Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-30
THE KANSAS WAR.
Statsments from Both Factions-Bursal
Of tbs Killsd-Dstails Of the Fight.

XGAH0mont0 IRON 00tn EoCtl0Ua-BursRl
Of tbs Killsd-Dstails Of the Fight.
sIBERIAL. KAN, July 30-The bodies of
four men killed by the Hugoton party,
were brought to Voorhees,, Stevens county,
night before last and with the wounded
boy, Herbert Tony, afterwards taken to
Woodsdale. No 1krther shooting is re-
ported, but armeo squads Of Hugoton and
Noodsdale people seen by the travellers in
different parts Of sAe county Vay provoke
another conflict.
Herbert Tony, the nineteen year-old boy
who was seriously wounded, made an ante
mortem statement At Voorhees,. July 26,
sworn before H. V. Tucker, notary, as fol-
lows
On July "a, 1883, | went, in company
with John Cross, Sheriff of Stevens county,
to arrest Sam Robinson, then said to be in
the Neutral Strip. We went down to the
Neutral Strip, but failing to find Robinson,
we proceeded to return on July 25, and
stopped to remain awhile and rest our
horses at Wild Horse Lake in the Strip.
We lay down at haystack In about half
an hour heard the Sheriff say: Boys.
they have got u.s." looked up and saw
they were all around US, their number con-
sistipg Of about twenty men. Sam Robin
son demanded Of Sheriff Cross that he give
up his arms. Cross replied that he did not
have any. wherupon Robinson said:
SHERIFF Gross, you are my first man"
raised his Winchester and fired. Cross
fell. Robinson then killed Hubbard in the
same manner.
J. B. Chamberlain. one of the County
Commissioners of Stevens county, shot me
in the shoulder, but 1 escaped by feigning
death. l heard Robinson say he shot
Eaton, the fellow who had formerly pulled
gun on him. They also shot and killed
H. IL s,,&. lnal
bodies of several of the men to make sure,
but they left me for dead. The possee con-
sisted of myself. Cyrus w. Eaton, Bob
Hubbard, Rolia Wilcox and John Cross,
Sheriff After they had gone, saddled
my pony and made the best of my way to
VOORHEES,.
The Leader has received the following
statement from c. E. Cook, editor Of the
Hu9oton Herald: Saturday, July p, a
party consisting Of C. E. Cook, o. F. Cook,
A Mcdonald and Sam Robinson. with their
families went to Strip, hunting and
fishing and gathering wild plums. On the
third day out at Gofrs Creek, they were
surrounded by q party from Woodsdale,
led by Ed. Short, and q demand made for
their immediate surrender, which, of course
was promptly refused. The party then
determined to try and divide their force,
which consisted of eight men. 1t was
decided to have Sam Robinson take one of
the horses and flee. which be did, with five
men in hot pursuit on horseback and
armed with Winchesters. The remaining
Hugotsn men hitched up their teams and
let their wives take charge of them
while they marched out with their
Winchestsrs and protected them in
making their escape. They made q
forcd march to Hugoton and force was
imediately organized and started in pur-
suit and for the rescue of Robinson. They
met Robinson in the Strip, ON the way
home, about eleven miles in the Territory,
and q it was now midnight they concluded
TO go into camp At some hay-stacks near by.
When they reached the stacks they were
fired upon by parties secreted in the stacks
and . general fusilade began. When it
ended, Sheriff Gross, Bob Hubbard, T. Eaton
and Wilcox were dead and a young man by
the name Of Toney was seriously. If not fa-
tally wounded. Sam Robinson, of the
Hugoton party, was shot through the leg.