The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-28
THE ARIZONA KICKER,
The Marine Editor Reports the Attempted
LynchinE of His Chief.
END OF PART ".

LynchinE OF His Chief
EXTRA! EXTRA ExTRA!-We are not tho ed
itor and proprietor Of the Kicker. We are not
the man with a private graveyard. We are
not the Mayor OF this town. We are simply
tho marine editor on a salary Of 81 per week.
For tho time being we are in charge of the Of
fee. and owing to events which occurred yes
terday We have decided to get out this extra
sheet and give the full details OF one Of the
most damnable outrages ever perpetrated on
a newspaper man in this Western country. As
this sheet goes to press the Office is full Of
citizens. extending their sympathiss and
breathing threats Of bloody revenge. One
word from us would precipitate a massacre.
but we shall not utter 1t. As a marine editor
we are calm and calculating.
Sunday morning the editor Of the Kicker.
who is also Mayor. mounted his mule and
rode over to Clinch Valley to dig some trailing
arbutus to transplant to his private graveyard.
For a year past tho cowboys over there have
been after his scalp. and on two occasions
have almost secured it. He should not have
gone in that direction. knowing what might
happen. but he takes great pride in his D. g..
and was bound to secure some OF that arbutus
to trail oyer tn" ten graves within it. -.
mounted from his mule Just beyond SQuaw
trail VIC, gather from his own lips. He had
iifteen cowboys dashed in on. him and cut OF
ali escape; Before he could draw his gun he
wa! seized and hound. and later on was car
him. W. do not know what thoughts flashed
through his brain as he stood there with the
foes surrounding him. 1t is not our business
TO know. Wednth the marine at So a week. and
arc very practical about it,. He probably
oflca. and other things.
The first NOV" Of the cowboys was to run our
seconds. and then drop him to his feet again.
II" assures US that while the sensation was
n ,n y WAS Was AZ n,io o aeffl nni1 MN unpir lea ae
twsi &c around It; THO object was to scare "'' him
u, that he did not lose one lot of nerve. and
that as soon As no !, could got his breath again
yawning gulf between a marine editor and
,Hr t, rr oHr sSisi q LIZ e s shs t tn%i,y / PARE ;. b but u,t, we
OF fire danced before his eyes. his feet felt like
ice. and tn" only thought he had was that our
a houhle-leaded. two-column article and il,
about him in the usual vein, Az near as he
can i' sHHisi i me- wA We sSS spps nd d,5 d9I t fba, dnf s.s;
he ever did. We say this without rtI thought Il
OF criticising his editor-in-chief.
When Lowered h for the second tim the KICKER
used it extensively to denounce the crowd as
thieves. towards. assassins. grave robbers.
Jail birds. and so on. There were ten in the
crowd he had driven out Of toWn on different
occasions and he taunted each one with the
turned loose, and he warned them that his
drew him M for the third time they made
the rope fast. calculating to finish him.
hut )ust then Col. koberts's mule train
from the railroad came into, view and the
thiSks ne ss Rssd d sHSs IL for n nsoat tour oqr min shls,
when cut down. and, as his marine, editor. we
ere Ere bound bow to agree With him, The Colonel
down his throat, and he revived before the
ing house, and has the attendance of best
doctor in town. who says he will not be out for
q week or two. and will not get over the shock
for months. His, neck appears to us to be fully
eighteen inches long. his eyes twice their nor
etili standing on end. He Is very calm. how
ever. and his mind 10 very clear. As a marine
editor on seven dollars a week we pronounce
him q game man. and We predict thai, as soon
as he Is able to sit y mule and handle a gun
the number of tombstones In his p. 9. viii
rapidly run up to eighteen or twenty.