St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-16
Five Men Dragged From Their
Homes and Eempel Into
the Hereafter.
Each Rore the Terrible SYM
boil of Death, Peculiar to
the Randitti.
The Ozark Range Is Again
Under a Reign Of
Terror.

Speclal 10 luS HlODe
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. ia
special from Ozark. Christian county,
this state, gives the following details of
the quintuple lynching, last night, by
Bald KnobberS of witnesses against
Dave Walker and other leaders of that
organization. James Wilson, farmer
living near Chadwick, on the Ozark
range, came into Ozark this morning
after five coffins, which were to be used
to bury the victims of the vengeance of
the Bald KnubberS. Far from the near
est town, i'll the shadow of the Ozark
range. lived the men who had been in
strumental in bringing justice TO the
murdeTous leaders Of the organl-
zation, and since the trials, which re-
suited in the apparent decentralization
of the band, these men have lived in
the belief that their troubles were over.
This mornings sun, however, shone on
sight that proved conelusively that
the law defying organization still eX-
listed. From the limbs of a mighty oak
tree on the banks Of creek, only a
short distance from the place OF the
Green and Eden murder,
FIVE CORPSES WE'RE SWINGING
in the breeze. and each one bore the
dread symbol of death at the hands Of
the Bald Knobber-a knife-cut across
the brow. A farmer who was early on
his way 10 town was the first to see the
horrible sight.and he quickly summoned
his neighboTs, who took down the
bodies and found them to be
those of Charles Green, James Eden.
William Enders. Jonathan Wiley and
Emmett Anderson. All these men had
sworn to the facts of the killing Of
Green and Eden, brothers of the first
named, and on their evidence Dave
Walker was sentenced TO pay the eX-
treme penalty of the law. The bodies
were placed in wagon and carried to
the homes of their families, and there
the story of the latest Bald Knobber raid
was heard. At the home of Green and
Eden, who occupied jointly long.
double log house, all was terror and
dismay. AS soon as the walls of the be-
reaved women and children could be
stilled. the following was told to the
Mortified listeners: At precisely II
O'Clock a knock was heard at the door,
and in response to an inquiry the fam
lily were told that neighbor had a
stalled wagon near by, and requested
assistance, Green and Eden imme-
diately went out, and as they passed
the gate, single
PISTOL SHOT WAS HEARD
and out into the moonlight. from the
bushes rode about 200 Bald Knebbers
with the disguise that year ago was SO
well known in the Southwest. They
surrounded the two unfortunate men, a
slight struggle followed, and then all
rode away with their victims. The ter
rorized family could do nothing and
were afraid to stir out of doors
until daylight. At the resi-
dence of EnderS much the same
story was told. At Wiiey's house
the demand for admittance was refused
and the Bald Knobbers broke down the
door and dragged the man from the
house. During the melee several shots
were fired at the assailing party by the
members of the family, and they are
confident that one of the raiders was
wounded. Anderson was captured
while on his way home from Chadwick.
The whole country is again under q
reign of terror, as no one knows who
did the deed, and each is diStrustful of
his neighbor. Sheriff Williams has
gone to the scene of the murders with a
large posse of men, and says he will
hunt down the perpetrators of the deed
if it is possible. The only clue is the
Bald Knobber, who is supposed TO be
wounded.
FIGHTING FOR OFFICE.
The Trouble in Indian Territory
Verges Upon Anarchy.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 15.-Advices
from the Indian territory obtained from
gentleman who arrived at Little Rock
to-day from the Chickasaw nation. rep
resent affairs in that section as in a
critical condition. Partisans of Byrd
and Gay, contestants for the gubernato-
rial Office. are heavily armed. and the