Show REAL DIAMOND DICK I FRIENDS ASSERT I r r NORFOLK Neb Oct 9 United I Press Press Since It lf was revealed that ri- ri Dr II n. J J. J Tanner prominent local locale e physician Is the real Diamond Dick of ot pioneer days the physician r cla cian etan has found nearly a dozen other cuter ler J claimants of ot the tho title Dr Tanner came nero hero nearly fifteen fit fit- teen hen years ago and opened a a. medical med mw- teal ical practice Until recently It was r not known that he had at one time limo been the Western estern character whose i name Inspired many thrilling R III novels At a recent celebration held here Dr Dt Dpi Tanner revealed his former p 9 identity y and displayed a lan large e array arrayo arrayA A guns o guns and weapons which he had us used d years ago wh when n he was boasted a as tho rho best shot In America tr Mrs Owen Sullivan SulIvan of ot Cleveland I 1 Q 0 pa displayed photographs of ot her herIt It brother broth r George B B. McClellan after alter a Irs Ir Tanner had disclosed himself Ii and claimed McClellan was the rea real Diamond Dick z 1 f sInce ince this claim Dr Tanner has heard of ot several other persons c claiming the pseudonym Ud d The physician strengthens hens his Q cl claim lm to the title by numerous n letters letters let let- 0 tern from Buffalo Bill Cody Pawnee Bill Dill and others well known In the r I history of ot the West 0 Dr Tanner broke the worlds world's record record record rec rec- ord for tor long dir distance ance horseback rids rid rid- riding s ing log In 1893 lie Ile was also known as 1 on ong of ot the best rifle and pistol shots In the tho country A short time later he secluded himself In a Midwestern college and obtained l his s medical degree and then th came al here e to practice I I concealed c my l Diamond D nd Dick ICk title because I didn't believe it I. I would help my practice explained l Dr Tanner |