The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-11-04

bui,t. little shove the average height,
biac.. hair, and heavy dark beard slightly
gray, dark com, lex;on, and about thirty
FIVE wears old. Tie men that we're seen
with him before the occurrence were neither
of them over twenty-five years old. The
men Inquired that evening the distance and
direction 10 Wichita, and also the distance
from the territory. They could easily have
been tracked and caught the day Mr.. Motif
was In town, as they certainly were not
more than a hundred miles towards the
territory, particularly If, as reported, their
ponies were much iatigued and worn out
with travel. ...
Since writing the above, q communica-
ton from the vicinity of the murder has
been sent us, from which We make such e1-
tracts a. do not conform with the statements
made US by Mr.. Motif. 1t seems that on
"Wednesday evening last, Geo. Williams,
lad about seventeen years old, fell IN COM
pany with these three men, who said they
were ON the road from Hutchinson to
Wichita. He asked 10 tie his colt behind
their wagon, and was referred by one of the
young men to an older person walking be-
hind the outfit, whom they stated was the
owner of the team. He is described as be-
ing full six feet high, we'll built, hair dark,
but sprinkled with gray, making his head
appear a very dark iron gray. His whis-
kers were coioed black, but naturally had
a sandy cast. He had On 4 ight-colored
hat, a coat with small white stripes the
body OF it had originally been dark, but
was faded to brown, he wore dark colored
vest The person driving the team was
rather feshy, Fith full face, of
medium height, sandy appearance,
sandy mustache and blue eyes. The other
man was of medium height also, but
square built, slim face, no whiskers, and
sandy appearance The last two were
somewhat between twenty-one and twenty
five wears old. They were very afiabie,
gen:ee! and politely spoken. There was in
company with them a negro man, riding a
pony, who said Ae was on his way from
Hutchinson to Wichita to work in a brick
ward. The colored man went TO farm
house and stayed, while the three men
went into camp, calling at the house OF
Mr. Motif for water and borrowing an ak
with which to drive a picket pin. On
Thursday morning, October 14th, two men,
who said they were on their way from
Wichita to Hutchinson TO hunt work, stop
ped at the place where these men had
camped, when one of the men remarked
that something must be wrong or that man
would not be lying there at that time in
the morning, % o'clock so they called to a
passing neighbor, who came up, when they
pulled the blanket off the man and found
him weltering in his blood. The shot was
heard about 10 o'clock Wednesday night,
by one John Hanson, living near by. The
wagon is new, and is marked on the inside,
W. l.. & g.; Great Bend, Kansas. The
wound man appears TO have been cattle
dealer he may be known by his family
from the fact that he has lost one toe on
the right foot, the one nearest the great
toe. lie has been unconscious ever since
taken charge of, except for few moments
when his wound was first dressed. Several
Texas men went up from here yesterday, to
see if they could identify him.-Wichito
Beacon, 10Th.