Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-02-09
War f. ): :xpecteo - Come Wrn
th> :>pri:g E>un<~up Ol'tns
IN W>t1ninS.
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Sonae If tire Cnu*c*:"f tl,t. Trouble:
@nst :*s Already Terrible. Cun-
s'qu4ncts,


tt'"rr">, >,;ofrtn,tcr N"w Tnrk >ul,.
" II fnnl)i.r with liz >ttontio, lt~
tWett llt 'r'Wtn~f, and tl,% !tl-tis4 iii
Wyoming har'. i"ts' y. ing for ~t,il1s'
Illnt tint there Wttl't t,t tlU'}htt IN
PD%sj. r riv+r hen .tIr spring r. unit
I'll. Wis male, hut the latest htws frotfl
Eun4lr, WNh., " contained IN II dis
patch from DratlWu d. il,tilcutrs that
there /. II -trong reliability that the
var will break out hefore the spring
rpnnd-up comics III, If, indeed, 1t can :
not h+ said to have atre4dy br"ken out
Wherever c4ttlcI4ell ttAve organized
outfits and located runche> cattle
thieves have always folio we'd, and
there has hr+n fighting. II ls II siugu
lar fact that uleh ~ho ~oujd a>-jst ut
the lynching "f hors. Inlet with
cheerful good Will would have no scru-
pies ut all about "ru,tllpg' cntlle.>'As
lnng ngu ~ when western EtI'ra>ka
Wa "t.e zig ranch the trouble elween
The cowtD~n uuu tue ru=:1rrs btgau.
Ru~tituk Ert hnri tlow wheE The
Olives killed Whit ketchum ard old
,uan Mitchell nut III Custer county,
atn: fnr Il long tiu,- after .ha. cutllt
thieves wsre rrtt cnretul.
M:tr'I-lt nni kr:ci,uu, went ml'
from. M'ct4ixun and iW,k up u t1nal4
,arch IN Loup r.vcr, Thry d''1 |
>or'~ "f t,,rv1u4. They branded NAV
ere k> and altered t'rnnd-, hut worst OF
n1l, they -t1p& Il erf n- Fix tnt:t, ntti
they XII I'D n'1,A' run a2t.rrH' rettit Tt ret
The httt. k,h O Aye t1;.d Ia. he'd lu II
-htrn.+t>t I'll rnt.ir ana: wa- gt.nt back
To t.i% 1untt,. VI tn tn. }'H<*t,t thtnugh
Grand I-Iau1 nn hs W.: up /" the
fun'h h- heard IlIAt MttrlAtit Hud
ketrll.M had :'nen .,n't,l uing fur
ther utrr~tta'ion-. l~ xnt warrant
for ktte.un tnA ~u- dtputiz q to
serve it. When h. t.n,- ur 10 ketrh.
uln'~ Ia r!t MD n.n', Mitchell wa
-'nn'tinE IN 'he ,a1d with We.
chester. Witt kt.rlstr. T. tue tn th&'
slnur, AT Il witt, Hol1 Olive T. .'lr.' ',ut
THAI he hut1 wntraut kettlt,itn and
Mitchell tnt!, began ~ >hm;:. Olive
WAS bit and ..itu from his N,.unds
Tt,en p,ttt1> Olive urA nnizc%i Il po*s+
uu4i MitctIeIt nud ke,"i,a1u were nr
rested. On tte way Down TO Custe;
connty P1enti- Give 1oAe ut to h.
waxui, in wl,lrh the men were sitting
&nd putting his gu:. against M,tchell's (
stde, saii:
"Damn you, TT give you what you
gnve Boh."
| He fired and Mitchell fell ov*r r
Then tie pose took both men unc
strung them up II ZONE bushts nea
where the shco'ing occurred and sho
them full IF holes. They were lef
hanging there, hauduutted 'ogetht r
Mitche1l'3 clothing toos fire ffom th'
powder flash, 1t smoulded unnotice'
by the pns-e, and sM.n utter they rod
away it hsoke out, and the clothing II
both II Ell burnt up.
The Aff.ir Great. d great Sensation
at the time. Olive WIS tried mud cntl
vic,' 4, aud sent tn the ptnttrn:i 1t,
! for ten yea4s. rwn YEARS later ht e.
la new trial, which vas never called
H+ WY n,t-r~Ar.i shot i'll Texas.
Tue fnt. Of Mitchell aud ketchur
had d-t. rrent ttttt on the bus HE
of luattfng 'or me year,. Whe
west tern Nehrr>k* btgA1. tn ta.ttr II
and tic c4ttlt nle.l tlloved 0ut IL Wyt
mipg rust1ing begnn totlnuti is}. I he!
was 10 much nore opportunity tur
In the new territory. Thtre relnaint
in northern Nebraska. however,
pnI4t"r OF raacits. most TT theI
al,ng ,he Niubra,a liver. Snue
The cattle 1nen ranged their stock ov'
into what i- now South Dakota, on /
Sioux rest1 sation. Three years u
Things reachud such condition I
, there that Govern Thuyer had
send troops to ErrinE*iew. The Go
truor utanr .evera! personal vista
Rruwu county, hut h+fore The IT, ub
w"s ended Eearly twenty n4en we
. lynched.
Tie rr+s cn' trouble III Wyoming
The eulminu4lon Of MI ill.,, uviseti t
fort on tic part Of the Wyoming Liz
Stock Association to oht tx the rt,stlef
II In II practical tnlposstbIlity tn Il
vise any scheme by which .Att!e stea
lug c>,uld be wholly stopped, whel
Lie nnn0tttnitiea for nfnfil fr0iu Il A1