The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-08
PARTIALLY AVENGED
Outlaws Shot by Friends Of a
Murdered Sheriff.
u3Tmil8 Situation at the Scene Of ih0
Kansas C0lnty-Seat Mar.
Running Fight Between D3sFeFadoos and
Their PuyueN Fears Of an Attempt
10 Rescue ibe Prisoners.
Special 10 TEE MORNING CALL,

KANSAS CITY, Jan. IA special dis
patch to The Journal from Arkal0n says:
Deputy Sherfs have part ally avenged the
death Of Sheriff Damn. It is not known
positively, but it seems more than likely
that as a result of the attempt of the depu-
ties TO bring the slayers of the Sheriff to JUS
tlce and force an expiation for murder
four outlaws were killed this afternoon.
courier arrived here at noon, just
IN from the south line Of the State.
he reports q running conflict between des-
peTad0es and al armed posse Of pUrsueTs.
Two wason-loads of men encamped in a
guch south Of Springfield we're discovered,
They saw the pursuers at the same moment
and then commenced 3 life and death race.
For ten miles the two parties were not
within firing distance, but just before dusk
the pursuing party came within less than a
quarter Of a mile Of the desperadOes
and fri1g commenced. 4 running fight
was kept 10 on the level plain for adistance
OF four miles Following one fusillsie four
men wee seen to tumble from their seats
in tile wagons Il could not be aSceTtained
whether they we're killed or wounded. The
pursuing party, finding that their jaded
horses would not carry them further, made
g de,1uT OF half a mile to ranch, where
they procured fresh horses, and the race
was resumed.
BATTLE EXPECTED.
The courier started ba,k from that point.
He says the pursuing party, numbering
fourteen men, would follow the despera-
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bring them back dead or alive. Another
courier is hourly expected, and with him
news of a battle in which one side or the
other sustained serious loss Of life
I, was learned to-day that the party kill
Ing Dunn was made up Of details from the
counties oI Seward, Stevens, Grant, Morton
and Haskell Threats have been made in
each Of these five counties that in cass
Judge Botkia attempts to open court in
ei;her he viii be killed, and the threats
came from men known to be desperate.
The scenes enacted in this county are feared
liz each Of the other counties.
RESCUE THREATENED
This morning young man named Estes
was arrested by the troops. It IS alleged he
is one of the party that attacked Dunn. One
company Of militia IS now a. SpTiB gfeid
assist him In opening court and meantime
aiding D putty Slerifs in making arrests
Of men engaged 10 the battle These
arrests are hut the beginning Of an
other trouble not anticipated. All
tie warrants were made returnable
n a Justice Of the Peace IF this place. Il is
alleged thatjl tie preliminary examinations
are held IN Springfield the prisoners viii all
be released ther-. They ara all brought to
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prisoners are held in q vacant srOIe-TOOm,
in which the troops are barracked, Two
more prisoners, G. :. Anderson and j. J.
Leach, were brought in this afternoon.
Al one Of tO-day's prisoners Is Chairman
Of the Board Of County Commissioners and
is sSC a leading Alliance man, and all the
prisoners belong to the Alliance, grave
fears are felt by Adiutaut-General Roberts
and the people here that q rescue may be
attempted.
ALARMING SITUATION.
An attack Dy thirty or forty Well-armed,
determined men could result in only one
Wag--le release Of tile prisoners and posi-
ble 0.C0dsued The situation is alarming
II Judge BOtkin had opened court when
he sh0ud yesterday, part Of the force at
Springfield could have been sent here to re-
enforce the prison guards. Il is evident
that some one Is committing a serious blum
der that may have a disastrous ending. Colo
mel Roberts IS considering lie adylSabIilty
Of ordering Ou. another company so as 10
have sufficient protection IN case Of attack.
Hs will probably 10 so tomorrow, as be has
authority from The Governor
IL was necessary to-day 10 get out OF the
county two detectives, who. a5 members Of
tile Alliance, became members Of the vigil
lance organization that killed Dunn. Their
lives are worm but little, as they have
gwen information that leads TO the whole
sale issuing Of warrants. By tomorrow
morning both VIII be IN place Of safety.
FRAUDULENT VOTES.
At Springfield all is quiet. although the
contest case IS now going on to determine
the fight for Sheriff The Alliance candi-
date was counted IN by majority Of 13, but
frauds in counting votes IN this Seward
county are not new things, and a recOunting
shows that false returns were made from
one township suTIc ent % change the actual
result Guymsn, SuoT1f-elect, who escaped
y hen Dunn was killed, went over to-day,
and the probabilities are that he will
qualify. although Alliance members Of the
Peoples party have declared that he would
never live until the twelfth day if he should
20 into Office. Having protection he pTODa-
bly, viii at least enter upon the discharge
of his duties, whatever the outcome, and the
end will be reached this week and new fuel
will be added to the flames now SmOldeT-
ing
TO SETTLE UP MATTERS"
William V. Dunn, the seventeen-year-old
Saturday, after his fathers funeral, for the
purpose of settling up Matters" as he
says, with a quiet but dangerous look in his
eyes Six men who escaped at the canyon
battle have openly declared that they Will
hunt 10 death every man concerned In the
disgraceful affair and young Duan has
Joined them. They feel the murder
bitterly, aud the feeling is intensified
by the knowledge that the body Of the
murdered Sheriff was robbed Of arms.
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outlaws, in fact, must be dealt with. Then,
too, there is a feeling that following the
Wood murder precedent, the guilty parties
would eventually escape unless summary
justice is administered. The situation here
may be summed I'D as follows: Judge Bot
kin's friends fear the prisoners viii be res
cued and the prisoners friends fear speedy
and fatal action by Judge B0tkin aud his
friends. There seems to be good cause for
fear on both sides.
dispatch from Wichita says: General
Murray Myers received a telegram from
Governor Humphreys tonight ordering him
70 proceed with the force under his COM
maDd 10 ArkaiOn at once and place himself
under orders Of AdjItant-General Roberts.
All the Deputy MarsbaIs in Kansas and In
dian Territory are centering toward Arka-
Ion. Governor Humphreys added that he
considered the situation at ArkaIon most
serious,
BOTKIN's REQUEST FOR ARMS.
TOPEKA (Kans.), Jan. 7.-Governor Hum
phreys wired Judge B0tkiE this morning
that he could not put arms ia the hands Of
Deputy Sheriffs. The Adjutant-G neral is
further instructed not 10 inteTfege with the
work done by the civil authorities but to
assist them in serving warrants, if called
upon.
There is a suspicion that 3otkln's request
OF stands Of arms is for the purpose Of arm
Ing his friends and had they been sent a
general fight would have followed. BotK in
shows no disposition TO retire from the
bench, and the impression prevails that he
TO place the entire judicial district under
military rule.