The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-10

M1.Wno'SSos, " MeH suOuIu dc neeued Tor that,
Tho hotel, Which had cost about s7l,0OO. with
all Its stocks and stores, was burned 10 tie
ground.
Another squad. Surrounded the johnson
House and Began Immediately firing intH tho
Windows. a portion Of the Inmates cat1ie ont
marched : few rosla from the honss and shot
down by detail by their guards. Other in
matos OF the house were shot down as they
would run to escape Some were shot in the
building and others consumed alive with the
burning biiilsliiG =.
Tho house of the mayor of the town, Gdncr=
q e. A: CollaMore, was surrounded by squad
detailed for that special purp8sc. Tie MAYOR
was sleeping securely at tho time, not dream
ing that death was knocking at his door. The
noise OF the fufiians as they surrounded his
house awoke him He got up, saw tho trap he
was in, and that there was no possible way of
escape The raiders were bursting open the
doors Of his house. To face them would bc to
face their rcvOlvers and death Flce ho could
mott hide he must At tho kitchen door was
tered his house, and searched it from cellar to
garret, hut not finding him they fired the
house and watched for him to run ont As he
tild not como they supposed lie had perishetl in
inc flames. Fato was against him, neverthe-
the Well, apd bct~ecn tile two aicincnts-fire
and Mater.le persisted. After tho raiders had
left, Mrs. Collaflioie-wlo knety lor husbands
hiding placc-sent friend, Mr.. Lowe, to look
Tor him. In going into tho well the rope broke
and he persisted, too. Assistance was brought
and three dead bodies were taken ont How
the third man got into the we'll no one ever
knew.
In another portion of the town, ut the resi-
dence OF l'r: Griswold, wore living four fami-
lies: The Doctor and his lady; s. M. Thorp,
Of the State journal, and lady. and Mr., q. "
party Also fiey % doms%dsd is % hat i" he mes
should como out and were assured il they
would come out their livos should be protected
The four men came out and the rufians marched
them out into the middle Of tho street, In an
instant, without previous knowledge of what
was coming, they were shot down. Dr. Girls
void and Mr.: 1rask wcro killed, tho other two
wounded The demons went up to them, rolled
them over and seeing that Thorp and Baker
their bodies, killing Thorp, as tloy supposed,
Baker, too. But, by a miracle he recovered,
with thrco bullets in his body While this was
going on the ladies attempted several times to
60 to their husbands but wore driven off by tho
!temohs Tho raiders Wont in and robbed the
nonso OF everything of value, even demanding
tho personal jewelry Of the ladies'. Mrs Trask
begged to retain her wedding ring. YOti have
killed my husband; lot me kcep his ring!n
NO, by tho ctcrnal!" said the fond, and
snatched it from her finger.
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Carpenter. He was called for and met them
at the door 40 pleasingly that the raiders were
Ast3nishcd at his manner. They went in,
tcSed tile ii6usc Of sOmo valuables and went
not molestiDg the judge or even firing the
Using. Aftcr awhile anotIlor gang, seeing
k0nsc unmolestod, visited it With this
8 eie Judges genial manner and courtesy
414 ehcct Upon telling them llc was from
IA Kerk State ono OF the fiends yelled out:
ybur damned New York fellows that are
ball
drew his revolver aud shot him. The Judge
though severely wounded, ran into tho house
and the ficnds after linn, shooting, shouting
and yelling. They chased him from room to
room and finally lle ran out into the back yard,
when shot mortally wounded him and he fell
him 80 - to shield him from further danger.
One Of the devi q, lifted tho arm OF the wifo
from her hnsband's head and sent ball into
his BRAIN Tho house was fired, but was final
~ saved from destruction by the united efforts
Of some ladies.
A squad more fiendish than ali the rest Wis
tied the house of Mr.. Edward Fitch, vcry
worthy and talented man from HOpkinton,
Mass, and one who had taken very active
part in tho formation Of Kansas as 4 State.
stairs shot dead. They continued to fire at him
till at least dozen balls were lodged in his
body. Tho house was then set on fire and Mrs.
Fitch was not allowed to drag her husbands
body out Of the flames They would not even
allow her to save hcr family portraits that
distance. where she sat down with her then
three fatherless little ones and watched with
sad heart her home and husband consumed in
the flames What could have been that moth
cr's feeling no one but herself can tell
Beyond tho omtskirts Of the town was the resi-.
minister Of Tho United Brethren Church and q
true Christian in every sense of the word. He
was man Of much prominence aud was chair
man Of the first Free State Society, and held at
this time commission as slieutcnantin the Sec
ond Colored Regiment. A Especial committee"
Of these desperadoes visited him and shot him
in his bed room.
Mr. Dix lived in house next door to the
! johnson House. He was fired on in his own
house. He ran to the johnson House, was with
same fate that they did. His brother, who was
shot four times, crswled into an outhouse and
feigned to be dead and saved his life
:. George W; Bell, who was County Clerk, and
lived In tho high part Of town, saw the raiders
when they rode in and knew who they were.
Ho seized his musket and ran down into the
street 70 help defend the town. Finding no
one else turning out TO help him he threw away
his gun and tried 10 make his escape. He ran
into an empty building and attempted to hide
A raider camo in and was on the point Of shoot
ing him, when he recognized in him an old ac-
quaintance. who in former days had visited
each other often The raider promised to spare
Mr.. Bells life and that of a friend of Mr. Bells
who was hiding in the same building They
marched into the street and there met a squad
Shoot the damned cusse." Mr.: Boil asked
termission to visit his family first and bid
them farewell, but was given in reply four balls
in his body. The traitor, who had been &C
quainted with Mr.. Bell, went to Bells home
and told his wife that lie had shot her "damned
uINos1 ii Il k,oe
six children out of her house and fired it.
Two young men-James Perine and James
Eldridge-were sleeping in store. A squad
came and burst in the door and ordered the
two men nt to open the safe and promised to save
safe door flew open two balls went whlzzing
into their brains. At house on the outskirts
OF tho town gang rode mp and drove the man
and woman from the house and shot the man
in the yard rs he was standing by his wife Tho
burning held the woman 80 she could not run
in aud save her infant babe that was being con-
sumod in the flames
An old German who was sick in bed and not
able to walk Was ordered to be carried ont that
his home might he fired As the poor sick
and riddled his body with bullets. Another
man who was sick, whom he heard the noise
outside, crawled to tho door, where he was met
by half . dozen desporatloes, who emptied their
revolvers in his face and then fired the build
ing, and all was consumed in the flames.
A very old man by the name of Murphy was
standing in his yard and with his dim eyesight
WAS peering in the distance to find out what was
going on. fond r0do up and asked him for
9 cup Of water When the old man went aud
brought Mm the cup tho incarnate devil re-
ccivod it with ono hand and shot HIM with the
other.
To add other instances Of these barbaritiss
would be to unnecessarily lengthen this article.