The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-30
A LYNCHING PARTY
How q Nan With q Tslsscopsd Rsputa-
tion Was Handled In Colorado.
He Was Crooked. but Became En-
gagged to One Of the Finest Young
Ladies' In Town-Everything
Came His Way for Time.

near being a lynchinR bee last night,
which would have cast blur upon the
good citizens OF this pretty little suburb
and they would have always regretted II.
The scoundrel who was the object OF
the enragesl citizens wrath, however, was
quietly warned to vamos, which he did,
so far as was known TO the citizens, but
il was learned that after spending part
of the night i'm dry irriRating ditch that
he returned to the town and broke into
vacant house, where he slept until early
i'm the morning and then skipped, but
IL he ever returns il will certainly be to
his own sorrow, for the residents of the
place are determined that he must go,
and go alone.
The cause of all the wrath is owing TO a
young lady of the village, whom the scoun-
drel has been paying devoted attention to,
and Il was recently given out that he was
TO marry her. The lady is from one of
the highest families in the village, and
Is one of the leading business men of
Denver, and that such an migrate could
become acquainted with such lady and
at the same time become intimate with
the family and good citizens is quite a
mystery now, but such was the case, and
come his bride had il not been for the
timely arrival of Nebraska sheriff i'm the
village i'm search of the would-be gentle
man, from whom IL was learned that there
was another lady in that state laying
claim to his name, which is Kelly.
When this became known about the
village store the citizens determined TO rid
themselves of him and went further to in.
auire about his character, which turned
out to have n very unsavory hue, ana II
was also learned that this sheriff who ar
rived tonight was the second officer To
Ar. Ill 90 E1.llx Hsa IL Mt
the head of gang OF petty thieves VINO
have been working in this state and
Nebraska. and shipping their plundcr
from one state to another TO be dis
posed of.
Kelly and two companions rented a
room in Brighton, which they also used
for quiet game of "skin poker"
whenever they could catch vic.
tim. He was neat dresser ana
smooth talker, sort OF a hail
fellow well met. Nobody considered
him a bad man, but il was noticed that he
occasionally left Brighton for Nebraska,
and that he always took several trunks
with him, heavily laden. When he re-
| turned he brought back the trunks with
good loads in them. The people in that
vicinity owning horses have been missing
them ever since Kelly's sojourn among
them, saddles, harness, robes and such
| things from their stables, and numerous
| other articles from their houses. They
attributed their losses TO Denver thieves
and tramps. Upon Kelly's return from
one of his Nebraska visits sheriff fol-
lowe,, him and recovered lot OF fine
buggy robes which had been brought back
with him and were stolen from store in
which Kelly formerly worked. Quite
row was stirred up at the time,
and Kelly claimed that he knew
nothing about them, but that they
were given to him by a friend To bring TO
this city and sell. The people believed
him and got him out of the scrape. This
week another officer dropped down in the
village, and said nothing about his mis-
sion until Thursday, when he informed the
girls father, after he learned that Kelly
was going to marry her. The young la.iy's
father had postponed the time of their
| marriage, which was to have occurred
last Saturday for some reason unbe-
known he, IL was thought, was not willing
to allow his daughter To marry n man
whom he knew so little about, and il was
a most fortunate thing he succeeded In
putting of the wedding. When Informed
of the character of Kelly he went To his
daughter and told her and made her write
letter to him breaking off their engage
| ment.
But il seems that the two lovers had me
and decided to start away quietly Thurs
day night and get married. This reached
the old gentleman's ears and he provided
himself with gun and went I'm search ol
his would-bc son-in-law. The facts he
came known to the residents and con
sultation was held about II and was finall,
thought best TO relieve the old gentleman
of the unpleasant task of shooting the
fellow. So they organized themselves into
a vigilance committee and started out OF
n hunt, with n good strong rope. Kell,
was found by a couple of citizens. ant
told of the character he would play in al
evening necktie pulling match, and the,
advised him To shake the dust of Arapa
hoe county, and also Colorado, from his
feet as soon as possible, or they would no
be responsible for the actions of the en-
furiated citizens, all of whom are promi
nent people and i'm business in this city
Kelly took the hint, and made recors
crossing the plains to place of safety
which he found, il was ascertained, In
dry irrigating ditch fore part OF the night
but afterwards returned to the village ant
breaking into a vacant house stayed Their
until this morning, and IL Is hoped by tn
citizens that he will stay away for thei
good, for il he should return IL will cer
tainly be his last trip.