Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-30

the nronrietors has been boarding at the
Paxton hotel with woman ostensloly MS
wife. At 1850 Saturday morning 1air-
haired, lady-like woman arrived from CHI
cago and registered as Mrs. d. w. King.
ir.. md proceeded to the victims room.
Calling him to the door conversation en-
sued. she upbraiding him. While he ureed
her to go away and leave him. She hnaily
said wthstears in her eyes: Harry. Will
YOU take me to breakfast; l mean You no
HARM" He repulscd her and started Tor
the elevator. She followed. and. overtak-
ing him. drew revolver and shot him IN
the mouth. He staggered away. but she
followed and fired three moro shots. when
he fell down the stairs leading to the ro-
tunda. dying Immediately. She rushed
after him .tn the smoking revolver in her
hand. and. knceling by his side, sobbed:
I've murdered my husband" Judge
Brewer, of the United States district court,
and many guests. were eye witnesses.
Considerable excitement was created
ut Fort Dodge when it became known that
despite the efforts to keep it secret the Des
Moincs River Land company and its agents
were preparing to make things warm for
the hardy settlers occupying the nation
ally celebrated river lands. and who refuse
to cvacuate their farms at the command of
the company. United States Marshal Des-
mond of Clinton. was in that city early in
the week and has been at work quietly
procuring writs Of eicctment on nine ten
ants OF the Litchfeld lands. These will be
to-, %h0
marshal's force and large corps Of depu-
ties who are now in that city for that pur-
pose These will be followed by wholesale
evictions on all other lands. Within tho
present month steps will be taken to see that
lands are nottingham occupied by the settlers.
This creates great CONSERVATION. as many
settlers have spent their all contesting the
title to the land. and if turned out with
their families ut the commencement Of
winter must look to charity for support.
So strong has been tho conviction of the
average settler that the land he settled
upon. improved, and in some cases. Sc
cured a government patent for. is his
beyond a shadow of DOUBT that in most
every case there has been more or less
trouble when the time came for him to
leave ut the behest of tho river land COM
puhy. For number of years very little
has boon done toward forcing out the OBJ
stinate tenants. but Of late the company
has been growing impatient and now pro.
poses to evict every settler along the Des
Moines river who has not settled matters
or abandoned the farm. Whatever the
rights of the matter may be the company
has the law on its side. and it looks as
though the settlers would have to go. but
tho present proceedings are heartily con-
demned by all rs most inhuman.
Capt. J. M. Sutterwait is in Topeka.
Kan. in the interest of tho big colony
which is forming to enter the Oklahoma
section. which will be done as soon after
election as possible. A company with
strong financial backing is in formation
which will insure the protection of tho
colony before the courts. So far the matter
has been agitated in Il secret manner. but
from now on it will become more public in
it's nature. Already COO men have pledged
themselves to enter the territory and en-
deavor to make settlement. 1t is intended
to increase this force to 1900 mon and to
make stand until force is brought against
them by the government. Attorneys will
be retained and if necessary u fight will be
made in the highest courts of the country.