Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-24
n STOLE A GENERAL.
amos ApJuTANT-GENERAL
.yarp AND rEATHERED.
NJ. Tais>n From his Hotel by
and carried Into the Conn
Where the Outrage Was
ammitted by the Rogues.

II associated Press.
.snrado. Springs. Col, June 2s.-Ad-
4, General Tarsney was kidnapped
4 ne Alamo hotel a few minutes
mIdnIght by masked men, taken
/ 4. suburbs in a hack and there
1 "a and feathered. Several un-
IN men took part in the outrage.
,dlutant-general was left lying on
prairie
n kidnapping caused the greatest
alton and excitement here as soon
NJ fact became public and also at
,.ole Creek. to which place the tele-
4, company carried the news. Gen.
.sev has been In the city for sew
days attending the examination
4 ~ arrested Bull Hin miners for
~ he and Col. y. +. Montgomery
rrluple Creek appeared as attor-
Al 1--WE minutes past ~ O'Clock
m came over the telephone for
-ney The clerk sent the night
~ the only man in the office to
Gen. Tarsney. He appeared In n
few minutes and stepped UP to
nbone. He had hardly spoken a
], INTO the receiver when two
,.ed men entered from the street.
hastily advanced on Gen. Tarsney,
other remaining at the door Just
he the office.
NJ want YOU" said the first masked
as the general turned his face
the phone on hearing footsteps.
scared hotel clerk and porter We're
only witnesses.
UWhat do you want?" quietly asked
y Tarsney.
M want you TO come with u.s." was
~ reply
Ised Tarsney, at the same time
\ N'fng an effort TO retreat.
this the masked man, with n pis-
IN his hand, lunged forward and
n Gen. Tarsney a vicious blow
u me weapon. The masked man
q The door advanced to his COM
ns aid. Tarsney staggered to-
4 The office counter. He was ruth
b n seized by the two masked men
q hurried toward the street. The
q dd not intercede. He had been
4 ma 10 keep his hands off by a
!. II 4 masked man, who had suddenly
rared at the door In front OF the
u Two hacks were standing. Four
4 I, masked men We're seen there.
& .,prs whom II was afterward
M IA. had been inundated, sat on
al box and the victim was hustled
!, one OF the vehicles. The masked
Jumped in and the drivers We're
!. ma 10 be off. and up the street the
n moved at n mad gallop. In tif-
- minutes Police Captain Gaith-
n N and Ohicers Harlan and Henry
M \ on horses riding furlously In the
IN sion taken by the kidnapers and
\ i victim.
IA. officers had poor trail to follow.
rs pitch dark and they only knew
The masked party had gone out
n [ nEn to the north. 1t was over an
ID, r before the facts became known.
n. Z drivers of the two hacks first
szht the news to town. 1t was
he masked men had taken their
~ pm to a point near Austin BluHs,
is neen two and three miles out OF
n n b and after removing General Tars-
4 :. u clothes, had covered him over
!. tar and feathers.
soc, one of the drivers, told the
~ Ewing story.
~ III brother and own the hacks
,s ily before midnight two men came
IN ar stand and said they wanted "a
pgs two hacks for drive. They
not wear maskA then. They told
.nsA 70 drive In front OF the Alamo.
3, he struggle lnslNe the hotel office
,a, \ knew that something unusual was
started to drive away, but was
~ sed by men with Masks on theil
W ! and pistols In their hands. Aftel
sd al got In the hacks 1 was toll,
tn = to drive for the first time, Thel
II, klled me to whip the horses.
lfriying near Austin Bluffs they al
y ut They made an awful noise an'
sh o. swearing and making threats
mr pa times on the way ] heard then
Is aisn Tarsney's life. I think the
RhA Iarsney's clothes of by the tim
tn ordered the hacks to stop; at leas
VIZ not see any clothes on him whei
m ~ saw him. They had a buckle
y ~ brush and the deed was 500
M. few minutes later Tarsney wa
Wing on the grounA and IN
W men took " theiNfeels; The
TO the QtocR Island tracks an
I/K dt'hissed their drivers. not pay
a<h' Atm, but simply saying, GOO
,rsns honey"
u.iur, was the last seen OF the maske
- II snd the drivers came into the cit
" crumley says that after the Ia
n~s Fathers had been applied this
larsti NJ was told to move on out
Is * '.sc county; that he was not wan
"a nher In Cripple Creek or Colorad
!. ~ 4, and that If he ever showed u
le would meet a worse fate tina
~ Tar and feathers.
Iar II was meeting Of twenty-hI
y sheriffs at Antlers Park at
n and II IL believed the pll
cssssp <, s''iai iaIshey was na'e"'
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