IEL MURDER IS
ffCALLED BY DEATH
Traces Bullet Around Man's
Body. Recalls Cruelty
Of Outlaw.
How Slade, the outlaw made fa
ns by Mark Twain in “Roughing
1 tied one of his enemies up to
side of a house and standing
yards away played “eat and
*se” with him by shooting at
i for hours before finally putting
bullet through his heart, is being
tiled around Ike scene of the af
by the death some time ago
Mrs. Addie Becksted, wife of the
pit on whom Blade perpetrated a
Be of such cold horror as was
ely heard of even in the days
Pttl the West, was new and wil 1
pi a Juler.burg, Col., dispatch to
New York Herald-Tribune.
Blade was master of thn overland
fege and pony express station a‘
nlesburg and carried on bin “busi
S” of outlaw from this position
some time before he pave m
other liner, for the “profession’’
|outlawry. It was while Slade was
Julesburg that Mark twain, «n
to Nevada to see his brother,
ped at that stage stand all
fcht. At breakfast the next morn
he ate so many fried eggs and
quantities of fried ham that
[ never again ate cither, simply
bubo Slade, who sat next to,
lln, insisted that he “eat."
Wife of Pioneer.
|Hn. Becksted, whose death ha
lilted Slade out here, wfiere oil
things took plai c, formerly
the wife of Jules, for 'whom;
isburg was named, and the nia;
to tied up t > p. house and killed
I'such a manner that it still is
of the traditions of this part,
1 the plains country.
those days Jules had a big
,ch and kept a frontier store
Z- Julesburg now stands. Slade
a ranch, some distance west of
Jules ranch. And heverd the
_ranch Jules had still another
tie ranch. Jules’ store was on the
at Overland California trail, thi
ognized route to the Pacific <
Mrs. Beckstcd whs scarcely
re than a child at that time.
Slules and Slade had some sort of
ftfrow” which ended in Jul s
_ting Slade. After the fight
es loaded Slade Into a wagon and
eve with him to Denver, 150 j
away, for medical treatment
^erwards the two men settled
Heir trouble and Jules thought ev-'
thing was all right.
Slade Wounded.
Jut it wasn’t. Slade had beer.'
.ded in the body. This he
t forgive. But the Wound to h:s
j, that another man should
|ive shot him in a fair fight, was;
i much. Slade was known as the [
It expert shot along the eastern !
_ of the mountains and he had
pirtain that repuvn’ ion if he was
continue living at all. ('ore he
that reputation a cowboy c< r
jtly would kill him.
)ne morning Jules started for h's
rfet distant ranch for some cattle.
| took with him three or four cow
As he passed Slade’s ranch
de and half a dozen men came
HP out, covered Jules’ men and
them prisoners. All were dis
1. and started home except
_lie was held.
Jno of Jules’ cowboys, after rid
some distance and getting be
\ a hill, left the others and on
t returned to see what was being
i to Jules.
Jules
„_ was tied l» a smntl shod.
back to the wall, his arms out?
bed. He could move neither
body, arms ncr r.ead.
ide, dead shot that ho was, j
I with his rifle some distance
Jules, took careful aim and
. The bullet struck within an
„ of Jules’ ear,
toother shot and one of Jules out
bed fingers was shot of;.*
|e laughed aloud,
an Slade shot off one car and j
the other cf the man tied to
rail.
a- hours, in fact, virtually all
Slade continued this form of
;y. He could could have killed
at any shot, but he preferred
;ue the man.
was wounded in fifty places
of which was fatal. Slade had
# to that. The wounded man was
“ dead from exhaustion, loss of
and the nerve-wreeking o' - [
through which tie was passing,
d night, with his victim in;
li-conscious condition, Slade
. he had had enough “fun.”
picked up his rifle and sent
through Jules heart,
next morning Slade and
of his men went down to
trading post loaded every
they wanted into their wa
nd went back to their ranch,
tules took a wagon and drove
—jr, Slade took all Jule’s cat
[otbing was ever done about
irder of Jules,
story of Slade’s killing Jules
iy in the “cow” country as
, cruel murder that eve-.*
,je on the frontier and the
putme time ago of the widow
trader has revived the tale.
j chairmen of the shipping
i announces a profit of $t,
in six months for the
States Hners. This being so
at time some private com
skes a reasonable bid for
your will is a serious
- *T THE MOVIES -
The Webb theatre has two out
| standing pictures on ita program
[this week, and will continue vaudt
, ville nights through Christmas.
The vaudeville feature has been a
great sureess, and there will be
more of this class of entertainment
at the Webb.
One of the feature films, which
is due Thursday, is “Syncopating
Sue," beautiful Gorin no Griffith’s
latest. A critic says of this picture:
“There’s a high note of drama—a
deep note of pathos—a harmony of
humor—and a symphony of action
in ‘Syncopating Sue.’ ” Tom Moore
is cast with Miss Griffith in the
piece.
Christmas day a rollicking com
edy is scheduled “Tin Hats” with
Conrad Nagle and Claire Windsor.
There is also to be shown with it a
Christmas day short comedy just
m 1 ased for the leg day.
Wednesday (today) and (Friday)
Mr. Webb has picked good west
er*’".
Vaudeville will continue the rest
of the week at the night shows,
the curtain rising at 8:45, after
the picture run.
The school of experience awards
no honorary degrees.
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Waiting Time For Idealists
William Allen White in the Em
poria Gazette.
The people of America have
evinced no interest whatcer iri
the emotional side of polities since
the defeat cf Woodrow Wilson.
The American people are static.
They are living under the burden of
some terrible spiritual inertia. They
are back in Grant's administration.
They wish no change. They desire!
no betterment in conditions. They
are overwhelmingly for the order
that is. And President CoolidgeV
message tells them definitely and
wisely how to keep things going as
they are.
Democracy never was better vin
dicated than in the calling and
election of Calvin Coolidge. De-i
mocracy is getting exactly what it
want, in the way that it wants it.
The few insurgents, kickers and
idealists, among whom the writer is
which, have a mandate from the
American people to go way back
and sit down until it hurts.
They also serve who only sit and
wait.
Motorist—-That man I ran over is ’
the meanest man in town.
Friend-—Why ?
Motorist—lie puts tacks in his i
pockets when ho crosses the street, j
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