Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-01-28
ANARCHY RHGns At EusTls.
TILE ENRAGED POPULACE
CAPTURE THE ELEC-
TION RETURNS.
The Town is Veritable Barracks
And all Farmers and Stranger
are held up and Searched
Upon Entering the Town.

| Goodland (Sherman Co. Republican. 20.
The arrest of several officers at Eustis
last week for usurpation of Office resulted
| in the surrender of two of the Offices to the
officers elect. The other two, the record
er of deeds and county clerk, were tostand
trial. The recorders case came ND and
was tried and the justice set the Is inst,
at 2 P. NJ, to render judgment, but the
defendant failed to appear at that time,
thus FORGETTING the bond. The case was
plain one against the defense, and the
failing to appear only keeps the Justice
from rendering his decision. Proceed
ings will be. begun in the district court
against the bondsmen
Geo. w. Benson, the usurper of the
county clerks office, failed to appear also
and testified while on the witness stand
in the case against the register of deeds
| that he did not know where the ballots
and polls books were, and after that, and
on the same day, offered to get the returns
and poll books and turn them over to O.
81. Smith, the legal county clerk, and took
Mr.. Smith to Eustis with him for that
purpose, but when they got to Eustis
Benson changed his mind and would not
turn over the returns.
The next day Benson promised to turn
over again; this time W. K. Brown went
to Eustis with him for the purpose of
bringing them over with Mr.. Benson to
the present county clerks Office, but when
they arrived at Eustis Benson got away
from Brown, and that was the last of the
turning over of the returns.
Benson acted the part throughout of
man wholly destitute of honor, and swore
to lie besides, when he said that the re-
turns had been carried away last Friday.
Before w. K. Brown left Eustis the out
laws of that town came into storeroom
where Mr.. Brown was and took him out,
threatening to hang him, and ordered him
out of town. The leader of the mob told
Brown that they had the returns in their
possession and proposed keeping them.
The town was full of armed men froth-
ing at the mouth. The docile creatures
that had been in this place in the MORN
ing were ranting the street with shot-guns
and revolvers, swearing dire vengeance on
the 81. q. A. people; even the sainted
Bagley is said to have shculdered gun
and made various threats. The roads
entering the village are barricaded, and
heavily armed guards hold up every
farmer and search him before entering
the town. They are about half full of
whiskey, and some foolhardy guard might
hurt some one before they cool off.
They had report out that the Fl. U.
AS we're coming to burn their town and
made this their excuse for this great ex-
element, when the real move was to keep
the returns from being turned over to the
county clerk.
Eustis is up in arms and it is not safe
to pass through the town. Men are
walking the streets, making loud threats
against the homesteaders for voting the
county seat to Goodland.
This is the upstart of the entire trouble
and the peaceable removal of the books
and records to this place has so enraged
the little village That the people are quite
desperate.