The Indiana State sentinel., 1894-06-27

. COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, June 23.-
Adjt.-Gen. Tarsney was kidnapped from
the Alamo hotel a few minutes after
midnight by masked men. taken to the
suburbs in a hack and there tarred and
feathered. Several unknown men took
part in the outrage, and the adjutant-
general was left lying on the prairie.
The kidnapping caused the greatest
sensation and excitement here as soon as
the facts became public, and also at
Cripple Creek, to which place the tele-
phone company carried the news. Gen.
Tarsney has been in the city several
days attending the examination Of the
arrested Bull Hill miners At 1906 O'Clock
this morning a call came over the tele-
phone for Tarsney. The clerk sent the
night porter, the only other man In the
Office. to call him. He appeared in a very
few minutes and stepped up to the tele-
phone. He had hardly spoken word
into the receiver when two men, with
masks on their faces, entered from the
street One hastily advanced on Gen.
Tarsney, the other remaining near the
door, just inside the office
We want you" said the first masked
man, as the general turned his face from
the instrument on hearing footsteps.
The scared hotel clerk and porter were
the only witnesses.
What do you want?" quietly asked
Mr.. Tarsney.
1--WE want you to come with us was
the reply.
But l don't want to go anywhere"
returned Tarsney. at the same time max
ing an effort to retreat.
At this the masked man lunged for
ward. pistol in hand, and struck Gen.
Tarsney a vicious blow with the weapon.
The masked man near the door adj
vanced 10 his companions assistance.
Tarsney staggered toward the Office
counter. lie was ruthlessly seized by the
two masked men and hurried toward the
street. The clerk did not interfere. He
had been warned TO keep his hands off
by a third masked nan. who had sudden
~ appeared at the door.
In front Of the hotel two hacks were
standing. ard four other masked men
were seen there. Drivers, who it was
afterward learned, had been intimidated,
sat on the cab boxes and the victim
was hustled into one of the vehicles. the
masked men scrambled into them, the
drivers were ordered to be off. and up
the street the party moved at a mad
gallop In fifteen minutes Police Capt.
Gaithright and Officers Hart and Henry
were on horses and riding furously i'm
the direction taken by the kidnapers
and their victim. The officers had a poor
trail To follow. 1t was pitchsdark, and
they only knew that the masked party
was over an hour before the facts became
known. The drivers of the two hacks
first brought the news to town. 1t was
that masked men had taken their victim
to point near the bluffs between two
and three miles out of town, and after
removing Gen. Tarsney's clothes had
covered him over with tar and feathers.
Sherman Crumley, one of the drivers.
told the following story: my brother
and I 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 knew something un-
usual 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 hacks 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 swearing
and making threats. Several times on
the way out I heard them threaten Tars-
ney's life. l think they had Tarsneys
clothes off by the time they ordered the
hacks TO stop-at least. did not see any
clothes on him when I first saw him on
the ground. They had a bucket and a
brush, and the deed was soon done"
A few minutes later Tarsney was left
lying on the ground and the masked men
drove away. They drove to the Rock
Island tracks and there dismissed their
drivers. not paying them, but simply say
Ing. Good night, honey" That was the
last seen of the masked men, and the
drivers came into the city. Driver Crum-
ley says that after the tar and feathers
had been applied Tarsney was told to
move on out of FL Paso county, that he
was not wanted either in Cripple Creek
or Colorado Springs, and that if ne ever
showed UP again he would meet a worse
fate than dozen of tar and feathers.
There was a meeting of twenty-five