Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-03
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
The Marine Editor Reports the Attempses
Lynching OF HE Chief.


Prom the New York sun.
EXTRA ExrR,! ExrR,,--we are no, the eai-
tor and proprietor OF the Kicker. We are nos
the man with private graveyard. We are nos
the mayor OF this town. We are simply ths
marine editor on a salary OF g. per week Foe
the time being we are in charge Of the onscs.
and owing TO events which occurred YESTERDAYS
We have decided 20 get out this extra sheet ana
give the full details Of one % the most damns-
BILE outrages ever perpetrased on a ncwspspsr
man in this western country. As this sheet
goes to press the ofice is full OF citizens. es-
tending their sympathie- and breathing threats
OF bloody revenge One word from US would
precipitate q massacre. but we shall not utter
it, AZ marine editor we are calm and calea-
lating.
Sunday morning the editor OF the EsclaeS.
who IL also mayor. mounted his mule and rode
over 10 Clinch valley 20 dig some trailing ar
buius TO transplant TO his private graveyard
For yesr past the COWBOYS over there have
been after his scalp. and on two occasions haze
almost secured IL. He should not have gone IN
that direction, knowing what might happea.
but be takes great pnde in his p. g.. and vas
pound TO secure some Of that arbutus 20 trsa
over the ten graves within IL.
What happened after the editor had dia-
mounted from his mule just beyond sQusw
! trail We gather from his own lips. he he'd
! found the vines he in search Of when
fifteen COWBOYS dashed in on him and cut a
all escape; Before he could draw his gun Ne
was seized and bound. and later on Was carried
! 70 a tree and preparations made to hang him.
] We do not know what thoughts flashed through
M BRAN A. he stood there with the moose over
hrs head and circle OF implacable foes sur
round'- & him. IL is not our business TO knos
". 40 the marine at e. = week. and are veFv
practical about IL. He probably thought q
his moihcr-his p. g.-heayen-the Office ahd
otherthings.
The first move Of the COWBOYS was 20 run our
CHEZ up 10 the limb. hold him there for ten
seconds, and then drop him 20 his feet agafa.
He assures us that while the sensation uas
novel 1t wns also decidedly unpleasant lie
thinks IL was this first pull which 80 stretched
his neck that No. Is collar now goes almost
twice around 1t. The objcct was 10 scare hsrn
aud make him beg Tor mercy. but he assures ne
that he did not lose one jot Of nerve. and that
as soon as he could get has breath again he de-
fed them Go do their worst There Is a vann-
! ing gulf between a marine editor and the pro-
prieto- Of great family Newspaper. bat sc
| think our chief tells the truth in this particu-
lar. When pulled mp the second time sparks q
fire danced before his eyes. his feet felt like ice
and the only thought he had was that our So
/ teemed contemporary would come out with
doable-leaded, two-column article and lie
about him in the usual vein. As near be
can ngure he WIS suspended for fifteen secoflds
| this time. We have no doubt that during this
epoch he thought Of all the mean things he ever
did Wessy this without thought of critics.
ing him. No marine editor would think q
| criticising his edito--iu-chief
When lowered for the second time the Eicl.--
man found that his voice had changed from
bass to falsetto. but he assures Us that he ured
II extensively to denounce the crowd as thieves
towards, assassins, grave robbers. Jail birds
| and so on. There were ten in the crowd he lad
! driven out Of town on different occasions ard
he tainted each one with the fact. He offered
TO fight the whole mob il turned loose and be
warned them that his death would be terribly
avenged. When they drew him up for the third
time they made the rope fast. calculating TO m
| ish him, but just then Col Roberts mule train
| from the railroad came into view and the whsle
gang took 70 flight. Our chief thinks he had
dangled for about four minutes when cut dom,
and. as his marine editor. are bound to agree
with him. The colonel had him placed IL .
wagon, poured whisky down his throat, and he
revived before the train reached town. He is
now at his boarding house and has the attehd-
/ ance of the best doctor IN town, who saws he
| will not be out for a week or two. and will not
get over the shock for months. His neck APP
pears to us to be fully eighteen inches long his
eyes twice their normal size and up 20 an hour
,ago his hair Was still standing on end. He 10
| very calm. however. and his mind IL very clear.
! As a marine editor on seven dollars a week We
pronounce him game man. and we predict
that as soon as he n able 90 sit a mule and han
die gun the number Of toombstones in his y. g.
VIII rapidly run up TO eighteen or twenty.