Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-01-15
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A DDPLORABLE AFFAIR.
Dreadful Results Of the Bitter
County Seat Contest in Kansas.
A RAFT ON THE COURT HOUSE
Two Men Killed and Several sesiousl,
Observation-Disclosures of ciinarron and
Ingalls, Resting ON Their Arms
Militia On the Ground.

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Militia on the Ground.
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man OF the ooata o county commas
sioners of Gray county, came i'll Sunday
afternoon from the scene of the fright
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before Governor Martin. Immediately
upon his arrival, he had a long confer
ence with the governor. who has been
In te%leeraphic Communication ali day
with officials at Cimarron. Shoup gave
a thrilling account Of his experience
with the attacking party. He was in
his office in the court house when the
leader of the mob from the rival town
of ingalls, opened the door of his office.
covered him with a Winchester and
commanded him not to move. All the
county officers were held up in the same
way. while the remainder IF the moi
took possession of the county recorda
and fed from the town with them The
Cimarron people pursued hotly. Eng
lish and Bliss. who were killed. were not
pa~rticipating in the fight and Shoup
claims their murder was in cold blood.
He demands that the murderers be
brought to speedy Justice, He saws the
attacking party was headed by Watson,
the newly elected county clerk. and was
made up. of notorious roughs and COW
BOYS. who were brought for the
Of terrorizing the Cimarrofi people
while the county records were being
seized. One of the leaders of the party
was the notorious killer Jim johnson.
who, it is said, has openly boosted that
he had taken he lives of twelve men
and that no one.dared touch him.
Governor Martin said that he would
put n stop to the fight il it required the
entire militia of the state. He proposes
to have a thorough investigation, and
a v the guilty ones will be punished.
Gen. Meysrs, ysith the Second regi-
ment, cached Cinlarron early Sunday
morning. and found the whole town in
arms and expecting another attack.
No strangers were allowed to enter the
town without proving satisfactorily that
they were not friends of the rival town.
No services were held in the church. but
instead the church was converted into
an arsenal, where the weapons of war
were deposited, and Gen. Meyers or
dered the people to disarm themselves
at once, and told them that unless they
did so their weapons would be taken
from them by force. To all appearances
the order was complied with.
A Cimarron man named Gage, and Ed
Robbins of Ingalls, met Sunday morning
Il few miles from Ingalls,, and q desper-
ate encounter ensued. They first ex-
changed pistol shots, but afterwards,
had a ~hand-to-hand tussle, in which
Gage received a frightful cash in the
neck. which will probably cause his
heat
The Ingalls, people received a report
that a MODS from Glimarron was. prepar-
ing to attack them with the intention
of burning the town and killing the
leaders, to revenge the murder of English
and Bliss. They Immediately called a
meetinga and thoroughly organized them
selves. Sentinels We're sent out out to
watch forthe approach of the enemy
and give warning. Fortifications were
built to .sdefend themselves. Women
were enlisted and given arms and ammu-
nition. m
WICHITA, KAN, Jan. f4.-The county
seat war at Cimarron has been temper
arily uuieted by the prompt appearance
of state troops. The feelings of both
factions ia again rising and there ia littIa