The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-10
WAR IL KANSAS
4 Terrible Fight In which Several Men arc
Killed. the Number Being Stated M Eleven.

A terrible encounter lmtwcrn ll,grtnn and
Wn"ls'lale men occurred in Stevens county,
kans;i". whereby seven IiIrm lost their liv.,,
Sam Robinson. the city marshal of lIlg.tull.
and NJ. Cook of the same town went 10 I he
lhlnl"y ranch. near Pony creek. accompanied
they We're trying to buy. While taking din
Imr Deputy SlmriiT short, a Wnmlsal" man.
accompanied l,y five other Womls,inlr men,
ru'l,. ip I" the party. and asked Robinson To
surrender, as he llnd IL warrant for his arrest
Robinson snih b" would go II short distance
from camp leaving Cook and the ladies Ir-
hind. nnt then give his enemies u chance to-
tax" him lie lid 40. and On rarhing a CON
vrnirnt spot both parties opened fire. with
the result hat four Wuu,Is,lnlr men turned
M thrir toes. The other two fled to the
strip. and Robinson escaped without IL
scratch. Cook hnstcim,l To Ilughtun and
CAV" TIL" alarm. and soon an armed slun,l
went 10 their assistance Meeting n
lot Of Woo,ls,ialr men an encounter took
place. in which three more persons were killed
and II Illmlmr wounded. The whole county
is M war, hut sam Robinson has again dis
appeared. John Gross, sheriff of Stevens
county. was one of the men killed in the s,p-
onl fight.
James ticrralr. deputy sheriff of Stevens
county, gives III" following account of the nf-
fair: A warrant had lnsn issued TO Ed Short,
constab" and city marshal of Woods.lale,
for the arrest of sam Robinson Rob.
ilsun had gone To the neutral trip. and Eli.
short, Within llausluy and Dick Wilson
went after linn. They found linn in II dug
out, and ordered him to surrender He
said Ii" would never surrender to Ell. Short.
III told him he could get as many men MS he
wished from he strip. to go with him to the
stat" (knnsas). Robinson did not surrrn.
der hut got on his horse and made run of
sin or seven miles to q h. Beaver river, where
j" got n fresh lnrs" and soon tistancrl the
boys. who then gave up til" chase Sheriff
Gross. h"nring that Short and His posse had
been rorralc'l down in the strip, started with
four men for their relief. hut they could not
| find them, so started back up the trail nnl
went into camp. Will" they were nshrp II
ling,ton party surprised and disurlnr.l HON,
lnn,lc them stand NJ in line and shot them.
killing four and w0uMliuY one. e.. :. Toby
says that the four killed were Sheriff John
Gross Robert Hubbard. e. w. Eaton, X.
Wilcox, and that Herbert Tony was wounded
He also said TINT there might he one or two
more killed. md that he heard Herbert Reed
was wounded. hut could not say low he got
hurt. There must have been shooting In.
:'islra the above nfIray, for II hoy named
Nathan Jones. who w;is on his return from
Stevens county u Liberal. states that he
passed near two squads who wrr. firing mt
each other. The latest report that canu in
! is TINT eleven men hive been killed So fn,
reports ARE very contradictory and many OF
| them unreliable. hut there il no Doubt that
Stevens county people nrc in u terrible state
! of excitement, and that more shooting nav
| be expected.