The Red Cloud chief., 1884-11-21
ATe- HanCznI Ten Minutes He
Is Cut Down By Sheriff Warren
And Brought 70 Life.

And Brought 70 Life.
On lsz; Friday quite o. excitement
va. caused ia til. city over the IA
noancemen. ,ha: sheriff Warren haA
arrested and va bringing joseph
Cook. the alleged murderer o. LeJaard
Rail "a .,le ciiy, ard Eou.i reach he.e
tina. morning II 9-25. la consequence
Z large crowd wss stths 3e %, slo
10 see the man eno could commit surE
4 crime. Finally the trzin came IN
and the pns0ne: was takea TO tie
/ Gardner house, strongly guarded. All
DAY long tie streets Of Red Cloud we're
literally sgarning with people from
Blue Hi, AMI vicinity. who were ex-
| trcmely anxious to avcage the death
| o! Rail by lynching Cook, and bad IT
not been FOR he influence of our prom
| ineuf citizens. We dare say that Cook
would have been an his grave, a. the
people were bent o. having blood.
! Here and there could be seen small
crowds Of excited men discussing the
crime and the man who committed the
deed. IL could be plainly Observed
what was passing through their minds.
Excittment run high, but the better
counsels Of our citizens prevailed and
the lynchels decided ;hat il was only
fair 10 give him a trial, and along to-
ward night began dispensing for their
various homes. But NE suppose the
more they thought over the matter the
more intense became their feelings on
subject. However the sheriff was
prepared to quell any outbreak that
might have occurred in this city.
Later in the day Charley Winfrey
came in with the team and wagon
which Rail was riding IN when muir
dered. They were found in or near
White Rock, Kansas, where Cook had
traded them to a farmer for q black
team and something 10 boot. Many
people visited the wagon and team out
of CURIOSITY during the day. II seems
from what could bc learned, and Cook >
own story. that he must have had a
confederate and after the crime had
been committed, .they took TO II south
easterly course for the Kansas line
crossing the Republican river ut Sd
perior, and from there TO St Joe where
he was arrested later on by the Sheriff.
One thing * certain. as 4 criminal
Cook did not show good judgement, for
1T nearly every corner he would eI-
quire for the road and by this
means Sheriff Warren was easily able
to track bin with n certainty that
would lead to his arrest ut no late date.
Once upon his rack Sheriff Warren
followed the trail with all possible
haste to st. Joe, where the arrest
was made. Murder will out and
a mar who dabbles in human blood is
sure to reap the consequence sooner
. or later. When arrested Cook
DESiED THE MURDER,
but admitted that nc hal worked for
Rail, but did no. know that he was
dead, and to this story lie still clings
with great tenacity. However. since
coming to Nebraska he admits to tax
ing the team, and was identified rs the
man By MIR. Casson, Of White Rock,
who traded horses with him, and VITO
came 20 Red Cloud on purpose To iden-
tify him. 4 gentleman by the name
OF Richard Meyers had the wagon
when found. We presume ina Cook
thought he would destroy all trace OF
himself By disposlng of his booty at
White Rock bus his persistent enquiry
for st. Joe snd other points along the
line wove the web around him
which was 10 be the means that would
ultimately ensnare him. The CHIEF
believes that Cook should be given a
fair trial by the courts, and il found
guilty, should receive the extreme PEN
atty OF the law, but deplores the false
idea now prevalent that the people
should take the case into their n
hands. as il Is not right. Mob law Is
now. as well as in times past, the In
strument that destroys the very bull
wark Of we'll organized judicial institu-
tons. The stern arm of the law should
be able TO revenge such crimes and
protect the people. No law abiding
people should listen or give their infu-
ence to motives which cause people to
take the Law of the land into their own
hands. Once at Blue Hill the excite
ment grew intense, although IL did not
appear in visible form until almost
train time, when it became evident
that some thing was up, as nearly ev-
cry iuan had q revolver or FIRE arms OF
some kind, which would lead one to
believe that they did not proprose to
live up to the part Of the conirac, they
had made with Sheriff Warren, name-
iy, to give the prisoner a chance Tor
trial. And right here We mus. say that
Sheriff Warren and his deputies did
their best 70 protect the prisoner but be-
ing outnumbered had no earthly chow
to cope with those who had decided
to take the law into theirsown hands