Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-01-18
The Numbering Cheyennes.
rDEA To FORD COUNTY
ROO TRIAL

| OD W0oncsuey. NJ. W. sutton. county
Attorney of Ford county, filed complaint
before X q. Cook, Justice of the Peace.
against the band of Cheyeh whosc
numbering depredatiOns in tins part of
Kansas. last September. ara familiar to
the community and the country. The
counties in which the murders were cons
United arc attached to Ford county. for
judicial purposes. 1t is proper. then, that
legal proceedings should be commenced in
this county. Certified copies OF the CON-
plant have been transmitted to the Gov
ernOr of Kansas. 1t is his duty to de-
mand of the Governor of Nebraska, in
whose State the Cbeyennes are held. the
delivery of the prisoners to the authori-
ties of this State, and to the end that the
Cheyennes may be tried for their CRIMES
in the district IN which the offenses were
committed.
Aprecedent has already been established
for this action. In 1871. two Indian chiefs.
under requisitiOn from the Governor Of
Texas upon the authorities IN tie Indian
Territory. The chiefs were tried by the
Texas courts and sentenced to be hung.
Through the clemency of the President of
the United States. this sentence was con-,
muied to imprisonment for life. Finally
the Governor of Texas pardoned the cons
demned Indians, after they had served a
brief time in the Texas prison.
We give copy OF the letter of trans>
initial to the Governor and OF the CON-
plant upon which this action is based.
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO THE
GOVERNOR OF KANSAS.
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, D
Ford County Kansas. Dodge
City. January 18th. 1879.
To HIS Exccllencv, the Governor of the
State OF Kansas:
Dear Sir:-I have tie honor to forward
herewith, duly certified copies of the com
plant this dav mace, aud the warrants
This dav issued. for the arrest of Dull
Knife and his band of Cheyenne Indians.
Tor the murder of the persons named
therein.
As they are fugitiyes from jns;ice. and
not within the limits OF the State of Kan
sas. the DUTY devolves upon tn. chef
executive of the State to take such mras>
ures for their apprehension aud rendition
to the authority of the State of Kansas Us
may be within yOur power.
As the law officer upon whom is CHARGED !
the duty of institufing criminal proceedings
for the crimes with which these parties |
are charged deem II proper 10 say. IN /
Its discharge, / am not alone aciuared by |
a desire to do what the Jaw compeIs me
TO perform, but l am also Impeiied by /
other motives of the gTav-st character:
to the end that such atrocities as these 1
shall not be repeated: that our frontier
settlements NAV have the same protection
granted them which has beea gwen, with
unsriEted hand, To communities Otherwise
situated; and that mercil-ss bands of
predatory savages, fosteIed. protected
and shielded As tbev have been heretofore,
may at las. learn that they can RELY upon
no greater immunity from punishment for
crimes committed than the white man.
The people expect and demand, as they
believe this matter will re-
ceIve. prompt aud decisive action at your
hands. Very respectfully,
Your ob-t!Ient servant,
NJ. W. SUTTON, County Attorney.