The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-11
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UPPER HORSE CREEK, April 9Th.
To the Editor If The Leader:
We have read in TILE LEADER Nor
man McCuaig's version Of the murder
Of the Jacksons. I'VE believe your i'm
formant must have obtained his infor-
nation from the McArthurs, at whose
place the murderer was last seen. Be-
sides, there are no other persons in this
vicinity known to US to be in sympathy
with the murderer. We therefore feel
in duty bound, both for ourselves and
in justice to deceased friends, to refute
the base fabrication, for such it is.
Messrs. Dalton, Fisher:and Brewster,
who were first or the ground, and laid
out the bodies, say there were no wea-
pons on the persons Of the deceased.
As for Mrs. Jackson running after
McCuaig with a gun, the statement is
beyond belief. She is known to be as
timid as a child. She is a most esti-
mable lady, beloved ty all who know
her for her kindness of heart and chris
tian virtues. After the murder was
done she had to walk a distance Of
three miles to Mr.. Chase's to give the
alarm, leaving her little son, a boy Of
ten years, to watch the bleeding forms
of his father and brother. Imagine her
feelings and the agony she endured
while on this errand, with the assassin
only a short distance in advanced
At a school meeting held about a
year ago, d. Clark, o. P. Goodwin and
]. B. Jackson were elected as the school
board. A relative of Mr.. Clark's, a
Scotch girl, wal employed to teach, and
for a few weeks all went smoothly, but
people then began complaining of the
harsh treatment their children were re-
ceiving from their teacher, and also
that she was in the habit of using pro-
fame language before the pupils. Such
tales were brought home by all the
scholars, until it became ~unbearable,
and some of the parents took their
children away from school, and said
nothing. The teacher, Miss Near
thur, had so many relatives that they
feared for themselves if much talk was
male about her. Mr.. Jackson's little
son and granddaughter several times
reached home bearing marks of bodily
injury received from the teacher, and
when he demonstrated with her, she de-
MED having done it. Soon after the
little boy was again severely punished
with a heavy club, and both children
were then taken from school, leaving
her only three scholars, two of whom
were soon withdrawn, leaving but one.
Jackson then called on her and Of
fered to pay her 300 if she would give
up the school, but she refused. He told
her he would report her to the county
superintendent and have her removed,
and she said she would not resign nor
be put out, defying him to do his worst.
Three days after that time the school
house was burned down. McCuaig and
the McArthurs charged Jackson with
having set it on fire, which greatly an
noyed him, and he charged them with
the deed, for it was believed that Nor
man McCuaig had committed arson
before. McCuaig called at Jackson's
house and asked him to give up the
books Of the school board, saying he
vas sent by the treasurer of the board,
Mr.. Jackson then being clerk. Jack
son told him he did not wish him to
come about his place at all, and that
he had better keep away. This greatly
incensed McCuaig, and he said he
would come there as often as he pleased.
McCuaig and his ~confederates car
ried the matter so far as to shoot lat
least it is supposed it was these par
ties) at Mr. jackson, from concealed
places. People have been afraid of
them for some time, and a number OF
cattle and horses which have been
missed have been traced to their possess
sion. Mr.. jackson had said that he
would have them indicted by the grand
jury for their deeds Of violence, such as
robbing wagons on the highways, etc.
which can be proved against them, and
this is believed to have been the motive
for encompassing the death of jackson,
the killing Of the son being to do away
with his evidence against them.
The old gentleman was known to his
neighbors as an upright, honest, and
industrious man, a stranger to fear,
and the manner in which he met his
death is sincerely regretted by all. This
Is a plain statement of the facts.
CITIZENS OF HORSE CREEK.