The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-15
MUST COME TO TAW.
Marshal Jones Called Upon to Tell
Why This and That Was Permitted
In Oklahoma's Opening.
Tho Government Wants to Know
Why His Deputies
Wero Allowed to Take Claims Be-
fore tho Public Got There.
The Urited statos onlclal Makes His
Report But 1t Ia Not entirely Salts
factory TO the Attorney.deneral
THE Boys Took the Fever"

-'lne Boys TOOK the FeVer,
WASHINGTON, May Attorney Cen
eral Miller has received u report from
United States Marshal Jones, OF Kansas,
in regard to the conduct OF himself and
deputies upon the opening of Oklahoma
to settlement lie says that he thought
he appreciated the influx Of population
that would follow the Presidents procla-
nation and that he knew that the people
could look to the civil authorities only for
safety and protection after April %, when
the functions OF the military authorities
ceased, and consequently he attempted,
and lac thinks successfully, TO organize a
force of marshals Mt different points where
1t was supposed there would be conceu-
,ration Of people sufficient to preserve
them from lawlcssncss and bloodshcd
II was expected would follow the opening
OF the Territory.
Marshal Jones says 81 ordered from
my old, experienced deputies four TO
Guthrie, Capt Rarrick, A. S. Payne, J. o.
Seycrens and NJ. S. Keys, together with
three new appoiniccs at that point, TO pro-
tect the homo-sccker against lRwlcssness
from and after the critical moment april
22l, where had been stationed two or three
companies OF United States troops to pre-
serve the peace up to that date, whose
functions ceased NJ the very moment when
the greatest difficulties were likely to oc-
cur, and when the thousands OF home
seekers. business men, gamblers and
whisky dealers, who rushed from the in
coming trains and private conycyanccs un-
I'll within lwcnty-iour hours the entire
face Of the country WIS dotted with home
slcadcr,' tents aud two or three cities OF
from 200 20 $1,000 inhabitants. born in
the dav, proved to me the necessity OF a
respectable number ol Deputy Marshals.
at Knglishcr, | ordered John Walters,
ID. 4. Wyatt, old deputies of experience,
aud new man. lsd 4. Madden. AZ Dar-
hngton, FuE Reno, made no change,
leaving Jack stillwcn sln In charge. Who
had bocn local deputy there Tor three
years. and at Oklahoma CITY / ordered ].
n. Koonoe, Asa Jones aud kWcrs White;
| also had vt that point & u Thorn on. who
had resided there ior over year and who
was appointed q marshal siN months ago.
koouCc had been deputy for Over three
years. and Jones was appointed last Janu-
ary At the request ol the officer CON-
manding tho troops at Alfred for
u marshal 10 capture horse thieves,
/ appointed "a couple OF deputies
and sent them 30 that point They are Old,
experienced deputies from the Western.
..H ..I all fol laf
thp rpuups, ui ana officer of he AtchisOn,
Topeka q Santa fe railroad, eight Of
their cmpluyvs, most oi whom are con-
duc,ors constantly passing through the
Territory, in anticipation OF lawlcssncss on
the trains The iull number OF deputy
marshals la Oklahoma appointed 10y me Is
nineteen. bc,idcs tie eight temporarily
appointed at the request Of the railroad
company | believe ihnt a few VI
nay deputies have attempted 10 iilo
on ~ many lmc,I Il land ia tho
Territory, but know many Of
them have not. and, while instructed
them not to do ro When they saw them
selves surrounded hy from 800 TO 200 per-
SONS at Guthrie aud at least onc-halt that
number at Oklahoma wai,ing Tor the hour
of ~ O'Clock 10 come, ! 10 not wonder
that some oi them, deputies who were
serving without pay and only there in the
interests ol good order, took the fever aud
attempted 10 yet q home. As TO myself,
never attempted tu get homestead. a
Too, oi either Oklahoma o. other Territory
" state
Ia postscript, Marshal Jones says
'rrhc country b. ahlo.u,uIy quiet Ia OKLA
huma, und au ustouishcl ut tllr false re-
ports oi bloid-hyd circulated by tile pa
ppr.. Thcir ha. not been a single person
killed h, violence in that Territory since
the 22d day OF AplL'
Tiic rroH s dated MAY o. II is under
stood that the Auomcy.Gcncul is not
satisfied with the report, and that lac Viii
call upon the MARSHAL for supplemental
report giving the name Ol each officer who
filed Il claim, aud description OF tho
lands referred 10 10y him, together with an
nccount Ol the attending circumstances.
The clerks who were detailed from tho
general land office 10 30 10 Oklahoma and
nssist the land officials at the Guthrie and
kingh,hrr offices. plurncd 10 Washing
tom today. They slate that at kinghshor
about 500 entries had been made up TO last
Friday aud at Guthrie about Loo bad
been made The total number
oi quarter sections IN the Ter
ulOry Opcu 10 hollltmfN ID wa
thousand hence onolillh Oi the whole
has been filed upon. The force OF clerks
now employed nl the two land Offices Is
believed to be- sufficient TO keep up the
current work. Mpny oi the settlers, u is
said. have gone 10 their former homes TO
settle their private aliain and viii return
next iall 10 complete their entries and
establish themselves permanently IN the
Is FHN
been TO some extent overcome 10y digging