The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-09
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
The Marine Editor Reports the At
tempted Lynching Of His Chief.
From the Nelg York Sun

the Marine Hditor Reports the At
tempted Lynchiug Of His Chief.
From the NelU York sun.
Extrai Extrai Extral We are not the
editor and proprietor of the Kicker. We
are not the man with private graveyard
We are not the mayor OF this town. We
are simply the marine editor on salary OF
81 per week. For the time being we
are In charge of the office, and
owing TO events which occ urred yesterday
! we have decided to get out this extra sheet
ami give the full details OF one Of the most
damnable outrages ever perpetrated on a
newspaper man 10 this western country
As this sheet goes to press the Office is full
of citizens extending their sympathies and
breathing threats Of bloody revenge. One
word from US would precipitate a massacre,
but We shall not utter it. As marine edi-
tor We are calm aud calculating.
Sunday morning the editor OF the Kicker,
who Is also mayor, mounted his mule and
rode over to Clinch valley TO dig some trail
ing arbutus to transplant 30 his private
graveyard. For year past the cowboys
over there have been after his scalp, and on
two occasions have almost secured 1t. He
should not have gone In that direction
knowing what might happen, but be takes
| great pride in his p, e., and was bound Il
| secure some of that arbutus to trail over
the ten graves within it.
What happened after the editor had dis
mounted from bis mule just beyond Squaw
trail we gather from his own dips. He had
| found the vines he was in search Of when
fifteen cowboys dashed in on him and cut
of all escape. Before he could draw his
| gun he was seized and bound, and later on
| was carried to tree and preparations made
to hang him. We do not know what
thoughts flashed through his brain as be
stood there with the moose over his head and
circle OF implacable foes surrounding him.
| IL is not our business to know. We do the
marine at 81 a week, and are very practical
! about ii. he probably thought of his
mother-his 2. g.-heaven-the office and
other things.
Tho trst move of the cowboys was 10 run
our chief up to the limb, hold him there for
| ten seconds and then drop him to his feet
again. he assures US that while the sensa-
tion vas novel it was decidedly unpleasant.
He thinks it was this first pull which so
stretched his neck that No. Is collar now
goes almost twice around it. The object
| was to scare him and make him beg for
mercy, but he assures US that be did not
lose one jot of nerve, and that as soon as he
could get his breath again he def1ed them
to do their worst. There is Yawning gulf
between marine editor and the proprietor
think our chief tells the truth In this par
! ticular. When pulled uD the second time
| sparks of fire danced before his eyes. his
feet felt like ice, and the only thought he
had was that our esteemed contemporary
would come 0at with q double-leaded
2-oolumn articlG>and lie about him in the
| usual vein. As near as he can fgure ne was
| suspended for fifteen seconds this time. We
have no doubt that during this epoch be
| thought OF all the mean things he ever did
| We say this without thought Of criticisina
him. No marine editor would think OF
criticislng his ediJor-In-chief.
When lowered for the second time the
| Kicker man found that his voice had
changed from bass To falsetto, but ne assures
Us that be used it extensively to denounce
the crowd as thieves, towards, assassius,
grave robbers, Jail birds, and so on. There
we're ten in the crowd he had driven out of
| town on different occasions, and he tainted
each one with the fact He offered to fight
the whole mob il turned loose, and he warned
item that bis death would he terribly
avenged. When they drew him up for the
third time they made the rope fast, calcu-
| lsting 10 hnish him, but Just then Col.
| Roberts mule train from the railroad came
inGo view and the whole gang took to
| flight. Our chief thinks he had
| daOgled for about four minutes when cut
down and, as his marine editor, We are
| bound TO agree with him. The colonel had
him placed in q wagon, poured whisky
down his throat, and he revived before the
train reached town. He is now at his
boarding house and has the attendance OF
the best doctor in town, who says he will
| not be out for week or two aud will not
get over the shock for months His neck
APP ears to US to be fully eighteen inches
long. his eyes twice their normal size and
up to an hour ago his hair was still stand
ing on end He is very calm, however and
his mind is very clear. As a marine editor
on 81 week we pronounce him a game
man and we predict that as soon as he is
able to sit mule and handle a gun the
number OF tombstoDes 10 his p. &. will rap.
idly run up 20 eighteen or twenty.