Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-28
In BLOODY KANSAS
A TERRIBLE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN TWO
ARMED PARTIES.
Seven Men Reported Dsad-fhs Msn Of HusotOn
and WoOdsdals at War-0onficting
Accounts Of the Origin Of he
Present Difficulty.

LIBERAL, KAs, July N.-"Shorty," a
livery stable keeper at Hugoton, gives the
following particulars regarding a terrible
encounter between Hugoton and Woods
dale men in Stevens county, whereby no
less than seven men lost their lives:
Sam Robinson, the City Marshal Of HUI
goton, and NJ. Cook, of the same place,
went to the Dudley ranch, near pony
creek, yesterday, accompanied by their
wives, to look up some cattle which they
were trying to buy.
While taking dinner Deputy Sheriff
Short, Woodsdals man, accompanied by
five other Woodsdale men, rode mp to the
he had warrant for his arrest. Robinson
said he would 60 short distance from
camp, leaving Cook and the ladies behind,
and then give his enemies chance to take
him.
He did so, and on reaching conven-
lent spot both parties opened fire, with
the result that four Woodsale men turned
up their toes The other two fled to the
strip, and Robinson escaped without o
scratch. Cook hastened to Hugoton and
gave the alarm, and soon an armed squad
went 20 their assistance. Meeting lot of
Woodsdale men an encounter took place
in which three more persons were killed
and number wounded. According to
our informant the whole county is at war,
but Sam Wood has again disappeared.
John Cross, Sheriff of Stevens county, wss
one of the men killed in the second fight.
The names of the others killed could not
be learned, but further information is ex-
pected tomorrow.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
James Gerard, W. L. Linn, G. s. Toby,
George A. Pierscn, D, Grisup, II. Tarrents,
Charles Shultz, George s. Hoffer, and Jim
Williams, all of Woodsdale, Stevens coun.
ty, came in this morning, as they say, to
look after Herbert Tony, one of their young
men, who was wounded in the shooting af-
fray and who has since disappeared. James
Gerard, Deputy Sherig of Stevens county,
gives the following account of the affair:
A warrant had been issued to Ed Short,
Constable and City Marshal of Woodsdale,
for the arrest of Sam Robinson. Robinson
had gone to the Neutral Strip, and Ed
Short, VIM. Hauslsy and Dick Wilson
went after him. They found him dug
out and ordered him to surrender. He
said he would never surrender to Ed Short.
Ed told him he could get all the men that
wished from the Strip to 90 with him
to the State (Kansas). Robinson did
not surrender, but got on his horse and
made run of six or seven miles to Beaver
river, where he got fresh horse and soon
distanced the boys, who then cave up the
! chase. Sheriff Cross hearing that Short
aud his posse had been corralled down in
the strip, started with four men for their
relief, but they could not find them, so
they started back up the trail and went
into camp. While they were asleep, HUI
goton party surprised and disarmed them,
made them stand up in line and shot them.
killing four and wounding one. The dep
uty sheriff did not give any names besides
those mentioned above, but G. s. Toby told
- ;ctaEman. that, the t6pT, killed were
Sheriff John Cross, Robert Hubbard, c. W.
Eaton, R. Wilson, and that Herbert Tony
was wounded. He also said that there
might be ono Or two more killed, and that
he heard Herbert Reed was wounded but
could not say how he got hurt.
There must have been shooting besides
the above affray, for boy named Nathan
Jones, who wes on his return from Stevens
county to Liberal, states that he passed
two squads who were firing at each other.
The lates report that came in is that eleven
men have been killed. So far reports are
very contrsdicting and many of them un-
reliable.