Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-28
ASSAULTED.
Coiorado's Adjutant-General Tarred
and Feathered.
GOV. WAITE DEEPLY MOVED.
a Reward of 81 900 offered for the Arrest
and Conviction of the Perpetrators
Deputy Sheriffs Thought to
Have Matched the Plot.


Tarsney, of Michigan, was kidnapped
from the Alamo hotel a few minutes
after midnight this morning by masked
men, supposed to be ex-deputy sheriffs,
taken to the suburbs in a hack and
there tarred and feathered. The out
rage was the direct result of the recent
Cripple Creek miners war.
When the police officers arrived Gen.
Tarsney could not be found and up to
noon to-day he had not been heard
from. About 1 o'clock, however, he
was found at Palmer lake, 25 miles
away.
Gen. Tarsney had been in the city
several days attending the examine
ton of the arrested Bull hill miners,
for whom he and Col. B. f. Montgom-
cry, of Cripple Creek, appeared as at
torneys.
AT five minutes past IL o'clock call
came oyer the telephone of the Alamo
hotel for Tarsney. The clerk sent the
night porter, the only man in the hotel
Office, to call him. He appeared in a
very few minutes and stepped to the
phone. He had hardly spoken a word
into the receiver when two men, with
masks on their faces, entered and one
advanced on Tarsney while the other
remained near the door.
1--WE want you," said the first masked
man, as the general turned on hearing
footsteps.
What do you want?" quietly asked
Tarsney.
1--WE want you to come with US" was
the reply.
|'But don't want to go anywhere"
returned Tarsney, at the same time
making an effort to retreat.
At this the masked man lunged for
ward, pistol in hand and struck Gen.
Tarsney vicious blow with the weap-
On while the masked man near the
door advanced to his companions as
sistance. Tarsney staggered toward
the office counter, but was ruthlessly
seized by the two masked men and
hurried toward the street
In front of the hotel two hacks were
standing and four other masked men
seen there. The general was hustled
into one of the vehicles, the masked
ynen scrambled in, and the drivers
were ordered to be off, and up the
street the party moved at gallop.
q In fifteen minutes Police Captain
Gaithright and Officers Harfand and
Henry We're on horses and riding furi-
ously in the direction taken by the
ixidnappers and their victim. The Off
GERS had a poor trail to follow for it
was pitch dark and they only knew
that the masked party had gone out of
town to the north and they did not ar
rive at the scene in time.
The drivers of the two hacks first
brought the news to town. It was
that the masked men had taken their
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between and 3 miles out of town, and
covered him over with tar and feathers.
Sherman Crunley, one of the drivers,
told the following story: my brother
and own the hacks. Shortly before
midnight, two men came to our stand
and said they wanted to engage two
hacks for drive. They did not wear
masks then. They told me to
drive in front of the Alamo 1 saw
the struggle inside the hotel Office and
knowing that something unusual was
up L started to drive away, but was
stopped by men with masks on their
faces and pistols in their hands. After
they all got in the hack, I was told
where to drive to for the first time.
They compelled me to whip the horses.
On arriving at point near Austin
Bluffs they all got out. They made an
awful lot of noise and kept on swear
ing and making threats Several times
on the way out heard them threaten
Tarsney's life. l think they had Tars-
ney's clothes off by the time they Or
dered the hack stopped, at least did
bot see many clothes on him when l
first saw him on the ground. They
had a bucket and brush, and the deed
was soon DONE
A few minutes later Tarsney was left
lying on the ground and the masked
men re-entered the carriages and were
driven to the Rock Island tracks. There
they dismissed their drivers, not pay
ing them but simply saying, "Good
night, Johnny"
ORDERED OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
Driver Crumley says that after the
tar and feathers had been applied.
Tarsney was told to move out of E.
Paso county3 that he was not wanted
either in Cripple Creek or Colorado
Springs, and that if he ever showed up
again he would meet worse fate than
dose of tar and feathers.
A tremendous mass meeting of citi-
zens was held at 10 o'clock, at which
resolutions were adopted denouncing
the outrage in the strongest language.
Sherman Crumley and John McKin-
ney, who drove the hacks, have been
placed under arrest
Crumley, who owns both hacks, says
one masked man remained with Tars-
zaey ostensibly to show him the way
back to the city. Some of the men
wanted to kill Tarsney, but their lead
er held them in check. Tarsnev
thanked this man and shook hands
with him.
GOV. WAITE DEEPLY MOVED.
DENVER, Col, June 23.-Gov. Waite
was greatly excited over the outrage
committed upon Adjt.-Gen. Tarsney.
He offered a reward of 81, 900 for the
arrest and conviction of any of the par
Elephants, and at 10 o'clock said that
unless Tarsney was found before noon
he would increase the reward to s., 900.
He also decided to go to the scene at
once.
PROVERBS.
No reformation enters by the back