Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1916 — Fit the Command. [ARTICLE]

Fit the Command.

Alkali Ike is dead. He died with his boots on, as befitted a man of his brave and strenuous character. It happened in a little silver mining town in Nevada. Since his arrival, several weeks before, the residents had been on tenterhooks. No one knew what he would do next. His stunts were as varied as they sometimes were deadly—and life insurance was at a premium. The nerves of all of them being so strained, it was a dangerous and significant fact that they should all carry their guns where they were handiest. Alkali Ike decided that as nothing new had been done in the town for 24 hours, it was up to him. Sd he went to the Metropolitan hotel, Eind went up to a room on the second (top) floor. Going to the window he stuck his head out and shouted:“Fire!” And everybody did. A pleasant time was had by all at the funeral. —Kansas City Star.