FIRST TRIP TO DALLAS
One time he and John Bond went to Dallas, his first time there. Think
he said they stayed at the old St. George Hotel, with stairs and no
elevators. They went out to a variety show. The girls came out in a crowd.
They would buy drinks for them with a dollar, but there was nothing doing.
They, the boys, were still young, and they got too much liquor, and
were about to get quarrelsome, and they pay in advance because they had no
baggage. He told them to turn out the light when they went to bed. Mr.
Williams went to bed first because he didn’t want the job of turning off
the light. Neither had ever done that. Bond blew a long time and said that
the candle was inside glass, and they let it burn all night.
Chief Quanah Parker and his father-in-law, Red Cloud were more bold and
when in a Dallas hotel blew out the light, the gas light, and were found
unconscious, and the latter died.
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CHESLEY'S HAMILTON COUNTY INTERVIEWS
BY
HERVEY EDGAR CHESLEY, JR.
Born: 21 November, 1894
Died: 17 July, 1979