Hide Article Text (OCR)
A PICTUBE8QUK DESl’EBADO.■f[Las Vegas correspondence fit. Louis Globe Democrat,]In the county jail the desperado Kudebaugh1a greater •baracter than Billy the Kid, Is confined, awaiting bfe second trial, and the whole party had an insatiable curiosity to see the real, lire villain of the Western plains. With some hesitation we asked that most courteous citizen, Don Miguel fialacar, Ifsuch a thing could be, and without a change of hia handsome Spanish face, he bowed and in oourtiy Castilian phrase told ns that we had but to wish, his house and his time were ours, Mr. Salazar, now a leading law* jar of Las Vegas, is of Castilian descent, and some Winters ago was lb* admired of Washington society,where he came la the company of hieeqtiaity handsomerelative, ex-Governor Pacheco, of California. He walkedand danced right into the favors of that gay city,and carried off one of its prettiest belles fo install in hie new home at Las Vegas, With auch an admirable guide we took a little by street* from the plaza, and apologising and deprecating for our morbid curiosity all the waj, soon reached the sheriff's office. That dark browed official looked with some surprise at the bonneted and furbelowed party that preedited them* selves to him, but with the gravest politeness led the way to the court yard, upon which the cells open. II was at the noon hour, and theprisoners'dinner was just being put upon the table under a porch. The dotjbl* grated doors with ponderous padlocks, the atone and adobe walla four feet and more In thickness, make one’* heart sick to look at them. The rattle of chains heard within the cave itke openings give a sensation that nothing is akin to, and when a newspaper and a greasy pack of cards were thrown out ef the door beyond us there waa a suppression of screams and a jump for security behind the eherlff. An assistant with a bunoh of keys stooped and entered a cell, and there waa a reminder of the Hon tamer who walks boldly Into the den of the wild beasts. This being my first visit ever to any kind of a prison and the first eight of manacled men, the clanking of the chains had a powerful effect, and my fingers were cold and my knees shaking when the villain did appear. Rudebaugh stopped out, straightened himself up, glanced at ns and walked over to the table, He seated himself and waited for his first course to be set before him, and we stared at him with almost open mouths. Ho learned profession can present handsomer man than this slender, perfectly built specimen of six footed villainy. Black mustache, whlto teeth and the blandost pair of blue eyes were picturesquely shaded by a broad, battered felt hat, and a colored handkerchief was knotted at his throat under the collar of his blue flannelshirt. Put him on the stage just as he was' theu and hewould beTHE IDEAL V ILL AIK,Were he in the New York Tombs the interesting follow would be the pet of all the young ladies, and ha vs books, flowers and wine Jelly sent him wholesale, It is a good thing that the Intelligent juries of the WeBt are not won upon by good looks, or Eudebkugh's smiling blue eyes might make them pass over. hie murders, cattle thefts and stage robberies as only unpleasant incidents of emotional insanity. Of course, we pitied him. It was too sad to see this magnificent oroaturo ohaihed and shackled, and he was not a pad man witha bad eye, either, . He blushed so blithely, was so unaffectedly glad to see ua and have a break in tne monotony of his life, that we were all for Rudebaugh. Then he talked so well, bad so much of the gentlemanly high* wayman about him, and viewed his own condition with•ueh a pathetic philosophy that we conld have wept for,him. That winning smile, and the real fun and amuse* men! that sparkled in his innocent eyes when we vrouid . ail start at each rattiiug chain,tahllshod a freemasonry between no, and . we, smiled at him and talked to him unblusblngly And fearlessly. The sheriff with A solemn smile turned.1 sideways, and lotd us that the stain on the stoae.bofora1 Rudebapgh's cell was blood; There he had murdered i the preceding sheriff In an attempt to rescue a fellow ! highwayman/ For that he was tried and sentenced,( but appeallngifor a trial before the Supreme Court of * the Territory, be haa many mouths to wait m jell. “He | will escape before that,11 is what every ohe aaya of him,. but the sheriff gi ves us a look in response to auoh proph*' eoies. After this little bit of history Rudebaugh wore1 a different air to us. It seemedthat there, was villainy . In every line of him, hard omelty in bia bluo ayes, and oyoo a wicked crook in bit very fingers. The sheriff assured ua that ho was a far worse and more desperate man than Billy the Kid; that there was nothing .that he would stop at; that' even the three tlnod* fork be was sating his dinner with would serve to kill ns all if hie fsttors were loosened, and we backed out incontinently, j saving our thanks until the outer aunaktnwoC the street was upon us. Having soon one red handed' ruffian‘hud one daring desperado or the cUmo novoV type, ’we epeo* nlaied upon nothing else ibut;;thetpoBaioijmei. and^uAWavntHa*' #aw. aw* ifcii a'i i*faw tTjifryjK*Wfl BOiB
Newspaper Details
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn, New York, US
Sun, Jun 19, 1881
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Kokomo-Howard C.
IN, USA 31 Mar 2022
Other Publications Near Brooklyn, New York
The Red Hook Star Revue
Brooklyn Eagle And Kings County Democrat
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Kings County Democrat
Illustrated Speedway News
