. Chicago by day and night. rder by inaugurating an at-tack upon the officers with clubs, pistols andknives. When an arrest is contemplated in Cheyerme, a dozen armed officers go to the objec-tive point in a patrol-wagon, prepared for any sortof an encounter; for it is a well-known fact that everyprominent Cheyenneite has an army of followerswho regard it as a point of honor to resist his ar-rest as bitterly as possible. The degree of im-portance enjoyed by the gentleman whose arrestis contemplated serves as a guide to the police au-thorities ; if he Is in any sense a leader, twenty stal-wart
. Chicago by day and night. rder by inaugurating an at-tack upon the officers with clubs, pistols andknives. When an arrest is contemplated in Cheyerme, a dozen armed officers go to the objec-tive point in a patrol-wagon, prepared for any sortof an encounter; for it is a well-known fact that everyprominent Cheyenneite has an army of followerswho regard it as a point of honor to resist his ar-rest as bitterly as possible. The degree of im-portance enjoyed by the gentleman whose arrestis contemplated serves as a guide to the police au-thorities ; if he Is in any sense a leader, twenty stal-wart men are none too few to be entrusted withthe mission. It is with no idea of speaking disparagingly ofthe fair sex that one remarks on the presence inCheyenne of several dusky female charactersof whom the police have a wholesome dread. Mostofficers would rather engage in a grapple withhalf a dozen male desperados than with one of 203 those formidable negresses. They are Amazonianin physique and being thorougly abandoned, are. ready for any hideous devilment which may oimay not turn up. Big Mag, the wickedestand most notorious character in Cheyenne was re-cently sentenced to five years at Jollet, and willtherefore be safely caged during the Fair. Shehas raised riots without number in Cheyenne inher time. She is nearly six feet in height, asstraight as an arrow and of such marvelousstrength that no officer on the force would under-take to arrest her single-handed. She had a record 204 with the pistol, too, and there was easier breathingat the Harrison Street Station when she wentover the road for a comfortable five years. As a general thing, there is not much noise ortumult in *Cheyenne after nightfall. But itsvery quietude is its most deceptive feature. Woeto the guilelesscountryman who, having been cel-ebrating his visit to the city not wisely but toowell, ignorantly strolls Into the dangerous are dark forms lurking in the alley-waysanH doors, eager for prey. They c
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