The Red Cloud chief., 1889-05-03
T n RUSH.

0ottog0 - Ok1shosaa x0ttlioG QDOn -
lDisputes Over Ciai0s. Attended With The
Csual NuotDer Of kiilings-C00fust0n -
tn TsWn SITES.
GCrHRIk 1. 2. April S-Sear Alfred.
. small station fourteen mi e. north OF
here. Tuesday. three men .qsatted on
the ssme claim and trouble occurred u.
tween . nlan named Stevens from Kan.
sas and the other TWO claimants. whos9
names could nA be learned, whe .
agreed bctween themselves 10 force
Stevens and his family Of wife And
four small children Of the claim and then
divide. Stevens resisted this unfair treat.
ment aud informed them he was willing
for ali three TO work the claim and leave
the matter to the proper authorities 70 say
who xas the ri:Etful owner. To this they
d.murred- and during the row Stevens
was shot through the lungs He managed
TO reach his family and died after q few
hours. HIS wife was almost crazed.
News sOon spread over the s~eighbor.
hood and a small party Of s~etilers soon
assembled a. the unfortunate man's tent
The poor fellow WAS burisd yesterday
in q plain box on the claim for which hs
sacrificed his life A collection wa~ taken
y sssS "'Ac uAS
Mrs Stevens il not csTtsia what she will
do, hut the n%eighbors strongly advise her
to remain and hold tbs clam
The murderers lost NO time in quitting
the country for fear Of being lynchsd.
n GUTHRIE TRAGEDIES
GUTHRIE. L T., April ~25-Thsrs we're
two tragedies here Monday in disputss
over claims. The first victim wa n. /.
Compax. reported in these dispatches pre-.
viOu-Iy. OF the other murder the fact" are
a. fol.Ows:. The body has been identified
a. that OF J. Cyland. late Of Franklin
County, Missouri. All information shove
that it was q most heartiess aud cold.
bIoOded murder. p-rp-,rA,ed by
three desperate characters. who de-
sired to take possession OF . claim
OF which he was the lawful owner. One
OF the murderers Of Young Cyiand was
captured and executed He was discOv.
cred in the bushes near the river. A
posse Of thirty men was formed for the
purpose of capturing him. When they
arrived ut his hiding place they de-
manded his surrender. His answer wa.
to pull his revolver. and instantly voliey
was fired and he fell MORALLY wounded
He died in an hour. HIS nam. l. unknown.
The vigilance committee made no EFFORT to
cpnc.n al the killing OK the ASSASSIN. and
rely upon the community to sustain them
in theT efforts to overawe the turbulent
aud lawiess cement OF the camp
OKLAHOMA KILLINGS.
FoEr RENO. L T.. April "a settler
named Good VIII has arrived at Reno
from Oklahoma and makes u sworn state
.,.n o. eh. 800. o,tAr chat hta
party Of four had been fired upon by a
party of twelve Texans. who Gained the
location mad. by Goodwin and party.
The Texans claimed the land. having 10.
Gated there with Captain Payne several
years previous. Goodwin made his 20.
cape and hid in the thick brush along the
river until after dark. when he made his
way toward Reno. The rest OF his party
were killed. A detachment Of company
4. Thirteenth infantry. under Lieutenant
Buck. were quickly sent u the scene to
recover the bodies and make . full invests.
cation and arrest all suspicious persons
n the vicinity.
HALF KILLED.
ARKANSAS CITY. Kan. April 2h-Elder
Towne tells of q tragic scene enacted at
Oklahoma City. Of which he was an eye
witness A white man 10y the name of
holland and q half breed named Halbert
into n quarrel over u claim AM the
latter was instantly killed. holland made
his escape.
GROWING
GUTHRIE. L r., April 2a-Con!usion ~
still reigns and continues To grow
IN dimensions. The trouble is all about
lots. There are six and seven claimants
for every lot The present town site Of
Guthrie contains 1923 acres Of land by
survey and every lot is taken. A
very bitter feelin. is being ~sngendered
against the three hundred United States
who were at Guthrie aud
had CLAIMS staked before ten o'clock
aud then threw up their Offices.
Unless this can I've done away with
is ap~f,rehenied. Under ar official
guise the mar>hal~ got into the Oklahoma
country and s:aked of the best claims IN
the forenoon. The boomers in the brush
saw this and they came from their hiding
places and did the same thing. The mar.
halls could d. nothing because they had
the proclamation, and so the
brush men AMI marshals stand in together,
while the multitude Of home settlers are
against them One gentleman. finding he
get no lot filed on tn. entire town
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