Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-24


minutes after midnight by masked men,
AIKEN 20 the suburbs in a hack aud
there tarred and feathered Several un-
known men took part in the outrage.
The General was left lying on the
prairie. When the officers arrived Geu-
5raI TarsueY could not be found and up
TO s a. m. he had not been heard from.
A large posse is securing the prairie
To search Of him. The kidnapping
caused the greatest sensation and eX-
ci;ement here as soon as the facts be-
came public, and also at Cripple Creek,
10 which place the telephone carried
the news General Tarsney has been
fn.the city for several days attending
the examination of the arrested Bull
Hill miners for whom he and Col. b. r.
Montgomery, Of Cripple Creek, appear
cd as attorneys. At minutes past 10
o'clock "a call came over the telephone
f8r Tarsuey. The clerk sent the night
porter. The only man in the hotel calling
Tarsuey He appeared iu very few
inmates and stepped 90 the telephone.
He had hardly spoken woTd into the
receiver when TWO men with masks on
their faces, entered from the street.
one hastily
ADVANCED ON GENERAL TAEsNEY,
the other remaining near the door Just
inside the office. I'VE want you, said
the first masked man as the General
turned his face from the phone on hear
f.g footsteps. The scared hotel clerk
and porter were the only witnesses.
"Wbat do you want?" asked Mr..
Tarsusy.
owe want YOU TO come with Us, was
thereby.
..BaJ don't want 30 go anywhere,
returned Tarsuey at the same time
.a.rg am effort 10 retreat. At this
aa masked man IunRsd forward, pistol
hand and struck General Tarsney
N gls blow with the weapon. The
F,sel man near the door advanced 20
his cluuanion's assistance. Tarsuey
staggered toward the Cfice counter. He
vas ruth.es,Iy seized by the TWO masked
nan and hurried toward the street.
The clerk di' OF interfere. He had
been warned % Deep his hands off by
third masked man who had suddenly
appeared az the door Ia front of the
hotel two backs were standing. Four
uller masked men were seen there.
Drivers. who 10 was afterwlrd learned
lad been iutimIdaJed, sat on the cab
boxes and the victim was hustled into
one of ,ls vehicles, the masked men
scrambled into them, the drivers were
ordered 90 lc of and Up the street the
party
MOVED AT A NIADGALLOP
To fifteen minutes Police Captain
Ga.tHr.Eut and Odicers Harlan and
Henry were ou horses aud riding furi-
rusrv in the direction taken by the Kid
uaruers and tUejr victim.
The officers had a poor Jrai. TO follow,
It was pitch dark aud they only knew
that the masked party bad gone out of
town tu tas north. 10 was over an hour
before the facts became known. The
drivers of the Two hacks first brought
tge news 90 town. 10 was that the
masked men haI taken their victim 10
"a place near Austin Bluffs, but three
miles out OF town, aud after removing F.
General Tarsney's clothes had covered I
him all over with tar and feathers.
sherman Couu.ey, one OF the drivers F.
told Jle story.
"My brother and ] own the hacks, |
Etert.y before midnight Two men came |
Co our stand and said they wanted tOeu- /
gage two hacks for drive. They did /
not wear masks then. They told me % /
drive ln front Of the Alamo. I saw the /
struggle inside the hotel Office and knew i
that something unusual was up. |
started 90 drive away but was stopped /
by men with masks ou their faces and I
PISTOLS IN THEIR HANDS.
After they all got 10 the hacks, was
told whore % drive for the first time. /
They compelled ms 60 whip the horses. /
Ou arriving at point near Austin /
EuTs jhey all got out. They made an /
gwlg. I1t OF noise aud kept on swearing /
and making threats. Several times on /
the way out L heard them threaten I
Tarsue7's life. think they had Tars- !
uey's clothing off by the time they or f,
dered the hacks % stop, az east l did 7
not see many clothes on him when ] /
first saw aim on the ground Thev had /
q bucket and a brush and the deed was /
soon done.
From driver Couuley 10 is learned that /
Ulcers CathriEhJ. Harlan aud Henry ,
rived Just as the coat Of tar aud |
Gathers was being putoo. Officer Har-
Ian was I'm advance. Two Of the men !
advanced TO meet him aud commanded i
him 10 remain on his horse where be \
WAS. The other officers were stopped \
by other masked men. A few minutes !
later Tarsney was left lying on the /
ground and the masked men took 70 4
their heels, ordered the drivers TO the /
Rock Island tracks and there dismissed 1
their drivers, not paying them but sim
ply saying: "GoOd night, Johnny"
That was the last seen OF the masked /
men, and the drivers came on 10 the /
CITY. Driver Counley saws that after 1
the tar and feathers had been applied, |
Tarsuey was told 70
MOVE OUT OF Ell PAsO COUNTY,
that he was not wanted either in Grip !
pie Greek or Colorado Springs, aud that |
If be ever showed up again be wOald /
meet a worse fate than a dose Of tar I
and feathers. There was a meeting Of /
twenty-five deputy sherffS at AhtlerS !
Park at 10 O'clock, aud il is bslie we'd |
the plot again Gen. Tarsney Rss hatched (
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