Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-06
4 Plot 10 Assasslnaie u Kansas Judge
Results in the Death Of a
sheriff.
-ar ,nsrloAroRs OF THE con-
sPiRAcY.
rroops Immediately Ordered 10 the
Scene Of trouble to Protect
the Judge.
~ Teleuaph to the Sawst
rs KANSAS
A Mob Determined 10 Murder "
tudGc.


AprSALoY, Kan, jan b'-Another
ilaoiy cnapter has been added To ihe
criminal history OF sOuthwestcin hAh-
80. M, county seat war between
,VaodgIale and Houghton has again e..
sni,od In bloodehrd. A plot to XII
Ia iys Beakin, the opponent OF one OF
,ba murdered leaders IN the fcud, was
~ inf, execution today. IL failed,
Ind Inc bullets intended for Judge
UrakIn ended the lilo OF deputy
Three weeks since Judge Bealtin re-
c,ivrJ Information that u mob, com.
n5s,d Of members Of the Cltl1ans' A III
ance Of WOodsdale aud Springfield,
would sndcayOr to nssassinatc him on
way 10 court Mt Springfield this
motnil.g. The Information was iurn-
lhed hy a member II the conspiracy,
Who gave tho names OF all implicated
In ihe plot. lie also stated that
tbe nudge would bc Hred upon
At the head Of the valley, near Culv.
.ft's place, one mile southeast OF
Springfield. Last night Judge Beskin,
Sheriff Dunn and Elk deputy sherins
held a meeting ut the house OF the
Judge, which N two miles south Of the
head Of the canyon. They decided To
scout the country between the Judges
house aud tue court house. and started
from the house Of the Judge ut $3.50
this morning. They came upon amob,
o1mpOs,d vi about forty men, with
Winchester riiies, and fight ensnoi,
Il lasting until daylight. Sheriff Dunn
was literally riddied with bullets.
All the officers escaped and went TO
Springfield, where they barrlcsdod
themselves In n private house. Tho
mob pursued them 20 the town.
shortly after daybreak Joe Larnhie,
tho court stenUgrnpher, WAS seen by
the members Of the Judges family,
VINO all this time hal been nj home,
approaching the house on n horse. Tho
mob could also he seen In the distance.
liaTahi hankei the tnob and reached
the house, when he told the Judge
u the result Of the battle and urged
him 10 leo with MS family 10 AtkalOn.
Not long afterwards Mis-. IL. Il. Lara
pee, wifa OF an under sheriff, also ar
lived ht the house with similar mos
SAGE from Deputy Sheriff stein, cash
ieF ~ ihe AfkaiOn State back,
County Attorney Branch0ny secured
the body OF Sheriff Dun and brought II
here. II will be sent 20 his family.
In addition 10 the membert OF the
CitisDps' Alliance, who composed the
mob, wegu also half dozen desperate
characters from Grant county. All
were under the leadership of John
SlTpillr, recently convicted la Judge
leak ne court VI hlne.slcaling. The
iustig atots ami principal movers In the
~
wife gf the murderer, Sam Wood; John
r. Garrison, of Garden City; a. 10.
hilglfo, G.. 5. Kilgore, q. :. Obory, Of
Nc0dsdalc, y. j. NalOfus, q. l.. Cul.
vert, and W. q. Omer, Of Springhed.
Judge Bcgkin has had detectives la
tue camp Of the Citizeus' Alliance Of
W0oisiulo and Springfield tue past
ihIgt weeks and has In his Possession
coucIusiyeeyiieuce.
Tor IA, Kan, Jan. 5.-rhis after
noon Governor Humphreys received n
ie'egmm Rom Judge Bcakin, dated
Ark-llu, utylpg ,he governor TO send
the glIutant-gouural with troops To
Ai.ll1n on q special train ~ soon NJ
poitible. tho necessary orders were
given AZ once aud company A uf the
lifst Infantry started Tor the scene.
Adiunnt.Gcnefnl Roberts left tonight,
anu VIII dlrec. the troops In person.
II 10 not likely that the trouble IL end.
ed The facts In regard to the con-
fplTacy discovered by the Judge 40 TO
hpo" that II tho attack ON him from
ambush proved unsuccessful, the mob
would 90 TO tho house or wherever he
was anu murder him. II In thought
mat an attompt Of this kind viii be
mate tonight.