The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-08-09
OKLAH0MAITES OUSTED.
Payne and His Acconlplices anc
Dupes Taken in Charge by
Troops.
The Women, Children and New Offender
Kindly Treated 300 Miles in a Mule
Wagon With an Escort,
Payne as a Bully, a BlackguaTd and {;
Coward-The Settlement
Burned.

CALDWELL, KAs., August s. - Or
Wednesday General Hatch, in company
with Adjutant- General Finley and In
spcctOr Greene, of the Interior Depart
ment, visited Payne's camp at Res
Falls, in the Iadian Territory, and aitel
reading the Presidents proclamation tC
him and his assembled followers, direct
ed them to leave the Territory before the
following morning, or they would be
elected. This ok place in a small boarC
shanty, occupied by the Okiah0ma ChiC
newspaper, the forms Of which were lying
made up at the time. Payne al
first attempted to discuss the le.
gal aspects of the case, but
soon became angry and very abusive
in his language, calling all the officers Of
the Government, from the highest TO the
lowest, pack of thieves. Cooper, the
editor, chimed in with yitupcration and
threats, falling to provoke the officers
into "A quarrel Payne said he had a yalise
full of money and he would give $1,000
to be tried by a 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 p enty OF liquor
If they would do so. BY this time
a large crowd had assembled from tents
and shantes along the river, and the OIL
GERS again admonisAed them to leave and
not return, the only reply was torrent
OF abusive epithcts that can not be pub
lishcd. The officers then returned to
camp, ten miles distant.
Early yesterday morning two squadron
Of the Ninth United States Cavalry com.
mauded Uy Captain Moore, appeared IN
the boomers camp, and under i.rr,.
OF Indian Agent Rogers arrc,'ri tu. uuuly
community and took charge vi ,d. print
ing office. A women and c4ud.g-
and men who were new offend rs were
escorted to Kansas, together ssh. ...s
personal prop rty. Six old offender -
d. l.. Payne, J B. Cooper, d. c. Gr.a-
house, T, W, Eck.cberger, Juo. VI CIR vs.
and ). l.. Mosely-Wtrc loaded into six
mule wagons and started under escort of
Lieutenant Jackson and fifteen men for
Fort Smith, Ark, 800 miles distant. 1he
paper WAS ready to 90 to press, and upon
inquiry a number OF printers were found
in the command, who soon printed an edi-
tiOl of one hundred copies. The press was
then carefully packed and loaded into a
wagon and started under escort for Mus
kogee, it being condscated property,
and under the law unrepieviuable. The
printing Office and other buildings, in
Guiding two boarding-hOuses, a drug
store, cigar store, and restaurant, and
some dwellings were then burned to the
ground, and the last yestige OF Rock
FAILS had disappeared
Payne threatened to cut the throat OF
the first man who attempted to arrest
N, but one colOred soldier marched
him about camp for an hour. Payne has
lost whatever prestige he may have had
heretofore with the thinking class Of the
community. He has been on a de bauch
for a week, and was unable last night to
attend the conference OF squatterS, which
was held alter General Hatch had left
Rock Falls, The deluded squatters realize
that they have paid him many thousands
of dollars without any equivalent. The
number elected from this camp was
about 2j0 people. A large crowd OF
citizens was present. They came from
Uunncwell as spectators, and heartily
approved the course adopted to rid
the Territory OF the intruders. 1t is
believed this Will cure the boomers
OF trying to force settlement Of the
Indian lands. Other detachmeuts of
troops have been sent to the remain
ing settlements, and will in like man.
ncr arrest the ring leaders, and take
them to Fort Smith