Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-24
SOCIAL SENSATION IN CoLoEADo.
assassin ora Kansas Stockiaan Discovered
Ttreire Years liter the 1et.

assassin ora Kansas Stoekiaan Discovered
Itreire Years .IIter the Iet.
Denver Colo special to the Omaha
Bee: Sheriff Stoddard, armed with 8
requisition from the governor OF Kan.
sas and warrants issued by Governor
Adams, will tomorrow place under ar
rest two Of the most prominent citizens
of Durango, Col, charged with murder
committed in Kansas twelve years ago.
The arrest Of the two men will cause the
greatest social sensation in Durango
that the quiet little city has ever known,
as both men are not only among the
oldest but wealthiest citizens. Their
names are A. @. Myers and Frank West.
The man with whose murder they are
charged was Archibald Douglas, a stock
raiser, living between Little River and
Alden, the two largest towns in Rice
county, central county of Kansas.
He was shot and killed in the house of
another ranchman, and until a week ago
the authors of the murder were not de-
tected. The circumstances of the crime
were of o most mysterious char
acter. Douglas, who was a new conner
in Kansas, met two men at the house of
the ranchman aud discussed some BUSH
ness with them, entailing the sale Of
some property which he owned. The
men, it appears did not come 10 any sat.
isfactory terms, but quarrelled, and
John x. Brinkerhof, county attorney
of Rice county, says that A. G. Myers
shot Douglass in the back of the head,
from which he died almost instantly,
and that Frank West, as he was known
then, assisted MIN. Douglass was found
a short time after the shooting, and the
men traced by description for some dis
tonce. Their identity was not estab-
lished, and the crime was forgotten.
From January /, 1887, until less than
month ago, no effort was made to appre-
bend and punish the perpetrators of the
crime. So carefully had the two muir
derers Of Douglass covered their tracks,
that their identity was not discovered
until q short time ago, when inforrna-
ton reached John Il. Brinckerhof that
A. @. Meyers and Frank West we're the
authors, and he adopted means TO APP
prehend them. The men were located
in Durango, and Mr.. Brinkerhoff, trust
ing no one, went to Topeka aud had q
consultation with Governor Martin, be-
fore whom he placed full de-
tails of the case. The latter con
sidered the statements for some
time, and having partly verified the in
made ont requisitiOn papers
for the surrender of the two men by the
Colorado officials. Governor Adams re-
ceived the papers q week ago Friday,
and the public character and excellent
standing Of the men may be imagined
from the fact that Governor Adams at
first discredited the charges, and wrote
Martin personal letter asking for fur
ther information. This he received a
day or two ago, and the purport must
have been of convincing nature, for
without further delay he signed the
papers and Sheriff Stoddard, OF Rice
county, left here yesterday morning to
make the arrests. Meyers is about forty
years of age and is member of the city
council. He is engaged in the livery
business, and seems to have entered It
soon after his arrival in Durango, TAX
ing West in with him as partner, which
partnership existed until 1894, when
West drew out of the firm. Meyers is
said to be worth $4,000 or more He
IS understood to have a family and is
prominently identified with the church. |
West is at present extensively engaged !
n mining and is also quite wealthy.