Daily Republican., 1890-05-15
A REIGN OF TERROR.
+. ,ARspAL's POSSE AFTER
THE BRUTE coTTRELL
a ul, Acco,npiiccs -Citincns Ter
orl,,d aud Afraid to speak
out How tho Town was
Kept In Affect Fear
OF the Man.

i,cKsoxyILLE. Fla, May 1i.-Three
Dsuu,y United States Marshals. with
r,n,e,ot Pinkerton, of Cedar Keys, lett
ls,s l.,t uigl / Tor that place armed with
surants ior the arrest OF Mayor Will
s,m Co,,rell, city Marshal Mitchell and
NE or two others as accompliceS.
A despatch icceivcd from the posse at
redar Keys tonight says that Cottrell
,e,ped. but that Mitchell 10 In custody.
III posse has fortified itself. ss 1t is
L.rel an attempt will be made to rescue
ls Trlsouer
u;s a strange story that has just come
ii Of low Cottrell and his mluion,
vrhell, kept the entire town 10 = state
ureat terror Tor two months, without
br hlndrance.
ottrell is u desperate from tho old
&es, having, among other things.
klei his trother-in-law over drink
whisky. For the past year he has
ken Mayor oi Cedar Keys, aud had
mch connections that none dare stop
him.
Not long sircc he invited the telegraph
uttstor iheru mp TO his room. When
lie man arrived he called in a colorcd
man, aud at point Of . loaded revolver
riaar Gim whip the operator In n most
Ntutai usnner. Next he tried to murder
Nj. pol,er, The railway agent, Oh sc-
rouut u some fancied wrong, but D0zier
lsAImel Lin.
On aloiLci occasion he. slashed q man
irnibly with kniie for no other reason
Ean TO eratily his own inclination to
floacc lie has browbeat-n aud bull :
80 e.s Ill,
IN the city In attendance upon their legt-
Innate business. lie has even gone so
hr as to threaten 10 thrash women whose
husbands hsd Incurred his dislike.
Many residents have moved away and
lle result OF Cottrell's methods las been
Nat the whole town has stood In ahject
irar Of the man. No man offended him
but ii peril OF his life and tho women OF
Cedar Keys have feared TO appear on the
public streets lest they encounter him
md .omthow provoke his dlspleasure.
when men have failed to put in an
|'p. eafauce at their fiIes.des At tho usual
tue, their wives aud f4milies have trem-
tlti Tor their safety, always fearing that
lhJ had by sons chance crossed Cot
rsl's path aud been shot or cut by him.
All Attempts to concillate him Or to sub
tuc him have resulted In failure, and he
hs he'd the town by the throat, as II
'tfe, tor many months by his buildozing
fsc'ices. He WAS again elected Mayor
b Arm last, AS none dare oppose him.
thtrell resigned as inspector OF Gus
Inns when the now Collector. Mr..
fhktrton, was appointed. Ono day
al week Cottrell met Pinkerton In his
tore and asked the Collector to open the
a,iom house for him as he wanted to
n some things belonging to him which
'efe stored In the building. 1t wa,
liter Office hours aud Plnkortou refused
Then Cottrell cursed him and threate ened
Na Mfe with q loaded revolver In each
! NMA
The collector went home, but he wa,
|rTel notice that " be appeared on til,
frel, Of Cedar Keys be would be killed
h Coltrell. Pinkefton's family uatur
Wy objected TO having him leave tn,
house and thon Cottrell tried to pers,iad,
irolorcl man to go inside and drag til,
n,ctor out Tue man refused and wa
h.euron beaten unmercifully by Colt
nV. Plnkerton was kept from going :,
ho'liee by the fact that Cottrell wa
Iurblns for him on the streets aud tn
rruess Of the United States Govern
lklI MAS thus seriously intefiered with