New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-09-18
A BLOODY TRAGEDY.

A Horse Thief Kills a United States Mar
stal at CAetopa, Kansas.
A correspondent of the Atchison ChnmpSon
gives the particulars of murder which oc-
Cured at Chetopa, Kansas, on the 25th inst,
a United States marshal being the victim.
EARLY that morning citizen called at the
residence of Robert 81. Cliff, city marshal
and deputy United States marshal, and in
formed him that MAJ passing in sight, on
foot, must be arrested as horse-thief.
Cliff at once mounted his horse and followed
the man, o> ertaking him on the prairie in
full view of the town, and ordered him to
surrender under arrest. The man proved to
be one Richmond, who had been about the
town some time before, and had been fur
nished money by benevolent citizens to re-
move with his family to Lawrence county,
Mo. He readily replied that he would sur
render, and turned as if to walk on before
the marshal, and taking two or three steps
suddenly turned, facing the officer, and
raised pistol to dead aim and fired before
the surprised officer could even get his hand
up. The ball struck him squarely in the
throat, cut through the wind-pipe and
lodged in the neck-bone, fracturing the
spinal column. In moment he reeled and
fell from his horse, the blood gushing out at
his mouth. Richmond started on brisk
run to large cornheld near by and toward
the timber in the Neosho bottom. Several
persons we're in sight, but failed to compre-
bend the situation in time to stop the fight
of the thief. The marshal was Immediately
looked after and carried to his home, not far
away. Drs. Lisle, Anderson and Kackley
were soon on the ground, and on examina-
ton, pronounced the case hopeless. All
that could be, was done to alleviate his suffer-
ings. He remained conscious several hours,
and gave directions as to the disposition of
his business affairs. After time he became
delirious, and his sufferings were terrible.
He fingered until past midnight, when death
released him from his terrible suffering. BY
8 o'clock the news had spread all over the
town, and men were seen coming from
every quarter, armed with such weapons as
were at hand--shot-guns, rifles, revolvers =
till forty or fifty determined men had
assembled. The pursuit was at once
commenced, but in the excitement
that prevailed, there was little order
or system, each squad taking
the course most readily suggested. By noon
100 armed men were eagerly searching
every nook and corner in the neighborhood.
The search was continued in this irregular
AAoAAo1 tAAA 0Sou4uS. ~ WAS aSceTt stIueu 1dto
| in the day that q man answering the descrip-
ton of Richmond had crossed the Neosho
five miles below town, and had boldly struck
out across the prairies towards Baxter, twenty
miles east. Night overlook the pursuers be-
fore they overlook the thief. Thus he gained
an advantage that any fleeing murderer
might ardently desire. There are large corn
fields all along the route in which he could
easily hide from his pnrsuers, even if they
were on the track of the right man. A num-
Der of men continued the search, and were
joined by several from Oswego and Baxter.
THE MURDERER CAPTURED.
JOPLIN, Aug. 80. Richmond, the man
who shot and killed Marshal Cliff, at
Chetopa, Kas., on Sunday morning, was
captured night before last, at his home in
Lawrence county, BY United States Marshal
Graham, of the Indian territory. e was
thought that Richmond would at once make
his way to his home, ana the, United States
marshal at once proceeded to Lawrence coun-
,,ty to intercept and capture his man. Ar
irving at Rlchmond's house he found
that this man had not yet put in an appear
ance. He therefore took possession Of the