Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06

DUEL TO THE DEATH.
ing. He walked quickly through the woods
and clumps of bushes, passed through the
gate and stepped out iuto the road. George
Marlow saw him coming. He dropped his
rifle, the magazine of which was empty,
stopped down and picked up the pistol
which he had given Eph at the beginning
of the fray. As he Strengthened up Harri-
son halted. The two men faced each other
for a moment in silence Then raising
their pistols, they fred simultaneously
then again and again. At each shot George
MARROW advanced step, dragging after
him the dead body of the brother to whom
he was chained. At the fourth fire Frank
Harrison leaped into the air and fell life
less in the road, shot squarely between the
tyes.
So intently was George NARROW watching
rank Harrison's advance that he failed to
see tall man step from the shadows of the
trees hardly ten PAGES away, and raise his
pistol to shoot him. Charley had regained
consciousness. He fired quickly upon the
tall man, hitting him in the leg. Then be-
gan duel between these two, Charley Mar
low and Eugene Logan, the former lying on
the ground, the latter standing. They
empticd their six-shooters at each other
without fatal effect. Charley was struck
twice, the bullets ploughing ugly burrows
in his scalp. Logan was hit three times,
and was badly hurt. The last time Logan
was hit he fell, but he had strength enough
left to crawl into the center of the brush.
The battle of Dry Greek was ended.
George looked inquiringlY at Charley,
who directed him to hunt for a knife.
Searching the dead body of one of the mob
he found big claspknife. This he gave to
Charley, who had the use of both hands.
Charley then unjointed the shackled ankles
of his dead brothers and freed himself and
George. They gathered up all the arms
and ammunition they could find, loaded one
of the hacks with them and drove off They
went to the benson farm, arriving shortly
before day, and barricaded their home.
COOLER HEADS SAW THROUGH IT.
Over 100 men were soon at the cabin,
under the leadership of the relentless con-
spirators. All sorts of counsel was offered,
until at last Marion Lasater and some of the
cooler heads saw the animus of Collier and
his fellow conspiratos. No attack was
made, and finally the brothers surrendered
to Captain Morton and were taken to Dallas.
When the March term of the court came
on George and Charley NARROW, who had
recovered from their wounds, were put on
trial on the original indictments charging
them witc stealing 3S horse. from Basin
Da-Ba: the Caddo Indian As there was no
evidence against them thev were acquitted.
Shortly after the battle three desperadoes
arrived in Graham from the Indian Terri
tory. They drove up to the Court House
and there took big bundle ont of their
wagon and carried it in. When the wrap
pings were removed the bloated body of
man was discovered.
"There's Boone Marlow's dead body. We
killed him in the Indian Territory, and
we've brung him here to git that reward"
said the spokesman.
FATE OF BOONE MARROW.
1t required Coroner's inquest to decide
whether it was Boone Marlow's body or not
Finally 1t was decided that it was, and the
reward of 81, 500 offered by the conspirators
lace was turned over to ths three despera-
loes. Beaver, Derrickscn and Harbolt.
These three men have since been indicted |
in the United States Court for this murder |
Of Boone NARROW.
AT the time when the dead body waa ex- |
posed to view it was noticed BY physicians |
that the wounds in Boone Marlow's body |
did not look as do gunshot wounds inflicted |
On live body, An investigation was after |
ward set on foot by the United States |
and testimony was obtained |
which indicates that Boone NARROW was |
under peculiarly horrible circum-
tances. According to this testimony,
Boone Marlow had sweetheart In one of |
he white families in the Indian Territory.
When he escaped after killing Wallace he
vent up to the part of the country where his
weetheart lived. He made his presence
Known to her. He kept in hiding, only
out to see her and to get food that
he would leave for him. The girl had a
eckless and vicious brother. He learned
hat Boone was in the neighberhood and
hat his sister was feeding him. He
made known his discovery to his fellow
lesperadoes. They procured poison, and
he brother of Boone's sweetheart mingled
he poison with the food that his sister con-
7eyed to her lover. He ate it and died.
% as to make it appear that Boone had been
lilled in a fair fight, as they claimed at
iraham.
IT WAS A FAMOUS TRIAL.
The trial of the conspirators and mob
eaders was an eYentful one. 1t was held
t Graham, in the United States Court of
he Northern District of Texas, 60 miles
rom railroad. and lasted 80 DAYS. Judge
P. Mccormick presided. People flocked
n from all the surrounding counties Every
'ody entering the little court house was
esrched for deadly weapons. An anteroom
ext to the door was filled with six-shooters
nd bowie knives and Winchester rifles.
The lawyers on each side were among the
eaders of the Texas bar. The case
: now before the Supreme Court on
writ of error, and the points involved will
e determined for the first time. The de-
endants were Indicted under two sections
T the civil rights act, popularly known as
he the "KuKlux act" The first of these
actions provides that if two or more per-
ons conspire to. deprive citizen of the
Inited States of the enjoyment of right
ecured to him by the Constitution and
lws of the United States, they shall be
able to Imprisonment not to exceed ten
ears and to fne not to exceed s., 900. The
scond of these sections provides that if, in |
lie pursuance of any such conspiracy, any
her crime Is committed, the person COM
lifting it shall be liable to such punish
ent, in the United States Courts, as the
ws of the State in which such crime is
,nnmitted prescribed for such an offense.
THE THEORY OF THE CASE.
These sections are respectively No. 5.5OS
I'd No. 5,509 of the Revised Statutes of
Ie United States. Judge Mccormick, in
is charge to the jury, set forth the theory
which the case rests, as follows;
"When a citizen is committed to the Gus
dy of the United States Marshal or to a
ate jail by process issued from one of the
urts of the United States, to be held In de-
ult of bail to await his trial on a criminal (
large within the exclusive Jurisdiction of
e national courts, such citizen has a right,
lder the Constitution and laws of tha | 1
nited States, to speedy and public trial ]
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