Red Pugh, a cowboy who was in the employ…
source date: 1888
availability: public-domain

Red Pugh, a cowboy who was in the employ of Jack Fleming in the Burros some years ago, but who is now with Buffalo Bill’s wild west show, created a terrific hubbub in London re- cently. Red went into a restaurant and ordered a rare beef steak. The waiter brought him one so rare that it jerked around on the plate. Red drew his gun and fired three or four shots through the steak, “to kill it,” as he explained, when everyone in the establishment joined in a general stampede. After killing the steak Red sat down to eat his meal, but was interrupted in a few minutes by the arrival of about fifty police, who told him that it was against the laws of her majesty Queen Vic to make such John Branch plays in Hengland. He was ar- rested and fined. The particulars were cabled over to the American papers. Grant County boys can always be relied upon for an item when away from home.