Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-07-31
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From the Canton Nsv.-Denocrst.l
CONVICTED OFMURDER
PROBABLY THE VICTIM OF A
POLITICAL PLOT.

Cyrus Frease, Former Stark Comfy
Man ana Soldier, With Five Com.
panions Convicted OF the aHay
Camp" Killing. .aslsr .Ea,
'In the Cross killing trial just concluded
at Paris, Texas. there vas not . single witness
for the prosecution that mentioned the name
Of Cyrus Frease as being present at the time
OF the killing, but two haystack men, disin-
terested witnesses at the scene Of the killing,
besides several of the defendants, testified
that he, with others came up In buggies some
twenty minutes after the killing was done.
Yet Texas jury convicted. him with others
equally innocent of murder in the first de-
gree, and nine Of the jury wanted to convict
all eleven men on trial, five Of whom proved
BY any number of witnesses that they were
20 to 30 miles away from the killing.",
The above 10 clipped from the Nickerson
(kan.) Register and refers to what is known
as the ''Hsy Camp Killing, nfor which thirty
two men have been indicted, eleven men
tried and one man acquitted In the United
States District Court at Paris, Texas.
-a - fs'a CONVICTED. y y Z 4 = =
The following six men were convicted:
Cyrns Frease, o. j. Cook, @. q. Cook, y. b.
Chamberlain, Lawrence and jackson. The
prosecution claimed that they were acces-
sories to the murder.
Cy:us Frease was formerly resident of
Wilmot, Stark county, acaptain in an Ohio
regiment, and is brother of Judge Joseph
Frease, of Canton. He has many friends in this
vicinity who have confidence in his integrity,
and regret his misfortune. Judge Frease Of
this city has been in Texas for the last three
weeks looking after his brothers. interests
and, we understand, he has gone to Washing
ton preparatory to carrying the case to the
Supreme Court.
We CLEAN from Kansas and Texas specials
case. ''Lft- ~ 'li'',T WIZ
azaF BITTER FEuD. 7I sgIBf
II appears that considerable bad. feeling
had existed for years between the towns of
Hugoton and Woodsdale, Of Stevens county,
Kansas, over that old bone of western con-
tention, the county seat question. As the
former town was successful, Woodsdale as
sumed the aggressive. and on the 9th of june.
1883. sent Edward Short. a constable, and two
assistants, over with warrant on some petty
charge to arrest Sam Robinson, the Hugoton
marshal. The constable, instead Of arresting
his man, after showing his warrant, immedis
etely hred several shots at the marshal and
]. B. Chamberlin, county commissioner.
without serious effect, and with his two COM
panions rode back to Woodsdale. ' 7'a
.a. MORE MORE 81 SHOOTING. 80
Afterwards, when Robinson was with q
Hugoton picnic party in the strip of territory
known as "No Mans Land" which lies Just
south OF Stevens county, Short, with an
armed body Of men again pretended to use
ne EarFanf hiah bad Aole0al power in that
territory. Amd NueEnanded the Surrender of
Robinson. The picnicers refused to give
Robinson up, and were threatened with death
from the deadly Winchesters, but soon after
Robinson escaped. -ss
tnIseTe SOME MORE sHooTINe.9F t3sn4,t
Three parties went out separately from
Hugoton to the rescue, it having been re-
ported that Rbinson was killed and the pic!
nicers besieged. And another body of men,
with Sheriff Cross, came from Woodsdale to
assist Short. On the same day another par
" OF Woodsdale men fired several shots at
the two men from Hugoton. From this time
on there was much firing, and the last party
coming from Hugoton, among whom was
Cyrus Frease, found four dead bodies and
one wounded man, all of the Gross party.
lonney, the wounded man, could only iden-
tify two of his asssilants, and Frease was not
one Of these. There is more back of all this
and the end is not yet Over $100, 600 is the
estimated cost of the trial to the q. 8. gov
ernment up the present time.