Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-18
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

sentative at the Ebbitt .sreca,ls 70 me the
lynching Of seven men at one time that Wit
messed near Fort Mason in Texas about twenty
years ago.
II was then engaged in the railroad business.
There had been for long time disputes and
feuds among the cattle men of Texas and the
feeling between the different factions ran very
high. Stock stealing and murder were OF
frequent occurrence. In those days the
country very sparsely settled and lawiess.
There was a German who WAS engaged in buy
ing cattle. He suspected. whether justly
or not l cannot say. of running of stock and
rounding them up with his own cattle. He
arrested. together with six Of his cowboys,
and brought to the jail at Fort Mason.
''Some of his enemies decided 10 hang the
whole lot They repaired to the Jail. broke in
(which was not very difficult matter. and
mounting the unfortunate men upon horses
made for big tree about mile and half
from the jail. Ii was night number of
were slated in the hotel az Fort Mason. The
alarm came that the men beng taken
from the jail to be lynched. There was a lively
scramble for horses Once mounted the chase
began. The lynchiug party had good start
We sent our mustangs over the prairie for all
they were worth. The lynching party made
the tree some time before ne. Throwing tho
ropes over projecting limb they strung mp the
seven helpless victims. lsshing their horses
from under them they left them dangling in the
air and disappeared. One or two of the pur-
suing party who were mounted on feet horses
. oUtstrIpred the others and cut down the swaving
forms with their bowie knives
1t was grGesome SIGHT. | assure YOU, TO
see those seven bodies banging from that tree.
Five men were dead. They had been hanged
SO hastily that the rope around one of the mems
neck had not been securely fastened TO the
limp and his toes touched the ground He
afIerwsrd recovered. but went insane. The
other man with the rope hanging around his
reck broke away from u and ran four miles TO
IN adjoining ranch. lie. too. went insane
over t. rnty men were afterward shot on diff
ferent sides IN the feud following this lynch
ing.
II recall particularly pathetic lynching at
Deadwood. Ii Was in the flush times of that
/ mining camn. The town was overrun with
thieves gamblers. highway robbers and thugs.
Their, had been great number of highway ROB-
berries and hold ups and also Tot jumping
One man arrested for lot Jumping
Another Young fellow. mere boy. accused
by barber OF robbery. There was a good deal
of doubt about the latter case, though in the
alleged encounter the barber had shot the
young man through the arm.
The yigiiantes decided to hang the lot
jumrer. When thev got TO the jail they con-
Guided to string IN the Young man. whose name.
| think. was Stewart. | shall never forget the
sighs. Ii was a bit er cold night The Young
man had been roughly handled while being
taken from the jail tnat mis- wounds had broken
out afresh and the blood. streaming down his
arm and over his hand. froze his fingers
Tie begged pititully to he allowed TO send one
word to his mother. who was in the east. In
the administration of so-called border justice
men are apt to be heartless.
This was such a case. His entreaties we're
ignored. They were strung up side bv side on
j "A later of a new addition to the iail with
placards mined their hoiies N
number of hard characters in town, who were
named, to leave within twenty-four hours or
share their fate"
r. Fl. Park, the sculptor Of the celebrated
Ada Rehan silver statue, which is to be Mon
tana's PRINCIPAL exhibit at the worlds fair, is
at the Arlington.
1.-The statement" said Mr.. Park, THAT only
bust Of the statue is to be cast in silver is an
error. The entire statue, in the molds of which
S35, 900 worth of molten silver is to be poured.
VIII be cast in Chicago today. Chief of Mines
and Mining Skiff will have the honor OF turn
I ing the ladle. The statue will be a beautiful
work of art and will undoubtedly form one OF
the main attractions at the fair. | regret eX-
/ ceedingly that 1t is not nv good fortune TO be
! In Chicago today to see the casting. for GER
/ tainly to witness such a great amount of solid
silver poured into a mold will be a memorable
! sight"
Gov. Claude Matthews Of Indiana passed
. through the city yesterday on his wav home.
Gov. Matthews is young man. a farmer, I'M
preientious and unassuming and very agree
able. lie married the daughter of Gov. Whit
I comb, who was one of the original tariff re-
I formers, and who. in lSi0, wrote n book on the
tariff that is perfectly in line with the great
| issue of today and was ha 10 ..,o-
paign In the northwest as campaign document.
The appointment of Gov. Gray as minister
to Mexico" said Gov. Matthews TO The STAR
| representative at Wizards, meets with the
unanimous approval of the democrats of In
diana. President Cleveland did the thing very
handsomely, for il is just the place that Gov.
Gray wanted Gov. Grays friends gave way
and turned the state to Mr.. Cleveland. Mr..
Cleveland informed me today that it gratified
him exceeding y thus to recognize Gov. GRAY
| and the democracy Of Indiana, and that he had
| made the appointment the first one : a COM
pliment 10 Cos. Gray and the state of Indiana.
The democracy IN NV state Is most hsrmo-
NOUS and there are no splits or factions. The
outlook for the future is very bright. The
administration augurs success and viii inspire
confidence. not only In my state. but through
out the country. The people of Indiana do
not expect an immediate radical change IN
the tariff. Sudden revolutions are bad and
ness to adjust itself. out must, nevertheless be
made. We have set our faces in that direction
and there is no turning back"
Congressman j. ID. Hicks Of Altoona, Pa,
who will represent ex-Congressman Sculls dis
trict in the Fifty-thiid Congress, left for home
last evening. Mr.. Hicks has been prosecuting
attorney Of his city. He was elected by 5. 800
republican majority, the largest majority ever
given in that district. 1t is the first time since
the war that Blair county, in which Altoona is
situated, has returned Congressman. 1t is a
strong republican district and has been carried
but twice since the war by democratic
Congressman A. H. Taylor. the democratic
Representative of the first Indiana district, and
who succeeds ex-Congressman Vim. +. Parrett,
is in the city. His district is very close and is
known as the river district" being bounded
by the Ohio, White and Wabash rivers
The prosecuting attorneyship in Indiana is
evidently a stepping stone to congressional
honors. Gen. Parrett in early days was Q pros
ecuting attorney. Mr.. Taylor served as prose-
cutting attorney of the eleventh Judicial circuit
three terms. OF the members of the FIfty-sec-
ond Congress who were also prosecuting attor-
neys are Bretz of the second district. Brown OF
the third Holman Of the fourth. Bynum of the
seventh, Brookshire of the eighth and Martin
Of the tenth district. Senator Voorhees, was