Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-02
\ PROMINENT MILITARY MAN n
TROUBLE

1 Yesterday an officer purporting to be
from Butler county entered the sherifs
Office, of this county, having in company
one of our prominent military citizens.
After few words of greeting between the
1.-TWO officers, and enquiries on the part OF
Mr. Fisher as to politics, crops, etc, at Ell
Dorado, Mr.. Fisher asked: "What brings
you over here?' The officer replied: 81
have one ofyour citizens who has been depre-
dating on Butler county game, and Butler
county don't feel disposed to have her
chickens killed off by Sedgwick county peo-
pie anyway, and especially by your military
men. We have looked over it in quite a
number Of instances, but when the Sedg-
wick militia came over we thought it time
to move in the matter"
Mr.. Fisher-"Well, We will stand by our
citizens, come what will"
Tony (aside)-"Von word NIT you, Fisher;
/ vas nod there, vas FIVE miles south und
seven miles mort, und ! have killed no
| chickens; ave Won friend vas NIT me, but
don't gives him away; what must l do NIT
des business?"
Mr.. Fisher told him that he must have q
lawyer and have the papers examined,
when one of the leading attorneys was
called up and the papers were brought I'M
der his criticisms. A reporter was enabled
to copy portion of the warrant embody-
ing the charge which read as follows:
THAT the said Tony Bruhn did on or
about the 26th day of June In the county of
Butler, state of Kansas. with force of arms,
having then and there to-wit: One shot
gun loaded with powder and shot, one
brown setter dog called Hector, in and upon
certain birds of Butler county described
and known as tetrao cupido commonly
called prairie chickens, a species of grouse,
then and there being with the said gun
loaded as aforesaid, with the said dog Hec-
tor, shoot, kill, main and worry the
said birds, then and there being contrary to
the statutes in such case made and pro-
vided.
After scrutinizing the papers the lawyer
discovered the warrant was made returnable
on the 9th day of August, which would
make Sunday the return day. After con-
sultation it was decided to bond the de-
fendart and bond to any amount was Of
fered at once and the papers signed. Mr..
B. commenced to breath again and at. once
assumed his wanted military bearing. A
reporter saught an interview with the cause
of all this trouble and after q few evasive
answers learned that he had been hunting
in the vicinity of Butler county but that he
had not at any time entered the sacred pre-
sincts of that commonwealth. Mr.. b. said
that he had very fine setter but did not
take him out on that trip and he saw no
reason why mine dog Hector should pc
planned when he vas not there" He said,
placing his finger on one side of his nose,
at looks NIT me dat it beesh some monkey
pizness, any how don't it," IL makes donder
nit Sohn Fisher NIT the babers, don't II"
The reporter is under the impression that
the whole affair grows out of the late mill
tary trouble in this city and that really the
Butler county people don't care very much
for a few chickens. At any rate there will
be no serious trouble result from Captain
Tony's raid into that county and rs for the
"brown setter dog, Hector" he can prove an
abb.
Another version of the affair is that Tony
has tumbled to the racket and it will not be
safe for any one to mention prairie chickens
for at least thirty days while he is aroused.