Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-06-28
IMPORTANT COLORADO NEWS
TARREo AND FEATHEREo.
General Tarsnsy the vlotim Of IN Out
Fageous Plot.

General Tsrsney the vlotim Of IN Out
ragsous Plot.
Adjutant General Tarsney was kidnape d
from the Alamo hotel at Colorado Springs .
few minutes past midnight Saturday morning.
BY masked men, taken to the suburbs In .
hack, and there tarred and feathered.
General Tarsney had been in the city for
several days attending the examination
Of the arrested Bull Hill miners, Tarsney, to-
gether with Colonel b. F. Montgomery OF
Cripple Creek, appearing for the miners.
At midnight, the general, having Just gone
to his room, was called to answer summons
to the telephone purportins to come from
Cripple Creek. While at the telephone two
masked men entered and one OF them Or
dered Tarsuey to 60 with them. He objected
and they hit him on the head with q revolver.
The clerk was guarded by another man,
while Tarsney WAS forced out Of doors and
put into hack. Tho drivers of the two
hacks, when they saw the struggle in tho ho-
tel, started to drive away, but were forced to
remain by armed men. The party went TO
the foot OF Austin bluffs, nearly three miles
from Town.
Here the party found large number OF
men waiting for them. General Tarsney was
stripped Of all his clothing and coat OF hot
tar and feathers applied to his body, even his
face and neck not escaping. During all this
time he had been abused and cursed In un-
measured terms. After helping the general to
dress tho men ordered him to go north and
never show himself In Ell PasO county again.
Tho men then disappeared. His coRditlon
was pitiable In the extreme. As . result OF
the severe handling to which he had been
subjected and the drying Of the tar, he could
make but slow progress. Toward daylight,
however, he reached the house Of Andrew j..
Malloy, q ranchman, who had been deputy
sheriff at Cripple Creek. Mr.. Malloy, after
giving General Tarsney his breakfast, hitched
up and drove him TO Palmer Lake. Here the
station men cleaned the tar from his face. He
was taken to Denver on Q special train In the
afternoon.
The greatest apprehension had been felt by
his family and friends as they feared he had
been killed. Indignation was expressed BY
all classes of people. The Republican Re
lemptlou League offered a reward for the ap'
prehension OF the criminals. Commissioner
Boynton of Ell Paso offered to do all In hi
power to arrest them, and messages OF sympa
thy were received from all sides.
General Tarsney on his return home wa
well cared for and on Sunday 1t appeared thai
the results would not prove serious. He sale
that he had no idea as to who the men were
that had so abused him.
The kidnapping caused the greatest sensa
tion and excitement at Colorado Springs a.
soon as the facts became public, and also al
Cripple Creek, to which place the telephone
Immediately carried the news.
Governor Waite was notified Of the outrage
by q reporter Of the Denver Republican, aud
expressed strong indignation. He said he
would offer . reward Of $1,000 out Of his own
pocket for the arrest Of the men who did It.
The police At Colorado Springs are working
diligently on the case and there are some
clues that arc being followed up. Tho peo-
pie of Colorado Springs generally condemn
the outrage In strong terms.
In the vicinity of Cripple Creek there is 8
very bitter feeling over the affair.