The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1892-04-30
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a Aep0rt That Men Were Hired to Asehas
Sinate Wyoming Bustlers--A Letter FROM
the President.
BUFFADo. Wyo., April ga man
named A. q. Dunning, of Idaho, is now
In Jail at this place, He was one Of the
party Of regulators, but in the march
from the 7. A. ranch he escaped He
was arrested on suspicion by the sheriff
on Sunday. He states that he was
hired by the secretary Of the state
stock commission. Dunnins had a
letter in his pocket directed to an
Idaho friend in which he told the whole
story. This letter is now in the posses
sion Of the sheriff. Dunning says that
Champion and Ray had been warned
and would not have been killed had
they needed the notice. The hired as
sassins, he says, were to receive 90 q
day and $50 each for every man killed
He says it cost over $1,000 to get Cham-
pion and Ray.
Jim Dudley, alias Gus Green, Of
Paris, Tex, the invader who was
wounded in the fight with the rustlers
and who had his leg amputated at Fort
Mckinney, died Saturday and was
buried here Sunday.
When the cayalcade left the fort Sum
day morning cowmen, all armed with
six-shooters and the majority with rifles,
were circling around. Maj, Fenchet
did not like the looks of the crowd and
ordered all strangers out of camp.
Down a hill to Clear creek moved the
procession. There were wagons, burg
gies and even carriages, while men and
women on horseback were so numerous
that blockade was almost caused
This made the major mad and few
hasty orders, just as hastily executed,
had the desired effect and the road was
once more cleared. A half mile further
on two dozen cowboys began circling
around, acting as though trying to cut
out cattle from bunch. They got so
dangerously near the prisoners that the
order was given to make ready to repel
an attack and the cleaning barrels of
the carbines dampened the ardor OF the
horsemen.
The following message is in reply to
an appeal from the people of Buffalo to
President Harrison asking that an in
vestigation into the cattle trouble in
Wyoming be made and justice done to
all concerned:
| C. J. Hagcrson and Others Buffalo Wyo.
| EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, April
22-T governor Of your state nlade call
| upon me in conformity with the constitution
Of the United States for aid in suppressing do
nestle violence and threatened bloodshed.
could not know anything of the situation,
except as it was stated by him and could not re-
fuse the aid of troops to preserve the peace.
/ The prisoners will as soon as the state
authorities are prepared to receive them be
turned over to the civil authorities and our CON
/ neotion with the matter will end unless further
called upon TO aid the state authorities in pre-
serving the peace. do not doubt that the exec
utive and judicial authorities Of your state viii
without fear or favor bring to trial and punish
ment those who have violated the law by order
ly methods Nothing will be done to shield any
BQlfEy PERSONS.
My counsel as your fellow-cltizen is to use
every effort to allay excitement and proceed in
all things peacefully and upon lawful lines
WILL of course, see any representatives you
may send, but you will SEQ that can do moth
ing except to act with the state to prevent vio
lence and everything else rests with the state
authorities BENJAMIN HARRISON.