St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-08
BUSTED AGAIN.
Oklahoma Trespassers Arrested and
Their Village of Rock Falls

CALDWELL, Kas., August 7.-Yesterday
Gen. Hatch, in company with Adj. Gen.
Finley and Inspector Greene, of the Interior
department, visited the Payne camp at Rock
Falls, Indian country, and after reading the
presidents proclamation to him and his as
sembled followers, directed them to leave
the country before this morning, or they
would be elected. This took place in Il
small board shanty, occupied by the Okla
homa Chief, a newspaper, the forms OF
which were being made up at the time.
Payne at first attempted to discuss the legal
aspects of the case, but soon became angry
and very abusive in his language, calling all
the officers of the government from the high
est to the lowest, pack of thieves. Cooper,
the editor, chimed in with vituperation and
threats. Failing to provoke the officers into
quarrel, Payne said he had valise full OF
money, and he would give 81, 900 to be tried
by the, United States court, and
in order to assure the officers
of a case against him would then and there
sell them liquor or cigars without license or
permit. He urged the officers to dine with
him and offered them plenty of liquor if they
would do so. By this time large crowd had
assembled from the tents and shanties along
the river, and the officers again admonished
them to leave and not return. The only re-
ply was a torrent Of abusive epithets that
can't be published, The officers then re-
turn ed to camp, ten miles distant
Early this morning two squadrons of the
Ninth United States cavalry, comman ded by
Capt. Moore, appeared in the boomers camp,
and, under direction of Indian Agent Rogers,
arrested the whole community and took
charge of the printing office. All the women,
children and men, who were new offenders,
were escorted to the Kansas line, together
with their personal property. Six old often
Gers, named D. L. Payne, j. Cooper, D. G..
Greathouse, 7. W. Eckelberger, Jno. Nc
Grew and d. L. Moseley, were
loaded into six mule wagons and
started under escort of Lieut.. jackson and
fifteen men for Fort Smith, Ark, 800 miles
distant. The paper was ready to 60 to press,
and upon inquiry number of printers were
found in the command, who soon printed
an edition of 100 COPIES The press was
then carefully packed and loaded into a
wagon, and started under escort for Muskeo-
gee, it being contiscated property, and under
law unreplevinable. The printing Office and
other buildings, including two boarding
houses, drug store, cigar store and restau-
rant, and some cheap dwell
ings were then burned to
the ground and the last vestige of Rock Falls
had disappeared. Payne threatened to cut
the throat of the first man who attempted to
arrest him, but one of the colored soldiers
marched him about the camp for an hour.
Payne has lost whatever prestige he may have
had heretofore with the thinking class of the
community. He had been on debauch for
a week, and was unable last night to attend
conference of squatters after Gen.
Hatch left Rock Falls. The poor
deluded squatters now realize
they have paid him many thousands of dol
lars without an equivalent. The number
elected from the camp was about 200 people.
A large crowd of citizens were present from
Hunnewell as spectators. and heartily ap-
proved the course adopted 1t is believed
this viii cure the boomers of trying to force
I a settlement on Indian lands. Other de-
tachments Of troops have been sent to the re-
naming settlements, who will in like man
ner arrest the ring leaders and take them to
Fort Smith.