Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-04-21
TROOPS vs.. POSSE
Sheriff With 500 Armed Rustlert
Determined to Prevent Re-
moval Of Prisoners.
lnt,rnoti,1s That the Captive
Cuttle,1en VIII be Picked uff .
By Sharpsl4o"tcr~:

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OMAHA, April 1N.~~A .ptriAl totht'
Ete llo.n U>ugl4s, Wtn., rnx>: 1T l-
4u>c! v;n'i.t that al) I1e*e tetEran>.
iron. Fit: fl4lu Are. iii b. ItltH~Nre r.H*
trnlitu by local feeling. The bulk of
'lit 4n,t.tr IL probably tiu", hut on!y
one roGtton If tut fuc's ure told.
THE" metuter4 Ut The catA'elnen'-
purity wrre killed ut the r y ranch,
where the regulators were be,eigtd, ,
unu un.tslcr was shot down while a
surrender was Miug nude under ii
lag Of truce. The three men Killed
wire Texans, vino were shot III pats-
Ing FROM the iniprovised walk to h
cellnr few yards away, where the par
ty kept supplies.
A man named LInvelI PASSED
through douglas yesterday enroute to
Cheyenne. He says lle was at the I
A ranch two days after the surrender
of the invacers and saw the bodIcs of
these three men lying on the ground.
He did not examine them, but WIS
close enough to make sure they dead
men who had probably been over
looked by this military when the 'arty
surrendered and had been allowed to
lay there ever since.
The fourth man |. Texan named
Lowther, who according to Buffalo
dispatches WIS acctdently shot while
the surrender was tnking place ind
who has since died. Another mem
htr Of the invading party, Il ttam>teE
named Green, who was ~ounnt.l
when the wagon, were captured. had
his lex .mpu4ated and will probably
die.
| W. Liuv. II, referred to ntove. has
for y yer al years bern foreman of RI
Il II m>' outfit. ljans rahcl: IL tiff.
| mites from Hht}uiu. Li4vtll >ny- ht
ha+ been notified by several partie'
that he tnt,>t SEVER his connection witt
! 1In or l.>va the cr,lutty. Ht +nv:
he W, nts to s'ny. Ard, q n-t14r ntly
wa. on hj+ way to (h+yenhe t" settls
with hi+ m|lnyer aud quit his ser
vice.
u. II. Chnnl+r, t re1nnn Vt tie Oga
la:lu cattle comrasy, had "l~" rece VET
II letter "a0visinE' Eim t" yet out q
III. c;,untry, aud pntssd through her
on lis way to Cheyenne yesterday
If the invading par ), now prisoner
at Fort NrK,uney, il brought t.
Douglas under escort ct the military
the pa1ty will be ut leA>t five dny4 el
route. 1t will camp the first night j
Craz; woman crossing, the second
Powder river. third ut ColIina' station
fourth at Brown Springs, aud vii
reach Douglass on the fifth.
The latest repDrts from the mort
are to the effect that sheriff Angu
now has about 500 armed men In tn
vicinity Of Buffalo, who are determlr
ed to prevent the removal OF the prll
oners from that county IT possibl
There are no ltss than four places q
the road which IRE admirably suite
for ambush. The frat Is the section
country just after leaving P 'wdt
river, where the road follows the dl
forks of that stream for seventee
miles, and crosses 1t sixteen tlmts
that distance. There are high plu1
within easy rifle range all along, al
the country tbereabouts is very br
ken and ragged. Twenty good riff
men could station themselves alol
this canyon, and pick off any of tt
prisoners with comparative safety
themselves, az the cavalry would
unable to pursue.
There are three other places-D
Cheney, Sandy creek and Antelo
Sprinxs-where similar tactics col
be pursued.
VAN HORNE HAS NOT MARCHED
CHICAGO, April 1o.-A Chryenl
Wyu., diepatelt ~aya: 1t II now de
nite|y learned that Col Van Hot
has not yet left Fort Mckinney
tpk4 bis prisoners to Fort Dougla
nor will he do 50 uutil he IL aseu'
that he cen make the trip with safe
It IL now :ealed that the rustl
will burn ranches and murder n
who have been inactive. There
mucI, feeling against the foFenneu, v
are believed To have known Of
NOV, neut and kept still.