Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-11-17
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AYenging Their Leader.
MISSOURI BALD KNoBBERs AGAIN
AT THEIR MURDERoUs WORK.
OBJECTS OF VENGEANCE.
The Witnesses Whose Testimony Convicted
Their chief wnslaid and Strung UP to
:Tree-The Country Again I'M
der n Reign of Terror.

OZARK, Mo, Nov. 16.-James Wilson,
a farmer living near Chadwick, on the
Ozark range came into Ozark this morn
ing after five collins, which were to be
used to bury the five victims of the
vengeance of the Bald Knobbers. Far
from the nearest town, in the shadow
of the Ozark range, lived the men who
had been instrumental in bringing to
Justice the murderous leaders of the or
ganiZation, and since the trials which
resulted in apparent decentralization of
the band, these men have lived in the
belief that their troubles were over.
IKE mornings sun, however, shone ON a
sight which proves conclusively that the
1aw-defying organization exists. From
the limbs of a mighty oak tree, on the
bank$of the creek a short distance from
the place of the Green-Eden murder,
five corpses were swinging in the breeze,
with the symbols of death by Bald
Knobbers--a knife cut across the brow.
A farmer who was early on his way to
town was first to see the terrible sight,
and he quickly summoned his neighbors,
who took down the bodies and found
them 10 be those of Charles Green, James
Eden, William Enders, John Wiley and
Emmett Anderson. All had sworn to
the facts of the killing of Green, and on
their evidence Dave Walker was sent
enced to pay the extreme penalty of the
law.
The bodies were placed in d wagon
and carried to the homes of their fam
lilies and there the story of the latest
Bald Knobber raid was heard. AT the
home of Green and Eden, who oc-
cnpied q long double log house,
all vas terror and dismay. AS
soon as the walls Of the bereaved
women and children could he stilled the
following was told to Mortified listeners:
AT IL O'Clock a knock was heard at the
door, and In response to IN inquiry the
family were told a neighbor had stalled
his wagon near by, and requested assist
ance. Green and Eden Immediately
went out, and as thes passed the gate q
single pistol shot Wig heard, ard out into
the moonlight from the bushes rode
about two hundred Bald Knobbers, with
the disguise that o year ago was well
known in the southwest. They sur
rounded the two unfortunate men. a
slight struggle followed, and then all
rode away with the victims. The ter
rorized family could do nothing, and
We're afraid to stir out OF doors until
daylight.
AT the residence of Enders much the
same story was told and at Wiley's also.
U0fing the melee several shots we re
fired at the assailing party by members
81 the family, and they are confident
that one of the raiders was wounded.
Anderson was captured wkile on his
way home from Chadwick.
The whole country is again under a
reign OF terror, as no one knows who
did the deed, and everyone is d~istrnstful
OF his ~neighbor. The sheriff 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
possible. The only clue is3.the Bald
kno6ber who is supposed to be wounded.