, 1874-06-18
LYNCH LAW.

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Correspondence of the ST. Louts RepnD1tean pi,ao
t!une. 1877 '''N'
mated ny {as efds to res9 S1lpa of % Nv woek ag0 1n
tleiency and corruption of tho Unitod s.ntns u
ollcia1s III this Territory might bo M outbroa NJ
2opnar , .,nt xongeatnc0. tc knew nt tho tno What
ula e npt stato. ior obvious ronaona. Aud Tint
ready been organlzcd, having momborahp hall
IN tllB nation and III kansnH, 10 tllat a norfcrt
Gordon might 10 drawn about tho outlaws, Tfc
Uommios wsa organized very quietly aud alHo
ship about 20o as cool and determined mon M
over pulled rope or drow trigger, "'
Ihey moalit busi;'oas. 30 tloy concluded tn
va Wa'. ana soe what tho United ssatos authoritios
tried their hand. They did not ,vnnt to do nny.
Thing hastily, und they watttetl to bo sure thoot
tAefe was no other nleans Of projecting thoir
ptopaty netoro they took tho !aI into hor own
gun from Wllknaon's poaso, With tho oyitle1t
connivanco Of thu offlcors, waa the Inst STRAW Thai
! 1foke tho back OF thoEr Patience. They immo-
RVthss S9s hea na es meeting and resolved to hang John
and and two others, and forthwith appointed COM
mittees to patrol the country III soarcl Of Them.
word was sent to tho Committee in Kausas
Gna Mnns,s s'ntIHr astton was tRkon thoro. The
tho Committee here to look ont for Dock Cod
dard vito has long beou implicated with tho o1It-
laWs. Both Committoos thon went to work M
socaetly m as po19;.sible. and tho Hccond day out
m and john friend in their camp. ltwas resolved
to hang them immediately, mud tho lariats ,yoro
fastened a; About their nccka. Then thay were
tpa tn sne. II they would pilot tho Committee to
Understood to bo somewhere in tho % Vordrr;s His
timber, they would be permitted to iaavo
the country alive. They promised, nui
s neels fss qhs wos S1Pe nersv taS tskon ,oP on ho
9s they reached the heavy timber Dlythe mi
trloud tried 10 escape. They wa1e Immediately
.1,e ehot aeaa " tue men WHO woro riding benido
Morgan and Quecn fled the country, Morgan
going to Kansas and Queen to Toxas. snn1n5nw
tley learned that the Committee lndbcon organ
yeiIaatoa 1e aa n9' no. tItkns that they could by
authorities, they concluded that the hot woathcr
was coming on and the territory would mi In
healthy, 20 they went away.
,va Iue en- next within Of popular jnstice Vas man
without my ceremony over on Grand River yas'ui
could not learn his name. He was ouo of t,,c
uoa who wcro first spotted" Another natroI
reports l1 having caughtand killed young Cochran,
tifying AeAinHt him in 4 liquor case Cnohran
was taken out OF house wbero he Ind atonncd
to got dinner and was shot in tho yard. II IN
STATED that lie was made TO got up from tho
table and not permitted to finiah hiH ulenl.
Dock Goddard was tho uoxt to fnll inso TIM
hands OF the philistines. Tho KanBas Commits
tecmen ran him down across tho liuo, aud nomo
Of our boys Picked him up by moro chance, lie
ola not Know M whom nc was donng with at first,
seappufing the party to be oattlo-men. One Of
the party know lin and sud, "Hullo, Dock
whclrway arc you goins7"
u Mo said ho was going ovor to Parlsor.
IAen tho man told him he rcckoned he might
bo likely to do aonae travelling in another
direction.
wards" NAe''-
Then Dock weakened and realized whose
hnnds 10 was H.. He made full confession. in
which ho admitted thnt his house had lonr hoen a.
uaea as Rendezvous fur gang OF thieves ,yhoso
operations EXTENDED from Missouri to Tcvra
Ho said thoy had it arranged SO that thoy could
ue.ena thehaaovea IN case Of an attack. Flo
never rodo over twenty-five miles Of night viii,
his stolcn horses, and wau always ut Ilonlc in to
morning to avoid suspicion. He stated thnt tho
limo u extended from st. Joe. Missouri, on through
Iexas to San Antonio. 1fo aiao stated thatjt
In one nights time. 0'N
After ho nade this confession Dock accom.
pnned four OF tho boys into tho buah, aud it
seems they lost him in tho,e somewhere 1t
any ratio lie did not come bnck with them.
Last week, another Of tie gang waa cnueht |
mapping by some Of tbs boys wllo wore prowlina
arounte oyor on tho Vcrdlgrin. Yhoy woro Kangnss
boys mud were following horse TINT had beon |
about aixteon miles below tho line tlloy met t,yn
Delaware ha'f-broeda who we're on tho sau1o |
eria1,d as themselves. About shutdown tl1oy saw
smoke rising cut Of tho troea and they surrounded
found thoy had corrnled tier game. lie liz ' haa
tue horse tins belonged to tho Dclawaroa pick. |
cted to 9 ulnall tree and was COOLING q rabbit
10 had killed. The pity tnrned lin oyer to thu
!3olawares and wont back about hnlf-n-1uile
lreHontly tho Deauares Dame a1ong lending tho
horse. The boys ssled tllem what the Ind doue
with the nun, mud they said he was all right
They bad Just simply nnh'ohed the horse aud
hitChed the man to the same troe.
could not learn this mans name either Ho
wns q white man, aud TINT is all TINT could 10
learned about him.
The Committee has lately held another moot
ing to consider tlo ca6es OF yo suspicious char.
actora who had been BpoLtot, but aeainst whom
there did not aeem to bo proof enough to war
rant an oraor for killing thom wherover found.
The Committee WAS diyidod on the question but
finally majority resolved TINT they should not
PC put , oas OF tie why until mora proof could bo
had. Tie minority wore worry threatening, how
ever, and 10 4 compronine WAS mat,s Ly rssoly-
lug to order thotn out Of tho country i,i twenty
four hours, tue minority nsreaing to keep hands
oa for that length OF time. They left boforo
tho twenty-four hours wero up,
Thtre are yet heyontecn mon on tho calendar
of lhe Committee to be disposed OF o1.e way or
anothor. mention no names for tbs reason
that their oaaea have not boon actaa upua yot
rhs most OF them will probably be ordered out
IT tue country. Tho only men spotted for homp
u lead without mercy, who ato still at large.
We QM.on AMI Morgan TLey are the orst OF
he whole lot. But they probably nill 10 scarco
Il tliest parts for solno tlauoto come. uurues
1rs good dan! safol Aureabouts nov than they
1eie i month agu.
1ha is q Wild state ot things. and ma5 aoe,u
1ttaaSe 1.t 70 People living nudor luz mud order,
'lll not protect US. On the CONTRARY, the Gov
rnnent officials seem to try to protect tAe
hievcH:. liencs nc hase to protect ourselves.
hers don't aosu to be any Deputy Marshals
round here lats!y. Maybe thoy don't tink It
ions. 7 cun't nay M TO tilt. But 'a one
hing can say. end that III ITO havs no moro lso
o. tho Bamo surt Of Deputy AIas.haIs az those
tho h:!ve been iniosting this locality. Now that
ae oltlzana haya been driven to it, they can tako
arc OF tllemselyos. You can bo confident that | .
hoy won't get Tho wrong mon in any case. And
hey aro not very liliely to lot tho right men got
way either. It is q Pretty sad state Of Thugs