The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-25

Special Dispatch 70 the Daily Eagle.
| kINGFISHER, o. L, July A-Since the
memorable day of the opening of Okla
homa to settlement, Kingfsher never pre-
scented such lively appearance As 1t does
| today
| Nearly all the male citizens OF the cities
| prisoners.
The city resembles war times after cap
ture of wing OF the enemy.
The city Is blue with the minions of
Uncle Sam. Every where the restless eye
turns it encounters gayyoung lieutenants,
swgg seriIg soldiers and the sheen of the
rifle and the bayonet. D-tacbmeutS of
troops are parading the C ty aud no one
can believe that these are times of peace
in the land. The Winchester, the bayonet
and revolver are supreme and the people
take no pride in them.
Less gorgeous than the army, but seem
/ ingly equal in number, are the deputy
| United States marsbals or mixes" as
they are contemptuoGsly called On account
of the fact that they are in the commission
of Marshal Nix. They are great big uu-
couth walking arSenelS with leather belts,
cow boy hats aad a burden of vicious
looking shooting irons couspicuously al
orning their hips. In nearly all cases
IicF arc bNultl W peFduOeS whose lie
time ayocaJIon lt Is, seemingly, TO kill.
They are fine types of Rudolph the Saxon
who fiOurished In the pay of plutocratS
of Rome in the days of RenZi. Their ap-
parant valOr is measured in proportion 10
their pay. They are daisies in their own
estimation. When peace is resumed in
the strip IL is hard to tell what they will
be. Good people shake their heads at The
thought of the futurs and say the Rock
Island will meet them again and so Will
the future deputy marshals of Oklahoma.
The prisoners have tle sympathy of the
people of kingiisher They will be in
Oklahoma and among the bone and sinew
of the territory long after the Mikes"
are forgotten and long after the army is
swallowed up again by the BowerJ aud
Green street. of New York.
The prisoners are here before Judge
John L. McAtee, charged with a knowl-
edge of, and participation IN the burnin 2
down of bridges and the tearing up of
tracks belonging to the Rock Island Rail
way company.
Monday evening the army and the
''NIxies" went to South End and arrested
the citizens and then to Pond Creek where
they performed the sans duty. That is
how aud why they are here.
Judge McAtee listened to their arraign-
ment for preliminary hearing this morn.
ing. John !. Ollie, attorney for the Rock
lSiduu lfoSI diu AbOOT19y
Thomas L. McMechan of Oklahoma City,
formerly OF Wichita. are representing the
majesty of territorial land.
Judge Mackey of Pond Creek, assisted
by Judge Madden, Frank Wassan, T. E.
Daley. w. II. Taylor and Daniel Moran of
the same place, and V. w. Whiting of
Enid represented the citizens under arrest.
A motion WAS made questioning the
right TO have the preliminary examina-
tion in Kingfisher. Judge Mackey plead
ing earnestly and eloquently for the right
OF the accused to be tried in the county
where the defense is alleged to have been.
committed. Judge McAtee decided, how
ever, to have the examination here, agree
ing that any defendant could file an afida
VI setting forth that he desired to introduce
rebuttal testimony, giving the names of
witnesses and what they were expected to
prove, then that he would rep air TO Pond
Creek or Enid as the case might be and
hear that particular defendaut's case 4
motion was then made demurring to the
Jurisdiction of Judge McAtee as an exam
lniug magistrate. This motion was over
ruled and the court adjourned to give At
torney Brooks time to arrive.
Judge McAtee has issued iuiuncti ons
against CT liens Of both cities restraining
them from talking in pro-cribed tones and
words about their grievances.