Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAWA DAILY BEE : TtttmSDAY OCTjCWHR , t-tt
fcsiI - Bad Bill Jones
"Professional bad men nearly always come
( o grief , and their reputations arc usually
( mashed in some unexpected and often In-
illctou * manner , " said a western mine owner
to a group of friends.
" "I vvaj working a claim at a mining cimp
In the Hlabk Hills In 187 , when a profes
sional bad nlan from the headwaters of Hitter
Creek came along , put down stakes and pro-
cccdqd ( o make it IntcrcsllnR for everyone
nround , cspjclally the few tendetfcct who
had not been long In the west. Our bad
mm wan a big , strapping fellow , more than
nix feet tall , with a face that would con
vict him before nny Intelligent Jury.
"He hailed from somewhere In Missouri
nnd said that his name was Hill Jones. He
also let it bo know.n that he preferred to be
called Dad Ulll Jones , ns that'was the title
ho h4il oirned by whipping every fighting
fnan In four townships back In the states.
Jones celebrated hl arrival In camp by
cleaning put the only saloon In the place
nt lhat tlmo. Ho carried n six-shooter In
every pocket and a bowlo knlfo In .Ills bopt
leg.- ' \
leg."The fellow kncr ho'.v to shoot ; there was
no mistake about that , Ho nurchcd Into
the saloon the night of his arrival nnd or
dered the bartender to set up drinks for
the crowd. When the man at the bar dc-
mnmlc'l to ece the color of his mrney In ad
vance , Jones let out an Indian war-whoop
and promptly shot out all the lights In thu
placo. "after he had pcrfo'atcd two or three
hots and broken the necks oft n few bottles
with bullets.
"Some ot the miners present irt under
the only table In the place nnd the others
escaped by a side door. Jones helped him-
'self tb nil the whisky lit could dtlnk , then
went out nnd marched up and down the
-main street ot the camp for an hour , firing
off his plttols nnd yelling for some one to
cpuie out nnd fight him. Some of the boys
were disposed to oblige him , but the bad
nian v/js then nil unknown quantity , he
had demonstrated that he could shoot , and
wlsqr counsel prevailed.
Thin ono night's performance established
the reputation of tha man. nnd for a time
ho had his own way. " . The fellow knew little
or nothing about mining and failed to sir'ke
pay dirt. In fact , lip spent most of his time
loafing about the aaloon looking for n fight.
Ho WBO n loud talker , end nt swearing he
could bsnt nny dozen men In thb camp , Wo
soon found that ho was a bully and a dcail-
bcal. Ho would borrow money from the
boys vybo were flush nnd never rcpaV them.
Ho wfts careful , however , to obtain loans
only from men who were afraid of him , and
for that reason would not press him for
payment.
"Foi % a month Jones was not Interrupted
in h ! * career ot chief bad man of the camp.
I eng before the end of that tlmo ho was
tho-nuuhlj d'slikcd ' by every one In the
plno lutns ; ho had not killed nny one , no
body requested him to move on. One reason
why ho succeeded so well In the role he had
set out to play was that every other man
in the place was too much occupied In the
scramble for gold to pay much attention to
him. The Impression that Jones was at
heart u coward was gaining ground , but as
ho kept In constant practice with his pistol ?
no one volunteered to put his courngo to
the test.
"Such was the state ot affairs when on"
day the wagon train from the nearest town
brought to camp the oddest specimen of the
tondcr/oot I ever saw. The newcomer was
tall , hut as thin as a rail , with a hatchst-
llko foce. nnd pale watery eyes. He was
dressed In an outlandish rig , no garment of
which cnmo anywhcro near a fit. A worn
slouch hat , with n hole In the top , covered
his'head , nnd was pulled down to the eye
brows In * front.
' "Thpr only baggage carried by the new ar-
Tlviil was a small bundle- clone up In a piece
of faded blue cloth. The fellow had lost
two front teeth , and a third one. long and
yellow , protruded 'byond the lips On his
chin there was a largo black wart and n
smaller ono on the nose.
"Tho odd-lcoking tcndcrfost climbed down
from the wagon In a clumsy , hcstltatlng way.
and stso'l nround for several minutes with
out speaking a word. Finally , ho stepped tit1
to the storekeeper , and. In a harsh , piping
voice , asked :
" 'Is this here the camp where William
Jones has staked n claim ? '
" 'Do you moan Bad Bill Jones , from Mis
souri ? '
" 'He's from Missouri all right , nnd maybe
ho calls himself Bid Bill ! ' replied the
Btrnngpr , with n sneer.
" 'Tl'cn he has a claim somewhere up In
the hills. '
" 'Where does ho camp ? '
" 'In thcro. mostly , ' said the slore kepper.
polnt'ng ' to the saloon next door.
" 'Is he tlie'e now1 asked the stranger ,
with n look ot Interest , as bo took n tighter
grip on his bundle.
" 'No ; ho went up to his claim today , but
ho'll be back pretty soin. '
"It was a fact , Jones had actually gene out
that morning to make a bluff at working his
claim , but wo know he would bo back lonfi
before night.
" 'Guess I'll wait till ho comes , ' said the
Blranger , aflcr a thort silence.
"Tho fellow stood nround for a little while
AS If undecided what to do. Ho volunteered
no Information about himself , and the curi
osity ot the boys wus arou&ed. The strange'
finally walked across the street , and select
ing n iilaco from wlilah ho could command a
view of the front door of the saloon , sat
down tin the ground , nnd opening his bundle
took out < i largo piece ot gingerbread , ami
began to eat.
"Word wns quickly pisspd around thai
ithero was a myslerhus-looklng stranger In
camp , looking for Bad Bill Jones , and the
bays began lo gatliuat the saloon In antici
pation of fun of some kind. No one went
near the stranger or made any attempt to
Icorn-lila name or his business with thu bad
man. Tboy knew they would not have long
to wait for developments , nnd the sympathy
of tbo entire crowd was with the odd-look
ing stranger.
"About nn hour Inter wo heard a yell down
tha street followed by two platol shots , nnd
wo knew that Jones had returned from hla
cliilni. ' Tlmt was his tiaunl signal to let the
hoys know that ho was In camp.
"Everyone mndo a rush for the saloon , nnd
when 1)111.walked ) In c few moments later he
demanded to know what wns up.
" "rhojp'B a now tenderfoot In camp ; came
up on tha wagon train ! Freshest looking chap
you aver , eawl1 volunteered the bartender.
" 'Now/tenderfoot 1 Whoop ! That's good !
Trot him' but. I'll make him dance and then
buy drinks fpr the crowd , Just by way of In
troduction .to the cnmp ! ' roaro.l Hill , and to
emphasize his words ho drew a pair of slv-
Blmntern and sent a couple of ballots through
the roof ,
" 'Woe , Is he ? Hrlng him out and clear
the Yloor tor a dance ! ' shouted Jones as he
ewnpnered up to the bar ,
"Just then the door opened and the crowd
Ina'do ' made way for the stranger , who came
In very quietly.
"At sight of the odd-looking flguro Jones
uttered another war cry , and , pulling his
pIcUols , bugan to shoot holes In the floor
nround .tha feet of the stranger. Thu slouch
hat of Hid' latter was pulled so low as to al
most entirely conceal his face.
" 'Dance- , you ! ' Dnnco for the boys ,
and bo lively about It ! I'm b d Bill Jones ,
from Bitter Creek , and I run this camp ! "
"AH ho shouted this cotnand Jonra Kent
A buljet Into the floor , right between the feet
of tlio'tr nger ,
"To ( ho surprise of the boys the stranger
neither dqnced , ran nor begged for mercy ,
" 'William Jones1 !
"It was the piping voice of the stranger ,
nnd , as ho gpoko he sprang forward and
rnadn u grib nt the taniled beard of the
Dad M -tram flitter Creek.
"Good .Lord , it's her ! ' cried Jones , when
ho lies'rd.tUp voice of the stranitcr ,
"Tho elx-shnotera drrpped from the hands
of the bad , man , and ho made a wild rush
for the bark door , It wan all to tudJen
and unexpected lhat no ono made a move to
Mrp him. Ho reached the door and tbo
e'rrot al | right , but thg ttranger was close
at 1U | heu ! , and we heard the piping voice
shouting'Como hero , William ) You can't
lose mo any , more , '
"Once In the street , Jones ran for all he
wa worth , but he wore heavy cowhide boots
tad tUo race was a short one , .Tha stranger
overtook him fl block awiy nnd , getting a
good grip and twist on his long lulr and
Uoard , tangled togo'hcr , led him back lo the
saloon as meek ns a lamb.
"All the fight wa $ gone from the bad man
and he was bl'gglng like a whipped child ,
when the stringer yankeJ him Into the middle -
dlo ot the room.
"Hacking Jones up against the bar , the
stranger r6movcd the slough hat and dis
closed the long , black' hair of a woman.
" 'Excuso me'gentlemen , ' she said , facing
the crowd , 'f n6vcr had to do nothing like
this before , ' glancing At the outlandish
trousers and coat she wore. 'William Jones
hero Is my h'usbaml. I'm his wife , Mary
Ann. Ho ni'n away and left me down In
Missouri. I always kept him straight at
home , but when ht ? got away from me he
tiled to make folks think he could light , '
" 'No , William , you ain't going to leave
me. '
"Mrs. Jones gave the1 btnrd of the bad man
another twist when she saw him glancing
atound , as If looking for a wny of escape.
" 'Now , thtro ain't n hit of fight In my
luifband. Ho never fought n man In his
life. Did you , WUIIam ? He's too lazy lo
fight or to work , but he ain't the sline when
hs's away from me. He gets foolish notions
In his head , and he' Is always talking uboiit
fighting. Ho ran away and left nui twlco
before , but I always brought him back. When
I heard that ho was up hero calling himself
Bad Hill Jones from Blller Creek I know
it wns time for mo to come for him. I
didn't want to take no chances of his giving
me the slip , so I put on these , ' with another
glance at the clothes.
" Tin much obliged to you men for keep
ing hands.off and not going against a poor ,
lone woman , with n worthless husband to
manage.V9'H start back for Missouri to
morrow , and. when I g t William homo this
tlmo he'll behave himself , won't you Wil
liam ? '
"The answer of William was drowned In
the shouts of approval from the crowd. The
storekeeper proposed Ihrec cheers for Mrs.
Mary Ann Jones , and they were given with n
will.
will."Next day , when she marched out , holding
the ponltcnt and discouraged William by tln >
hair and they climbed up on the wagon to be
gin ths return trip to Missouri , wo gave
her an ovation.
"We never had another bad man In that
mining cnmp. "
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.MA.vci : WITH A I'.VTAI , KXIMXIJ.
l'.lllll-IIK | > llt lU-KllIM II PilMt tll > , Wllldl
ICnilH In Stilvlilr.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. IS. According to the
Globe-Democrat Nellie Norman , the pretty
23-year-old woman who committed suicide
here yesterday by taking a dose of carbolic
acid , wns Nellie Anderson , a former belle of
Fresno , Cal. . whose father Is one of the
wealthiest mfefi ilvInK there. Her story Is n
most roinantlr nnd In some respects unusual
one. Several ! years ago she ran away with
and married , against the wishes of her par
ents , Matt Vltowlcfi , ono of. her father's
gardeners. They , , v-cnt to Stockton , where
her father found them. He took the blow
as philosophically as possible and set his
sen In-law up In business. Two weeks later
hu heard that his daughter had left her hus
band nnd gone east.
It became known afterwards from a letter
sent by Nolllc to her mother that she had
gone to Chicago , where she got employment
In a cloak house. This she luft sometime
afterward because of on Insult offered by
an cmploycrj- Miss Nellie then becimo an
artlst's'moilel and as such she was in great
demnnd.becaUKO of her beauty. She posed for
one artlat.'the acceptance of whose medallion
over that of other artists , undoubtedly su
perior , caused a deal of trouble In the
World's Fjlr.board. . . It was while posing
for artists that the girl maintained she was
ru'ned. ' Then she changed her name to Nel'.le
Norman.
Uoyle , .tho great sculptor , whose works of
art on the Transportation building of the
World's fair are well remembered , had been
searching In vain for a suitable model for
one of the figures In his group , "Naviga
tion. " He finally selected Nellie Norman ,
who became famous as a model. Her Bo
hemian" life1 however , was too much for her ,
and In six months the form over which
artists had raved was gone and her beauty
faded and then there was but ono course
left open to her. She followed It. Some
tlmo afteriliWorld's fair closed Nellie
Norman came here and applied for aid at the
Hophzlbah home , where she was received on
a promise to reform. She became 111 and was
taken to the City hospital , where she wrote
to her father In California for help. The
reply she received said her mother was dead
nnd that because of the life she wns living
the father could not have his daughter re
turn to his 'roof. Nellie drifted again Into
her fast life , and , becoming sick and dlscour-
nged. finally decided to end the struggle by
death.
The ( iriuiUcKt IConuMly.
Mr. H. B. Greeve. merchant of Chllowle ,
Va. , certifies that he had consumption , war
given up to die , sought all medical treat
ment that money wculd procure , tried nil
cough remedies ho could hear of , but got
no relief ; spent many nights sitting up In a
ehalr ; was Induced to Iry King's New Dis
covery , and was cured by USD ot two bet
tles. For "poet three ypars has been at
tending to business , and r < ays Dr. King's
Now Discovery Is tbe grandest remedy over
made , as it has done so much for him end
also for others In his community. Dr. King's
New Discovery Is guaranteed for coughs ,
cold , * and consumption. It don't fall. Trial
bottle free at Kulm & * . Co.
O.I\UHUI. ; i\ Tin : cou\
S. K. Klaer In Cleveland lender.
Up on the hill where the sweet breeze Is
blowing ,
I sou the long rows of the ripening corn ;
There by the fence where the tall grasti Is
growing ,
Is tlio jug of sweet elder , beneath the
white thorn ,
And the swish of the cutters that cleave
through the stalks ,
And the song of tht > wind , as It blows
through the shocks ,
Como as plainly again as they did on the
day
That I throw down the cutter and strulted
away.
I see the big , yellow , ribbed pumpkins
that cover
The ground where the corn has been
taken away-
All , { hero' Jj u flock ot wild geese flying
over ,
Hound for some far-distant southern
bay ,
And I hear the stern tones of my father
"gain. -
HUdlng md go , as ho coldly did then ,
And again' In my throat I can feel the
lump rise ,
And again ' ( he hot tears tumble out ot my
eyes }
O , for the hill " where the sweet breeze Is
blowing ,
As In the fair -autumn It ever blows
there !
0 , for a taste of tho-sweet rider flowing
Out of the Jug tilted lilgh In the air !
O , for a rest from the roar and the rush ,
From the pushing , " ( lie crowding , the car
nage , the cruib !
O , for the swish .lot 'tho blades through the
stalk * ,
And tho'coiiR of the wind , as It blows
o shocku !
But the hill's far away , and the years
have been speeding *
Some olher la cutting the corn that
wivt'i , there , ,
And the wind singB away through the shocks ,
all unheeding
The- pain that 'grow out of a foolish af
fair ! -1- i
0 , ( or a alght of .tile' corn on the hill ,
0 , for t'.io ' sound , of X voice that la still ,
< And O. for { he years that bavo sped elnco
the d yi (
That I threw ; . . down tbo cutter aud
strutted away ,
SHOT IN THE SICK OF TIHK
The Killing of tin Arizona Terror Abonl
Commit Murder ,
A GUERRILLA TURNED- HIGHWAY ROBBER
lion- ( lie .MornliiK dint U'IIN lo llnvo
ItroilKliI Dl-ntli 4o Illx ( iucxt
1'rovril II IH Lit * ! Shot liy a
31 iw I oil 11 .Sen lit.
" 1 tint ] not been long In Arizona , where I
went In 1SGG to take charge ot the Deloro
mine , before I heard a great deal of tha
doings of Ciptaln Casenovc , " said Luther 1) .
Amnion ot Lea AnRclcs to a representative
of the New York Sun. "It was revealed at
the end that his name was an assumed
one , but simmering down and sitting qll
that was told of him , It Is p'otty certain
that he was a confederate army ofllcer In
the civil war who conducted a guerrilla
warfare with such savagery that at the endIng -
Ing he had no hope of amnesty nnd went to
Mexico , ns so many ox-confederates did at
that period. In a tow months he reappeared
north of the border , In Ar.lzona , and it about
the same time there began a'soMca of rob
beries of stages and emigrant trains that
made the epoch a memorable one In the
> \ung territory's history. Northerners nnd
southerners alike were plundered , but In
case of the former , outrages and unp-ovol < etl ,
cold-blooded murder oftifii accompanied thu
robbery. Gradually suspicion ripened Into
certainty that Captain Casenove had n hand
In these robberies , ami with the Inquiry
raised by this discovery the captain kept
away from the settlements and stayed pretty
much In the mountains , except when business
called him down to thu stage and wagon
trolls. The rcblcMea went on end , of couiso ,
everyone now was laid to him.
"There were warrants In plenty out
against him soon and then came rewards foi1
his capture by the territory , by the counties
in which crimes had been committed that
were laid to him , and by the express and
stage companies. Ilut there were not so
many men trying to get those rewards as cm
might expect , for there was a good deal of
risk In the undertaking. The captain had
the nnmtj ot being absolutely desperate , cool ,
and ready with weapons , and determined
never to bs taken alive. In his gang of fol
lowers , which never exceeded four or five
In number , there was said to be one or two
of the guerrillas who had served In his com
mand during the war. and had the same rea
sons for never suffering themselves to be
taken alive that he had.
"His robbery ot the Mexican dlllgencla be
tween Tucson and He moslllo In Sonora will
givs an Idea ot the worthy captain's methods.
With two followers he stopped the dlllgcnla.
nnd standing the passengers , three Americans
and two Mexicans , no by the roadside , dis
armed and robbed them. Then as the rob
bers started away one of , tlie Mexicans , who
had secreted a plpjol In some way , llred after
them. At once thej returned and shot the
five passengers down in the roadway , leaving
them fo : dead. Ilut one of the live , an Amer
ican survived his wounds- tell the story.
I'EIIILS OF THE JOUKNEY.
"It was on an October day that I started on
horseback alone to ride to the Deloro mine
In the Juarlca mountains. It was a long day's
ride , and In trying to make a short cut to the
camp I lost my way. Night came on and
found me following a bridle path along a
canyon on n very tired licrse. The night was
cold and frosty , as the October nights always
arc In the A1 Izona mountains , and I had m
grnb or blankets ; but I madeup my mind
to camp down , build a fire und pass thu night
the best I could , as soon as I should come tea
a place where there was grass enough for
my horse to pick up a feed. It was 7 o'clock
and tbe stars were bright in the sky when I
came to-whe'e the canyon opened Into n little
grassy valley ; and , near the center .of this
valley , stood a. jacal , as the Mexicans call
the one-room huts which they build , whore
timbois plentiful , of upright posts chinked
with mud. Near the hut three horses were
feeding about their picket pins. - ,
"Through the one unglazrd window and the
door , partly open , streamed a light , and I
knew I had struck a ylaco where white people
of some sort were staying. Without hesita
tion I rode up nea- the ja'ial and gave a call.
Instantly the sound of voices ceased within ,
the light was extinguished , and there was n
clicking of gun hammers. Through the door
way came the words shaip and stern :
" 'Who are you ! What are you doing
here ? '
" 'I'm the superintendent of the Deloro
mine , ' I answered. 'I saw your light and
rode up to see If I could get a bite to eat.1
"The door was flung wide open and I saw a
man standing In the doorway , a carbine In
tils hand , Heblnd blm , I could see Indis
tinctly , were others , and I was" sure that all
of them were ready , at the least suspicion , to
turn loose with their firearms , on me. I be
gan to wish that I had not been in such a
hurry to let my presence be known. There
was a whispered consultation In the doorway ,
and then the man In view tailed to me :
" 'All right. Take the saddle off your ho-se
and come ! n. '
IN THE HOME OR THE RODI1ERS.
"They watched me from the doorway as
I unsaddled my horse au'd picketed him out
to Kinzc. Then with my saddle and brldlo
In my arm I approached the cabin and the
man In the door made way for mo to enter.
The light , a pine knot stuck In the chinking
of the wall , had been relighted , and'showed
me the bare Interior of the hut and the
faces of three ns villainous-looking men as
It ever has been my luck to see. Two of
them were the typical mine camp toughs ,
hardened , despernto-lpoklng1 fellows of the
'way low down variety'who live by robbery ,
and usually , sooner or later , get shot or are
rounded up by a lynching party. The third
man , plainly the loader and of a inn -li higher
typo than the others , was thu most dangerous
looking man of the "three. He was above the
medium height , erect and' slender , evidently
very muscular , and he'carried himself with
an nlr that suggestdd n military training.
Ills eyes were cold and piercing , his featured
tine and regular , and his clean-shaven face
revealed a determined , cruel mo'jtli , with
thin , straight lips. There was something In.
oxorablo and remorseless In the lines of his
face , deeply tanned by exposure to sun and
wind , and although I nqvor Ijiid seen him be
fore I knew that he wart Captain Casenove.
Hut I was In for It now and there was noth
ing to do save make the best of my sit
uation.
"A little flro was smouldering In the stone
fireplace. At a signal from the leader one
of the men put a. .coffeq pot on the embers
and pointed to a , jllece' of bacon hanging
against the wall. I'c'ut off a sllco with my
pocket knife , brolled.lt In 'the embers , and
with this and a piece of broad made my sup.
per , which I ata with far less appetite than
I had had an hour before , I know that my
only chanqo of pulling'through ' was to appear
confident and unconcerned , and , my supper
eaten , I seated myself 'on the floor there
were no chalra or henchesTtu the hut lighted
my pipe , and waited for whit might come.
No one had spoken to me while I was cookIng -
Ing and eating my supper , but the three had
gcno outside. Now , as they cams back , I
caujrht these words from the captain :
" 'There's no hurry. Wp'vo plenty of time
for that. There are some things to find out
first.1
"Seated on a roll of blankets opposite me ,
the captain began , to question me about my-
eelf and about what was golnhon in tt.o
settlements. There was no evading his relentless -
lentless eye > and keen Interrogatories , and I
answered him promptly and frankly. On onu
point only I trledcto deceive/him. telling him
that our paymaster would-go next week to
the mine to pay off tbe hands. This was to
get him off from nny'lijea .that I was llk'ly
to have a considerable amount of money with
mn , In point of fact , I liad seven Mexican
dollars , nothing more. He listened to all
I Raid with no expression of belief ur .Us-
belief , and at list' brought the interview
abruptly to a close by paying ;
A TRO&m.BU BtfKKP.
" 'That's all we have'to talk about tonight.
I reckon we'll turn In , Hero's a blanket.
You can make out with this and your saddle
blanket , '
"Ho motioned mejp the corner furthest
from the door , whprej Jtxpd my saddle for a
pillow and rolled'my self'In the blankets.
My revolver , will ) Ita .belt.And scabbard , I
placed by my head , Without a word the
captain walked over to me , took the weapon
and hung It on a peg over the place where
I he was to sleep. I did not think itvUu to
mftko any proles ! and pretended to * ko no
notlc of the OLctirronco. The three men
then unbuckled their belts each carried two
rovolveis , and there were three carbines
leaning In ono corner of tht room nnd lay
down between me nnd the door with their
pistols by them. The captain extinguished
the torch and all three seemed to go to sleep
at once ,
"Vou can InuRiiic what port of night I
passed. Tor hours I lay awake wondering
what the morning would bring , but I was
tired and fell t last Into n sound sleep.
From this 1 WHS aroused by the captain nhik-
Ini ? me by the shoulder. The gray dawn
wan Just lighting the cabin through the
( square window , to that 1 could dimly sec
the things about ma.
" 'Come , get up.1 ] he enld , In n tone In
which there wcs non * ot the shade of polite
ness that ho had used In questioning mo the
night before , 't 'wnnt you to take a walk
with me. '
"I was unarmed hnd virtually n prisoner ,
BO there was nothing to do but obey. Ho
thtcw open the ciMn door and waited until
I put on my strawr h t end paracd out ahead
of him , then motioned the direction In which
I WEC to go toward the rocky hillsides that
shut In the valley. A ravlmT led up among
the hills , end up .this he marched mo to 116
head at the crest ) of a rldgc. lleycnd this
opened n wild , jiMimt.ilnous country that
locked ns If the JcoL of man never had trod
It. Hero I stopp d > nnd faced him. lie was
carrying a cocksd revolver In his hand nnd
thcro was murderiln his eye.
" If > ou mean tri kill mo It may as well bo
doao hero ns for-me to walk nny further" 1
said. 'Is that what you mean to do ? '
" 'You hnve called the turn precisely , ' ho
snld , with n smile that was wickeder than n
sco'vl would have been. 'I regret the ne
cessity , but you were so unfortunate as to
como upon us In our retreat , and I can't let
you go nwny with the knowledge you have
pained. 1 can see that you know who I am.
Now. you will save yourself and mo some
trouble by turning round and continuing
your promenade.1
THE DEATH MARCH.
"The cold-blooded scoundrel was nctunlly
compelling mo to walk to the place where
ho proposed to murder and leave me , so as
to save himself nnd his companions the
trouble of carrying my body or burying it ,
as they would have to da If they killed me
at their cabin. I had made up my mind from
the beginning that It was a lost cause with
mo , ar/1 saw no use in putting matters off.
" 'Yen can kill me where I stand , ' I said.
'I will go 110 further. '
"Tho smile left his lips , which he sud
denly compressed so that they looked like
oie : > thin , straight line , and I saw by his
eye that he meant to shoot me where , f
stoed. Then , on the Instant , before he could
raise his pistol , there came from close to
one side a crashing report , and the cap
tain's revolver cracked , sending the bullet
Into the ground beside him ns he tottered
and fell , dead before he struck the ground.
The shot that killed him , came from an old
nrmy musket pointed through the bushes
and trailing vines that grow among seme
boulders a dozen paces to the right , and ,
while the echccs of HIP report still sounded
among the peaks the head of A Mexican ap
peared through the smoke locking to see If
hi ? aim had been sure. He gave onuquick , ,
wary glance around , then , krt'fo In'hand ,
leaped frcm his concealment to where the
captain lay and seized him by the hair , lift
ing the head from the ground. Two swift
cuts to left and right , a quick stab In the
back of the nuck. and he wn holding the
captain's hoa-J , severed from the body , by
the hair. Then , clutching his knife , he
glared n1. me.
" 'Who are you ? ' he demanded Ir. English.
'You his man ? '
" 'No , I was his prisoner. ' I answered.
'He was about to kill me. I am the superin
tendent of the Deloro mine. '
" * Hm ! All right ! ' said the Mexican. 'Come
with me. Dam quick ! Run1 !
THE RETREAT.
"But with all his haste he found time hur
riedly to ride the dead man's pc-jkots , even
pulling from beneath the shirt a medallion
that had hung from the neck by a silk cord.
Then seizing the captain's revolver he mo
tioned for me to take the musket and follow
him. Crouching , running. Jumping and slid
ing down declivities , keeping always under
cover against observation from behind , he led
the way 'down mountain-side at a pace I
found It hard lo follow. In a little canyon val
ley with precipitous sides n saddled horse was
picketed. The Mexican paused long enough lo
load his musket , then mounted the horse.
" 'Got up behind he. ' he said , which I did ,
and In Ihls way. riding double , wo made our
way out of the mountains. As wo jogged
along the Mexican told me his name , which
was Santiago Grljalba. He had acted ns scout
and trailer for thd government in various
Indian \\ars , and itempted by the rewards of-
fc'ed , had gone ihuntlng for Captain Casa
nova's head. Her had traced the outlaws to
their retreat In the imouiitalns , and for three
mornings had gene to a paint where he could
watch the Jacal , and there had waited to get
a sure shot at the outlaw chief. On this
morning , when the tcaptain left his compan
ions to march me * for execution up the defile
In the mountains ; his opportunity had come.
"There was no pursuit of us by the other
outlaws , and at noonwe came to a lltlle Mex
ican plazeta , whcra I was able to secure a
horse and saddle. I traveled with Grljalba
b'ack to Tucson , where his arrival with the
famous outlaw chief's head created an excite
ment that still Is remembered and talked of
by very old-timers there. He got his re
wards , I am happy to say. Including a sub
stantial gift from mo , and he had a sheriff's
posse back to the outlaw's tiome in the
mountains. There they found the two men
whom I had met there , and with them n
third ono that I had not seen. Demoralized
by the taking oft of tholr lender they had
hung about the place that they might have
known would soon be visited by officers or the
law once it was discovered ; and they surren
dered with little show of resistance.
"The medallion that Orijalba. took from
Captain Casanove'H body had been awarded
him by his state for gallantry in battle during
the civil war. It gave his real name , which
was not the ono he bo e in Arizona. It be
came known to but few , and is better for
gotten since tbo captain paid the debt for his
crimes. "
TOLD OUT OK COl'IlT.
In a recent 'Florida ' case for the replevin of
three cows the Judge was a Hnllock , another
Bullock was deputy sheriff and 'the opposing
counsel were also Bullocks.
Ono of those startling eruptions of Juris
prudence which sometimes occur in the
court of a Justice of the peace was recently
observed 'by ' a correspondent. In de
ciding an attachment case the magistrate ,
after paying duo tribute to the able argu
ment of counsel , announced : "I have given
the matter full consideration , and while
there Is some little conflict In the testimony
the Judgment of the court Is that the at
tachment should bo dissolved , but the goods
held. " This equals the originality of the
justice who Issued a habeas corpus for a
horse , <
Tlbbs stated that be went Into a restau
rant on Decatur street Saturday night , where
Thomas Is a clerk , and called for a 10-crnt
lunch , relates the Atlanta Conbtltutlon. The
beef did not suit him and' ' he asked that the
order bo refilled. When the good beef WOH
brought Thomas took the 10-cent check arid
handed him ono for 15 cents. Tlbbs declined
paying the extra f > cents and tore up the
IE-cent check. This angered Thomas and
ho pasted Tlbbs over the left eye with his
fist. Thomas stated to the court that he
gave Tlbbs no bono , but the meat hid some
gristle on it , The fresh order called I/or an
extra & cents , and that was why ho changed
the ticket. Ho did not strike Tibbs until
that gentleman bad cursed him ,
Other guests in the restaurant who were
present at the limu ; told the name story an
'HO' ' ARE WEAK
ROKEN DOWN
1SGOURAGED
Men whoaulTer f rum Ah o meet * of dltenjo , orer.
work , wonjr , from tbirfolllci of youth or tbe of-
ce ie of uionUooJ , ( loin uuimturnl Oralni , week ,
neil or lack of derulupment'of uny ortfun , failure of
Tllul forces , imtltnos * ' for irarrlare , all inch men
bould'"oome to tat fountain licud " for a aeientlBo
method nf rnarrelloui fovrr to vitalize , develop re-
tore , and itiiUln. Wa will mall u llhout oliuree
111 a ululn Denied ocnvclopo o farojihlct tlmt
TclU It All. Berthing cent unukcd.No cpo *
'lie , uo deception. ) Addresi
ERIE tWEDICAU CO.
64 NIAGARA STREtT. BUFFALO , N. V.
relftlwl br , Tlbbs , "ml dtfltml tint Thomas
ttrifoklhlBt .w h little or no provocation.
Then this 'is the way the recorder summed
It nil tip :
"hook hero , Mr. Thomas , you can't run A
realiuirAnt tint w y. You must run it to
feed folks nnil not to whip them. I win
dismiss the case aRnlliflt Mr. Tlbbs and will
flno Mr. Thomas $5 and conlfl ,
A story of how two Chicago lawyers RO !
a brother attorney to consult ft fortune tel
ler much lo their subsequent discomfort , has
Just leaked out mid Is mnUltiR the llvca of
these two eminent legal Hfilits a biirdrn.
The story , Recording to the News , grows
out of a 10,000 suit which these two law
yers ono of them a member of the state
legislature were prosecuting. The attorney
on the other side was a nervous little man
of oxcltnlilo temperament nnd n leaning to
ward theosophy and things supernatural.
The two who represented the plaintiff had
what they considered n good case and weren't
losing any sleep over It. One of them ho
of the legislature was of a waggish turn of
mind and thought ho saw a good opportunity
to have sonic fun with his opponent. Ho
know of an old woman on the North Sldo who
professed to be the seventh daughter ot the
seventh wlto of a seventh son , or something
of that sort , who for $5 would reveal the
past , present , future and anything clso that
cannot bo scun without the aid of an In
growing vision. To her ho went , told her his
opponent's name , the nature of the case In
hand and promised to pay her a double fee
It eho would , .when ( ho defendant lawyer
called on her , tell him that unless ho settled
at once the cisc would bo his ruination.
Then the attorney got a mutual friend to
go to lite opponent and cmifldo to htm that a
rare and wonderful woman lived on the
north sldo who could tell a man everything
from the number of grape seeds he had swal
lowed to the color of hla prospective mother-
In-law'B hair. . The friend entered Into the
spirit of the affair and saw that the opposing
counsel wns Introduced to the woman of tri
angular sight , Of courae he asked about his
$10,000 case , and the old woman , after mak
ing an Impression by exploiting a few glit
tering generalities on his life , gave him the
wholti history of the suit ami said that un
less he settled It at once It would end to his
utter ruin and disgrace.
So much was the lawyer Impressed with
the old woman's ability to solve destinies
that for a' week he Worried like a man with
n broken simpendcr. All the tlmo the attor
neys on the other side were taking life easy
and rubblns ; their palms together gleefully.
Finally the excitable little fellow could bear
It no longpr and he went to one of the best
lawyers In thu city and retained him on the
case. The consequence was that when It
came to trial the two who had been spending
their time enjoying their huge joke were
taken by surprise and given ono of the mont
beautiful drubbings any ono over received.
si/.vrnTKuii > TIIIIKIvoivis. .
llrnvory of nV < iiunii In tinVllilM of
Had It not been for the fearlessness of
his brave mother , 12-year-old Otto Oewohr-
son , son of a frontier farmer In Jllnneso a ,
would probably hnve fallen n victim to tfto
hunger of a pack of timber wolves.VJille
guarding a pack of sheep which were grazing
ing- near the house young Otto was at
tacked by three of these ferocious brutes ,
Ho flew up n tree and ro > ircd lustily for
nh ) . His mother hoard Ills cries , nl ,
strong with the strength ot that wonderful
maternal love which will Impel n mother
to risk nny danger to r.escue lier Imperiled
offspring , sh came to tils aid , snatching up
n keen. double-hlKc.l me whlMi lay at the
woodpllo as she r\n. She reached the tree ,
at the foot of which I tin wolves still stood ,
and wltlullt a moment's pause attacked
them. '
Had Mrs. newchreon been n man the
wolves would in nil probability have klllod
her , ns one of tlicm. when cornered IR more
than a match for the strongest nnd most
expert axmati. Dut being a woman facing
the most desperate odds In defense of her
child , she killed all thieo and rocapcd un
harmed.
The boy ihnd been left by his father In
charge of the flock , armed with nn old nrmy
musket loaded with buckshot , and nccom-
panled by a. faithful shepherd dog. After
keeping n strict watch .over his charges for
some time and not believing nny wolves to
bo In the vicinity , he strolled a short dis
tance away lookltig for .something to shoot
nt , when his attention ' ' .was suddenly at-
tmcted by the sounds of desperate combat
and the mad rush vf .the sheep In his di
rection. The little fellow then discovered
that , hls fnlthful dog wns engaged l a strug
gle with four full-grown wolves , lilko the
brave little frontiersman that ho was he
did not hesitate to rush lo the rescue , Be
fore he could reach the scene of conflict ho
came full upon ono of the wolves , which had
left 'his comrades to finish the dog , and
having caught a fine owe had cut her
throat with hU long , lancet-like fangs and
was greedily drinking her gushing blood.
A well-directed shot suit the brute limping
away , but served to nttnwt the attcntbti of
the others , now ravenous from Uic taste ot
the blood of the dog 'they had left for dead ,
anl they all rushed at him.
The youngster was as agile as ho had been
bravo , and went up a tree like n cat , and
had It not been for his mother's timely as
sistance , who rushed tipoii' the scone at th-.o
moment , ho would probably have not lived
to tell the story.
Otto Qcwuhrson , sr. , had managed , besides
clearing up nnd breaking a nice llttlo farm ,
to raise nn equally nice little lamlly ot copies
ot himself and n nock of line-blooded sheep ,
both of which did him great credit. Itelng
In the almost primitive wilderness , ho had
suffered a deal of annoyance , as well as of
lots , from the t'.eprcdatlons of timber wolves ,
which abound throughout the thinly settled
portions ot H.-tski county. Uy Careful
watching of his flock , keeping peed shepherd
dogs , a liberal distribution ot poison and the
setting of traps for the marauders of the
forest , ho 1'ad ' managed to give the wolves
an impression that his farm wan a good
place to light shy of. During { his summer
he hail no trouble with them and had con
cluded that they hid lott his neighborhood
altogether. He took the skins of the dead
wolves to the county scat to claim the
bounty on them. The three hides bore wit
ness , mute but Incontestable , to t'.ie truth
of his words. All three were gashed aiU
cut na If they had been through n contest
with a buzz saw , nnoVlio one seeing th"in
and hearing Otto's Ktory would over dntibt
the prowess of our frontier housewives.
There are others hilt none "just as good"
H Dr. Davis' AiiU-Headnclio.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD " CASTORIA , " AND
" PITCHER'S CASTORIA , " AS OUR TRADE MARK.
I , DR. SAMUEL PITCHER , of Hyannis , Massachusetts ,
was the originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA , " the same
that lias borne and does now " S/ftf-A-ZiZ1"t every
- -
bear the fac-simile signature of w z > J/2&S < ? swrapper. .
This , ia the original "PITCHER'S CASTORIA" which has been
used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought , / * * ? / / & - " on M'B
and has the signature of ( tSfz/7 cU > faM wrao-
per. No one has authority from me to use my name ex
cept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is
President.
March 8 , 1897.
TMC CCNTAUn COMPANY , TT MURRAV TRCCT , NEW YORK CITY.
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431 W. M7th St. , NEW YORK CITY.
May 9th , 18U7.
I have used Wine of Carclui for over two months and it has improved
my health wonderfully. I had piles , and at each monthly period I was
in perfect agony. I am now practically
well. And I do thank God for Wine of LADIES' ADVISORY DEPARTMENT.
Cardui. I don't feel safe unless I have ForndTlcolncaietrequlrlue ape-
clal directions , uddren , siring Bjrmp-
it in my house. My friends are going to tomi , Ladttt' Advtiury firpartmtnt ,
it . Miss MARY L. BRIGGS. ) 'riioC'bultiinoocuMeillclueCo.
use too. . . \ Cbattunooga , Tenn.
Sluhlenberg Co. , Ky , STANFORDVILI.R. a * .
April 29tli , J897. Alay 9th , 1897 ,
For the last flvo or nix yuura my mother Jly the u > e of V/Ino of Cardui anil
has given mo a battle or two of Wine of niack > DruuKht I havi brcoma a mother
Cardui every Bnrlng. It IB the only medi with not more than one-tenth of the imln
cine that dees uo any Rood , I could not I always had before , I can honestly rs-
bo without U. We can recommend It to commend It to all women who bear chil
all females who nutter. dren. HU a ureat tonic.
HLONINE L. GIBBS. Mrs. M. J. HHHOPSIIIRE.
There is , ( wonderful unanimity about what
American women say of Wine of Cardui. The
same story comes from every part of the con
tinent. The earnest words of thousands of
our best women show what Wine of Cardui
has done. They make it very plain that to
equip a .woman . properly for the duties of wifehood -
hood and motherhood there is nothing so good
as Wine of Cardui. If a woman has "whites" ,
or falling of the womb or painful or irregular
menstruation Wine of Cardui will relieve her.
It has cured thousands of such cases. It is
the right medicine to give you relief. You
can buy it at any drug store and take it in the
privacy of your home. 1.00 per bottle.