Show PLU now flow aiu a u y sit nt i i ii il 1 0 oi f it 1 G gun U I 1 I 1 lion ifon thomas J drum druin or of butte M T is ono one of tile the best known lav lawyers in it tho the west says tile tho st louis louia 1 lo public ile ho isa is n lawyer of distinguished ability and ana has 1113 followed mining excitements excite ments in tho the west for the last twenty years or more judge drum has lived in california arizona nov nevada ada and montana and ana has been a conspicuous figuro figures at the bar in each place during the lays days f of tombstones prosperity lie ho was i united states Cominis ioner in arizona residing in ii tombstone stone and when president arthur issued his famous proclamation arderi ordering n g t thu ho outlaw cowboys to disband judge M muni drum uni s took nn in active part in ili its enforcement A braco brace of af cowboys acro at one time nr ar reigned aigner before him for holding up a united F states sta lles mail coach between bo gwoon benson and Tombs tombstone tono the judge held thern them both for trial without bail and sent them to the tui tuc son jail for safe safa this thia made tho cowboys very indignant and throats threats weva made that judge Y drums drum carthy career would bo be woun wound d up A few lays days after it lio ordered the prisoners taken to tucson lied thornton a notorious desI desperado crado quietly 01 entered 11 jud judge t drums office iio recognized thornton as a s lie entered b b t pretended to keep on writing without taking any noti him in ili tho the meantime inic however lie ho managed to get his liand hand on oil a double shotgun avith the barrels barvels abbreviated i to about fourteen in ill lengL li that rested on oil his desk within easy casy reach lie lifted it up and concealing it behind a pilo pile of books with wit his hand still grasping it asked A thornton what it lie wanted as that gentleman ap in front of the doak be you bedre drum druin ill asked tile the aca desperado per a do 1 I 1 bo be responded the judge well I 1 delit acm to settle wid you about send ili inthe the alyes blyes to jail remarked the despur i ado how howaro aro you going to do UP iu jedro youre a grood good lookin duck nn I 1 hate tor ter do it but ive got tar blow tile top of your burned head off re remarked markoc I 1 tho f gentleman with tho the red hair bair SMS that toe inu lucli all run fun for m mo c es cs S oro body in tila tho cromwell chis morning said the jud judge 0 ws dedge youre too burned funny said tho the desperado and lie ho mado made a motion for his 9 gun un s As aa lie ho did so tho the jud judge go pres presented his shot gun stood up and hicl held d the muzzle within two feet of the desperado this was some thing that had not nob been calculated on oil and tile tho intruders disappointment was ap 1 parent throw up your linnas ill 1 called out the n judge dac thornton obeyed promptly now remain in that position until somebody comes along to take off your pistols said tho the judge thornton did ns as it ho was told in ill a few minutes footsteps were heard in ill the hall and the judge called the passerby passer passar by to enter it happened to bo be a lawyer who had an office in the same building judge M drum told the lawyer to the desperado of his pistols warning the latter that i if f lie made a move lie ho would got get a double charge of buckshot the desperadoes desperados despe rados pistols were taken from him mid and in front of judge drums gun ito ho was marched to tho alio sheriff s onico and turned over to the custody of that officer it liap happened ponca that tile sheriff sli criff had a warrant arrant w for thorntons Thorn tons arrest avres t for stage robbing and lio lie was sent to the tucson jail to keep liis his friends company judge JudgeD drum had several exciting exper experiences in arizona his duty as united states slates commissioner in 1 a I mail robbing country gave him plenty of employment and brought liim lihn into off official leial intercourse with some of the toughest men mail in tho the region in ili 1883 whon when the bot bottom torn fell out of tombstone judge drum moved to butto butte M T and is now one of the leading lawyers of that territory |