The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-04-06
WILD TINES
Three Colored Men Shot by q
White Man in North Loaven.
worth.
A Frenzied Mob of Negroes OverpOwer
the Police, but Fail to Obtain
Revenge.
A Shocking Tragedy in Kansas City
Fatal Land Dispute-1nfatuatsd
Lover Killed.

Lover Killed.
| LEAvENwORTH, Kan, April 2.-Last
evening at $40 o'clock q terrible tragedy
occurred in North Leuvenworth, by which
Harrison Young, notorious cOiored ward
politician, was instantly killed. and Sam
Hedspeth and Ben Easton, also colored
men, were, perhaps. fatally wounded, and
that portion Of the city was held by an In
| furiated mob for over two hours, notwith-
standing the fact that Chief of Police
| Roberts, with every policeman Of the city,
was on hand, as was also Mayor Nicely,
who used every possible means to quiet he
| maddened co ored people, who were beyond
| any human control.
The origin of the trouble is as follows:
About the hour first named James King
met the three colored men named at the
corner Of Second and Dakota streets, and
was accosted by Hedspeth and Young. who
wanted to fight. About one year ago King
was terribly beaten by Hedspeth near the
| same spot, and he was on his guard and
| started away without saying any thing to
| the men. 1t is said that Hedspeth pulled
out knife AMI started after King, and at
the same time Young put his hand into h 8
| b." At this juncture King whirled
around and pulling 35-calibcr revolver,
| shot Young through the forehead and
heart, killing him Instantly. He then fired
at Hedspeth, the shot entering the right
| groin, when he turned and shot EastOn
| through the left thigh.
The scene where the shooting occurred
is near the Leavenworth coal mine and is
mostly inhabited by miners. In great
| deal less time than it takes to write it the
news spread with lightning rapidity that
three cOiOred miners had been killed by a
white miner, aud the negroes hOcked in
from every direction, carrying shotguns,
revolvcrs Of every DESCRIPTION. rifles, knives
| and clubs, crying for the immediate killing
of King.
Immediately after finishing the shooting
| King started to run north along the river
bank, and was hOtly pursued by Il num-
| Der of colored m.n who fired SIX
shots at HIM. He stopped once and
returned the fire, but none of the
shots took effect. He was making for
the railway bridge with the evident inten.
ton Of crossing into Missouri when the
| bowling mob made such Roadway upon him
that he sought refuge in the large pump
house Of the water works company.
In fifteen minutes there Was the widest
possible mob surrou nding the pump house,
and the colorei women were urging the
men to kill the Irish s. of b..
At this time Mayor Nicely appeared and
ordered the men to cease, but with q
dozen pointed revolvers at him he was or
dercd to stand back.
Chief Roberts met with no better sue
cess, aud it seemed that it would be impos.
In 20 IA fran ial
and even the building was threatened with
destruction.
Meanwhile the building had been filed
with colored men, who sought King in
every corner without success, and to his
safely hiding for about an hour he owes his
life.
The police had by this time gained access
to the pump house aud with dark lanterns
were making q close search Of the
premises. King was at last found under
an obscure stairway and the police called
upon him to drop his pistol and come forth.
In response he sprang forward with the
pistol pointed ready TO fire and Police Off
Ger Street shot at him, the bull entering
the muscle Of his right arm below the
shoulder, making u very dangerous wound.
He was quickly Overpowered and the word
was given out to the mob outside that King
had been killed. King was kept hidden IN
the pump house until a late hour last night,
when q company Of cavalry arrived and he
was taken to Fort Leavenworth to secure
his safety. Had he been placed in Jail the
Infatuated colored people would have had
his life at any price.
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April with his
arms around her neck, +. Settler, driver Of
a sand wagon for Charles Evans, shot aud
mortally wounded his wife in their room
over the saloon at the northeast corner Of
Third and Walnut streets yesterday morn
ing. Then he fired two shots into his own
abdomen. Both were living at an early
hour this morning, out there is no hope Of
the recovery of either. Mrs. Settlers
former husband was brother Of Robert
Tucker, the well-known horseman. who has
now a string Of horses at New Orleans.
Tucker died q few months ago. shortly
after his marriage, leaving his wife en-
ciente.
a LAND QUARREL.
Wichita, Kan, April 2-"Shorty" Booth
and Ed Coulter, living near Tyrone, Seward
County, had for six months been having a
dispute over quarter section Of lana, each
claiming to have settled on It first. The
land is in No-Man's- Land joining Kansas,
and like other land in that strip is held
by whoever happens to put in an
appearance first 1t is crossed by
the Rock Island survey, the road
being completed to the line and is thought
70 be very valuable as it can be used for sa-
loon sites and similar institutions. making
the lively half of Tyrone. Last Thursday
the two met and fred five times each, but
neither drew blood. Each then began
threatening the others life, when yester-
day shorty" had Winchester and fired
at Coulter about two hundred yards away,
killing him almost instantly.
SHOT WITHOUT A WORD.
little Rock. Ark. April 2.-Yesterlay
near Wittsburg Amos Sharp shot and killed
John Rice who had become infatuated witt
with his attentions. Rce's wife was wit
ness Of tn. killing. Sh .rp suddenly enter
ing the house and shooting Rice without
word. Sharp made his escape.
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Man that is born Of woman, is prone to
fatigue. Woman, that IS married to man,
is just as prone to fatigue. 1t is in their
respective methods Of showing their tired
ness that man and woman differ as
widely as the roar Of a cyclone differs from
the sigh and sob OF the oceans voice. When
a man Is tired out" he not only knows it,
but ne takes some pains to impress the
fact upon those about him. those Of his
own household in particular. His wife
knows it by his every action. The average
man when suffering from fatigue, not only
is very tired, but he makes those about
him tired. How about the wife and
mothers She is never aggressively tired.
though she may be complainingly so.
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