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THE OMAITA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1002.
JiEMESIS ON THE "BAD MAN"
Bur af Fat Garratt, Faaois Law Official
. f tha lottkwMt. ,
HOW ONE TERROR WAS RUN DOWN
Brief atrenaana Mfe ot 'BM!t ' th
KM" SB wed -Off Gen ta Actios
limfi for a. Federal
OIBee. , j
In a long llat of nomlnattona aent from
the White Honse to the senate recently ap
pear! tbe name of Patrick J. Garrett e(
Las Crupf, N. M., for collector of customs
at El Taao. To the aTerege reader there
la little In the name to dlBttnamlsh tt from
acorea of others, but the man who beara It
has a record for distinguished serrlce and
unsurpassed daring, rlrallng the beat of
border fiction. Aa a la officer Pat Oarrett
Is a true example ' the atrenuoua life In
the aouthweit, and 'ula nomination must
hive been pecul;arljr gratifying to Prtaldent
RooseTelt.
The southwest has been a prolific field
for "bad" men. and fairly profitable also,
but their celling waa net conducive to
longevity. Pat Oarrett waa their avenging
angel, relentless in pursuit, awlft aa light
ning with a gun, unerring In aim, aa modest
as he is courageous, and under bis gen
eralship as Vnlted States deputy and sheriff
of various counties for twenty years past
the crop of border bad men grew beauti
fully less, and finally disappeared. Those
Who elected to remain' and continue busi
ness were soon "planted" without cere
mony. tory of "Billy the Kid."
Mr. Garrett's first great triumph aa pro
moter of law and order happened twenty
years ago when be rid the' country of
"Billy the Kid." The exploits of thla notor
loua desperado are often confounded with
those of the '"Apache Kid." They belong In
the ssme clsss, but the former waa a New
Yorker born and the latter an Indian grad
uate graduate of Carlisle. The right name
cf "Billy the Kid", waa William Bonney.
He waa 11 years of age when the family
nettled In Santa Fe, In 1870. Later the
family moved to Silver City, N. H., a min
ing camp of 1,000 people. It waa' an Ideal
settlement for the hustler and the des
perado, and young Bonney grew up In an
atmosphere of pistol smoke and poker. He
aoon Imbibed the nervous necessity for kill
ing somebody; he must fix his social status
His surroundings taught blm , that In no
other way could he be regarded aa a south-
Western success. The sooner he got a notch
on the handle of his pistol the sooner ha
would be regarded aa In full southwestern
fellowship. At the age of 14 he killed hla
tnan. When he reached 21 and a bole on
tlie hlllalda be had at least twenty killings
lo his credit.
At the time of hla later depredations,
when hla career aa a salaried cowboy had
been ended by his samerous escapades and
deliberate murders committed aa an out
come of the feud between rival cattle own
era, Pat Oarrett was living upon a ranch
sear Roawell, on the Pecoa river. Billy and
hla follqwers were stealing horses and cat
tle and selling them to people who did not
make close Inquiry as to bow be came In
possession of the stock and spending his
money lavishly In saloons ln the settle-
ments. where no officer of the law dared
. disturb him. When some official, full of
seal and taunted by hla associates, did or
ganize a strong poese and start an expe
dition to "round up" the Kid be bad Innu
merable frlenda who always gave him
timely, warning 'and who assisted blm to
escape until ' the pursuit waa abandoned.
No one eared to have the 111 . will of the
outlaw and many cultivated hla. friendship
as a matter of policy. Garrett held a cord
mlsalon as deputy United States marshal,
but be never bold an official position In
the county , where he lived. He bad taken
no part lq any of the expeditlona against
the Kid and bad preferred what peace be
could obtain In a region where cowboys
were atealing stock for their employers
from rival cattle companies and where two
factlona were commit ing murder, arson and
- robbery all the time.
Bhovlna; the Queer,
i
A detective In the employ of the. treas
ury department came to Garrett at Ros
well with Information, that large sums -of
countsrfeit money were being circulated In
Lincoln bounty, the money being used to
purchase cattle in Mexico of the Ignorant
Mexlcana, or being passed wherever an op
portunlty' offered. At the auggestlon of
Oarrett a man waa selected to Join the sup
, posed gang or counterfeiters.' The mau
selected waa Barney Mason, who bad Just
been asked by the counterfeiters t Join
them lq their endeavor to dispose of S304
000 In the fraudulent currency. Maaon waa
surprised' when he arrived, in Roawell to
find that Oarrett bad already become aware
ot the presence of counterfeit money In tba
county, and after telling hla atory of bla
Interview with the schemers , Mason wsa
employed to act the detective. He aet out
tor White Oaks to Join the counterfeiters
and met his -men Jn a livery stable, where
be also found the Kid with two other out
laws biding from Justice tdr various of
lenses. V
Mason was well known to the three out
laws, for he had alwaya'been en friendly
tarma with tbem. They accos
ted him cor-
huitini hail
brought him over to White Oaks.- Mason's
reply Intimated that bo waa intending to
"take In" a herd of horses supposed to be
hear that place. The kid waa auspicious
and, taking the other man aside, be advised
the Immediate killing ot Mason before tbey
made another move. But the otbera wanted
so more trouble than waa necessary and
they refused to permit the Kid to satisfy
bis thirst, for blood by making Maaon one
mora victim. Meanwhile Mason waa not
idle. He gave prompt Information to the
White Oaka offlctala of the secret presence
ot the Kid and bia band in the livery atable.
That Bight the Kid slipped away nd when
a large posse ' of citizens surrounded tha
atable they were met by the astonished pro
prietors, who were willing enough to per
mit a search, declaring that the Kid had
not been aeen by them for a long time. Two
weeks latsr be wss captured by Garrett and
a band of cowboys. His trial took place
In Lincoln county, N. M., resulting ta con
viction aud aentenced to be hanged.
, I'laaateBT Ku-ssr.
Oarrett put the Kid In the charge of two
two deputies by the names of Olllnger and
Bell. These men. If reputation has an
honest ' tongue, ahould have both been
banged before-Billy the Kid waa born. How
ever. In the vKlssltudes and. the tendency
to get things wrong end up, which even
now prevail in southwestern quarters, thx
were officers of tba law.
They au the Kid penned up In a little
'dobe Jail. To watch blm daya more at
their comfort they used to keep him up
atalra the dobe building having two
stories. A 'dobe Jail ,1s after all ne gr-at
: obstruction to an Industrious prisoner. Ha
will cut through the dry side of it very
readily. Tha Kid bad broken out . a 'dobe
construction, which waa the Laa Vegas
bastlle.' and bad walked off. To prevent
anything of the rort after he waa aentenced
to be banged and bud become a prisoner
of considerable magnitude, either Olllnger
or Bell or both were with him all the time.
' Matters ro on tor several days. Garrett
stmself waa away. It waa i.bout noon. Ol
lQfr a aa cleaning ft ten-gauge breach-
loading shotgun. Bell eat there en a stool
talking to blm. 'The Kid waa listening, but
doing nothing. As Olllnger got through hla
gun cleaning he put a couple of cartridges
Into the piece, with the remark:
There's Just twenty-one buckshot ' In
each cartridge."
"What are you loading that gun for?" In
quired the Kid, with auspicious acorn.
"I'm loading It for you," said Olllnger,
1th a rather aavage glare. Thla excited
Bonney'a wratb.
"You may get It yourself." be retorted,
and then poured forth a current of south -
western vituperation which almost carried
Olllnger off hla feet.
Shooting Begins.
Olllnger put the shotgun in a sort of
locker which waa fastened to the wall, and
which contained an assortment of shot
guns, Winchesters and Sharp's rifles tor use
when the arm ot Justice .should stand in
need. He locked It up and told Bell he
would go to dinner and then come back and
relieve him. Bell still sat on a stool read-
ng a paper. The Kid, whose fury at the
shotgun Incident seemed unusual, hsstlly
msde up hla mind to bring matters to a
focus. He waa rather to the rear ot Bell,
whose six-shcoter hung carelessly on his
hip. The Kid msde up hla mind to acquire
it. That would be a good beginning, and
be hoped for much. He cautiously slipped
oft bis left handcuff, slid off hjs chair and
atarted toward Bell. Bell heard hla leg
locks rattle and realized. his danger aa If
a rattlesnake had spoken. He never looked
back, but tutda a Jump Ilka an antelope
toward the atalrs. The Kid waa even
quicker. Ha rushed upon 'Bell ind , suc
ceeded in grasping hla six-shooter and, tak
ing it from the acabbard, and aa Bell fled
down the atalra be shot him twice, and Bell
curled up on the landing at the bottom very
successfully killed. ' '
Of course the town heard the shooting.
and naturally Olllnger atarted for the acene
on a run. The cttlsena generally stood
handa off. The Kid had many friends who,
while not saying much and taking no ap
parent aide, would atill readily haje re
lented any attempt to Interfere, with him
on the part of anybody not an accredited
officer of the law. It was the sheriff's bus
iness to take "Billy the Kid." That his
friends all conceded. -
The Kid had killed Bell and be knew that
Olllnger waa ou the run for the scene of
action and he made up hla mind to kill him
with that villain of a shotgun which bad
been loaded only a (ew minutea before, aa
Olllnger aaid, for him. He tore open the
locker, got the gun Just In time to appear
at a side window and observe Olllnger
drawing toward the door to come in. Tho
Kid hailed htm:
"Say, Olllnger!" ' ' ,
The deputy eherlff looked up and with
out a word the Kid gave him both, barrels
plumb in the face and breast. Olllnger
fell dead, and then the Kid'a rage broke out
again like 'a volcano. With a tremendous
effort be broke the gun in two acrosa his
knee and from the window burled stock
and barrels at Olllnger.
I'll teach this son of a thief," aaid the
Kid, "to load ehotguna for me."
-Cheered Oat of Tows.
He tben picked up a Winchester, worked
It once to make BUi-e that it waa loaded,
belted on some fifty cartridges, took hla pis
tol and appeared In the front porch of the
building, and being on the aecond atory, It I
gave him a proud outlook over the street, j
Probably 200 people were there. Some, no
doubt, were anxloua to recapture the Kid.
Others were not. No one cared to mingle
with him, armed aa be waa and In bla mood
of blood. Without wasting mucb time, the
Kid suddenly presented his Winchester at
the clerk of the court, whom he alghted In
the throng. He ordered blm to atand still
or be shot. He then gave the citizens a
mandate to aend a blacksmith up to file
bla irons off. If it were not done at once,
be would ahoot the clerk. The blacksmith
appeared and the Irona were filed Off. When
free the' Kiel signalised it by dancing a
small Jig. He then demanded that bis pony
be brought out and , aaddled. This waa
dose. -
Aa baa been atated several times, there
were plenty of men In the .crowd who were
more than- willing to assist In the Kid's
escape, so that bia demands for a black
smith and for hla pony ware probably more
quickly complied with than otherwise would
have been the case. He . came . down
mounted. In the foolish bravado of his na
ture he began spurring the horse about and
exciting blm In various cowboy fashions,
and the restless beast, which hadn't found
any employment lately, bucked Bonney off.
He at once got up and bunted the clerk
with bia Winchester, for It aeema this fool
hardy official was still atandlng around, and
insisted that he would eitber have hla pony
caught for him or aend the aforeaald clerk
on the long trail. The pony waa caught,
and thla time the Kid rode away. v Aa he
got to a point In the trail where a point et
rocks waa going to hide him from further
sight be turned, Waved hla eombrero and
yelled: ' . , -
"Three cbeera for 'Billy the Kid."
He then gave three cheers himself with
great gusto, nobody Joining..
When Garrett got. back ha at'. once aet
about the Kld'a capture.- There waa several
thousand dollars reward on the man, dead
or alive, and another thing, Garrett'a pride
waa involved aa sheriff of Lincoln county.
He could not afford to atand Billy's escape.
Tracked to Hla Lair.
The Kid bad a love affair of rather a
I loose and Irregular sort, but strong enough
I to lead blm atralght to the object' of hla
affections. Tbere wai a fellow . In Ne
Mexico by the name of Pete Maxwell. This
Maxwell waa half rancher , and halt tblet.
Bonney'a inamorata waa the balf-breed
daughter ot Maxwell by a Mextoan wife and
It waa for Pets Maxwell's ranch the Kid
started when he found himself tree. Some
bow Oarrett knew which .way the Kid waa
pointing,
arrett had seven or eight people with
him. Tbey went straight . to Maxwell's
ranch, which waa a dirty little 'dobe affair
in the Lincoln county hill. It waa nlghtfal
when tbey got there a moonlight night,
They were two or three days behind the
Kid. - Gsrrelt hid his men in a dark arroya
about forty or fifty rods from. Maxwell's
house. He waa going up to the ranch bouse
alone. "
"If I'm not back in half an. hour," aaid
Garrett, "came up. If you bear shooting,
come and come a-runnlng.'
He then went up to Maxwell's bouse,
making the trip on toot ao aa not to at
tract, attention. , It waa dark, except for
the 'moonlight. He rapped at the door,
which waa opened, and Maxwell feebly in
vltsd blm to come In. Maxwell was sick
and lying on hla blankets la, a corner. No
onu else happened to be in algbt, so Gar
rett's coming was not 'known at the time
except 1 to Maxwell. Ot icourae Maxwell
knew Garrett and Maxwell feared Garrett
His own criminal acta were well enough
known to Oarrett to authorise Maxwell
arrest at any time. Maxwell knew tbla and
waa disposed to sing very low and very re
spcctfully when be realised the identity of
hla visitor. - .
'Where's Bonney?" asked Oarrett In
low tone.
"I don't know," aaid Maxwell. "He
been here, but ne don't atep at the ranch
bouse. He comes up tor. grub,, but where
he's hiding I don't knows
Garrett continued to talk to Maxwell aud
In order to be aafer laid down with him on
the blankets. The room waa dark aa pitch
while the moonlight lit up tha scene outside,
aa one might .observe through the open
door.
"The Kld'a liable to be bare aa minute,'
said Maxwell, "although I don't know for
aura whether he'll come at all."
Aa Garrett and Maxwell continued to talk
la wblspera a atep waa heard outside.
"That's the Kid," aaid Maxwell, and Oar
rett of ciurse felt sure It was. The Kid
came to the door. He didn't make much
noise, for ha waa barefooted. He seemed
to snuff danger In the air like a mouse. He
stepped suspiciously In the door and, speak
ing in Spanish, said:
"Qulen esta, qulen esta?" (Whoa there,
who'a there)?
The Crisis. .
Oarrett waa as brave a man aa ever belted
on a gun, but be also keenly realised the
desperate character of the Kid and bia
lightning-like quickness with a pistol.
These pistol people, by the way, will bandit
their weapons with the ssme sinister skill
with which Herrmann did hia tricks. It
Is their only trick, perhaps, but they are
absolutely faultless In it. Garrett didn't
propose to take any "Billy the Kid" chance.
Aa he oald afterward, he had bad trouble
enough with him. As the Kid approached
Garrett got ready for action. He didn't
use an ordinary Colt's pistol. His wespon
wss a ten-gauge shotgun cut to eight Inches
aa to the barrels, while the stock hsd dis
appeared so as to only leave what Is known
aa the pistol grip. With thla blundering but
comprehensive weapon, 'both barrels cocked,
he waited for the Kld'a appearance. As the
Kid stood In the door proffering his Spanish
Inquiry Garrett shot him without a word.
'Twaa Just aa well that way and certainly
much the surer method. Garrett'a men
came. up. The Kid waa dragged out Into
the moonlight and after a brief powwow
was burled. Garrett came In, received hla
several thousanda reward, had a big supper
at Albuquerque and waa ever afterward
known aa the man who killed "Billy the
Kid."
Thus ended the career of "Billy the Kid."
who bad Intimidated the entire country for
several hundred miles around. Garrett'a
fame Increased throughout the whole coun
try and many bad citizens decided to emi
grate without 'delay. After the troubles
hsd died away and criminals bad been tried
and sentenced either to death or to long
terms In the penitentiary, Garrett, who
served for a time aa sheriff of Lincoln
county, retired to quiet life once more and
pursued bis calling aa a cattle grower.
FORTY TEAMS IN THE RACE
Contestant In Maalnos Bqaare 81a
' Days' Walk Represent Many
Nations. -
NEW YORK. Feb. 10. Forty-two teams,
made up of men of almost every national
ity, started In the nix-day go-as-you-please
team race in Madison Square garden at
live minutes after 12 o'clock this morning.
The rules that governed the recent six
day bicycle race are in force In this race.
No man Is allowed to remain on the track
more than twelve out of twenty-four hours.
The winners of places will receive $5.no0,
which Is . to be awarded In ten prlres.
Among the new men are Jay Eaton, Andy
Cuneo, the Italian prise tighter; Jack Kerns,
also a pugilist; the Hurst brothers, crack
sprinters and middle-distance men; John
Lawson, the bicyclist, now a boxing In
structor. The race will be a continuous one of 142
hours. , The flnlFh will be at 10:30, p. m.
February 15. The prises will go as fol
lows: First. I1.SO0: second.' $1,000: third.
1750: fourth. 1S00: fifth. 1350: sixth. VTfi:
seventh. f200; eighth. $175; ninth, $150; tenth,
12a. The starters were:
KnrllHh Team-Len Hurt and Joe Hursr.
Edmonton, london, England.
jriBn-uerman r eier negeiman,iew lorn;
Pat CavanHugh, Ireland.
Oerman-Knallsh John Gllcic Fnllanei-
phla; Tom Hayworth, London.
Scotch-English George Norerrtac and
George Cortwrlght.
American Peter Golman.v New York;
r. . rn-nn ln.kn1 XT V
Pennsylvania Martin raney ana ueorgw
MetUH, Sh jnnandoah, Pa.
American James uiarK ana ueorge jennr
ine, New YorK.
Ind an W am Davis and Dennlea J.
Carroll, Hamilton, Canada.
American Negro James jjean ana i. M.
umpbell, HiKlHon, N. Y,
Brooklyn -James Graham and Bob Jones.
Brooklyn.
ennan nennv sneinon ann u n uuerrero.
Grind Army of ttiv Republic Sammy Day.
Philadelphia: Gilbert Barnes, Pittsburg.
Ooopemown Connie Coughlln and George
MoLellan.
Hiiyonne. N. J. James raxer ana jerry
Sullivan.
Krench-Eiiirllsh Leon BrtsBack. Havre:
antra R. English. Cornwall.
K izHbtn jhv Katun ana uus nowaa
Portland. Me. Matthew Jolly and John
Allen.
Nutmeg; William Hart. Bridgeport, conn.;
Carl itiolilnmlth, Ansonia.
Harlem Jack Kearns and Jack Klernan
Allegheny, Pa. Lou Taylor and Charles
. Trainer. -. '
Heaslita Phvslc'ulture Lawrence Heer and
Ueorgo peer, KocKaway jueacn, n. x.
Williamsburg William Bay, Brooklyn;
Tom Flnnertv. Ireland.
Rockaway Albert uesmona ana neroerc
onee.
Australian Matthew Dlehl ana August
. Horst.
Jersey City James Fallon and Geerge
Harrington.
Italian Andy cuneo ana j. o. moranno.
W. A. C James Fenney and William
Fenney, father and eon, ilrooklyn.
Herman William peters ana Henry rren
nis.
uerman-rranx tveiier ana EUfuneuropp.
Harvard Sum Meyera and Patrick Din
nen. Cambridge. Mass.
Twenty-tlrst Ward Edward Gordan nd
Mike I.vons. New York.
Hudson County Joseph P. O. Drlsooll and
Edward urimn.
Irish John Hughea and William Hughes,
rather ana eon.
Newark Frank McCarthy and Bteve Fal
lon. .
Hnher E o. Ornhn and Tony somen
Bath Beach Edward Touhey an John
T.aw-ann I ha "Tfrrltlli Rrflrt ' -
Fair" Team John, Hyae ana Anoy re
Mnn.
Scotch Edward Klngaton and .William
Smille. Brooklyn. .
Trenton Patrick AODott ana jonn jac-
IRgue. -
Dobba Ferry Jojin irwin ana , jonn
Cooke.
German Emu Kreltsner and George
Breck. '
THORPE ON WAY TO FRANCE
Little Nebrahka Jockey Gees Abroad
' ta Ride for Connt
- De Harcenft.
Charlea A. Thorn of Geneva, the little
Nebraska lockey..who haa won world-wide
renown, Is In Omaha on hla way from hla
hnmn to Francs, where ha Will ride thla
year for one of the leading stables of that
country. Mr. Thorpe said:
1 have enjoyed my vieit nere in umnna
this time as 1 never aia Derore. l ne jvan
Kia cttv-Omaha shoot and free-for-all
handicap of Friday was the finest show of
Its kind I have aeen In a Ion time. All
through the Saturday contest Iwas at the
grounds. Waa It coldT Well, l nearly rrois
to tfeatn, tui 1 couion t pun my sen away.
No. I don t shoot very mu n mvseir.
although 1 enjoy It. very much. I would
give a million dollars, if I had It, if I could
shoot like Parmelee. ' but I'm too small
Every time i snoot it nearly snocas me
flat. I hope to be In Omaha next fall. When
the ahootlna: commence again.
I enjoyed the Hums-lurk wrestling
match very much and had a very good
opportunity to see it. I consider Farmer
Burns to oe tne most wonuerruuy ouut
man ot his weight and age In the Itatted
States, and there are lew, it any, hla equa
in tne worm.
"I leave Omaha today for 'Whiting, la
where I will spend three daya with friends.
Then I go- on to l hlcago tor one day.
leave New York City on the Kaiser Wll
helm February If and arrive In Franca
on the 2oih. I am ridlng.tbls year for Coun
De Harcourt throunhout France, but my
residence will be in Paris. I expect to
return to Nebraska next November. '
Mr. Thorpe's wife and aisier accompan
mm to t ranee.
DES MOINES SPORTS GLOOMY
laa In tha Western Leatrne
' . tlrcalt.
DES MOINES, Feb. 9. (Special.) Fran
Flvnn. who controls the local basa hn
franchise, said veaterduy that evervihin
seemed to Indicate that Ues Moines was out
of the race for a place in (he Western
league the first announcement that has
ber n mad one way or another by the own
ers ot tha local franchise. Thla statement
waa made by Mr. Flynn when discussing
Um atutude of FiWdcnt Wbitdcid, and
the fact that he had not visited Dee Moines
during the past week, aa he said he would
iir. The nrn actuation was regarded as
gloomy, with no possibility of a change tor
the better.
"FATHER" CHADWICK ON RULES
He Favors Kejaallslna; the Knmber ef
' Rtrlkea and Called
Balls. ,
BCFFAIXJ. Feb. . Henrv Phadwlck.
"the father of base ball." who Is a mem
ber of A. O. Spalding s committee to re
vise the national rules, arrived here today.
Tomorrow a meeting will be held to !!
cuss changes in the rules for the coming
year.
IXsrussIng the amendments to 19"2 rules,
Mr. Chailwick said he would propose one
to provide that called strikes and called
balls should be made equal, either three and
three or four and four, the latter preferred.
He will also favor a rule suspending play
ers for "kicking" and to abolish fines, the
term of suspension to range from a d.iy
to a month. t
ASE PUZZLES THE POLICE
Mysterious Mnrder of loan tilrl Re
calls the Famoaa Darrant
Tragedy.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 9. A mysterious
murder, resembling In some ot Its features
the noted Durrant case. Is now puzzling
the police department of this city.
The body of Nora Fuller, a 18-year-old
girl, who disappeared from ber home Jan
uary II, waa foun,d lying naked In a bed
In the upstalra back room of an unfur-
Ished house at 2211 Sutton street yesterday
afternoon. - The girl had been dead soma
time, aa decomposition had begun. There
waa nothing In the house to indicate the
means used to take her life, but the pos
ture of the body and lta condition, to
gether with the disorder of the room. In
dicated that the girl was murdered. An
utopsy disclosed that deatb waa not due
to natural causes. All the organs of the
body are In a normal condition. The gen
eral theory Is that the gin waa either
atrangled or poisoned. On' both aldea ot
the neck - are dlscoiorations, which may
ave been made by finger tips. The city
chemist Is examining the stomach for cvl-
encea of poison.
Nora Fuller left borne January 11 and
met a man known aa John Bennett, In re
sponse to an advertisement for a girl - to
take care of a baby. She , met the man
at a restaurant, and thereafter all Knowl
edge of her waa lost. On January 8 the
ouae . In which the body of the girl waa
found waa rented by a man giving the
name of C. B. Hawkins. The general de
scriptions of Bennett and Hawkins tally,
and It Is thought the two names were
aliases of the aame man. Both Bennett
nd Hawkins are each aaid to have been
35 or 40 years old, about six feet In height
nd weighing about 175 pounda. Each wore
brown'.sh-red muBtache. , Bennett wore
clerical clothes and claimed to have studied
for the ministry. The police are working
on the theory that tbey were the aame
man.
A possible motive for . the murder la
found' In the suggestion that the murderer
either quarreled with the girl or feared
that hla relatione with her were about to
become public.
RECORD IN WIRELESS MESSAGE
Longest Dlatanoe Covered by
the
- Marconi System of Tele
graphing. NEW YORK, Feb. 9. The steamship
Philadelphia ot the American llile, which
arrived today, broke the 'record for the
longest communication with the land by
means at the Marconi wireless telegraph
system. , ,
.On Saturday, February 1, the steamship
waa at 12:15 p. itu. a few miles off the
Lizard. Messages Were exchanged and the
telegraphing waa kept up until midnight of
the following day. The laat message waa
senjt when the Philadelphia waa 150 miles
distant from- the land.' Thla last message
waa a communication from the American
line officials In England to Captain A. E.
Mills ot Philadelphia.
Tbla la the longest distance , In which
wireless communication has ever been bad
between a ateamshlp and the land.
Becai ae of the severe weather, Phil
adelphia bad to put Into Cherbourg, where
she was delayed for over sixteen hours
The Marconi system waa continually
Working while tha, vessel waa lying to,
the connections at all timea being perfect.
Captain Mills said he' bad never experi
enced auch terrific weather aa that which
waa met with on this voyage. The waves
continually washed the docks of the ship
and the wind was bitterly cold. On Sunday
the gale had Increased so In violence that
Captala Mills was afraid to put out to aea
and so the atop at Cherbourg waa made
Among 'the passengers who arrived on
Philadelphia waa Fluke Warren, who
left Boston last fall with Slxto Lopez for
the Philippines. Mr. Warren separated
from Lopez at Hong Kong and went to
Manila, where he waa required to take
the oath of allegiance before be waa al
lowed to enter the city.
, Frealdent Uneat of G. A. R.
WASHINGTON, t Feb. . President
Roosevelt baa accented an Invitation to be
the guest of the Department of the Potomac
ot the Orand Army of the Republic, which
la to give a dinner in thla city to General
Torrence, the commander-in-chief, on Feb
ruary 19.
PEK410X9 FOR WKSTKRIH VETERA!
War Sarvlvars Remembered by the
General Government.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. (Special.) The
following western pensions have been
granted: -
Issue of Januorv 23:
Nebraska: Orfalnal William Morrison
Beatrice. M: Albert '8. Hlsey (war with
Spain), I'pland, ie: Howard L. Kerr, Ann-
ley, so. increase, neioruon, neiasue, tic,
Widows, Etc. Jane Smith (special accrued
January 27), Fall City, in; settle u. Wll
Innirhhv ("antral I'ltv ZS.
Iowa: Increase, Restoration, Reissue,
Ftp. Ifenrv F. Piiah. Pello. Tit: James A
Norm, uenire r-omi., uuiuciu ciec,
nstrle PrvfU IS: John Baltimore, Humes
ton. XI0-. Orlando 8. Newcomb. Shell Rock,
1H; Jefferson Wamsley. Spencer, IN); John
8. Hasen, Alnsworth, W. original widows
Ktc Minors or uenjamin r . jhiiis, ueaai
KJ....I.4U Anna f .lilhtlllnil HIW..Im1 BC
rrupd January 27). Anamoaa. 112. ,
Knnth Dakota: increase, nesiorauon
Reissue. Etc. Josiah li. Gordon, Hot
Bpringa, $10. Original Widows, Etc. Mar
Reynick (special accruea January si),
Kilnl ta
North Dakota: Original Wldowa, Ktc
Annie Croman (apeclai accruea January zt),
ljimoure, In.
Montana: Orlainal Widows. Etc. Eliia
beth M. Bralnard (special accrued January
27). South Butte, IS.
Colorado: Orlainal Samuel II. Burg
harilt. Rico. Is; Jacob 8. Swltser. Boulder,
lb: John Huck. Pueblo, t. Increase. Restor
atlon. Reissue. Etc. Erasmus D. Ward,
l.a Junta, till Henry 8. Oilman (deceased!,
Oranada. $10; William W. Roof, Tin Cup,
$12; Andrew M. Oarrett, Snyder,
$10. Original Widows, Etc. Annie E. Trox
ell, renver. $8; Sarah E. Weldman, Pueblo,
$8; Ellen Wheatley (special accrued Janu
ary 27), Longinont, $; Aggie D. Clark,
Niwot, $1
Irish lel-aaea Arrive.
NEW YORK. Feb. l.-Mr. William H.
K.
Redmond, member of Parliament for East
Clare, and Joseph Devllrf of Belfast, lrih
nationalists, arrived tonight from yueens
town. They will make a tour of the United
Hla tee to aid In organising the United
lasue of America. ,
Joseph Ultrr Reported III.
NEW YORK, Feb. . It Is reported that
JiMM-pb. Letter la serinjsly III at his rrst
dem In this city. Several .trained nurses
are said to be in attendance Vind, it is suid,
Mrs. Latter reached this city from Wash
ington tonight. At the residence no la
fufjuaUoa cvuld. be etsujovL .
OUR TARS IS FIST FIGHTERS
They Art Ttrrara ta tha Womld-B Barappars
f 0tb.tr Hafiss.
STORIES OF FAMIUS FREE-FOR-ALL ROWS
Hot lassie with British Tars la
Hawaii, Another with Germans in
Japan Victorious Aeratast
Odda of Two to One.
The recent scrap between American and
Russian sailors at a Chinese port. In which
the Americana came out first best, recall
wo famous rows of like character and
similar results, the details of which are
aupplied by the New York Sun.
About twelve years ago a big liberty
party, comprising the whole starboard
watch of about 120 men, went ashore at
Hllo, Hawaii, from an American gunboat
that waa returning to the Mare Island navy
yard from a three-year ,crulse on the
Asiatic station. One of the membera of
thla liberty party was the crew's mascot, a
Jap dog, that had been picked up, starving.
the streets of Nagasaki by one of the
men, who .brought the animal aboard the
hip, fed him up and taught blm many
diverting tricks, such as waltzing on his
front feet, pretending to die of grief when
an onerous drill was announced, threaten
ing and bulldozing the amused skipper on
II possible occasions, and ao on. The dog
developed Into an amiable and sagacious
animal, and the blue jackets, sailor-like,
became mightily attached to' the brute,
particularly because the dog utterly de
clined to have any truck or doings what
ever with the officers of the ship, whlcb
trait atruck the enlisted men .as being
powerfully discerning on the dog's part.
It .happened that a big British cruiser
from Vancouver dropped Its anchor along-'
ide the American gunboat In Hllo barbor
on the day the American liberty party
went on the beach, and the British skipper
gave one of bla shlp'e watches liberty. The
watcb comprised about 260 men.
The American and English liberty parties
didn't fraternize In Hilo. At that time
there was a bit of ugliness on between
Canada and England on the one sldei and
the United States on the other, owing to
the Alaska aeal fisheries matter, and when
one of these growls la In progress between
two countries the sailors of the respective
countries, by mutual and tacit consent,
refrain from cutting each other's trail ' to
save argument and worse trouble.
The American shore party rented from
a Greek named Lycurgus, one of the lead
ing citizens of Hllo, a row of twelve one
atory shacks, partly furnished, for tbelr
headquarters during their three-day liberty.
They distributed themselves In these com
fortable shacks, laid In their stocks of
drinkables, and settled down to the enjoy
ment of a quiet little jamboree, playing
cards, strumming banjos and guitars, and
that sort of thing.
a Looking- for Trouble.
The men-o'-war'a men from the British
ahip bad no sooner hit the beach than they
made for the water front groggeriea and
Inside of. a few houra they were so aur
charged with rum and sakl that they didn't
know tbelr mess numbers. Thus condi
tioned, tbey could thlrk of but one scheme
that rromlsed a sufficiency of action a
movement on the American works that Is
the Lycurgus row of shacka wherein tho
United 8tates bluejacketa were enjoying
themselves and minding their own business.
.The American tars didn't know anything
about what waa In progress until they
beard a series of agonized dog yelps pro
ceeding from the lane In front of the Ly
curgus row. All of them recognized the
yelps at once aa issuing from their Jap
mascot dog. They'd turned the dog loose
to give him a chance to nose around the
soil and get hla land legs. The Americans
all scrambled to the shack doors to aee
what ailed the dog and in the gathering'
darkneas they saw a big British "leading
stoker" holding the animal up by the hind
lega and punching him In the stomach,
and all the rest of the lime-juice liberty
party massed together and egging their
drunken shipmate on.
That was enough. Oddly enough, the
first American man-o'-war'a man to jump
for and punch the abuser of the Jap dog
waa himself a cockney who bad done his
twelve years In the British navy. But his
American shipmates were right behind him.
Taking Into consideration all of the revolu
tiona and counter-revolutions that ever
occurred in the Hawaiian islands, there
never were such doings aa then and there
ensued in Lycurgus lana, Hilo. At first It
waa all fist work, but when the llme-Julcers
borne back in spite of their overwhelming
numbers, began to burl rocks the Ameri
cana took to that game, too, and they went
tha Britishers one better by tearing the
weather boards off Lycurgus' shacks for
use as weapona.
The uproar in the swift-fallen darknesa
waa ao terrific that it waa plainly heard by
the watcbea remaining on the American and
the British' war ships, which were anchored
not far from the ahore. The bait of the
thip'a .company remaining on board the
United States gunboat knew what waa in
progreaa from the noise, but tbey bad no
apprehension or tne outcome until some
thing happened. The something that hap
pened waa the Jap dog. The dog bad es
caped from the melee and, taking a chance
on tba aharka witn wnicn me naroor is id-
leeiee, nau leapca miv m water buu um
out to the ahlp, around which he circled
like a pilot fish, barking furiously,
. "There'' Something Doing."
"There's something doing our bunch are
la a tight place and the dog's come after
us," aaid the men of the port watcb to
each other, and down the after anchor
chains they went like rats and awum for
the beach. It was a plain case of "jumping
ship," and' severely punishable aa auch, but
the officers couldn't stop them, and if the
honest truth were known. It is to be
doubted whether the officers wanted to atop
them. Inside of Ave minutea after the Jap
dog bad first awum out to the ship and aet
up his barking there weren't enough men
left on the gunboat to apread mess gear
The dog awum to the beach with the las
man that splashed Into the water from the
anchor chains.
The dog, however, bad only imagined that
the Americans on the beach, were getting
the worst of the mix-up. They were easily
holding their own, and better, against more
tban double tbelr number, and when the
port watcb from the United State ship
broke upon the scene of conflict there
"wasn't really much for them to do, except
to form a eort of reserve ,party behind
tbelr mates.
Now, the remaining watch, 260 men, of
the British ship had seen the American
watch sliding down the after anchor chains
and they weren't to be outdone. They
didn't reflect that there were atill more
British tare or. the beach tban American
bat they took to the anchor chains them
selves: Most of tbem jumped the abtp to
get Into the ahore fracas.
. Thus the Americana were again more
than doubly outnumbered. -However, they
didn't know that 'until later, and they
wouldn't have been bothered any if they
had known It. The fight raged all night
The Kanaka chief of police of Hllo swore
In luu Kauaka deputies to "eatabllsh
order." The sailors either tucked these
deputies under their arms and carried tbem
down to the beach, where they chucked
then lata the sea, or tuey burled Ueia to
the top of huts and sheds, where the depu
ties were glad to perch for safety.
1 Still Rannlag.
When the morning broke the Americans
bad driven the llme-Julcers to the -point
here the lonr. unhlll road to the Burning
Lake ofkllauea begins, and an hour after
daylight the British tars scattered in a
panic and took, In disorder, to the moun
tains. The Americana took after them and
pursued tbem all that day, driving many ot
them to the chilly levels several thousand
feet above the sea. They'd bare rbaaed
them all the way to the top of the volcano
of Mauna Loa. whlcb ia nearly 15,000 feet
above sea level, it tbey could bave done It
without breaking their three-day liberty.
ine American tare drifted back to Hilo
wenty-four houra after the fracas atarted.
formed together, signalled to the ship for
the steam cut'er and returned to the gun
boat In good order. The Jap dog. waa In
the first launchload that returned to the
ahlp, and he wore, tied neatly around bis
head, the cap of a British petty officer.
while the rating badge of a British chief
bo'sun's mate waa mucllaged to his back.
There wasn't a single man missing when
the launch msde Its last trip- from the
beach. Most of the men were ready to
turn Into their hammocks, and all of them
had some kind of a bruise, gashi gouge or
praln to show for the scrap, but they were
11 there.
The British sailors were straggling back
to tbelr ship for eight days, and there
were several that didn't, get back at all
before the crulser'a departure from Hllo
harbor. Every oace In a while, for sev
eral years after that great acrap, a atory
would reach Hilo that a "wild white man
bad been aeen scooting through the Jungle
brush a few miles above the town.
"He's probably one of those English men
o'-war's men that didn't get back," the
Hilo folks would say when the atory was
sprung.
Danger of Boasting.
One night, about eight yeara ago, three
American men-o'Jwar'e men dropped Into a
aalooa in Hakodate,"3apan, kept by a former
United Statea blue jacket. Already In the
saloon were about a dozen strapping Ger
man men-o'-war'a men from a ahip that
had been safeguarding German Interests In
Samoa. These German aallcra bad a tew
months before formed- part of a liberty
puny mora ineir snip mat naa received a
bard trouncing In Apia at the bands of a
liberty party from the American war shin
In the harbor, and bo, naturally enough,
they bad no use for . the American deen
water uniform. The biggest man among
tbe German aatlora bad one English word
in his vocabulary. That word waa "rassla."
and he kept repeating it aneerlngly to the
three American tare, who wK"e talking to
tbe ex-tar behind the bar and behaving
themselves.
One of the Americans, who hi i been a
lumberman In a Michigan lumber camn.
where wrestling waa the rough men'a great
game, finally found that the German Bailor's
resale taunt waa getting him on the raw
and be walked up to the German and told
him that he,d "rassle" him for money,
marbles or chalk, but all In good nature
and no bard feeling to follow. The saloon
man, who knew German, translated the
American a words and the German Bailor, a
giant, smiled contemptuously at the United
States tar, whom he greatly overmatched
In size.
The two men stripped to their drawera
and shoes and went at it In tbe center of
the spacious barroom. The German wasn't
In It at any stage ot the journey, big and
atrong aa be was. After three minutes of
wrestling, ,catch-aa-catch-can style, the
agile, muscular and wrestling-schooled
American tar bridged tbe vast German with
crotch hold, and then, applying a full
Nelson, be forced the German bluejacket's
great shoulders to the sawdust. It had
really been aomethlng easy for the Ameri
can and the German waa enraged, aa were
hla companions. The German wrestler
stiffened the first and middle fingers of bis
right band, forming a two-pronged fork of
them, and made a deliberate effort to jab
tne eyes out of hia victorious opponent's
bead. Tbe American dodged in the nick of
time, grabbed a atone schnapps bottle from
the bar, let the big German bave it full
in tbe forehead and the battle waa on.
There were 300 American bluejacketa
from varloua American ships on -shore lib
erty In Hakodate that night and more than
that number from tbe two big German war
ships in tbe barbor. "Hey, Rube!" Is as
much tha rallying yell of menaced Ameri
can sailors aa it Is o threatened American
circus men, and the "Hey, Rube!" yell
Issued from the throats of those three
American tare as soon as the dozen German
tailors hopped them, aa they Immediately
did. The yell was taken up by bait a dozen
American bluejacketa a bit up tbe atreet
and passed on like the night call of sen
tries until all Hakodate rang with It.
The German tara atarted their cry agoing.
too, and inside of five minutes the barroom
of that ex-United Statea Bailor looked aa if
It had been hit by a derailed freight train.
The American and German Batfeet came
scampering to the saloon from all the points
of 'the compass. They fought all night and
would have fought all tbe next day but
that tho American and German skippers
wisely ordered their marine guards ashore
and the aea soldiers charged upon the com
batants with fixed bayoneta.
When the smoke lifted and the debris
was cleared away none of the Americana
waa found to be In auch shape as to require
a detail of stretcher carriers. More tban
twenty of tbe Germans bad to be thus
lightered to their shlpa and most of tbem
were limping.
MARTYR SAINTS RE-ENTOMBED
skeletons af St. Magaaa and
Bonosa Bnrled In
Loalsvllle.
t.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 9.-Clad in rich
wardrobes, the skeletons of St. Magnus
and St. Bonosa, two Catholto aainta who
were slain at the command of a Roman
emperor nearly 1,600 yeara ago on account
of their religious beliefs, were buried In St.
Martln'a church in-this city tbls afternoon.
Tbe bonea were In tho catacomba of Rbme
In 1900. Tbey were given to an order ot
alstera In northern Italy and were kept by
them until last summer, when the Right
Rev. Mgr. Frauds Zalsler, pastor of St.
Martin's church, secured tbem. St. Magnus
waa a Roman centurln and St. Bonoaa a
Roman virgin.
SHERIFF'S SLAYER GIVES UP
Sarreadera After Uefylaa; Oanrers and
says He Mast Have Been
; C rasr.
WATERLOO. Wis., Feb. 9. After utter
ing tbe threat. "I'll kill the first man
who tries to take me," Fred W, Stephen
son. who laat night shot and Instantly
killed Deputy Sheriff William Cooper after
attempting to shoot Mrs. Stephenson, was
induced to surrender today on the strength
of the statement that tt be (lid not put
himself in tbe bands of tbe officers ha
would be lynched. He says he must bave
been crazy when be did tha abooting.
rsiMsta by I'nnned Tesaaters.
HOWARD CITY. Mich., Feb. .The two
children of Harvey May. asjfd 4 and 2 years,
were poisoned by eating tanned tomatoes
this afternoon. There la no hope for their
recovery.
Haeramrat OaTrreal la liioar,
SPRING FIELD. O.. Feb. a The sacra
ment of the Lord's supper waa adminis
tered la tbe Jewish eyuagogue loda, lula
being the flrstXme the Christian ceremony
has taken place In a Hebrew house of woi.
ship. The sucrnmntit was administered hv
Rev. Mr. Small of the ConKTcgatiotiHl
church, which was rect-ntlv huriied. t'hev
seduknh congtvKatlon offered the use cf the
synagogue until a new church Is built.
lat
Collins la Command.
CHICAGO, Feb. 9..tlmmy Collins, man
ager of the Hoston American Irngun iliib
was given a new contract aft tiinnnRer of '
the team at a conference here- todnv with
Henry Klllllea and Ran Johnson, Me will
have complete control of tho flavin eml
of the team and In spite of the fact that h
was already under a three vear ss-reemem
the club owners voluntarily gave him a
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