The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1888-11-24


o.. sATUR y, NOW
UNHAPPY ssouRl.
Five witness Agalnst the
Bald Knoba ing Cru.
ely - red.
tn. r......,.... !. w... VIII,
Ne" p ''',
An Ozark, u county. Mis-
souri,. special 10 Cats sends the
following details awiul murder
near that plscc - night OF the
lI-l5th:
James Wilson, farm near
Chadwick. on III range, caIne
In this morning collins which
tbo 1oo - t>a19essn0
Court last Monday hacked the last
hope from tho ocAcossdenned Bald
knobbers by conAru e the Judgment
of the lower court Me casa Of Davr
Walker aud sentcnei, anu Ia hang on
December -. This 4 pied 10 be the
signal that wss waite for by the rest
OF the baud aud NJ onc(p.anS were laid
To bring to thosa nael ho had borne
testimony against III PEI the extreme
penalty Of the order.
Far from the neare town In the
shadow Of thc Oznrk hns.. lived the
men who ha'i becn p;Tbm.n'h IN
bringing justice 10 the NJ n4IieTons l.ni'
crs of the orsan,ralioik niid since tie
trial, which resulted In The apparent
decentralization of The b'Af'. these men
have lived u, cas-. ihi} ns tina, nil
their troubles wcfe ovet This morn
ings sun, however ros< on u sight
which proved that, shiie scattered. the
organization still .xlstea From the
limbs Of n mighty oat tree on the banks
Of n creek. only n wort distance from
the place Of the Gu,a and Eden muir
d-rs. there hung . nrAng. fruit. Five
CHASTITY corpscs swnu In t'lc brccs. and
each ons boTc il,e d. u symboIo oi death
Of the Bald KnobbsN kniic-cnt across
the brow.
a farmer. who va tariy on his road
to town. was iirst I sce the terrible
sight. and lac quics summoncd iiis
ncighboJs. who took }own the bolscs,
and found them N 1 thfsss Of Charles
Green. James Eden. William Enicga.
Johna,iinn Wiley an Einmc, Andc.-
.on. All these Tnrn VI sworn 10 the
facts OF tho killing Of l;tr-n n,,i Ellen.
the brothers II thu hrsi two. and "n
ihcin the Ian II The oaiau.x foil. Tho
bodies wosc placed In wagon AMI car
iicd 10 their homes. anl thrEc tho story
Of tho latest laid kno,.s0r raid Was
beard. beard ,.:ss a. ..s w. 1A GSsaa. VI; VI
house. AL was tsf:c3 All 1ismay. As
soon as the wall Of r b-rssycd famii,
could bc siillei ,h<followins was told
! To the hofriiird iis,db<rS:
At just !. cioclIh knock WAS heard
u: the door. and In litspcss- 10 mn In.
quiry they We're toE that n nciglibor
had stalled warub near hv ard r-'
qncsici assisianc'} i'trcn ana Eden
Immediately wrn, ol'. nnd ~ they
passed the gale siSglc pistol sho, was
heard. and gu, In moonlight, from.
the bushes rode ivtnly Bai knobbcrr
with the DISCUS. ,iihi u year aso vas NJ
well known In III. souii west. They
surrounded the unfoFtui stc men. n
Sigh; struggle followed md then all
rod. away with the virtinI The ter
ror!sed family could do ,othing. and
was afraid 10 stir out u do rs until day
light. AT the residence Of William En.
Jcrs much the same story vss tod. At
| wilcy's house tho demand flor admit
tancc was refused and u Bald Knob
bcrs brokc down tho door oid dragged
the man from the houss. During the
melee several shots were 81 u, the as
sanl,ing party by tho nci 1crs 81 the
family and they arc conf at that one
of the RAIDERS was wound. Anderson
WAS captured by the rai,l'rs while on
the road home from Chad lick.
| The whole country Ia artin under the
reign OF terror as TO or knows whu
did tho deed and each 8 dis,ristiul
Of his ncighbor. none knosing who viii
be tn. next victim. Slsrin Williams