Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-01-07
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where II was said the ambush laid for the judp,
WIS to be formed The Ahcrif's posse went mr.
foot from the Judges house, two and one.haii
miles To the canyon, and had Just entered IL when
nbou, forty men. said to he from woudsdaie nnc
Springfield. marched In upon them
At break of day the battle opened and lnstr,
until about sunrise. Sheriff Dunn was woundec
and was then riddlcd with bullets Sheriff
elect Ray Guymnn was seen To fall aud was re-
ported killed hut * unhurt. His fall was oc
casuoncd by a crump In the leg to which hct
subject The mob hunted for him for hnlf M
hour but milcd TO lind him He Ia now en- route
Ia Liberal Deputy Sheriff Nixon IL safe: %
are the other three deputies. The woodStinie
gang left for home this forenoon. Warrants arc
out for the arrest ~ the murdcrcrs
Tho under shcrin should have help at once
Cohrt must begin To morrow morning and Judge
Botkin will he there unless killed ON the road
JAMES X. lIEAuCHAMP.
should the troops make connections
Mt Hutchinson thcy will redrh Arka on
at about > o'clock this afternoon.
Ten. Roberts received n telegram
last night from Col. Rickscclker SAYING
that he will have sixty men at Hutch
inson this morning. Gov. Humphrey Is
expected TO arrive here to-day.
illsroRY ~ rHE FEup
since July, i'm, there has been turmoil in
stevens county The county sent contest be-.
tween Woodsdnlc und Iuguton illuminated then
, In the massacre NJ sheriff Cruss and his depu.
ties by sam Robinson and his gang Of twenty.
seven men from Hugoton There was an nbatc.
mcnt of the killing then until June ~ last when
James Brennan. NJ RichnCld, Morton county.
shot and killed sam Wood, Of woodsdnlc. the
acknowledged leader NJ the woodsdao faction.
II occurred In front Of the little church In
Hugoton Judge ThcodoSius Botltin having con.
| vcrtcd the church into a court room, where the
June term Of the Stevens county district court
/ was being held. brennan was arrested and
/ AFTER two attempts 10 give him a trial on the
charge OF murder he was taken back to the jail
/ ht Hutchinson Ia await the third and last At
| tempt To secure jury this month.
Since Woods death hoStilitics have ceased
| In hugoton and now apparently have been
/ transferred over the boundary line Into Seward
/ county, which has been peaceful heretofore,
! though II has always teen acknowledged that
Springfield, the county seat ~ seward, has
/ been In sympathy with woOdSdalc and Arkalon
the prospective county scat, In sympathy
! with lluguton. This feeling ~ fayorii.
! ism which unqur~tonnhly exists has evidently
risen 10 that point where II became uncontroll.
able aud the Springfield people have gone 10
help out the Woodsdalo faction
| This new killing increases the number Of men
= slaughtered In the counties NJ southwestern,
Kansas To about twelve, not taking into account
the famous Looii Coronado county scat fight In
Wichita county
stevens county sine" the htnoua Hay Mraaiow-
massacre NJ l~N though NJ times tho public
pulse hlS b""n serene md lb,udShrd SEEMED an
lmlS47ibiliy Hut hnt.hcadud arr these men IN
stevens Steward and Morton counties aud In nll
Of the counties surrounding that dunrtcr They
never forget wrong or forgive on injury
The direct chupr ot IA" projected uttacl, ON
Judge rh'odurr liQtiiu is the fact that tvrr
since ia" fuud began his symmthtcl have been
with llugotun, though his home T. NJ Spring.
u'ld S'ward county forty mllcs away. James
brennan Who kiucd sum Woud was his cour.
H'lur uhu ttlpnd Ind Travelled utuut with him on
hi judicial Journey thruush the counties com.
prising thr district
At the iirSt attempt 10 trN brennan In Sep.
t'mhcr lust " llugutun Judge uotkin refused
Ia preside for the reason he aid that brennan
had been his friend 80 M trial was had nor
any attempt made Ia secure Jury until No.
v'mhcr I, when Judge wan. of Wichita, made
/ the EFFORT
4 Judgu botluu was IN llupntun when the last
attempt Ia Try brennan was made and il IL re
mcmh"rod that when he drove out ~ town
after The court had failed IN get a fury, the
Shrrin ~ Seward county went with him with
winchester over his shoulder. But this WIS
no strange sight In That place Tho sheriff NJ
I SeNurd county hrd simply taken Iircunan's
place NJ liotldnh body guard hut tho body
4 guard II dead now tho dispatches say.
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