Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-09

fng1n TIE sonre pool 90. and also var,,af
him net 10 Aet my maize lniz Cd 10 %.
T5ey did hot say ans lining 4 bout abe time
asked Smith but no did not tell me. talk
ed around Is much a. could hut he did not
1 tell ne.
had known Smith about wear. hut bad
! heard OF MIN before he was not working
Tor ne. had newer worked AOr ant,: Was "A
ps'isnDOr we hAd no PARTICULAR transaetion
IAOue had borrowed money from him
once and he borrowed money from me once:
have not borrowed any money from him
since last fail oeheIe owe the 10 company
some corn. When had these conversations
with ham he was working for the company:
mad come back there 10 Iook after some hor-
Question-"Hadyou any conversation wifi,
him while he was at CaldwellY''
AnSwcr-'I had been owing him some mon-
ey ana sent II TO him from here 10 CALDWELL
Last W ednesday was at my owp camp in
the walnut Grove Pool pasture; Others were
there with me; we were gathering McAI.is-
ters horses; slept with Frank McAilister
thar night; next day 1 was in the pasture do
ing the same work-brcaking young horses
This mau that called himself Wesley, one
OF the rODOers, understand said he was AR
my camp. IL be was did not know it,
Qucstion-"N men did you speak TO Strong
about owing Smith money!
Answer-'Last winter. i owed him alto
gether SlOO, including the pool money"
Ihere was man supposed 10 be Wesley
con know him to be such-and another
man stayed at my camp two or three DAYS
Ihis WAS three or tour and maybe six weeks
ago. One OF them was tail slim fellow:
thlnk nc had light mustache; don't reuneIn-
Der the color of his eyes; about p or 81 years
or age. TIE other was a low, neavy-set man:
thlnA he had DARK mustache, not black don't
know the color OF his eyes; about 30 or IS
years old; don Know this was tine man here.
These men claimed to be horse hunting for
h9rses they thought to be stolen; were arm
cd with six-shOoters.
This was after 1 had the talk with Smith.
Jhcy gave rs brands of the horses they
were hunting, horseshoe bar.
qon know whether az WIS before or af-
Ter told Smith could not 20 into the bank
robbery thai ne told me il was tue Medicine
valley Bank they were going to rob. Had
Two conversations with Smith: last one at
camp; never wrote to smith on the subject.
Told Ed Hendrickson about the matter a
month ago.
Net Smith at Kiowa but did not mention IL.
LOU Geppert about matter; never told
stone or ipGykc.
In regard TO the men was first speaking
about W esiey guess one was named. They
told they were wUrA ing for LyncH. When
John Cuddy came over TO my camp these
men were there. I told John what they said
their business wGs-huntIng horses suPpos-
eli 10 be stolen. john said he knew Lynch
and IL we could do anything TO help him out
In getting his horses IL would be right They
told me that one of them must 20 TO kiowa
10 look for some mail they were expecting
from Lynch and OnS of them wanted TO stay
up around kiowR and see AZ he could hear
anything OF the horses or the men that had
stolen them. He asked me IL was well nc
quainted with the people around Kiowa. /
said was. He ASKED me IL would give him
note OF Recommendation to some one up
there. told him almost anybody would be
all right in matter of this kind-horse steal
ing. wrote little note saying he was all
right so far as knew. The reason did so
was because John Cuddy said he knew Lynch
and that he was u mighty good man. Don't
know exactly what did write i'm the note /
gave the man. lie also asked me when was
coming up to Medicine Lodge and which way
i would come. | told him supposed would
come by Ash Grove and Fine Ewing's camp.
before ne lett my camp he told me that II L
rlrr sF HNr.k
Marshal at Caldwell. When got TO Ewing's
camp he had left a note for me- stating what
he had told me AT camp about writing to Mr..
Lynch. When got that note / opened il
and showed il to Milt Ewing, who also read
the note.
Smith never wrote me from Caldwell. At
the second conversation with Smith he rath-
er wanted me not to give him away"
nave done the best could in this matter.
l informed the officers OF the bank. GeppeTt
and Payne were friends of mine.
The above ana foregoing is a true and cor
rect statement of all the facts relating to the
attempted robbery and the murders commit
ted in Medicine Lodge, kas., on the 30th day
of April, SO far as have any knowledge"
W. G. JOHNSON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this5t
day of May, A. D., 1884.
L. A. MCNEAL, Notary Public
On completing his statement it was
unanimously resolved by the citizens meet
ing that Mr.. Johnson had completely ex-
oncrated himself from all completely in
the terrible affair. and the president and
secretary were instructed to prepa.e and
present TO him suitable resolutions showing
the action of the meeting.