The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-09-22
THE SOONER.

Ine 8O0NeW
He WIN rare Badly as the Hands Of the
0sauinS Home Seeker. ON tho strip-Ons
Reported Lynched-A flor the Rush.
ARKANsAs CITY, Kan, Sept 19.-Sto-
fies of casualties, homieides and fAtel-
tties from ihniimerable causes over the
strip opening are being reported here
without number, but few of them can
be verified, and still fewer are told
with names and details Tragedy and
comedy are closely intermingled, and
pathetic incidents are followed by
those Of the most ridiculous character.
Sooners are being treated with no
gentle hands, and many men who have
sought to take unfair advantage will
not live to give utterance to the per-
jury that is in their hearts. Gener-
ally speaking, the sooners got what
they claimed In Perry, but on
Black Bear creek, west Of Perry,
four sooners were routed and
driven off their claims by four
Kansas men who made the run from
Orlando, viz: James Trimble and Nat
Howell, OF Atehisoh county; Jack
Simpson, Of Jefferson county, and
George Wright of Arkansas City.
These four had fixed thek eyes on the
Black Boaf valley and got start from
Orlando well in front Of the crowd.
They kept the lead and reached Black
Bear in fifty minutes. There they
found the bottom land in possession of
four men who had neither horse nor
wagon. Il was clear case of sooner,
and Trimble, who was in Command of
his party, at once set up an adverse
claim. There was short parley, but
the Kansas tnen showed fight and the
sooners weakened and moved on, tax
ing claims on the uplands.
The Atchison colony, headed by ex-
Mayor s. H. Kelsey, of that city, got
left completely. They were we'll Or
9apized and equipped with plenty Of
money and material to found a town,
but they ran for section which was
In full possession of sooners. Wher-
ever they went they found the land al
prepared to fight for their claims. Mr..
Kelsey, however, is not discouraged,
and it is plan now to buy up tract Of
and and carry out his original purpose.
1t was reported, on what seemed
good authority, that Mrs. Charles
Barnes, of Eldorado. Kan, had been
thrown from her horse and killed
while making the race about a mile
south of Perry Saturday afternoon. A
correspondent met the lady alive and
well this afternoon at Perry. She said
it was true that her horse had fallen,
but she was not run over and easily re-
covered from the shock she expert
enced. She left her horse wounded on
the ground and ran into the town-site
on foot, where she is now holding down
q good lot with true Kansas pluck.
At Ponca a boy rode into the town on
. broncho. Tho horse became fright
ened at the bowling and the many
in a gully, pitching the boy over his
was nothing on the boys person by
which he could be identified.
A great many disappointed boomers
are looking for lame young man
named Harper Hooker. Mr.. Hooker
made his headquarters at Guthrie, and
sold certificates at S. apiece. The GER
tificates had all the appearance of be-
ing genuine, and probably they were,
but the great majority of his customers
failed to get claims, and now they
want their money back.
A mass meeting of the citizens Of
Arkansas City was held at the intersec-
ton of the two principal streets and
resolutions were adopted protesting
against the murder of j. A. Hill, the
New Jersey man, who was shot down
Cot do off 81 +ho
reservation line by a soldier of the
Third cavalry. Strong resolutions
| were adopted denouncing the killing
as wilful murder and demanding that
the murderer be turned over to the
civil authorities. The army officers
still decline to give the name of Hills
| slayer and insist that he simply obeyed
orders in shooting a man who persisted
in rushing into the strip before the
signal was given.
A SOONER LYNCHED.
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, Sept 19-Asa
Youmans, who formerly lived at Car
thage, Mo-, came to the strip in com,
pany with a number of Missourians
who were regularly organized and paid
by a syndicate of real estate men.
When the first runners of the boomers
| reached Chikaska near where Black
well now stands, they found fifty men
| holding down claims with no other
baggage than their rifles This man
Youmans was holding two, claiming
that his friend and partner had
gone out in search for water. The
first corners did not attempt to dislodge
| him, but those who came later, to
whom the circumstances had been re-
ported, planted their flags and deter
mined to stand by them. Youmans
showed fight and boosted of deeds he
had before committed. The two men
| quietly left but soon returned with a
party and hanged Youmans-