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Men's Eyes Brighten When
You Speak of Arizona's Hero
The Romantic Story of Captain (Bucky) O'Neill. Republished From Outing Magazine.
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In Arizona, men's eyes light up
when they talk of "Buckey" O'Neill.
Ha was a splendid type of the chlval
looa fromieniman dear to the West
ern heart. Hie futher wan Captain
John O'Neill, an officer of Co. K, 116
I'ennaylvanlu. Volunteers, which was
a part of the celebrated Meagher's
Irlxh Brigude so prominently men
tioned in the annals of the Civil War.
Captain O'Neill was five times wound
ed at Fredrlcksburg, and during the
war received fourteen wounds, being
obliged to walk on crutches for the
rest of his life. Captain William O.
Nelll, familiarly known as "Buckey,"
received an excellent classical and le
gal education. He graduated In 1879
from the law course of the National
UnlTersity, and went straight to Phoe
nia. Arizona, where he became edi
tor and manager of the City Herald.
From that time until his death,
O'Neill was prominent as a miner,
Journalist, politician, business man.
judge, soldier, and sheriff. He was
a born soldier, and by grace of na
tural fitness, a leader of men.
"Buckey" was a reckless, soft-spo-l.e,
dark-eyed man of unflinching
nerve. Personally he was very bash
ful among strangers. His soft brown
er grew frightened at thought of
making a speech. His daring was
Irish In Its extravagance, but It cov
ered a tender heart. At one time the
Prescott Grays, of which body he was
an officer, were called upon to guard
the scaffolding during a public hang
ing. As the trap was sprung one of
the officers keeled over in a faint. It
was "Buckey" O'Neill, a man whose
nerve was famous all over the coun
try full of plucky men. He explained
afterwards that he could not bear to
see a man killed without giving him
a chance to fight for his life.
When the Santa Fe railroad was be-i
lng built through the territory a gng
of Its workmen "Jumped" a spring i
belonging to the Navajo Indians. The
Navajns were a company of peaceable
shepherds, and they were not ready j
to fight for their rights although their j
sheep were about to perish with
thirst. Along rode "Buckey" O'Neill, :
looking out for some of his many dl-
verse Interests, and discovered thej
pitiable condition of the Indian flocks. .
Ills quick Celtic blood boiled. He
did not wait for any help but rodej
straight to the gang of toughs.
"By God! you'll either treat these j
people decent and give them their1
water or I'll drive you out," said this:
Don Quixote of the desert, roundly. I
O'Neill armed the Indians and told
them to get ready to rush the spring.
But the bullies had no mind to fight
a body of men led by "Buckey" O'
Neill. They retired voluntarily. The
head chief of the Navajo was so
grateful that he gave to "Buckey." aj
great diver ring as a mark of his es
teem. The ring always commanded
for O'Neill the respect due to a chief.!
He afterwards presented it to Thur-
low Weed In his generous way. i
Buckey" came into conflict with j
railroad Interests later when he ran
for sheriff. He had had Inserted In ;
the platform of his party a plank to j
tht effect that the republican candi
dates If elected would assess the rail
road the full value of Its land hold-1
lags. The sherlf was at that time tne
ex-nfflclo assessor of Yavapai county.
"Buckey" was the sole iswue of the
campaign, and though bitterly oppos
ed hv eornnrnte Interests, ran far t
ahend of his tloket and was elected.
The sheriff fulfilled his pledge and
incurred the enmity of the railroads
to such an extent that they were not
willing to ask his services to capture
the train robbers who had held up an
express In Canon Diablo. They told
"Buckey" that very little money hud
been secured and the affair was of
very little Importance.
"Huckey" disagreed with them. A
robbery had been committed In the
county and he proposed to cutch the
banditH. He was refused inside in
formation by the railroad authorities
but he took up the trail nevertheless.
Canon Diablo Is a rough gorge lying
In a mountainous country where the
trail could easily be lost. Through
ban en mountain ranges, across a
ccuntry where honest white men had
rrr .
"Hello, boys, what's new?" wus his
eay greeting.
For a full hour he held the des
peradoes under his gun before the
rest of his party came up. By taking
them in camp he secured all their
baggage, concealed in which ' was
$350,000 the loss that the railroad
had said was of no consequence.
"Huckey" had covered the expense
of hia posse both wuys, expecting to
be reimbursed. But the supervisors
were friends of the railroads and re
fused to pay the expenses because the
sheriff had technically violated the
law by leaving the county without
asking their permission. He carried
his case from court to court, but lost
In the end.
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seldom ridden, he and his posse fol
lowed the outlaws.
More thun once the robbers were
engaged at close range. .Several times
they tried to ambush their pursuers.
All the horses ahead of the sheriff's
posse, were impressed or utumpeded.
It became imperative to change the
jaded horses of the posse. The near
st ranch was thirty miles away, near
the border line between I'tah and Col
otudu. To this refuge O'Neill's party
was making Its way when a volley
poured In on the men from a buttress
o? rock. "Buckey" led the charge
which followed. None of the posse
were injured, but two of the robbers
were wounded in the running fight
which followed. With fresh horsej
the whole party could have been cap-,
lured, but the delay necessary to se-!
cure fresh mounts allowed the outlaws
to escape.
"Buckey" was after them hotfoot i
day later. The robbers were met
again, and two more of them killed. j
The pursuers were again delayed on
account of the jnded condition of their
bronchos. O'Neill himself was at no
needs to secure a fresh mount. He
was riding a horse called Ssndv
which had twice Swam the Colorado
river with his mader on his back
"I'.iickeN" had a standing offer to bet
that Sandy could cover more and
rougher country than any horse In the
territory- Since leaving Yavapai coun
ty "Bucky" had not once changed
horses. Sandy was still hitting the
trail with the rellnble gait that made
him the wonder of everybody.
"Iluckey's" impatience got the bet
ter of his prudence. He was hot on
the trail and he did not want to wait
for his men. He hurried forward
alone, keeping an eye open for the
robbers. He came upon them camp
ed In Hah Weep Canon in a sort o(
cave. With his usual quickness O'
Neill hud them covered before they
could reach for a gun.
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The sheriff who went out of his
county after a desperado in those early
days always fuced the probability of
having to fight for his prisoner. His
friends were likely to line up in de
fence of their pet outlaw. On one oc
casion "Buckey" followed a criminal
Into New Mexico. He rode Into a town
where the man bad just passed
through. The people eyed the sheriff
suspiciously and declared no such man
had been there. O'Neill knew they
were lying and followed his man. He
came up with him a short distance
beyond the settlement.
The robber opened fire on the sher
iff, and had his leg broken by
"Buckey's" return shot. When the
sheriff reached the settlement with his
prisoner he found himself confronted
by a mob. Smith, the captured out
law, was himself of a chivalrous turn. !
He hnd th't iln met a school
teacher lost on the desert and had
brought her back to the settlement
This struek a responsive chord in the
Western heart and the New Mexl
c: ns were convinced that Smith was
"a gentleman."
Smith was quick to perceive his ad
vantage and declared that O'Neill had
shot hlni over a difference about a
woman. The crowd closed In to res
cue him. Things !mked squally for
the Ynviiim! sheriff. O'Neill hacked
his prisoner and his horse into an ad
obe hut.
"When a man crosses that doorway,
I'll shoot him and then the prisoner."
he said- his soft eyes growing hard as
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likely to be deceived. At Tucson he
was once walking down the street with
rough-spoken citizen who prided
himself on being blunt in talk and
bold in action. O'Neill made a re
mark that caused his companion to
spit out that he lied.
"Beg pardon?" said "Buckey." as
tonished. "I say you lie." was the brusque re
tort. "Buckey" took the would-be bold
man by the ears and churned him up
and down In the hope of teaching him
better manners.
Despite his early fears of speech
making O'Neill became one of tht!
greatest politicians in the state. He
was billed once to speak at Mammoth
to deliver an election speech. Neal,
the stage-driver, was taking him in
never been definitely settled. A fel
low captain of the Rough Riders, who
was present when the remark was
made, told me that a brigadier's star
was meant.
"Buckey" O'Neill was killed at the
battle of San Juan. July, 1898. as he
walked up and down before his line
of waiting men. talking to Captain
Howse of the artillery. Bullets were
zipping all about htin. Somebody
remonstrated with him for exposing
himself so recklessly. "You'll be kill
ed sure Captain."
"The Spanish bullet that will kill
me is not yet moulded," he said with
a laugh.
"As he turned on his heel a bullet
struck him In the mouth and came
out of the back of his head; so that
even before he fell his gallant soul had
gone out into the darkness."
In this sentence, Colonel Roosevelt
tells of the passing of "Buckey" O'
Neill, that strange character who
smoked cigarettes and quoted Whit
man on the battlefield, who fought all
his gusty lifetime against Injustice to
the weak, but loved a row as a school
boy does a holiday. His life work Is
written deep In a territory redeemed
from lawlessness. To understand
"Buckey" O'Neill you must know Ari
zona its turbulent youthful energy.
Its bigness and its breadth, above all,
its unflinching loyalty to manhood.
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New Mexico understood that kind
of talk. O'Neill got away with his
prisoner in safety.
While "Buckey" was a resident of
Phoenix the Hnrdy "outfit" rode in
from the cow-camps to "shoot up" the
town. They camped outside and sent
word that they would presently be in.
I Henry Garfio, a Mexican, was sheriff.
I He was a good man and a nervy one.
i O'Neill was a deputy, nnd the two men
I rode out to meet the cow-punchers
' who were racing down Washington
Street in a cloud of dust, their Win
chesters swinging from side to side.
O'Neill and Garfio stepped out of a
doorway. The vaqueros drew rein for
a moment and O'Neill advised them to
be gone. Their leader, Hardy, laughed
and fired at him. O'Neill's answering!
shot threw him from his saddle. j
"I told you to stop." said "Buckey," ,
in gentle apology as he stepped across j
to the wounded num.
While he was sheriff of Tavnpnl
some notorious cut throats rode Into
Trescott nnd alichted nt Cavnnaugh's
saloon. Word came to the court-1
house that they were in town. Pres- i
ently a quiet young man sauntered up
to the bnr and Joined the "bad men."j
It was "Buckey" O'Neill. A tense si-1
lence filled the room. Some believed j
that "Buckey" would not tackle this
Job. But he did.
His rather effeminate voice an-
notineed to the leader that he had
come to arrest them. The man reach-1
ed fcr his gun, but "Puckey's fear-!
less eyes met his fair and full. For a
moment the man hesitated, looking
into the sheriffs pistol. Then he
threw down his gun with a curse. His
men followed his example.
So gentle wns "Pnckev's" manner
that those who did not know him were
one of his "rigs." They came to the
wash of the Canon Del Oro, and found
it a raging torrent.
Neal, himself a man of acknowledg.
ed courage, drew rein and asked
"Buckey" what he should do.
"I've got to get to Mammoth to
night." said the other.
"I'll take you through If you say
so," returned Neal nonchalantly. I
"Fire ahead then." 1
They were nearly drowned, but
"Buckey" spoke nt Mammoth that
night.
Only once was "Buckey" O'Neill
known to turn his back to a foe. This
was when he was acting as probate
judge of Yavapai county. He had of
fended a woman and she opened fire
nt him with her tongue and an um
brella. "Buckey" hurriedly an
nounced that court was adjourned and
fled Incontinently through the back
door.
There was nothing O'Neill would
not tackle. He took alw ays the side of
the underdog nnd did not care how
ninny were against him. Tt was the
vivid abandon with which he plunged
Into the frontier life that gave him
his universal nickname of "Buckey."
He gambled "with the Hd off at any
game and for any stakes his oppon
ent chose to name.
The first volunteer mustered Into
the army for the war with Spain was
"Buckey" O'Neill. He entered as a
private, but was afterwards made
Captain of Troop A of Roosevelt's
Rough Riders. His laconic expres
sion. "Who wouldn't gamble for a
star?" In response to somebodv who
remonstrated with him for enlisting
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