The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-23
AF0UL OUTRAGE
Adjutant General Tarsney of
Colorado,
Taken to the Prairie and Tarred
and Feathered.
Seven Masked Men Perform the
Dastardly Act.
TAKEN FROM A HOTEL
AtColoradO Springs at the Point
Of RevOivers.
He Is Not Found Until This
Afternoon.
GREAT EXCITEMENT
At Denver and Throughout the
State of Colorado.
Deputies" Held Responsible
for the Crime.
He Is Not Found Until This
Afternoon.
GREAT EXCITEMENT
At Denver and Throughout the
State of Colorado.
Deputies" Held Responsible
for the Crime.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, j June 70. -Ad-
jutant General Tarsney was kidnapped
from the Alamo hotel a few minutes
after midnight by masked men, taken to
The suburbs in a hack and, and there
iarred and feathered.
Seven unknown men took part in the
outrage.
After the ordeal General Tarsney was
left lying on the prairie. When officers
arrived on the spot where the outrage
took place, General Tarsney could not be
found, and up to a. IN. he had not been
heard from. A large posse is securing
the prairie in search of him.
The Kidnapping caused the greatest
sensation and excitement here as soon as
the fact became public, aud also at Grip
pie Creek, TO which place the telephone
Immediately carried the news. General
Tarsney has been in the city for several
arrested Bull hill miners, for whom he
and Col B. F. Montgomery of Cripple
Creek appeared az attorneys.
Called the Telephone
At five minutes past ~ o'clock a call
came over the telephone for Tarsney.
The clerk sent the night porter, the only
other man In the hotel office, to call
Gen. Tarsney. He appeared in few
moments and stepped up to the phone.
He had hardly spoken a word into the
receiver, when two men, with masks
their faces entered from the street One
hastily advanced on Gen. Tarsney, the
other remained near the door just in
side the office. ~We want you," said the
first masked man as the general turned
his face from the phone hearing
footsteps. The scared hotel clerk and
porter were the only witnesses.
.sWhat do you want?" quietly asked
Tarsney.
"We want you to come with u.s." was
the reply.
'But | don't want to go anywhere" re-
turned Tarsney, at the same time making
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 to his companions assistance.
Tarsney staggered toward the office
counter. He was ruthlessIy seized by
the two masked men and hurried toward
the street. The clerk did not interfere.
lie had been warned to keep hands off
by a third masked man who had suddenly
appeared at the door.
In front of the hotel two hacks were
standing. Four other masked men were
seen there Drivers who it was after
wards learned had been intimidated, sat
on the cab boxes.
Hustled Into Hack.
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 Captain
Gaithright and Officers Harlan and Hen
ry were on horses and riding furiously
in the direction taken by the kidnappers
and their victim.
The officers had poor trail to follow.
It was pitch dark, and they only knew
that the masked party had gone out of
town to the north.
1t was over an hour before the facts
became known. The drivers of the two
hacks first brought the news to town. 1t
was that the maskers had taken their
victim to point near Austin Bluffs, be-
tween two and three miles out of town
and after removing Gen. Tarsney's
clothes, had covered him with tar and
feathers.
sherman Crumley, one of the drivers,
told the following story:
Ny brother and l own the hacks
Shortly before midnight two men came
10 our stand and said they wanted to en-
gage two hacks for drive. They did
not wear masks then They told me to
drive in front of the Alamo.
II saw the struggle inside the hotel
once and knowing that something unus-
ual was up, started to drive away, but
WIS stopped by men with masks on their
faces and pistols in their-ha
After they all got in the mack, 1 was
told where to drive for the first time
They compelled me to whip the horses.
Threatened Tarsney's Life.
-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 heard them threaten Tars-
ney's life.
~ think they had Tarsnev's clothes
on by the time they ordered the hack
stopped, at least 1 did not see many
clothes on him when 1 first saw him on
the ground. They had a bucket and a
brush and the deed was soon DONE"