The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-03-30
MURDER IN COLD BLOOD.

The following account of the murder OF II.
I. Stevens, of which mention was made last
week, from the Cheyenne Transporter, pub
lished at Darlington, Indian Territory, near
the scene of the crime
ssLast Sunday morning. on the cattle trail
about seventeen miles below this place. there
was committed one Of the most dastardly
murders ever committed in the country. To
20 back little: Henry r. Stevens and Chas.
II. Parsons, in the employ Of Campbell
Dorsey, of Wichita, Kansas, left Caldwell,
for Fort Worth. Texas, on the 18th inst,
their object being TO bring up herd OF cat
tie. At Caldwell they employed Edward De-
rusha and Jim Morgan. There was nc ILL
feeling among the men and no sign Of any
disturbance. On Sunday morning after they
had finished their breakfast and were sitting
around the campfire, Morgan seized Par
sons's revolver and backing up against the
wagon with two siX-shooters cooked in his
hands, said Il have been with you fellows
long enough, you had better strike out over
the hill Not one Of the men was armed,
and seeing that Morgan had them at his mer-
cy, started off in the direction indicated.
After they had gone few feet, Stevens. 3oss
of the outfit, turned and said something to
Morgan. Parsons and Derusha heard shot,
but did not stop to investigate.
"Morgan then took two saddles, four six
shooters, a Winchester and all the horses,
five in humber, and fled. Three of the horses
were soon abandoned. The ones he secured
were roam mare and a bay horse, both in
good flesh and of medium size. We have not
learned the brands. Tom Donnell, who was
on his way to Oklahoma with detail, met
Parsons, and went at once TO the scene OF
the tragedy. lie found Stevens dead where
he had fallen, and most Of the things as they
were when the shooting was done. The bed
ding, camp outfit ond corpse were hastily put
into the wagon and started for Reno, arriv-
| ing there at ) o'clock Sunday evening. An
cxamination made by DR.. Thompson showed
that the ball entered the breast a little to the
right of the center, ranged a little down.
ward, passing through the right lung and
lodging in the back about half an inch from
the surface. The ball was taken out by DR..
Thompson. The remains were in inferred
In the cemetery at the post, Monday. Mr..
| Stevens was from Michigan, where he stood
very high, as he.ccrtainly did with Messrs.
Campbell 4 Dorsey, who had him employed
as foreman.
"The murderer must have become alarmed
at something, for all the money belonging to
the murdered man, amounting TO 5000, was
found on his person at the examination. The
4 villain could have had no other object than
booty. and the fact that he did not take the
money, proves him to be a most despicable
coward. Morgan is known to n number Of
persons in this country, having been EN-
ployed at the post and on the Caldwel-Forl
Sill mail line. He is man about thirty-two
years OF age, sandy complexion, about five
feet eight inches high, weighs 1G0 pounds
has large blue eyes, long hair and whiskers
"A telegram from the marshal at Caldwell
ordering the arrest of Ed. Derusha, on sus
picion of completely in the Stevens murder
was received Thursday morning. We un
derstand that the officers at Reno suspected
Derusha soon after the remain. were brought
in. When MIR. Hawkins arrived he express
cd the same opinion. based on Derusha's be
havior.
"Alex. Beals, Of Wichita, arrived Thurs
day. He will take charge of Campbell
Dorsey's outfit and proceed to Fort Worth
to which point Stevens had started.
"Mr. Z. NJ Hawkins, Of Wichita, repre-
senting Campbell 4 Dorsey, arrived Wednes
day. 1t was his intention to take Stevens
body back with him, but ii was found tha
this could not be done without casket, e
procure which Mr.. Hawkins started TO Cald
well Thursday morning. AS soon as the cas-
ket arrives the remains will be shipped to hi'
relatives. Mr.. Hawkins, acting for his firm
offers reward of $500 for the capture, deao
: or alive, of Jim Morgan, the villain who com
mitted the cowardly murder"