Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01

LII Is SAID that Judge F1emlng, r. M.
Fleming, j. NJ. Sherry, and several 9th
ers of that party, got claims.
Some Bad Breaks.
L. NJ. Spencer, the Kiowa hardware
merchant, mention of whose arrest, for
enlightenment, was made by us last
week, on Tuesday evening induced I'm
der Sheriff Stevens to take him to XII
owa, to get bondsmen. Next morning
one of the guards, Charlie Kidd, of this
city, who had been instructed to watch
Spencer. on the HardWlcke house porch,
permitted him to step around the cor
ner. In few moments he had gone to
livery stable, secured his horse, and
struck out for the Indian Territory,
near by. Harry Stevens enlisted the
services of Deputy Downtain, and sent
him and Kidd south, to Drumm's
ranch, where Spencer was found, Har-
ry having gone on the train, expecting
to find Spencer at some station on the
line, making for Texas. Downtain and
Kidd got their man as far as the state
line by two O'Clock on Wednesday but
he refused to go further, and neither of
the captofs being a y. S. officer, they
had to use strategy to get him back to
Kiowa. Arriving at the Hardwicke
house at five o'clock, Kidd informed
Spencer that he was again under arrest.
About this time j. T. Lawrence, who,
up to that time had been considered as
law-abiding and upright citizen, drew
revolver on Kidd, and warned him to
not interfere with Spencer. The buggy
used in bringing Spencer back was
standing there, and into this Spencer
jumped, and hitting the horse, dashed
out of town, again going to the Terri
tory. Kidd, in the meantime, being held
captive by Lawrence.
Searchers were again sent out. but
Spencer could not be found that night.
Judge Stevens and others kept up search
for four days, and though it was beliey-
ed that he was within few miles of
Kiowa, several of Spencer's friends
managed, by adroit stories, to keep the
officers smisinformed and ignorant of
the whereabouts of the fugitive. Mon
day night, Judge Stevens and Deputy
Nelson, after following Q brother of
Spencer and a brother of Lawrence ten
miles out in the country, gave them to
understand that L.. M. Spencer must
be produced Or a lot more people would
be arrested. The party returned to
town and yesterday morning b. V. Ray
brought Spencer to town and turned
him over to the sheriff and deputy. Raw
says that Spencer came to his house,
ole mile from Kiowa. Monday flight,
tired and sick from exposure. Spencer
is now in Jail with two charges, embez-
Element and resisting and attempting
to escape from an officer, hanging over
him. His preliminary examination is
set for to-day before Justice Howe, in
this city.
The news of the. second escape was
brought to Medicine Lodge Thursday.
A warrant was at once secured for the
arrest of Lawrence, by Sample s. Long,
and placed in the hands of Deputy C.
d. Nelson. Sheriff Stevens, in the
meantime, arrived at Kiowa, from Ok
lahoma, and he sent Kidd up for a war
rant. He also made search for Spen-
cer-Lawrence having seen the error
he had made, and having promised to
find him. 1t Vas believed that Spencer
was hiding near kiowa, if not in town
but all searching failed to discover his
whereabouts. He wrote to his attor-
ney. Mr.. Denton, and Mrs. Spencer
claimed to know where he was, and
even sent word to the sheriff that he
would be on hand in due time.
Friday night, at two o'clock, J. T.
Lawrence suddenly discovered that
Kiowa was not large enough for him
and sheriff with an active deputy, and
taking a stock train, he ''pulled his
freight for Wellington, were he was
followed, and arrested Saturday even
ing, by Deputy g. ID. Nelson taken *
wagon to Argonia, to escape possible
'asggal deliberations, and Sunday he was
landed IN the Jail of Barber county.
Kansas. as reward for his interfering
with an officer. and in aiding and abet-
ting a prisoner to escape Monda,
morning be wac arraigned before Jus
ice O. G. Howe, who continued the
case until to-day, fixing his bond at the
enormous sum of seven hundred and
fifty dollars Spencer. under suspi-
cion, only, was required to give $500
bond Lawrence, known to be guilty
OF Two offenses, was told he could get
out for S750I $. L. 0veEstreet appear