Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-07

Inllfu states llN llANtlhAAiA Wv Ha'
49,, .,,,,,r,,,. a, p,r4. Thy 20 sub.
"'N' $500. IL
pochn WITNESSES ana hi''iNe iui'h''
ycatlgatidn into the 'hay-elhcks mas
st,,ro which occurred In No Mans
p.,.., ,,,,,t,. ,,hcr,kee
i'''''' Nv" =. ,ses
strip, on the night OF July ~ 1000
with I, view OF having the seventeen
on,..,s..t ,,.r,,oi,,nts az mat bloody
,'''N"' ~, -, ,,e,ot
tNN feuulVVeu' ~ 70 wv "uN""
influences were brought 10 bear upon
tbe attorney gcnotul TO prompt him TO
~. -. h,, 4, a.. s,,,,,osod TINT
''NN' '''e e'Vf' 80.
the trouble between ulV ihV'ohh ""'"
dnaufuratcd reign OF terror an
etcvens r,,,nty dilrln,- the county scat
80, - th,t
nEH' l'"' VIM" V"N 49,
tho Woodsdale crowd mas sup"Nt''N
additional evidence Ia the case
,r,,, All, a, ,,, ,,avs,ncl,sr ~ A
4-'V "h's ~
mhE DC oaileu hhs''' s'Su''Vu Az w.
ldlling OF Sheriff Cross or stevens
county, and four OF MS posse py
scouting party from iugotoh. me
nth man OF the Crosa party was
LEFT for dead but he recovered ana
told the STORY OF the tragedy, ana
AIA NnAAit AAAkNANfl laANF N"-f
After a long fight In the courts tue
cuscs were dismissed, but the war
between the factions continued, and
many ltyca have been sacrificed In the
contest Tor supremacy IL the report
that the federal authorities ara about
20 reopen the case Ia true. and IL g mes
frum reliable source, more hght-
ms may bee expected in stevens county
and ON the border, and no one can
Ma "a. NNf Il "A
accuracy
Tho ''hHiyAtack3" afiair grew out OF
tic county seat war between the peop'c
of ItuEotou and those % Wuodsdale.
The war was 80 fierce that the atten-
tlon OF tho nation was attracted to
that locality, and almost daily start
ling headlines IN the newspapers an
nOuncrd that more blood had been
phcd. The very atury Of stevens ouun-
~ Is red paEo in the history OF
Kansas.
rhe Town gita OF IIugotuu was laid
ant In 1885 Sppcuiatnrs aud adVcn-
Jurors noclted to Il In large numbers,
IL yaa the beginning OF the nVttltment
of steyrns count. The rtllowing spring
atcna wore taken TO organlge the couu-
a. IL, c,,nn,inncc with n statute which
nutlorigcl organization when unor-
s,,,is,1 t1r,it,,v containing 100 square
,nnra hn1 b, uonulation OF 1000. There
,",rn NM thut may pt.ople In stevens
,,,,,,t,, a. thnt tine but among those
~, ,,,o,.. tbcre tcrre aome very nc
c,nn,Ighca rqnaus-tnkers and the re-
,,,,tsttc n,tr,he,r ~ hnmen were put ON
ulH'N "h ,S,r,I,t"d Ia Gnyernor
nts,tI,, a,s,,., ,,,nnnily I,.,,ued the
800 ~ H., - ,,ta,niyatInn Abnut
W 49, Sar, yvnnd laid out
hi"''un W. S,,5y,ls'iaI, scven miles
wv tIM ,u ~ "a ,,t,s ,,,,,aniyed I'm.
rom i'HSu.u"' tn,, nnd ints were
ger pho t'Wm ''W No ,vhN v,nuid huuI
deeuru no nv, MY u ,,n q, rc,norl,able
on ulch. IN ~" M, want tncr,. ala
EI"Wwi WV 'uu'r W" III, - ,,ni,tng n
so with NV ~ pV'',''',th ,ir,, IL ,yns
uhe county N,'"' - H., ~, ,r.nrC'
oonmchoeu 'Wlo piu ..',.',, s., ,N NvnnJs-
anton were N'h uuuS, ~s ,tn 90
dale was not SvV iNuuS 40 I.hn
because olBalh@Nlluh N AZ,
meant that llugotoh Wou'" b"'" '''
coveted county sNN' pt ,,,. ,,,,od Ga
Steps were ~ once tnNV" " "uWN w
prevent the orHan'He VI Nv 49,,
lie procured lol ol hlnuaF, ~, , ~ 1,v"
mat the enumeration Mns ~ ~,
These ne lhtelueu " plchvu' :" W
governor 10 influence n'lh Ivy !" WHNS
the ORGANIZATION p'vN w.
ana hlA pntther l. ~, L. IN. n wv n,,
Topeka win the ulhunNNs' M"o" nv, w.
-
promptly pruouf'u Wntlunt lur
woods arrest ON tullpou- vp vnpIke
OF libel based on ap'eon inaus ps MN,
posse was orBnhnEou Nnu Woou Was
lntetpeptel peiore ne lvNcneu lho run
fuNd STATION, w men 'htN Wvlc VN'r-
taken Wood ana MS companion TOOK
retuge IN u uuGou'' pul Nl'er iohe
pArley theN We're iuuueru 70 SURRENDER
ana were brouWnt 10 iukolNh' Ihc
following day poth We're gwen u pre-.
llminary hoatihg on me charge OF libel
ana eaeh Savo BONDS Tor NlVVo Tor ms
appearance NJ the dlHtlct court
The next day Wood ana frlee started
10 leave 'he pace, put thrlr ehplors IN
sisted on going WIN them az an escort
To avoid poHalpie Allemps az violence
from the excited huEotun people They
demanded 70 NloW 'nv lueehlnk OF thls
ana were informed tlat they We're 20
De taken INTO TOXINS, Whrre the would
be helu IN ehpuNltN unth Attor the
county seat election hed taken place
Tho prWonrfa Were III wagon the
escort rode on hnrseF and another
wRoh carried supplies, The route
taken was across thc country Tor tho
purpose OF AVOIDING trnvcled trails,
VheS went afounu an settlements and
avoided all streams ana wella whore
they We're hpt To meet anyone, After
being on the road thtcc DAYS Joe CASTOR,
WHO was IN Cufumhnu OF the party. left