The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-20
DusRY DEMONS.
TIE Cheyenne Robbers and hTu.-
darsrs Fall at Last Into the
Hands Of the Civil
Authorities.
That They WIN Nevsr Ag7in RaVist
Women and XII! Children
is a Certainty.
They Were Taken AWsy festerds.
TO be Lodged in the Fcrd
Court Jail for Trial.

Yesterday morning there gathered q
throng OF people about the union depot
whose faces were a study they had heard
much Of the atrocities committed by the
renegade Cheyenues in Meade, Ford and
other counties. and many of them being
old frontiersmCn said hitie. Their Eyes
betOkenei curiosity 10 sse the devils y no
had dezoiated ~ many homes, and the
firm set lips Of lhe 'Oli timers" When
their names were mentioned, Indicted any
thing bU; friendly fee'iDg.
TIE PRIsoSERs.
At ten o'clock Lieut Pdrdee, OF iha
Twenty-thiId ILfantry, IN command Of a
strong guard OF soldiers, arrived at the
depot with the prisoners, seven IN number,
the gusrd and The prisoners being IN gov
ernuent wagons, drawn by four mules each.
The command was halted At the corner oil
Cheroses and front streets, and the sOldiers
ordered 10 get out oi the wagons and keep
CLOSE TO TIE PRIsoSERs
while they were being transferred. The
crowd oi interested spectators meanwhile
became so dense that 1t was necessary fCr
the 81 idieTs TO use some force TO keep the
more eager men back. Lieut.. Pardee, after
examining a warrant presented by AdIu-
tant-GeneTai Noble, OF X tDsds, the follow
Jog Indians were delivered fIom the mill
tary 10 civil jurisdiction:
Wild Hog. Old Grow, Big Head. LEI;
Hand, blacksmith, Porcupine and Nosey-
Walker, making seven in ali who had been
identified except Old Crow, as participa-
-, IL = a
robbery charged in the warrant. General
Noble then transferred the prisoners 10
Sheriff ". Is. MsstersoD, OF Ford county,
who took them IN charge, and conducted
them to one Of the passenger rooms in the
union depot, all being III irons, except Old
Crow. The latter 10 -sid by the army oti-
GERS TO have bCen a valuable, faithful and
Trustworthy scout Of the Government, and
one who bears good reputation, aud that
belonging 10 the Crow Indians could have
had no hand in the depEedaIoIs OF 'he
Cheyennes.
WILD HOG,
uhc ia ,eputtd TO have been TIE worst oi
the band, in getting out Of the wa2aii- was
forced to use lcng fisce cf beard fC: cup,
port, being yet weak lfOm recent attempt
10 commit suicide by s,abbIng himself with
a psir Of shears. The others ali &iightsd
nimbly ss could lie possible sLa1k!ed Is
they were.
IN TEE DEPOT.
Alter they had been elbowed through
the crowd into the passenger room, they
were all seated in a row and il required all
the patience that sheriff Mas,efson's posse
possessed TO keep the crowd az C, mforta-
bic distance without force. Sheriff Lowe
who was present knew some OF the captives,
having al one time Furnished them with
beef, and in consequences had some cOnyer-
satiUn with them as did TINFs representa-
tive. Mr.. Lowe bought them some clay
pipes, which after being filled were smoked
by the prisoners with evident enjoyment.
One OF the parry, alter passiog the pipe
10 another, endeayCIed 10 say that he was
no Cheyenne; that he was the baby o.
Three Bears, noted Sioux. Old Crow,
who is really an intelligent looking old fel-
low, had little 10 say, although he seemed
10 understand all that was going on about
him. Wild Hog took piece oil silver, Gu,
to represent the sun and attached to a chain
from bis neck, and handed il to Mr.. Lowe,
who read ,he words wild Hog" that were
engraved on one side. He pretended 10
know DO Ergli7h, but Mr.. A. J. French,
who was one of the sheFif's pose, says be
can speak the language very well.
The remainder OF the prisoners seemed
much broken down and sat with their heads
resting in their hands, To all appearances
unmindiul OF the excited audience shout
them. They were put on the train at 1910
and under the care Of Sheriff Mssterson,
his two brothers, Nc. A. J. French and Mr..
Basse,i, CRY Msrshal of Dodge City, left
for Topeka, from which place they will be
conveyed to Dodge City, for trisl. which
will no; tsSe piece until some time next
June.