Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-29
HOT SPRINGS EXCITED.
rms aosri,iry OF TWO FAolIoNs
the Town converted for n Time Into an
htsenai-1be Row over n Gam
pliers killing


Atsenai-rbe Row over Gam
piers killing.
The tramp of armed men is heard ia the
streas of Hot Springs, Ark. The court
house, engine house, railway station and
the.q |. arc guarded by the police, sheritf's
deiat' IS aud details from Captain Fry's
fTi'ttte organized company of militia,
sstLatA =, whom patrol the town day and
night. Major" A. y. Dorau, Dave
Pruitt, Harry Lansing and John Allison,
who had been committed to jail without
bail for the killing OF Johnny Flynn, were
taken Wednesday from the court
house, where they had been con-
fined, and marched under strong
escort to the railway station, there
to take tho eleven o'clock train to Little
Rock, where they will remain, in the
penitentiary until their trial. A great
crowd and band of music were at the
railway station to bid them good bye, and
cheer after cheer rang from hundreds of
throats as the train drew out, The crowd
on the platform was so dense that the
militiamen had TO clear a way for the
passengers. The prisoners were not hand
cutlcd aud seemed quite cool and uucon.
ccrned amid the noise aud confusion.
Dorau's and Pruitt's lives were not safe
while they remained at the Hot Springs.
Among Flyuu's adherents are men desper
ate enough 10 take any chances in the pur.
suit Of vengeance aud though 25 or 30 of
them who were suspected OF organizing a
plot to assassinate Doran and the Pruitts
have been marched to the station and
compelled to take the first train going out
there are many Flynn sympathizers yet
undiscovered whose presence is q
menace to the public peace. Frank
| Flynn has some very influential
| friends among the residents Andrew
Bruon, president OF the "Ilot Springs
| National Bank :" well.known lawyer
named Murphy, Doctor Nagle, resident
Irish physician, aud Hugh Behau, n couu-
tiyman Of Flyun's and a contractor on the
Canadian Pacific railway. Nagle and
Behan were very violent aud made uch
threats that they were among the frs: Il
be ordered away.
" MOso Harris" editor of FIynu's news
paper, the Horseshoe, has also received
notice to leave aud there is every reason to
suppose that IL he neglects the warning
force will be used 70 make him share the
involuntary exile of Nagle, Behan ant
the others. The Horseshoe has been clam
oring for the blood of Doran and his allies
and its columns are filed with the bitter
est attacks on all who in any way attemp;
to palliate their decd. The committee
of fourteen" decided that the Horseshoe, by
appealing to the worst passion in the
community, already 50 excited, was tiss
brand in powder magazine, and Harris
name went into the list of the prescribed
The committee of fourteen, though
nothing in reality but a vigilance commit
teo under another uame. seemed 10 bt
justified by the exigencies Of the case. The
town of Hot Springs is divided BY tive
hostile factions one in favor OF Flynn, thI
other backing Doran. An attack on tht
court house, where the prisoners were con
fined until yesterday for security's sake, a
the Jail was a small log house not easil,
defended, would have rallied Doran
friends 10 his support and the streets o
Hot Springs would literally have rur
blood"
Flynn has money, but behind him stand.
another man, wealthier by far than he, {
a prominent business man, who will fur.
nish liberal supplies to carry on this war
II is darkly hintcd that these two men, the
banker aud the ex gambler, have had
many business dealings together and aim
At nothing less than "syndicato" to con
troll all gambling at the Hot Springs. The
! profits Of such scheme, il successful
would be great aui would enable them u
control the ballot.box, appoint their owl
| creatures to office and rule Hot Springs On
the "diyvy" principle.