Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-28
RATHER STARTLING.
A Report That Men Were Hired to ASA
sinate Wyoming Rustlers-AL Letter Fro
the President.

A Report That Men Were Hired to Assas-
sfnate Wyoming Rustlers-ALetterF From
the President
BUFFALO, Wyo, April e3.-A man
in Jail at this place. He was one of the
party of regulators, but in the march
from the T. 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 Dunning 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 SO a
day and $50 each for every man killed.
He says it cost over s., 600 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 cavalcade left the fort Sum
day morning cowmen, all armed with
six-shooters and the majority with rifles,
Were circling around. Mai 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 We're wagons, bug
gies and even carriages, while men and
women on horseback were so numerous
that blockade was almost caused.
This made the ma ior 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 a 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. ]. Hagerson and Others Buffalo, Wyo
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, April
| 22.-The governor of your state made cal
upon 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
4 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 prepared TO receive them be
| turned over to the civil authorities and our con
| nection with the matter viii end unless further
| called upon to aid the state authorities in pre-
| serving the peace Go not doubt that the exec
| utive and judicial authorities of your state vii
| without fear or favor bring to trial and punish
| ment those who have violated the law by order
| guilty persons.
| My counsel your fellow-citizen 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 see that can do moth
ing except to act with the state to prevent VIC
lence and everything else rests with the state
| authorities BENJAMIN HARRISON.