Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-02-20
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Fousty wounded A Fraudulent
Election PFecipitAteb the Fight.


Que Allied aud Nearly n score serI-
fousty wounded A Fraudulent
Election rFecipitAteb the Fighs.
CHICAGO, Feb. IA special dispatch
from Wichita, Kan, says; A hundred
men or moro fought with guns, knives,
clubs and various other weapons at
Harper yesterday and when the battle
ended two men had received their death
wound and nearly q dozen others were
cut, bruised or shot, several of them SO
badly that there is little chance Of their
recovery.
The trouble grew out of railroad
bond election and the stealing OF their
ballot boxes which have net yet been
found. Reports from the scene of the
uopL ct which 10 70 miles sou h-wost OF
| here agree that large number OF men
were badly injured, the list SO far az
! definitely aacertained being as follows:
! Tom sabin, cowboy slashed with q
knife, has since died; John Talford, a
merchant, mortally W. unded Robert e..
Thomas badly cut, probably fatally ia
jured; Henry Morgan, shot in arm, head
bruised; John Mulvey, cut in left side
and hit with stone; Clarence Logan, head
badly bruised; Oscar Reed shot in the neck
may recover; Samuel Clayton, lett leg
badly hurt by bullet, amputation prob
ably necessary EilAs Adams, dangerous
knife wound in the breast; Thomsa
Clancy, frightfully out on neck and
shoulder, left ear cut of; Mike Murphy,
nose broken and left eye knocked out; en-
unknown man from Anthony, cut in alb
dcmen SO that his bowels protrudedi in
juries likely fatal.
An election was held on Wednesday al
Harper to vote on the proposition to issue
800, 900 in bonds TO the Ssiina Il Gull
road. The project was bitterly resisted
by many OF the leading citizens and as
bitterly advocated by others. For wseA
both parties had made every effort tt
carry Or defeat the proposition. The hghi
over the bonds was complicated and
made hotter by tho fact that Anthony, {
rival town three miles west of harpel
promiaed to issue the bonds if the rail
roAd company would locate its line a
that place. Citizens living between tht
two towns were also deeply interested il
the struggle and when the election wal
held at Harper the town was filled will
interested outsiders anxious to take {
hand in the matter.
The company preferred to run its lin
through Harper II the bonds could u
voted and had cent large gang O
graders and other employees to help carr.
the project through.
Many stormy scenes were witnessed a
the polls during the day. and half
dozen fights took place but q general rio
was prevented by the coolpeHs OF til
leaders. When the polls closed it va
believed that the bonds had carried. Th
ballots we're not all counted and durinI
the night the boxes containing the vote
were stolen and disposed of so effectusll.
that they have not get been found.
Tho only ward esoertaireta as goini
against the bonds was the First, and il
ballots were not stolen. When the atfsi
became known yesterday there was gres
exoitemsnt. The railroad crowd had
, number OF arrests made and warrant
were sworn out for others who could nc
be found. An effort was made to arres
Tom Ssbin, who has been cowboy. Il
made fight and, his friends joining,
hundred men in q few minutes becam
engaged in desperate battle with the re
suits stated above.