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STITUTIOX. ATLANTA, (xA.. TUESDAY OCTOBER 18 ]CURLY BILL.A MAN WHO MADE THINGS WARM WHEREVER HE WENT.The Slorj of UJf Crimea and Captor#—How II# Escaped From Ul. Guarda-Th# Clang H# Led and What They Dld-Tht Hen U#Killed and How He Killed mem.“Yes, things are more quiet now than thoy u*cd to be, on' I don't look for vory rough timet ahead If I do get elected/’ and tho •penker, Dave Wood, democratic noraiuee for sheriff of Dona Ana couuty, swung hit lega to and fro aahoiat on tho semi-circular atud-horre poker table of tho Commercial aaloon at Laa Crucei. A modest kind of a fellow Dave, not given to bragging or “stuffing tho toudor-foot, yet a nan who has fought in tho vanguard of frontier civilization for nearly a quarter of n century. Toll, atout .of mutcle, and largo of limb, he it just tho Kind of o man tho late Rev. Mr. KingaUy would admire, and when added to tliia he enjoys tho wcll-doservod reputation of ‘'being quick tn the draw, ho has nearly exhausted tho list of frontier virtues.“Were you acquainted with 'Billy the Kid?’ queried the scribe.“Well, I should any I woa. I brouuht him from Mcsilla, where he was. triod nud sentenced to be hanged for tho murder of Sheriff William Brady, of Lincoln county, on tho tat of April, 1878. IIo waa tried for this murder in 1881, at tho March term of tho district court, and the icntenco wrui to havo boon executed on tho 13tU day of tho May following. Tho killing of Brady wna a cold-bloodod mur-dc r. Brady was crossing tho plasa at Lincoln, accompanied by George Ilindman and J. B. Matthews, to aunounco that no court would he held at the stated April term. Thoy woro all armed with rifles. Billy and a companion had taken up a position behind thoadobo wall of Gunstoll A McSween’i corral, which commanded their approach, and as tho party came in rango n shower of bullets was fired into them. Brady was killed instantly and Hindman mortally wounded, but MaUbewa succeeded in making bis escape. When I brought the Kid to Lincoln I was accompanied bymake a complaint he'd go an' fetch Jake in. Bill 'lowed as how he'd make no ^complaint, but would look after Jake himself. Joko hoard of this and cleared out while Bill waa laid up for repairs.“The San Simon is a hard place oven to-day,but wasn't It a terror then, continuedcowboy. “Thero was an old Irishman named Fletcher, from St. Louis, bought a hole in tho Touml there and started in to mine about thoffrou:time tho railroad got in. I'm blamed if tho boys didn't frighten him to death. Thoy kept •bootin' into bis tent, raakin' him dance, and leadin' him anch a life that ho took aick of fright and died in the military hospital at Fort Bowie.“Yea, broke in Dave; “the San 8imon was lively. There waa a little Jemmy Hughes, asix-kid of about sixteen, going round with twoshooters in his belt, whoojdng her up with tho 1 think that kid is about thebest of them, most infernsl young scamp unhung. There was a man camo to the valley from California and took up a ranch. He had a very hand some young girl, a daughter, about fourteen years of age, anil tho kid took up with her and induced her to run off with him. Tho father discovered it before they had much of a start, and with a hired man of hit followed them up. Jemmy had a double-barreled shotgun, and the moment they camo within range he opened fire and downed tho hired man. lie filled him too lull of holes to akiu. The old man thought he'd make tracks for the ranch, lie had loft something undone at homo that required his immediate attention. “ 'The Pet of the San Simon/ as they called Jemmy, baa come to grief at lost, remarked the cowboy. “Yo Snow at how he killed that wife of h;a in Clifton, Arizona. Ho then lit out for Old Mexico. Will, about ten days ago, I waa down to Casas Grnndes, an' who should I sco soldiering in the 11th Mexican cavalry but tho 'Pet.' Seems aa though he had been caught trying to run off some stock near Janos, an' hod boon sentenced to servo in tho army for five years. H—1 of n country, where thoy moko'jail-birds national defenders.“Something liko Billy Wilson’s Zouaves,” obseived a drummer, who bad joined in tho group, “who refused to garrison West Point because it was too close to Sing Sing.“Did you ever hoar Jako Wallace tell of that time on the Sou Simon when he bit off more nor lie could chaw? queried the cowboy. A universal “no wa* the response. .“Well, a lot of tho boya had jeit come In to the San Simon well heeled. They had run off a bunch of cattle belonging to the Corrmlitoi company, in Did Mexico, an' hail got the cash for It, and they started iu to have a high old time an' whoop her tin. Thoy took possession of a large canvas tent near tho Silver Palace saloon, an’ thero bein' no women, inaugurated a stag ball. While they were dancing a train. ..II- .1 ! t ... IL. .... _ I. . .1! .1
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Atlanta Weekly Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Tue, Oct 28, 1884
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