Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-15
RAZORS In THE AIR.
A BLOODY ELECTION PIAsCO IN KAN
SAS.
Ballot Boxes Siolsn by 0u!stsrs-A General
Melee ErsuS-Eyss Knocked 0ui snt
Fatal Wounds In.
hicled.

WICHITA, KAs., February IA hun
dred men or more fought with guns,
knives, clubs and various othsr weapon
a. Harper, yesterday.
When the battle ended two men had re,
ceived their death wounds and nearly q
dozsn others were cut, bruised or shot,
several of them go badly that there ia LITTLE
chance Of their recovery.
The trouble grew out OF railroad bond
election and the stealing of ballot boxes,
which have not yet been found. Reports
from the scene of the conflict, which is II
miles southwest Of here, agree that large
number Of
MEN WERE BADLY INJURED,
the lis. 60 far as definitely ascertained
being as follows:
Tom Sabin, the cowboy; slsshed with
knife, has since died. John Tiliofd, d
merchant, mortally wounded. Robert O.
Thomas, cut, fatally injured. Henry
Morgan, sho: in srn, head bruised. John
Mulvey, cut in left side and hit with a
stone. Clarence Logan, head badly
bruised. 0scsr Reed, shot in the mech,
may recover. Samuel Clayton, LEFT lex
badly hurt by bullet; smputation prob
ably necessary. Silss Adams, dangerous
knife wound in the breast. Thomas
Clancy, frightfully cut on neck and
shoulder and left ear cut Of. Mike Mur.
ply, nose broken and left
EYE KNOCKED OUT.
An unknown man from Anthony, cut
in abdomen 30 that his bowels protruded; !;
injuries likely fatal
An election was held Thursday at Hsr-
per TO vote on the proposition TO issue
500. 600 in bonds 10 the Saliua and Gulf
road. The project was bitterly resisted
by many of the leading citizens and rs
bitterly advocated by many OF the Others.
For week both parties had made every
effort TO carry or defeat the proposition
The fight over the bonds was complicated
and made hotter by the fact that Anthony,
rival town, three miles west OF Harper,
promised TO issue the bonds if the railroad
company would locate It's line at that
place. Citizens living between the two
towns were also deeply interested in the
struggle, and when the
ELECTION WAS HELD
at Harper the town was filed with inter
ested outsiders anxious TO take hand in
the matter. The company preferred TO run
its line through Harper if the bonds oOnld
be voted, and had sent large gang OF
traders and other employes to help carry
the project through.
Many stormy scenes were witnessed at
the polls during the day. and half dozen
fights took place, bat general riot was
prevented by the coolnese Of the leaders
When the polls closed it WAS believed that
tbs bonds had carried. The ballots were
not all counted. and during the night the
boxes Containing tho votes were e,olen and
disposed OF 20 effectually that they have
not yet been found. The only ward voting
against the bonds was the First, and its
ballots were stolen.
When the affair became known yester-
day there was
GREAT EXCITEMENT.
The railroad crowd had a number OF ar.
reefs made and warrants were sworn out
for Others who could not be found. An
effort was made to arrest Tom Sabin. who
had been cowboy in his day. He made
a fight, and, his friends joining, hundred
men in few minutes became engaged in a
desperate battle, with the results stated
above.