Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-22
CAPTIVE CATTLEMEN SAFE.
Colonel Van Horns Command
Heard From.
The Prisoners Escorted Safely
to Fort Douglas.
Rustlers Met En- Route but They Offer
No HOstilities.
A Blood-Curdling Conspiracy Revealed
by Il Letter Found in the Pocket
of a Regulator in Jail
at Buffalo.
Associated Press Dispatches,

Associated Press Dispatches.
DENVER, April 2l.-A special from
Buffalo, Wyoming, says: Saturday the
coroner's jury returned verdict Of muir
der in the first degree against the in
vaders. The three troops of the Sixth
cavalry that rescued the invading cattle
men on the 18th proceeded on Sunday
for Cheyenne. The troops camp tonight
at the Cheyenne river, south of the
Ogallalla ranch. Nothing has since oc-
Cured OF any note. The storm which
has been raging for several days ended
this morning, and telegraphic communi-
cation with the world is resumed.
THE CAPTIvEs RESTING COMFORTABLY.
A special to the Republican from
Douglas, Wyo., says: The captured cat
tlemen are resting comfortably in camp
tonight at Browns Springs, stage sta
tion thirty-eight miles north. The trip
has been hard one, the expedition
travelling three days through binding
sleet and snow storm. At various pointe
along the route armed men were
met, and on several occasions the cow
boys held consultations with the cap-
tives, but no symptoms of hostility
were manifested. The scarcity of forage
along the route used up the animals, and
caused delay. 1t is believed the party
will reach Fort Fetterman where they
strike the railroad, late tomorrow night.
Three companies of the Seventeenth
infantry came in from Fort Russell to-
night, and will remain until Colonel
Van Horne and party arrive. Tonight
a special train came in from Cheyenne
with companies of the Seventeenth in.
fantry. They are under order to re-
main until Colonel Van Horne and
party arrive.
TEXAS FRIENDS UNEASY.
PARIS, Tex, April 2l.-The fate of the
party of cattlemen from here who were
captured and taken to Fort Mckinney
is the uppermost theme of conversation.
Every effort has been made to reach
them by telegraph, and the anxiety of
their friends is great. 1t seems to be a
settled fact that four Texans were killed
in the first fight with the rustlers. They
were Alex. Lawther, Buck Garrett, Bbp
Barring and Tom Smith, alias Frank
Cannon. Smith organized the party.
Barling had wife and two children.
Garrett and Lawther were un-
married. 1t is believed the rustlers
murdered Lawther after he had
surrendered. His relatives do not
believe he is dead. Governor Eagle of
Arkansas and Governor Hogg of Texas
have wired Governor Barber for infor-
nation, and unless news is received to-
morrow party will leave for Wyoming
to find out what has become of the Tex
ans.
GUS GREENS DEATH.
DENVER, April 21.-A Republican spe-
cial from Cheyenne, Wyo., says: Jim
Dudley, alias Gus Green. the Paris,
Tex, invader who was wounded in
fight with the rusters, and had his leg
amputated at Fort Mckinney, died Sat-
urday, and was buried in Buffalo Sun
day.
BLoOD-CURDLING CONSPIRACY.
"A man named A. G. Dunning, from
Idaho, is now in Jail at Buffalo. He is
one of party OF regulators. He states
that he was hired by the secretary of
the State Stock commission, and the
plan proposed was simply blood-curdling
in its atrocity. Dunning had a
letter in his pocket directed
to an Idaho friend, in which he gave
away the whole story. This letter is
now in the possession of the
sheriff, among a lot OF other ev-
idence. The letter says Cham
pion and Ray had been warned,
and would not have been killed if they
had needed the warning. The hired as
sassins, he says, were to get Sc day
and $50 apiece for every man killed. 1t
cost over $4,000 to get Champion and
Ray.
ANOTHER BATTLE FOUGHT.
DEADwooD, S. D., April 21.-Word is
brought to the city that battle was
fought between cowboys and rustlers at
the spring roundup near the Little
Powder river On Monday, resulting in
the repulse of The rustlers. 1t is ex.
pected that trouble will ensue again, as
the rustlers are determined to get into
the roundup.
AN APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, April 21.-The president
today received request from Buffalo,
Wyo., asking him to receive a delega-
ton to lay before him the facts concern
ing the recent trouble between the
cattlemen in the state. The tele-
grams state that contrary to all
laws, an armed body of capitalists
entered the country with the avowed
intention of taking possession of, and
controlling the same in their own inter
est, and it was believed their aim was to
terrorize and depopulate the country,
and if need be murder all who resisted.
The telegram adds that the citizens Of
the country are greatly maligned and
their actions misrepresented.
Senator Warren tonight said he had
no doubt the president would give the
committee hearing. He expressed the
opinion that the people were acting
under a Misrepresentation of the real
purpose of the general government in
dealing with the matter. Its object was
merely to maintain the supremacy of the
law. In due course of time the cattle
men would be turned over to the state
authorities and tried. The intervention
OF the United States authorities would
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