, 1879-03-13
NEW MEXICO.
Official Report on the Recent
Reign of Terror in LIN.
coin County.
A Queer State Of Society In That
Fascinating Locality.

"a NEuGOG 6&&bGe VI 6OCl0Ly Ill 4llHE
Fascinating Locality.
An official report from Col. Dudley, who
commanded the troops tont, TO Lincoln County,
New Mexico, to quell the reign Of terror there,
has been received ut the Headquarters Of the
Army In this city. The petitions Of the Sheriff
nnl the citizens for tho uso Of troops arc nt-
tacfscd To tic report. The details Of the various
tragedies in tint district have been given IN THE
TRIBUNE from time to time. Following Il the
report:
PoHr srAnros, N. NJ, Feb. 21-7 a. MI
have the honor to tncloso herewith copy ol
e9nmr e9un1satton u; a ,o, matR.d No. reeevsd TIE
citizen then 10 Lincoln. I also fnclnsa cnpy OF
The request Of the Sheriff OF tho county, marked
No. Z. Tor tie troops to be stationed iu the said
couatT:sent. In icss than an hour after the re-
with detachment Of twenty men Of tho Ninth
EaTdiry and small detachment Of Company T.,
Fntecnth Infantry, with the Gatiing gun, were
On route Tor The couuty-eGat.
received tote yesterday, stating that tho
citizens of The place {Lincoln) wouid be plcnsed
II would visit them for the purpose OF talking
over tho situation. Knowing these people 50
thoroughly, and having been 80 repeatcdty tsf-
conrse With them, but, CD reflection, accepted
their Invitation, and went to the Plaza !or the
hrst time ln seven months. | MAS At once called
upon By soma t1cn.y OF The parties who lad
the prominent ones slated il.eir wrongs uf tlsc
past and tller Stshcs for the future, great
desire for military protection and total want
Of confidence in the ability Of the
civil authorities to protect their lives and prop
erty. In FACT It was repetition OF The meet
inEs Of last May and June, Tllen tho McSween
clique passed tho most complimentary rcsolu-
tions, euloGizing The actions Of tho Post Cotn-
tlon. Al that tlmo iii tic arrests were being
mada from the Dolan and Riley factlou. As
soou a. change Of shcrfTs was mnde, and
men were Atrestad belonging to the other party,
became partisank and mufdsrcrs, aud no doubt
a s!g,llar change will take place ia their views
II tlls troops interfere With their friends.
II REPLY TO THIS AppAEss
briefly told them that tho duties now of tile
troops tn regard to affairs iu Lincoln County
wesc : 80 clearly defined that sn officer could not
make ralstake,--that, owing to the 1cgisatfon
Of Congress last June, orders and Instructions
~ Tie troops for season were coHaictlf4t,-
that tlss perple1!ty was obvtatcd, md 11lat NC
had now clear aud positive instructions how 10
adhered to-; that the troops had no apologies TO
lnake ior their paat acts; TINT they would con-
tluc to give every assistance Ia their power to
aid the Sheriff in kenp!ng t1s peaca a,l In
making arrests OF parties be had legal warrants
for, when called upon In writing. further told
them that 1 thought Il was about time that
torn that could turn out Delegation OF twenty
hro ablc- bodied men to call upon tue post Com
lnandcr {mosty Amcr!cans) had taken some
steps to organize civil posse to aid tic Sheriff
sufficiently stroug to arrest those outlaws; thnt
they had 20 right TO expect q military noise to
always follow tho shadow OF the Sheriff; tint
II they were In earnest, they should form somc
sort OF homo guard to protect thclr houses ind
families against the InTIaBs men they COMPLAIN
cd Of. also called tie attention OF the people
to the fact that taking man before Magistrate,
case Of Waldo, ut Roswcll. when 1t was proved
that the prisoner cut said Waldo 4 cash thTce
inches long i'll the abdomen, and tic prisoner
was found gui|ty and let OF With fine Of only
$2250-would not tend to scare oG dcsperadocs
who ilad kiItcd from tilrps to SIX men each.
a'n informed by three Of tile parties to tho
compact that the agr cement entered iuto by tho
Dolan party md the kid" alsas Bouney, and
his party y IN substance as follows: Neither
without lrst giving notice Of having withdrawn
from the agreement; a1t persons who havo act
ed as friends Of either party arc included in this
agreement and are not e be tno!estod; TINT
ed for any act previous 10 date; that
neither party shall appenr or Etvo evidence
against the othen Ia any civil prosecution; that
each party will give the individual mennezs Of
the other purity every aid fu their power to
HEsIsr ARRESTS OK CIVIL WARRANTS,
aud, II arrested, they will try to secure their re-
lease. Any nembeT of either faction failing to
carry out this compact, which tnry Informed mu
had brcn sworn, TO BY the respective leaders,
hllould DO killed by either party on slight,
ns ran obtain. What the rcsnlt Will ho OF the
exlstcucc Of such an Organization, including, %
4 docs, no doubt, most Of the cowboys on the
Peeos, fenasco. and Seven Rivera. and the
Consoso. the future can only develop. For tho
present shall Keep stAtioned at tlle county
seat small lctachnsnt under an officer. Sew
cral Of the ttizcns offered stablinK, nnl rooms
for the officers ald soldiers, AIRS. Sue E. Nc
8wcch among the number.
Charu,an was buriad yesterday. Up to tho
time loft the Plaza the Coronurts inquest had
not made known their verl!ct-
No report from Capt. CarrolI's command yet,
he has gone for. lie has neither Sheriff nor Dep,
uty with him, as was Informed bY Sheriff Kiln.
bail. tseuetD N. 4. ii. DunLEr,
l1euteuAnt-Colo Ntptl, Cavalry.