The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-08-25
WHOLESALE MURDER AT NEw1Jk
Pl,e Men KILLED and Six Wounded.
4 The Jury Ordered to Leave.
The .sl.eading MAN. Not Arrested.

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fThe Leading MAN. Not Arrested.
On Sunday morning last row Oc-
CURED at Newton which resulted in the
murder of two men and the wounding
of nine others, three of whom have
since died from wounds received in the
afIray. This affair occurred in one of
those sinks of iniquity near the town
called Glance house." A former res
ident of this town who was at Newton
gives rs the following particulars of
the affair:
It seems that this murderous affair
was the result of several less fatal
shooting scrapes which have been hap
pening at Newton for some weeks.
It must be borne in mind that the
state of society in that town is now at
its worst. The town is largely inhab-
tied by prostitutes, gamblers and whis-
ky-sellers. Pistol shooting is the COM
mon amusement. ALI the freqHenters
Of the saloons, gambling dens and
houses of ill-fame are armed at all
IIIAlcb1 tuOSIly Win Two PlStOi5s
About two weeks ago Captain
French, from Texas, had George Del
any, alias VIM. McCluskie, st. Louis
hard case, arrested on a charge of gar
roting. He was tried before Esquire
Bowman, and they failed to prove any
thing against him. On the day of the
election on railroad bonds, McCluskie
and man named Bailey, both of whom
were on the special police, got into
difficulty about the matter of the ar
rest, and about woman. Baily got
drunk. The difficulty commenced at
one of the dance houses, just out of the
town, and after coming to the village
Bailey was shot and killed by McClus-
kie. French and other Texans, among
whom was one named Bill Anderson,
then swore they would put an end to
McClnskie's life, and break up his
crowd. Several small difficulties oc-
CURED between the parties and their
friends. At 1 o'clock last Sabbath
morning, when all but one of the dance
houses were closed, and most of their
frequenters had left, the murderers pro-
ceeded to carry out their desperate
threats. One of these disreputable
places remained open. McCluskie was
one of the loiterers. 1t proved to be his
last hour ON earth. Could he have
known this, he would doubtless have
preferred to spend it elsewhere.
Several of the blood-thirsty Texans
entered the place, accompanied by a
few lockers on, who had found out the
| intentions of the murdercrs. One or
two innocent men were shot in the af-
| fray who were present only to see.
Directly Anderson entered, and imme-
i diately the bloody work commenced.
w murder in his eye, and his foul
mouth filed with oaths and epithets,
he stepped up to McCluskie and shot
/ him. The ball entered McCluskie's
neck. He sprang to his feet and shot
Anderson, and then fell to the ground.
The shooting then became general.
McCluskie was shot in three places, and
died in a couple of hours. John Mar
tin, herd boss, was shot through the
/ juguiar vein, and died. Bill Anderson,
an owner of Texas cattle, was shot
through the thigh; John Anderson, his
brother, was shot through the right arm
!. and lungs; Garrett was shot through
i the lungs, and has since died; Patrick
. Lee, railroad employee, was shot
i through the loins, and has since died.
He was in no way party to the diff
Guilty. Hickey was shot in three places,
and we believe has since died. Will
kinson was shot through the jaw and
nose. Bartlett was shot in the left
shoulder. Sd. ~.
On Sunday, two other white men and
a negro were shot, but our informant
did not learn their names. Neither of
them were killed. A coroner's jury
was called on Sunday morning, and
after an investigation, which lasted
from o. clock a. m. to 1919 p. m, they
found Bill Anderson guilty of man
slaughter, they having proved that he
1 ered the first shot. They adjourned,
! and soon after received notice that if
u they did not leave at once their bodies
would be found Monday morning
"ornamenting neighboring Telegraph
poles" On Monday morning three OF
them came away on the early train,
j and the other three went to Wichita.
A Anderson came on the same train and
went to Topeka to have his wounds
attended to. Anderson and his men
had such control over the crowd that
the officers were afraid to arrest them.
| The Texans were talking Sunday
night of burning the town and running
out the prostitutes and gamblers. Sew
eral of them left, and as we have heard
of no such action on their part, we
conclude they have abandoned the
Il matter. gzs..rz- .:s5 ..---... .....4
This was one of the bloodiest afirays
that ever occurred in our State, and we
hope that measures will be, taken to
prevent its recurrence.
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