The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-10

and dead shot. He Is un1narr,ed ,,,r,o
rae oanevs all haye IL p,ilies, VINO ir,e n..as
thc ora man. ne Is very handst1ne ~,
as graceful as a lazy, and tan ami com.
mouitng.
lshere Is said to be a deep-seatca n,r.u,
" ami hatred existing between idnk Wass
goner ana 4. -. hinuer and tbie IL ,si,ss,,
as tho reason Tor Waggoners tfafSstsr 10
tile Monfpe jan ior several months past
and wniun mas q few times been spoken ~
IN the press. Nefther OF them. notvcee,
are directly connected with ii1e ~, -
troubles Of the otner In the present trials
IN w ebster parish.
The origin of this anlmosttv IA sata N
be several years old. When Link Mac
Boner was charged with shooting Neyyso5n
~ Clqlhorne parish ana a warrant issued
for his arrest Sheriff Kiluatrick al thnt
parish summoned At different times nvt
or SIX posses to make the arrest OF Wae.
sontis aila among the posses on ono oc-
caslon was Tom ID. Kinder and In the
eitort % arrest MN Kinder fired at Nag-
soner one, or more times. hitting a fine
| stallion which Waggoncr was riding iait
without other effect and Waggoner rode
rapidly from his pirsuers and escaped.
Al another time. while Claiborne posse
| pursued him for the Newsom SHOOTING,
some one shot al him, wounhinE a fine
| mare. which he was riding, ana also nit
nm IN the arm, but his faithful stced in
moment recovered from the shock OF
the ball and sped forward, carrying him
beyond the reach Of his would-be GATORS
and after going some distance, he dis.
mounted, and tying o note to his family
on the SADDLE, turned the animal loose, IL
! 50 home, while he sought shelter la the
| density of the woods near by
some time later Waggoner sought the
| quetude OF Arkansas. ana was there ar.
rested IN Murtrceshoro by The sheriff AND
his posse, which located him IN q
| house, and on his refusal to surrender
| threatened TO burn the house down, auS
| thus ne yielded 10 the officers, and wal
4 brought ia n all 90 -.
while incarceratcd therein mob wa.
organized in Claiborne 10 lynch, and mad,
a furious charge on tho 1ail 10 secur,
| Wasgoner, but with his two slx-shootlnr
pistols, which had been inysterlously FUR
nished by unknown partiea. he defended
i himself and the jail and repulscd the mob
wounding two OF his assailante, namely
of tho jail were broken down and thI
mob got inside, but would not go clos
/ enough to the cage to shoot him, as the.
would fall an easy prey TO his dead.
arms.
Asain, when Holland was shot. 70
4 which Wagsoner Is now on trial in Web
ster, there Is no question but what Kin
der (py his own testimony, given on hi
recent trial here). went TO the Wasgone
neighborhood and said he was hunun
for him, though he lived in another PAL
ish and had not been summoned by ~
Webster officers who then had a poss
OF over 100 men securing the counu
for Waggoner. Thus Waggoner has bee
Impressed with Kinder's willingness
get him IN trouble and witness b
iaed by Sheriff Kirkpatrick Of Claiborr
lnone were able to effect his captur
though frequently In shooting distance I
him. and in addition 70 having his n
stallion shot while riding him. he, al.
had a fine mare shot while on her bac
and at which time he was shot In q
arm, and after dashing away from h
pursuers some distance, dismounted al
tenk the woods. while his fsithful NJ
NAL went home. aud thus his skin
dodglng--his unquestioned deadly ~
I With his guns and pistols, has made HI
a hard man for the officers to capture
I the pecuiiarltles of the Kinder a.
Waegoner troubles are that the orig
az each was between couslns-Tllggle al
Ramsey being connectedAand Waggon
. | and Gryder being cousins ana tnai !
, | final act in each case up TO date or the
great feuds and troubles Is the shootiT
Z as charged. on Kinder and Mngsoni
: within nine miles OF each other, a
the final extreme riveiry and bitterns
between them.