Show MS ALES Of WILD DAYS WHEN BANDITS RODE I STAGE COACH TRAILS f O. O T. T Sept Thi Is 15 a n. from the story stor of Chris Mast Mad I bost bort pistol shot and quartermaster ant of the Fifty cavalry in tho the of ku thweat west sergeant quartermaster J Bough Riders Elders during the Spanish Spanish- can war and now chief deputy hr United Marshal John Ab Ab- thy thI of Oklahoma flowing the br breaking up of the tho Mt lee gans gang in Missouri oun and on Cn theas the theMas teas Mas border boror remnants of ot tho the bandIt band ft It farther art er west est into tho the Rock Rocky and many man of thorn thom remained tho o old lino line of bOl business nc s holding up to Je e co coaches in particular for a anum atm atm- num- num Ef lOt f years The Fifth cavalry at that p was wu putting in a considerable part U time Ume in guarding the stage staRe coach coach- hover Ever ver the mountains mounts and in in partie the stage lino Uno to Cheyenne Upon tie le e Pats Pass the stage coaches met and the he h hour of mooting meeting there was as o n a party of ot United States troop troop- in the vicinity to pro pro- them tee tea Gang Leader Leaden 1 leader of tho the James gang remnant The The years was known as M with the Golden Tooth With 50 BOV- BOV tot lot his bis is boldest followers he he had haded med ed holdup hold on Eagle Pass PM I ring Ing to hold up and and ana rob tho the first firsth h that arrived and then complete completo completer r Job when whon tho the one from Cho Cheyenne enne ennen n a its appearance On 00 this particular HI b wore were some mining prospectors posed to tt have o with them plenty of ot taking it tock Jck to tho the States D ii this day Sergt Bergt Brule Madsen in iu the Fifth was wall out oat with two men mon mennard nard tho the Eagle Engle Pass The They were ored ered behind some boulders just bethe bethe be be- the level lovel of the pass when whon they dialed dia dma red led tho the bandit gang ang on the other Tho troopers wore were but three lt eight or ten of the bandits I to ki determined to await the arrival 41 ho first stage and see seo what would Den oen cn ged sed Old Gold Tooth hero bere was only a short wait and the thes IeS s B had been halted but an nn instant bo pass when the bandits surround surround- iho tho coach and with cool darin daring orid orId or or- id tho the driver and tho the passengers ors to tov Kr v up uj their hands As the order was u Pu however a 3 bullet from irom Ser Sergt os o's 8 rib win winced ed tho the Man Man with golden olden Tooth Tooth and each of Brule's picked off a man as 88 the thee Ie e troopers climbed over tho the rocks v tho the high highway 11 Seeing tho the blue 0 of tho the troopers tho the other bandits leaving tho the Man Ian with the Golden jib fh and two others of their com corn tons ona ns dead allowing Howin tho the death of their leader other ther members of tho the gang were tired bred by bv troopers and turned over to toW W Wyoming n authorities The They Cd d. d in the State penitentiary but r escaped by locking tho the warden pd the bars and stealing all tho thoI td 1 I and ammunition t. t Chris en en was wag given command of a squad rail pail and recapture them fed ed the tho Bandits I dean uleen took with him a one eyed i breed reed Indian St. St Clair by name namo had mado made a reputation as guido guide ido scout cout and Jim a IOD long long- scout and Indian fighter After wing the tho trail for tor several dave dan daveen wn en nand and lime his t two to o comrades finally upon tho the outlaw camp early one lag ing The outlaws outnumbered tho the ers enl but McAdams broko broke into the tho theo thep o p with a shout and an order for to throw up their hands Madsen followed him hima a ph gh h the underbrush and shortly a sf af irn m came came St. St Clair r the Indian tho the entire com company pan of 1 were after atter them tho the outlaws kly ly 1 surrendered and were all aU hand hand- ll irs by McAdams before they thoy were jc IC that their pursuers wore ore so 80 few imbor The leader leador of ot tho the bandits ft ten cn VOi very angry and taunted St. St J in m in particular offering to fight him hima jr a any conditions St. St Clair threw J his weapons and asked Madsen Madsea Bon sen the leader leador in order that the thc i It fight it out out with their fists fiats but Jen en cn would not hear to it and tho the f ta were soon behind chind prison bars barsI I All AU of them were afterward need for lon long terms in the prison ty Years In Army dEen served cd twenty in years ears tho the thor jar Ii r army and after that was a dep dep- arshal arahal In n the West n serving sering under f Joseph Shelb Shelby when ho was Unit Unit- ates Marshal of the western dis dla- of Missouri and still later under United States Marshal Crenshaw Following the tho opening of Oklahoma to settlement in 1889 1859 Madsen was on the tho force of William Grimes United States 9 Marshal for tho the Territory A band Dd of desperadoes had been terrorizing tho the southwestern southwest rn part o of tho the Territory and accompanied by Madsen and several other deputies Grimes started after them Grimes was separated from tho the rest refit of the tho posse and in riding over the brink of ot a hill ho he saw sa the tho outlaws on ahead of him and urged his horse horco to top speed to catch up with them Tho The horse borso proved unruly and placed Grimes in a position where tho time outlaws had him himat him himat himat at their mercy The loader of the band raised his pistol to fire firo upon Grimes at close range His Splendid Aim Alan Just Juet then Madsen rode over tho crest of f the hill in Grimes' Grimes path and seeing tho the predicament in which Grimes was placed JJ Madsen deen also urged his horse forward and while tho the animal was at nt speed dred fired his rifle rille and winged tho thoman thoman thoman man that had the drop on Grimes Grimes afterward declared it to be bo the boat bost shot he had over witnessed Madsen being several hundred yards distant when he fired After tho the non Rough h Rider Eider regiment was mustered out at Montauk Point Madsen Mad Mad- sen returned to Oklahoma and was reappoInted reappointed re re- appointed to a n. place on tho the United States Marshals Marshal's for force e. e When Whon Ben F. F Colbertt Colbert the Chickasaw Choctaw Chickasaw Choctaw Indian Rough Eider was waB made mado Marshal arshal for the southern district of IndIan Territory he received word from President Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt to give Madsen any place ho might ask aek for and later hater when John E. E Abernathy Aber- Aber nathy the tho wolf hunter became United States Stater Marshal for Oklahoma Madsen was transferred to as his chief deputy |