The Red Cloud chief., 1889-05-24
THOSE DEPUTY MARSHALS.

THOSE DEPUTY MARSHALS.
Msrshal Jones Makes IN Omeial Report
81 His Work In Oklahoma-The Deputies
He Appointed.
WAsHiNorON, May a-Attorney-6en-
eral Miller has received a report from
United States Marshal Jones, Of Kansas.
in regard to the conduct Of himself and
deputies upon the opening OF OkIahoma to
settlement. He say that he thought he
appreciated the in flux Of population that
would follow the Presidents proclamation
and that he knew the people would look to
the officers only for safety and protection
after April g. when the functions of the
military authorities ceased and conse-
quently he attempted-and he thinks sue
cessfully-to Organizs a force OF marshais
at different points where it was supposed
there NO uld be q concentration OF people
suflc lent to preserve them from lawless-
ness and blOodshed which it was expectsd
would follow the opening Of the Territory.
Marshal Jones says: Il ordered from
my old experienced deputies -four to uth-
RE, Captain Rarick. A. s. Payne. J. o.
Ssverens and II. s Keys. together with
three new appointees at that point to pro-
tect the hOmeseeker asains, lawlessness
0hlu oASCH So0S
e2l, where had been stationed two OF
three companies Of United States troops
to preserve the peace up to that date.
whose functions ceased at the very mo-
ment when the greatest difficulties
were likely to occur and when the thou
sands of homeseekers. business men, gam
blers and whisky dealers who rushed from
the incoming train and private convey
onCoS until VVftbi,u tvoutv -four EnnrS the
entire face of the country was dotted with
honest aders' tents and two or three cities
Of from 1000 to II. 900 inhabitants born in
the day proved to me the necessity Of a
respectable number of deputy mar halls.
"At Kingfi sher ! ordered John Walters.
D. Wyatt old deputies of experiences. and
a new man. Ed F. Madden. At Darling
ton and Fort Reno I made no change,
leaving Jack Stillwell in charge who hal
been located out there for three years.
and at Oklahoma CITY / ordered j. B.
KOonce. Asa Jones and Ewers White; also
had at that point. G.. +. Thornton, who
had resided there for over q year and was
appointed a marshal six months ago.
koOnce had been a deputy for
Overton three years and Jones was
appointed last January. At the re-
quest of the officer commanding the troops
at Alfred for a marshal to capture horse
thieves. ! appointed a couple OF deputies
and sent them to that point They Were
old experienced deputies from the West
ern district of Texas. also appointed, at
the request of an officer Of the Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe railraad, eight of
their employees, most Of whom were con-
ductors constantly passing through the
Territory, in anticipation of lawlessnsss
On the trains.
THE full number Of deputy marshals
in Oklahoma appointed by me is nineteen.
beside those temporarily appointed at the
request Of the railroad company. l be-
that a few of my deputies have at
tempted to file on as many tracts of land
in the Territory, but know marsv Of them
have not and while i instructed them not
to do so, when they saw thu elves sur
rounded by from 500 TO 100 persons at
and at least One-half that num-
her a. Oklahoma City, waiting for the
our of twelve to- come, l do not wonder
some al them, deputies who were .
serving without pay and were only there
in the interest Of good order. took the
fever and attempted to get a homestead
As to myself i have never attempted To
a foot Of land either IN Okla
or other Territory or State"
In a postscript Marshal J1ue ~
THE country is absolutely quiet in OKLA
and I am astonished ut the false re- \
ports of b!oodshed circulated by the peDerS- 4
There has not been IL single person kiieY
by violence in that territory since April
The report is dated May II is UNDER
stool that the Attorney neral IS no,
satisfied with the report AMI that he VII
call upOn the marshal for a supplemental
giving the name of each officer who
flied 4 claim and a description of the Lands
to by him together with an ac-
count Of the attending circumstance.