Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-02-15
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ASSURE INlMo.
kid Wsde was Hung BY the Niebrars viss.
lantss-lsssrmAti.n Direct Sren the
Scsus.
Il. e. AinsSorth. . resident OF Clay
county. Dakota. arrived to-day direct
from the NiobrarA valley, where he has
been travelling for . week Or 20. He
gives . we'll connected and accurate &C.
count Of the dispos,tion made Of Kid
Wade BY the vigilantes. After leaving
Yankton with the Kid his captors were
very agreeable to him until
they reached Niobrsra aud ther.
they began to develop their
real purpose. Their manner towards
him changed and instead OF extolling bis
deeds ano promising him the protection
OF the law they soon gave him to under.
stand that lie had little to hope in the
way of mercy. A man named Richards
drew his revolver aud had to be re.
strained from shooting the prisoner
because Wade charged him with being a
horse thief and belonging to the gang.
When Wade found that he was
to be taken to Holt county he
objscted moet decidedly as he wus
csrtsin that it was not safe place
for him. Nearing O'Neil City
the vigilantes halted with their prisoner
and sent two men to interview the sheriff
of Holt county. They found that official
aud told him they were ready to give up
KID Wade aud asked him to accompany
them to the ranch and take possession Of
the outlaw. Tue two messengers offered
him transportation In their wagon and
said it was unnecessary for him to take
any guards along, as they would give
him all the help he needed. On these
terms tue sheriff went and Wade was
turned over to him. Accompanied by
the two guards, tue sheriff aud his prl.
soner started for Basset, the nearest rail.
road station. The guards acted az
guides and managed to get lost several
times ON the route and through this de.
lay the party reached the station ten
minutes too late for the train. This
would hold them over twenty.our hours
at Basset. By this time the officer had
his suspiclons aroused, but he was alone
and powerless to defend himself aud his
prisoner. When the darkness of the
uight came on the sheriff kept his
eyes aud ears open, feeling certainty
that something would happen before
morning. About eleven o'clock at night
his attention was attracted by slight
noise outside aud moment later the
door was opened and twelve men filed 10,
each OF whom levcled revolver at the
head Of the officer. He threw up his
hands in response to the usual command
aud was speedily disarmed. The two
guards were not molested and We're per.
mitted to retain their arms.
Kid Wade was seized by
the party. He saw his fato in their
actions and begged for a chance to de-.
fend himself. He said: "Let me tell
my story. lam not SO bad as you think
l am" His captors told him to shut his
mouth-they didn't want to hear any.
thing from him. He was forcibly re-
moved from the place and taken out int,
the darkness of the night. The mex
morning Kide Wade's body was foun,
hanging to whistling post mile from
Basset, alongside the railroad track
He was cut down by th
railroad employees and buried
These facts are vonched for by Mr.. Ain,
worth. Who says there is no question a
to the identity of the man found hang
ing to the wbistling post. The yigllnnt.
who took him from the sheriff mad
short work of him.
Our informant states that there is
strong feeling i'll the Niobrara valle,
against the members of the vigilance CON
mittee. It is openly asserted that man
of them are horse thieves and that the
are engaged in tho work of putting ou
of the way dangerous witnesses agains
themselves. This may be so and it ma
not. Public feeling is in an excited cor
dition up there. Every man fears hi
neighbor and stands guard over himself
bis family and his property. There al
now threats that two of Kid Wade
sister are to be put out of the wa
because they know too much about th
gang. This was the rumor. Whether
will be carried out or not remains to b
seen. Matters are certainly in YER
unsettled state up the Niobrara.
Lost-Between Major Shasp's res
dence and Stones hail. some etchinss o
white silk. The fnder will confer
great favor, by leaving the same wit
the undersigned at the secretarys offic,
ARTHUR HAND.
MONEY TOLOAN
On Yankt"n county improve,
Farms. at 10 per cent. interes,
and NO commissions OF 0the
extra charges. Final proc
papers prepared and money fur
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