The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-06-24
Colorado The Scene Of Another IufamOu;
Piece Of Work
TARSNEY WAS THE VICTIM
Masked Men Took the Adjutan,
General From His Home at
Night and lnhumanly
Abused Him.


and ordered to leave Ell Paso county and
never return. Tarsney was called from
his bed by q hotel clerk TO answer a tele-
phone call. Masked men entered the ho-
tel. seized Tarsney, dubbed him over the
head with the butt of pistol and carried
him off.
The clerk quickly gave the alarm, but
Is minutes elapsed before the mounted
officers started in pursuit. Up to s q. IN.
no trace of Tarsney had been found. Tho
drivers of hacks were inundated. Sher-
man Crumley, one Of them, says Tarsney
was taken to point near Austin Bluffs.
DENVER. June ga representative OF
the associated press called upon General
Tarsney. nj his residence this evening
The story Of his experience differs from
that already related only that II is more
detailed. During tho day physicians at
tended him and succeeded in removing
every particle of the coal tar aud feathers
and from his mock down there remains no
trace of his experience beyond OCCASION
ally an abrasion of the skin. His face,
however, is inilamed and blistcred be-
cause of the kindly intended services of n
woman. who removed the tar from his
face, neck and hair by using coal oil.
After finding himself surrounded by tho
N'u"apois y" ,"e vhi'o VI .'o no','' "o
was ihior'heu '''a' We was 10 pc h'''eu' nc
members Of his family, but was informed
there was no time 10 waste. Then he was
roughly hustled into hack and hurried
away. When the open country had been
,eaV"eu "is 'ap'ors 'oon "'ii rom .ho
"a.n 70 piaee re,no'eu i'o'' VI. roau'
"asneu "'e"' WIN oA'"s anu i,npreea
'ions' ,or'heu u efcie aoou' mn, anu
aga'n ne was INFORMED he was .o oe
A"'eu' AZ 'ne sussesho'' Vi uio ieauer
every man VINO ie" SO "'sposea 'oiu ,ne
GENERA, "ua' 'hey Proposeu 10 10 WIN
num- why ,ney Poposcn W 10 IT. anu 'ne'r
oP'i''ohs VI MN he was aceusou VI way
'ns ""' asa'' ~ '"e ''',e ,''' au
uues' no "ss aosus.u VI "a'u,"s 'ue
s'a'e .roops 'h 'no '','c.es' oi 'no s'',A-
ers no was aeeuseu Vi issuing au o'uer
pt"e "~oP' W hro upoh 'ne usPu'e'
WIN i--pounuers' anu many "e was ac-
euseu Vi 'nu''ee.iS oenhs 'ne eauseo VI ,"e
uurinR ,he Dun nii ca'npa'gn' for 'nese
Every bum,liatinp enithet that profa nitv
and obscenity could suggest was hurled n,
n,in. ""en ah .'oSe n N"o "lsneu " "a'
opnortunitv To sneak for himself.
W,bout n Thought other than tbat be
was in the nresence Of death. hut deter.
mined 10 make every use of bls only
weo,,ns argument and nersuosion. that
his lie night bc spareJ tn his family h,
nleadeJ IA he had never done in conrt,
II, rebea rsed the entire si,uatiop DURING
the time tho ,roons and denu,ies
were in tho 8eId' He expiained
he w.s not In command of tbc
,roon. but that General Brooks w,s m
comm, nd nnder Governor Waite. Itwas
trua be mingleJ with IN, miners. Inn, n.
had not tried IN shield tho headers nv
wi,hhoIdtp, their names for no Lpew
thar names onIy ~ ,eusn,,or md o,he,
cou,non repor, Wben the order IN ,iro
,ho ,iIIarv mo, tho d.nu,ias w,s over
bs wos mile. awav from the scene' Us
Lnsw the men before him bnt n few d,vs
hssor. h,d stood Al Tho grave. of ,hs,,