, 1879-04-26
Something About His Crime and
Its Punishment.
Incidents OF the Murder and
the Trial.
Presence of United Stntcs Troops
Near tho C0lIrt~R Room.
The Murderer Guarded by the Brothers
Of the Murdered.

tIESk kHuEL1l hu}lIG 4Nts&o hIeh ~
Omaha, Ncb., Is scciio,l Of country over which |
roam ynst herds of rattle, sparsely settled, |
with here nl,d tl,rro rancIic the home Of some
stockmnn. Farms ara tho exception, though |
occasionally some enscsprlsl,lg l,umeslealcr |
finds his wny up into ti.s vnst wilderness Of u1,-
cultivation. Tho interest Of the cattle tnen Is
opposed to the occupation Of this country by
farmers, mud t,cro ia nevcr.cudiDE warfare /
between them. The stockn,nn charges unDh
the hlsbantlfnnn etualhg Of his cattle. Tho |
lnttcr complains OF damage to growing crops
by tho cattio. 90 Inc lrrcprcssibo cun1lrt goes
OH, and tts culul!nnslon VIM reachcd last winter
In tho death Of tile bro,hcr Of J. T. Olive,
nn,l tho subsequent murder OF Mitchell aud
Kusclu,n.
CATTLE TH1KvHs.
In the full twenty-five head Of Olives cattle
wcra Bhot. Previously ono hundred had t1crn
driven to and sold III the uuIghborhootl Of O'Ne!l
City. Mitchell and KctChuul were arrused Of
thieves md these drprc,Iasluns wcra
laid At thelr door. So ont ho 2M
ot last November warrant was is-
sucl tor The arrest Of Amy ". Kotchum for
cattle Stealing, and placed in the llatlls Of the
Doputy-sherr OF Cuatcr County, callcs1 Ssev-
Gus, hut wl,n wus In fact tic brother Of Olive.
Ho proceeded, accompanied bv three others, to
the houso Of Luther Mitchell, by whom
Ketchsin, WAS employed. and to whosc daughter
lc was to bc mnrrlcd. When a1cy reached It
mud saw Kctchum, Stevens ort1crcd Ketchum to
throw up bis lands, that he Ind warrant for
t,ta arrest; but, instead OF complying, ketchuHl
drew revolver and g, sannsncca AZ M firing. Stevens
to the rear OF Stevens nt,out twenty steps, fired
from boubc-barrelcd rifle, the first shut
knocking of the cap Of ore Of the. party.
Stevens, seeing That shc wns aimed at, cried out,
FOR aoD's SAKE, OLD MAN, DON'T snooTW
Ills appenl was III vain; the bullet entered his
side, and, reellng III his sadtlc he was held on
, hv Ills companions md lcl away. Ilo lived only
three DAYS. ketcilum was also shot, but not
fatally, the ball pottetratfnE tho arn,:,,
4 rcwnrd of SIM was offered by Olive for the
arrest Of Mitchell AMI kctchun, who weru cup
tured aud tnrucd over to barney Gillian, tho
ShcriE OF Keith County, and wcre takcn by
Rea.aey @ o' e az um u erseR enes Fl s dsn
Du FrAild, notifying Mitchell mud Kctchum's
ATTORNEY, L. ". McNamer, startcd with them
III light wagon Tor Custer, tlte couaty-seat, to
about i O'Clock in ill.,. afternoon. THUR counsel
followed tlleIn for twenty miles, When, hn savs,
he was pnsGcd br threo men, Que Ut whom llo
recognized \. ). p. Olive. soou after he lost
alt.lt nf them. ....
When they reached De7il Gap Canou. forty.
two miles from rIum Creek, they wcro met by
4boay Of horsemen, who ordered Gi!lan and
N6ff0tts
oncrs sone zoo Yards from The road, when
-, ~. vI,or ,,,rcup,,
NV ~. ..s
.e H." goE no nsa. ,t,i 49, s FI.su F a. ~ ~. nav
~ ~ c!oaa'nE. i uH'i:st tr amei p''t Fonv
else ol,o around Atftct,eil's. The ropos werc
wagon driven from under them, Such Ia tl,u
TESTIMONY OF one ot t1a Witnesses for The prosc-
cuttou, yhe prisoners weru blll hnudcuIfcd
together, up.,l we're about three feet apart.
Hek dun l1tS Tn nttt
aud Dyron Bruwn trstit!cs HAT Olive ordered
him 10 put Ii ont, which l,e tuslcavorcI TO do
With the butt Of Ills gun, but eyideutiy had nut
eucccedes, from tlle fact of thc cont,jtton u iLr
tm H., i",tnr,a rsnc1,r ,nI I;ntt rnn t,ro"" ~.
wagon buck to Ntilal, mud Du Frand.
rur nnn,rs weur yo,,v1,
nL l.oDaAs .,.s' " n"A
tiie next mofn!nG tae aecotassM Mitchell burned
H. ~, .aoat,f u ~ t7,a VI rrnn i,"' ,fn tno t,' u 1ns %
an1inr he i,nn,cIff IN ctrht,,n .h, w"s Iii III
s,,s,nndsd hetchun;s clutn,t,:, was niso hI'rn.' mi
exrspt tIc boots, Their skin was charrnd mn;