Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-08
pepuiy Sheriff Dunn's Death Avenged
by tho killing OF Four
Outlaws.
-us,lLlne ACCOUNT or A Pun
SUIT AND FIGHT.
The Judge DID Not Come TO Spring
ncld-The situation said TO be
Serious.


KANsAs CITY, jan. IA hpeclal 10
the Journal from ATknlOn says: The
Jeruty .nerlns have partially avenged
~ death OF sheriff Dunn. IL Is not
Imown positively, but II seems more
ih,n likely that, M the result Of nm at
tsn,pt OF the deputies 10 bring tho
.lsyrrs Of the sheriff to justice, and
fofce an expiatiOn Of the murder,
io,ir outlaws were killed this afternoon.
a courler VINO arrived here Mt noon,
itst In from the south line, states that
there arc reports Of u running c0nil let
between the neoing Temperatures and
An armed posse OF putsucrs. Two
wsgonlogda OF men who escaped In n
gulch south OF Springfield were dis
covered. They saw their pursuors
AT about the same moment, and then
commenced life and death race.
For ten miles the two parties were
not within firing distance, but just be-
fore dusk the pursuing party came
within less than n quarter ola mile OF
the desperadots, and
TiiE FIRING COMMENCED.
A running fight was kept up upon
the level plain Tor distance or four
miles. Following one fusilladc four
men were seen 10 tumble from their
seals In the wagons. IL could not he
ascerlained whether they were killed
or wounded. Tho pursuing party,
folding that their faded horses could
not carry them any further, made u
det0ur Of sOme half mills 10 n ranch,
where they procured fresh horses, anu
the race was resumed. The courier
started back rom that point. He says
that the pursuing party, numbering
fourteen mon, would follow the dtsptr.
ADDE'S into No Mans Land II necesB.
sary, and bring them back dead or
alive.
Another courier Is hourly expected,
and with him news OF tho battle In
which one side or the other has sus-
tainui EnfiOus loss OF life. IL
Was learned today that the party
killing Dunn was made up Of
details from tho counties OF
Seward, Stevens, Grant Morton and
Haskell. Threats have been made la
each o. these i've counties that In case
Judge BraSin attempts 10 open court
in either, he will he killed, and the
threats came from men known to he
desperate. The scenes IN thts county
are feared ln each Of tho other couu.
ties. This morning a young man
named Estes WIS
M,RlsrfD ny THE TROOPS.
II Ia alleged that he was Que u the
party attacking Dunn. One company
OF militia Is now at Springfield await.
ing the pleasure OF Judge Beakln 10
assist him In opening court, meantime
aiding the deputy shoriiis In making
ntrests Of men engaged In tho battle.
These arrests ate tut the beginning OF
another trouble not anticipated. An
Tie warrants wera futurhnOls to the
Justice Of tho peace OF this place. 1t
was alleged that II The preliminary ex-
Amluall0us were held Ia Springfield
the ptlfonem would all bt released
There. They were all broug Il 10 A rkalDu.
The JAIL Is nj Springfield, - the prs.
dntrs are held In vacant store room,
IN which the troops were harticaded.
Two more prisoners, G.. :. Anderson
aud j. j. Leach, wern brought in this
Afternoon. Az one Of tousyis prison.
eIs % chairman Of the board Uf county
comnlsHlOneH, anu is also "a leading
AlNhneo man, nnd all the prisoners
belong 10 the Alliance, grave fears are
lett Acknowledgement Roberts and
INC people here that rescue will be
attempted, An attack by thirty or
Ntly Well'afmed, determined mon
soUid result only one way-the re-
lease OF the prisOnera and possibly
hlu9lshei. The position IN alarming,
~ Jul re benkin had opened court
Whth no should have done 10 yester-
uhy part of the force at Springfield
cOulu nave been sent here 20 rulnfOrce
lne PRISON guards. 10 IL evident that
sone one IA committing u serious blum.
Der that may have
DISASTROUS ENDiNa.
Col Roberts IN conAldering tho advIs.
Aolliy OF ordering another company,
70 MlO have sufficient protection In
case OF an attack. He win probably |
NO 30 tomorrow, as he has the authority |
from Tie governor, II was necessary |
ouay TO get out Of the county two de- |
WcuNer, who, as members OF the ALI |
"pee, became members Of the vigilance |
oofganization that killed Dunn. Their |
nNes are worth but little, AS they have |
gwen the information that leads to tho |
Wholesale issuing OF warrants. BY |
morning both viii DO In places OF |
AZ Springfield all Ia quiet, although |
y contest case n now going on to de- |
t,,elhllne the fight Tor sheriff. The Al. |
,.anee Candidate was counted Ia by n
majority OF thirteen, but frauds In The
counting OF votes in this (Sewurdl |
Vuuhty are not new tliugs, and a re. |
counting shows that false returns were
nlaue from one township sufficient 10
.hange the actual result. Guyman.
,ne bherlii.elect, who escaped when |
uuhn was killed, went over today, and
,ne probabilities are that he will uusIi- |
Y, although the Alliance membcra Of
,ne ttople'h party have declared that
ne would never live until the l2th, IN.
uAy ne should go into Office; having
he probably will ut least
uutet upon tho discharge OF the duties.
~ w IN The outcome, and the end
WI he reached thla week.
New inel will bs added To tho flames
nuW sm1uldaring. WIN. V. Dunn.
,,oNenteen years old, son VI Dunn. will
nu ,h Saturday after his fathers
'uhe'a', for the purpose OF
SETTLING W MATrERs,u
- ne says with quiet, but dangerous
' " ~ Ma eyes. The Nix men who
II r. pea AZ the canyon battle have oman.
T. uechred thai they Will hunt In
sealh every man concerned ia the dis
GRACEFUL affair, and young Damn has