San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-05-05

brought back and lodged In jail. The
five thousand dollars which they had
drawn from the bank was found in their
possession and restored to the bank.
1t appeared that while Dill was in
consultation with Horace Bland at the
Office of the latter, Aaron Suggs had dis
covered Dan Riggsbys presence in the
city, and knowing that their game was
up he hastily summoned Meg Prone,
and proceeding to the bank had drawn
the five thousand dollars and fled from
the town.
The Riggsbys remained in the city
two days settling up the business relat-
ing to the Mansfield estate. The expos
ing and bringing to justice of the dar-
ing rascals Dill and Suggs created a SEN
sation in the city. The part Dan had
taken in detecting the villains and
thwarting their evil plans, and the star
ting adventures through which he had
passed soon became known throughout
the city and he found himself the hero
of the hour. ..-......
Oliver Brown, the young physician,
remained in the city with Dan till the
business was all settled, and when they
separated it was with the understanding
that the warm friendship that had
sprung up between the two should be re-
newed at an early day.
Simon Riggsby sold his claim and the
Travellers Rest and purchased farm
near Fort Scott, but before he quilted
the prairie inn he gave splendid ban
quet, to which were invited all the set
tiers in the locality and the cattlemen as
well. The affair proved grand success,
and was long remembered by those who
participated in it.
Meg Prone died in Jail before the ar
rival of the time set for her trial, but
Aaron Suggs and Mortimer Dill, her two
associates in crime, were tried and con-
victed and received the punishment
they so richly deserved. .-r
Horace Bland. doubtless fearing that
he would be implicated in the affair,
fled from the city and was seen no more
The greatest pleasure which the pos
session of the generous legacy brought
to Dan was that he was now able to OBJ
tain the education he had so devotedly
wished for and add a number of long
desired books to his worn and insignifi-
cant collection. .-aEEE
The trouble between the cattlemen
and the settlers, rising out of the bring
ing of fever infected cattle into the state,
soon became so general throughout the
southeastern counties that the legisla-
ture was compelled to take action in the
matter. and on the twenty-sixth day of
February, eighteen hundred and sixty
seven, a law was enacted which prohib-
tied the bringing of cattle into the state
of Kansas from the Indian Territory or
Texas between the months of March and
December of each year, under penalty
of not less than one hundred nor more
than one thousand dollars fine, and by
imprisonment in the county Jail not less
than thirty days nor more than six
months. .H.
But it was many months before the
troubles arising out of the matter were
brought to peaceful termination, and
thus ended one of the most complicated
and noted local warfares known in the
history of the state. .,.l....
Dan and Fanny attended the Fort
Scott schools for three years, after
which they became pupils of the uni
versity at Topeka, where they graduated
in due time.
Dan took up the study of law, and is
now prosperous attorney in one of the
large western cities. In the same city
resides noted physician, whose gilt
sign over his Office door reads, "Oliver
Brown, Physician and Surgeon"
He and Dan are still warmer friends
than in the days of yore. for might add
that the young physician and Fanny
But I'm only writing this for the youths,
and my story is done.
THE END.