Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-05
FIGHT
A SAVAGE CASE OF REo-BONES "
AGAINST WHITES.
Fourteen atcn Killed; sixteen wounded
Two Missing Result Of Feud Bc-
tween Cattlc-Men and Robbers.
LRs ,olcrrnph TO the pispa.ch.l

lBy telegraph TO the Dspatch-l
Sr. LOUIS. Mo-, Angus. "A dispatch
from Orange, Texas. says: Mr.. Belder
Sanders. who has just returned from Lake
Charles. IT,. confirms tho report OF q riot
at Lock, Moore & Co.'S rancho. Tho last
account he heard was from a wounded
raan who left the scene a, o'clock yester-
day, which stated that fourteen men were
killed and two more missing. II was
free -for-all.fghtb between the..'' Red Bones
and the whites MIR Sanders stated that
many different reports were being circu-
lated and nothing more authentic could
be learned. Officers and physicians have
gone TO the scene.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT
Of the riot. coming from West Lake. La,
IS TO the effect that the trouble was caused
Oy the breaking out Of an old feud be-
tween n band Of robbers known as the
Ashworth gang and caitle-men of th0t sec
ton. he former. II Is said, had been COM
mitting depreda.lOns upon the community
for quito q time and killed "A number Of
cattle they had been notified by the
ranchmen 10 desist and leave the country,
but the gang continued their proceedings
and ~ last they were caught and the fight
began. The Red Bones " are the leaders
Of the cattlo-rnen. A man named Welch, y
= sand led the gang of tOughs and killed
three men in less than minutes time.
a late report increases the number OF
wounded 10 ton.
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
A special from Orange. Texas. to the
Post DisD0'ch gives q partial list of killed
and wounded as follows:
Killed: Dyson, Marion, Markle. Lee
Perkins. and Owen Ashworth. all Of the
Rod-B0ncs gang; Jesse Ward and -
Swan. OF the cattlemen.
Wounded: Wllliette Dupree and - Le-
comb.
The latest reports ore TO the effect that
everything Il quiet. The coroner has gone
10 the scene, and all investigation is now
gong on.
STILL ANOTHER ACCouST-TEwER MIN KILLED.
HoUsIoN. Tx. August Tho news Of
a war on much more than an ordinarily Ok
tensive plan has reached here as having
occurred some twelve or fourteen miles
from West Lake la. on the Lock. Moore
a Go. logging tTamway. In the battle, as
reported here nine men were killed and
sixteen wounded. The point at which the
| encounter occurred IL Just on the line OF
Texas and Louisiana. and the neighbor-
hood hns long been the headquarters of a
gang whose dcpreiatioDs have made them
| terror to all who have any permanent
interest there.
BORDER TORAYs.
II is known that some Of them reside
on the Louisiana side amp others III Texas,
| and il has been the custom for the fOrays
| into each State 90 be made 10y those from
| the other side. thus escaping the penalty
OF the law and at the same time sharing
| tnr unlawful gain. TIN, .ang Is known a.
| the Ashworth people" and Is made up
mostly of lot Of half-brecds. who take
| delight principally IA stea cattle and
| hshtiug. The cattlc-owners Of the section
| havc lived in dread oi = Sc men and sui
| iered severely at the. har"' for long
time. and al last the ranchm 'ent them
CONSEQUENCES. and not ), but that
/ they must leave the co
TIE cArrLE-MEN ARN A oAiANI2E.
The depredations continued. however.
aud SO bold did thev become that the
I cattle-men found il necessary to organize
and arm IN order 90 protect themselves
and property. The Rcd Bones are the
| leaders Of the cattlc-men. and when II was
| learned that the gang was again on foray
| they called thcir men together and set out
| To- find the mnraudcrs. they suspected n
man named Morris as the leader of the
thieves and ordered him to leave. Morris
was supported Dy tnc WhOlc strength OF
biz tict.1 and dcted the oattle-men 70
hlnish INN OF compel him to leave. The
quarrel became bitter, and one of the Ach-
worth. named Ward. drew his gun and
shot Red Bone" Peter Dyson.
THfS THE BATTiE BEGAN.
Firing became general. and Mario Mar
klr and Ice Perkins, OF the Red Bones,
were killed, and Miilcts, Dupree, aud Le-
comb were wounded. ilostiltics then
ceased for time. but IN the afternoon
another attack was made on the railroad
people by the cattiemen, III which William
Swami. OF thc Kcd Bones, and John Owen
and Horny AshWorth. Of the other party
were allied. Dr. MeyeIs and his brother
who came to attend the wounded. were
fired on by the tIain-boys, but were not
hurt.
THE CORONER MOST NEEDED.
II Is impossible TO get the exact number
of the wounded. as the men were carried
away hy their friends. Word was sent TO
Lake Charles for the sheriff and posse ard
the coroner, the presence of the latter
seemingly hein. the most important.