The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-07-12
Another Terrible Tragedy on
the Santa Fe Road!
A. I. BAKER AND MR. SEGUR MUIR
DERED IN COLD BLOOD!
BURNING HOUSES STEALING HORSES
Threats made against Emporia!

1t will be remembered that some few weeks
ago, we gave the particulars of the killing of
an old man named Anderson, by Judge A.
I. Baker Baker had branded Anderson
and his two sons, Bill and Jim. as belong
ing to band of horse thieves; and for this,
and perhaps one or two other reasons which
it is not necessary to make public, Ander-
son sought his life, and was shot by Baker
in self-defense. At the same time Next
can, one of the gang of horse thieves and
desperadoes to which the Andersons be-
longed, was hung by mob. Bill Ander-
son was arraigned on the charge preferred
by Baker, and bailed out. They swore VEN
geance on Baker and others, and left the
country. 1t was supposed at the time
and the awful tragedy which We are about
to relate proves the supposition to have
been true-tbat they had gone to Missouri
to join Quantrell.
On Thursday evening, the Sd of July,
at about or 9 O'Clock, Bill Anderson, jim
Anderson, Lee Griffin (anotber of the gang
which had Lefty, accompanied by two others,
one of them supposed to be Quantrell him
self, arrived at the residence of Judge Baker
on the Santa Fe road, when one of their
company proceeded to his house and report
ed himself as lone traveller, and told Ba-
ker he wished TO procure some whisky.
Baker went to his store, short distance
from his residence, to get the whisky, and
when in the act of going into the cellar the
other four members of the gang rushed in
and discharged several pistols at him, two
of them taking effect in his body. Baker
reeled upon the steps, drew his revolver,
and fred into the crowd, hitting Jim Ander-
son in the thigh, but not seriously wound
ing him. Baker fell into the cellar in an
expiring condition. A young man named
Segur, a brother-in-law of Bakers, was
present, and was shot and thrown into the
cellar with him. The cut-throats supposed
this latter gentleman to be Elisha Goddard,
of Americas, against whom they have a
grudge for taking prominent part in the
against whom they have sworn vengeance.
They then closed the door and piled boxes
and barrels upon it and set them on fire. In
this position the two dying men lay until the
roof of the building fell in. Baker, who
was in the agonies of a horrible death,
reached over his hand and babe Segur fare
well, saying, 81 am going" Young Segur,
although MORALLY wounded, recollcted a
back window in the cellar, and through
this he mustered strength to escape from
the horrible fate of burning to death. He
lived about twenty-four hours after his es-
cape. Judge Bakers head arms and legs were
literally burned to ashes. A portion of the
body was saved from burning by some object
which had fallen upon it during the confia-
grafton. The devils then set FIRE to the re-
mainder of his property. consisting of a
large stone dwelling, several out-houses, a
carriage, etc. They also stole two fine
horses. In company with Mr.. God
dard and his brother, Mr.. Baker visited
Emporia about noon of the day on which
the dreadful murder was committed, in the
very carriage which was burned, and with
the very horses which the Rebels stole. He
was in fine spirits, and little dreamed of the
terrible fate which awaited him ere he
closed his eyes in slumber that night. Lit
tie did he think that the slumber which he
should take that night was to be the one that
knows no waking this side of eternity. 1t
is little surprising to us that, with his
natural shrewdness, he should not have
been more guarded. He jumped into the
trap laid for him without hesitancy, and
that, too, when he knew the Andersons had
sworn vengeance, and had even sent him
word that they were coming. His friends
state, however, that he did moi believe these
reports, and had said that he did not believe
the boys would harm him.
After they had completed their hellish
work at this point, the murderers started
toward Missouri on the Santa Fe road, com
hitting depredations and stealing horses at
every point which they passed. After
leaving Bakers the first settler is a man
called Dutch Henry, whom they robbed OF
clothing and money.
They then went to the residence of G. II
Wilmington, of Allen, and after placing all
the men about the premises under arrest,
they demolished a saloon, knocking the pro-
prietor down with pistol, and setting fire
to his house. Owing to the lumber being