Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-30
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DENVER, November 29.-United States
Marshal sill, Of this city, has captured two
of the principal actors in one Of the bloods
lest tragedies that ever occurred upon the
Western frontier, in which no less than
eight lives were sacrificed at the hands Of
the assassin. These murders occurred dur.
ing the fall of 1885 and the summer Of 1887,
in Stephens county, Kan, and No Man'e
Land.
The first arrest made was effected Monday,
when j. B. Feasor, the principal of the
bloody affair, was captured. The second
arrest was made Wednesday at Pueblo.
when +. E. Isor was taken into custody.
Isor was brought to this city, and both men
are now safely lodged in Jail. The desper-
ate character Of the men being well known,
it was thought advisable to place them in
irons, and special deputies were detailed to,
guard them. The third arrest was made to-
day, in one of the mining camps adjacent To-
Pueblo,
THREE OUT OF THIRTY.
This completes the trio whom, Marshal
Sill has followed Tor several months past,
and whose arrest will probably lead to q
large number Of others, as the indictments
referred to also include names of q code
PENDANTS with those now in custody-S0
men in all.
The crime for which Feasor and his COM
panions were arrested is the murder
OF Sheriff Gross and four Of his
deputies in No Mans Land in
July, 1887. The attacking party was
led by +. P. Feasor, with Isor a. hia
chief lieutenant, and in the terrible battle
that followed one Of Feasor's men was killed..
making six in all. The attacking party OUT
numbered that Of the sherifPs party six To-
one, and the latter was completely routed,
after one Of the bravest and most desperate.
struggles ever recorded in an attempt to
enforce the law Of this country.
CAUSE OF THE FEUD.
The troubles which eliminated in thi&
tragedy originated in the fall Of 1886, and
were the outgrowth of q long and bitter
contest for the county seat in Stephens
county. The rival towns contesting for the
The court finally settled the natter By
awarding the county seat to Hugston.1
During the pendency Of the matter in the
courts Q raid had been organized
by the adherents Of WoodviIle, for
the purpose Of obtaining possession
OF the county records, which had been Sc
cured by Hugeton. In this raid two OF the
Woodville men were killed, and 10 less than
. dozen others wounded, tho honors in this
respect being evenly divided. It was in
the attempt to bring the men who did the
killing to justice that Sheriff Cross and hin
deputies lost their lives.
A sHERFF's HARD FIGHT.
After the killing the usen who were the
in it fed to the neutral strip. Shers
ffCross organized posse and pursued them,
efecting their capture aftens long chase
and determined resistance. On his return
toward Stephens county, and when near the
State line, but still in the neutral strip. the
SneriHs posse was met by Isor and his fol-
lowers from Hugeton, who had got wind %
the movement and hastily organized rsscu@
ing party.
Sheriff Cross and his men, already Worn
put by the long chase after their prisoners,
made stubborn and determined resistance,
but to no avail. In the terrible fight Cros1
fell from his horse, his heart pierced By :
bullet Four Of his men had gone down be-
fore him, and when the leader fell the re-
mainder of the band fed to the mountains.
The matter was placed in the hands Of the
United States authorities. as the only poWef
having jurisdiction over the neutral strip.