed at her out front. Then the pain in
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LADIES FIRST

my head got worse and somebody turned on
the red lights backstAge.
Then pointed the rod at Mrs. Eggleson and
told her TO 60 out and do her little girls dance
She looked at me and gaSped when she saw
the rod At first she thought I was kidding.
I wasn't. though. I told all the kids to stay
clear and covered the women with my rod
cooked the gat and told Mrs. Eggleson to do
what said or I'd shoot her. She got kinda
white and she went out and did the dance"
IT wish / had been there" sighed.
You wouldn't liked it." stated Mr.. Con-
nor. She was a fat dame and she couldn't
dance worth a darn. The people out front
was silent for a while and then they started
laughing. They darn near tore the roof off.
Then Mrs Eggleson, she came back and said
she was never so mortified in her life. I
told her 10 shut up and did she think her
little girl enjoyed doing that dance"
Who was next on the program"
MRS. Ankers."
did she dance?"
NAV she had a game leg on account Of fall
ing down the cellar. I told her she had to do
something. She said she didn't know nothing
to do. 1 repeated a song to her and told her
to go out and sing it. She said she wouldn't
and started to faint but pointed the gat at
her and she come to.
she went out and sang the song Her voice
was awful. The people out front gasped all to-
gether and then they started shrieking they
was so tickled. guess they liked my song"
What was it?"
"Barnacle Bill"
"And Mrs. Ankers sang that?"
Sure; when she started forgetting I coached
her. Mrs. jefferson, she come next
What were her talents?"
she didn't have none. / made her tell o
couple of jokes picked up in N'Yawk."
Were they nice jokes?"
Nav; they was funny. The people out
front, they laughed their heads off. Then it
was Mrs. Murphys turn"
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"WHAT did she do?"

Started beefing about what told
her to do. She said the song was going to
make her sing wasn't fit for a woman Of her
age"
What was the song?"
Oracle sing. Mrs. Murphy started an argu-
ment and got nervous. Something happened
and my gat went of. Mrs. Murphy, she fell
to the floor yowling that she'd been shot
in the leg"
Then what?"
Right away I realized what I'd been doing
got scared and took it on the lam out the
back way. I hid and then beat it for you. ]
want you to defend me-"
ITS going to be O hard case"
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ferently constructed, Mr.. Greenleaf few
months ago showed me model, the efficacy
of which he seemed to entertain most exalted
opinion.
MY doubts of the utility of both arise from
the insuffciency of any machinery of this sort
to bear the weight of the cradle when charged
with water and loaded boat therein, ana ats
aptness to get out of order by means thereof.
Mr. Weston told me (but of this I ana not
certain) that no method of raising and lower
ing boats has been found equal to locks. Still,
as I observed in my last letter, should be
for hearing the opinions and explanations OF
any and every scientific and practical char
acter that could be easily got at on the
subject"
few months later, in another letter to
Lear, Washington wrote: much has been said
of late of the inclined plane in the Connect
cut River-of the utility of it, mean. 1t
would be well to question Mr.. Weston pretty
fully on this mode of raising and lowering boats,
as the simplicity. cheapness and effect Is the
subject of euIogism."
While it is clear WaShingtons mind was
open to all suggestions proponents OF the lock
plan prevailed. and work was begun on a prof.
ect that created as much stir in its day as
did the construction OF the Panama Canal by
Americas later engineers.
The major obstruction in the river was the
Great Falls, and here Washington and his as
sociates concentrated their attention Sub
scription books of the Potowmack Co. were
dria, Winchester, Annapolis Georgetown and
Frederick Gown. A total of 403 shares were
sold, providing a capital Of 100000 pounds
sterling money"
One of the first contracts of the company
was let to Capt Abraham Shepherd of Shop
herds Town, who was to construct ''two strong
boats for the company, to be 35 feet long.
feet wide and not less than 20 inches deep:
to be built after the manner of the flats used
at the ferries the Potowmack above tide
water"
The boats described are believed to have been
IN the category with that found near Cumber-
land They were of type easily constructed
by the hardy craftsmen of that day, and were
sturdy enough to survive the vagaries of pio-
neer river service.
James Rumsey was appointed superintendent
of construction. Rumsey had gained promi-
hence as an experimenter with mechanically
driven ships, and had gained Washington's
friendship as q result of demonstrations with
models which, to the generals establishment,
actually moved against the current.
A LII newly -launched enterprises of large ex-
tent have their boom towns" The Po-
towmack Canal was no exception. Almost
overnight there arose at Great Falls a mush-
room city, chartered by the Legislature of Vir-
gini0 es Matildaville The city had its thrig~
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perilous business in river SO swift and turbu-
lent and fraught with rapids and whirlpools as
the upper reaches of the "Potowmack." Oft
times these boats would strike rock and sink,
with total loss of cargo and at times with loss
OF life. At other times the craft would fall
prey to tricky currents which would carry them
beyond polling depth and hence out of naviga-
ton control. Such emergencies called for dar-
ing rescue work. participated in by shore volun-
teers armed with ropes and boat-books. =
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Priceless relic Of George WahnO Canal This last member of the rugged
of the Potomac almost hidden IN weeds

WHERE the river was too rough for naviga-
ton, including such places as the Great
and Little Falls, Seneca and the Shenandoah
Falls, canals supplied comparatively safe de-
tour. These canals, constructed under the per-
sonal direction of Americas first President,
were negotiated with the aid Of tow ropes and
chains hand power at first being employed and
mules coming into use as the canal boats
increased in size. Some of the old iron rings
to which the boats tied up remain to this day,