The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-03-18
THE. VERNON VENDETTA,
MORE OF THEIR DolNas KNOWN.
Roll Of Alleged Nj, mbers, the Oath They
Are Said to Have Taken. List
of Their Victims, Dead and
Living--0ther Points.

Your correspondent arrived here
to-day from Vernon, Willbarger
county, where he spent the 18th. He
found terrible state Of affairs existing |
among the officers and citizens Of Will
barger county. Tho readers of the
HERALD will remember seeing an ac-
count OF the killing of three citizens |
here since January l, two OF whom, w.
II. Morrison and Hills Jones, were as
sassinated, and Hick Garrison was
killed by John Davidson whlie IN
difficulty. Immediately after the kill
ing of Morrison the following notice
was found posted on the courthouse
door:
"No one wanted to investigate this
case, the man that does will go TO ,
no law wanted in this case.
[Slgned CITIZENS"
Since that time the rangers and other
parties have been working on the case
and endesyoring TO find out who did the
killing After obtaining what iniorna-
ton they could get, Capt. Schmidt, OF
the ranger force, and prominent citi-
zen called on Gov. Ireland, At Austin,
and informed him what had been done.
Capt. Schmidt says the governor or
dered him here with his company Of
rangers TO enforce the law. The result
WAS 70 citizens are now here under ar
rest. Five or six of the number arc
charged with the killing oil Morrison,
and the remainder rs being accomplices
10 the murder. The examining trial will
commence Monday before Judge Will
Jams. Your correspondent cannot learn
what the defendants expect TO prove
on the trial. All OF them claim
not to be uneasy as 10 the final result
Your correspondent had a conversation
with Capt. Schmidt today. He says
the state expects TO prove that there wa
reg lar organization formed by de-
PENDANTS Tor The purpose of killing Ger
tain parties. He furnished your corr ~
pondont with the following written In
struments, saying they were exact cop
les of the originals, furnished him by
one Of witnesses who has turnoa
states evidence nd cl i'm 10 have b'I
longed to the organization, viz:
n OATH. .tteo,
We, the members of this cor whose
bind ourselves TO kill all bad our mem.
names may DO given by anfe csuse
beers, without a then il
san be given, .Jority, we FUR
shall be left 10 themselves to assist
tbermore pledRmembers in all UNI
any of our Photographers OF case, even
dertaklngs, VI our lives. Any OF the
to the extaIo give any of our transact
nembersy, by sign or action,we bind
tons es to take his life.
ouEned. Il. L. WILSON,
A. Il. Boom,
john DAVIDSON,
q. II. DOUGLAS,
CO. FORBES,
Il. ID. RECTOR,
IL. Is. KINsEY,
Z. q. KINsEY,
j. JOHNSON,
DICK DUNCAN,
j. A. CREAuE,
b. w. EDdELi, !
JOSEPH SCHMIDT,
JOHN BLAND,
JIM LAUuuAM,
Tom GIBSON, ,
NEWTON GIBSON, I
JOAN SrEAoALD,
j. II, MOODY, 4
PAUL HALFFE, =
w. Il. TERRY, /
JAMES BLAND, i
go STATION, +
w. ii. My.
DEAD LIST.
G. NJ. Byans, George Mills. DR.. John
son, Judge Doan, Tom Clay, II. G. Spen-
Ger, II. y. Hays, Bob Sanmon, Hills
Jones, killed; Ray Morrison, killed;
Heck Garrison, killed.
All of the parties whose names appear
10 the oath have been arrested except
ono. Among the number arrested are
the sheriff of Wilbarger county and
seven Of his deputies and the editor and
proprietor of the Vernon Guard. The
Guard came out Saturday denouncing
In strong terms the rangers and accuse
them OF being tho tool IN the the hands
of the roughest and most disreputsble
class Ia crush good citizens and the civil
authorities in their efforts to rid tho
county OF cow thieves, horse thieves,
inoendiarles, etc.