Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-17
.RUSTLERS WANT REVENGE,
Another Outbreak Imminent
in Wyoming.
Bitter Feeling Against lmpris-
Oned StOckmen.
They Will Be Lynched if the Oppor-
tunity Offers.
Troops Expect gan Attack When They
Transfer the Prisoners-A Young
Methodist Preacher Leading
the Rustlers.
Associated Press DISPATCHES,

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CHICAGO, April 16.-An Inter Ocean
special from Cheyenne, Wyo., says to-
days news from Johnson county pre-
diets another outbreak of the rustler
war. The rustlers are greatly excited
and are very bitter against the cattle
men imprisoned at Fort Mckinney.
They threaten to lynch them if they can
capture them. The prisoners are to be
moved to Fort Douglas. Colonel Van
Horne has been warned that the troops
will be attacked en- route. He is pre-
pairing for and expects an engagement.
If the rustlers make an attack it is
certain that there will be sanguinary
battle. The rustlers, who number over
1000 and are all we'll armed, insist that
Hesse, Ford and Elliott, the imprisoned
cattlemen, shall be turned over to them.
If they get the prisoners, they will
certainly be hanged. Colonel Van
Horne hesitates to remove the prisoners,
fearing the troops will be overpowered.
The leader of the rustlers, M. A. Reider,
is young Methodist preacher, who has
the absolute confidence Of his followers.
Acting Governor Barbour of Wyoming is
much concerned over the situation and
has telegraphed the sheriff of johnson
county that under no circumstances will
the prisoners be delivered to the civil
authorities till safety and fair trial are
guaranteed. He has also requested
Captain Van Horn to obtain the cuetody
of the five cattlemen now in the Buffalo
Jail, and Sheriff Angus to deliver them
at Fort Mckinney. Governor Barbour
is determined to check the warfare, even
if he has to call on the government for
troops. Everybody familiar with the
situation is apprehensive of another
outbreak.
FEELING AGAINST THE sToCKMEN.
DENVER, April 16.-A News special
from Douglass, Wyo., says feeling
against the perpetrators of the johnson
county outrage is hourly growing more
intense. The refusal of the governosAto
order the prisoners delivered to Sheriff
Angus, to be arraigned and tried for
murder is losing the stockmen all the
friends and sympathy they had. 1t is
doubtful if there are today dozen men
in the county who would not volunteer
to 60 at their own expense to Buffalo to
assist Sheriff Angus in maintaining the
rights and enforcing the law If they
were needed. The ranchmen were pre-
pairing for the worst. There is not
rife in stock in the hardware stores or
at Glen Rock and several have been tel
egraphed for to be sent by express.
THE PRISONERS TO BE TRANSFERRED.
OMAHA, Neb., April 16.-Colonel Van
Horne, commandant at Fort Mckinney,
AoI >ho <O trov,
Sutherland and Carpenter, the invading
cattle men captured by the sheriff and
rustlers before the fight at the 7. A.
ranch, from the Jail at Buffalo, Wyo.,
to the guard house, as he fears an at
tack on the Jail by, the rustlers.
Authority has been wired to make the
transfer. The prisoners at Fort Nc
Kinney are anxious to be taken to
Cheyenne under military escort, as they
are afraid if they are not they will not
get out Of Northwestern Wyoming
alive.
ACTIVITY AT ARMY HEADQUARTERS.
OMAHA, Neb., April 16.-There is
great activity at the headquarters of
the department of the Platte. General
Brooke has made arrangements to stay
up all night. He refuses to give any
details, but it is known that important
news has been received from Wyoming.
PENRosE is ALL RIGHT.
PHILADELPHIA, April 16.-State Sena-
tor Boise Penrose returned here from
Washington tonight, and exhibited
telegram from his brother, DIR. Charles
Bingham Penrose, whose arrest as a
cattle bandit was recently reported from
Wyoming. The dispatch says: 81 am
safe at Cheyenne; have lawyer. The
newspaper stories up to date are un-
true"
THE ROUNDUP PARTY.
PARIS, Tex, April 16.-About two
weeks ago eleven men who. for years
were acting either as United States dep
uty marshals or deputy sheriffs, left in
a rather mysterious manner, and it was
given out that they had gone to the
Cheyenne and Arrapahoe country to be
present at the opening. 1t was this
party and others from Texas and Indian
territory that were rounded up by troops
and rustlers in Wyoming day before
yesterday and who are stated to be under
arrest.