The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-08-11
THE rARsHHY OUTRAGE.
Confession Of the Parties Implicated
In the Crime.

Confession Of the Parties Implicated
in the Crime.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Wilson of Ell
Paso county, who was captured in
Missouri, has made full confess
sion and given to the chief of police
the names of all the parties con-
nected with the outrage committed
on General Tarsney at Colorado
Springs several weeks ago. Every
detail of the disgraceful affair is
now in possession of the Denver
officers. Wilson's confession shows
clearly that the crime was commit
ted by the political enemies of Gen.
eral Tarsney and that the criminals
were not the outcasts of the Bull
Hill army, but men of high stand
ing in the community. Wilson
says that murderer out of the Ell
Paso county Jail was allowed to
put the coat of tar and feathers on
Colorado's adjutant general.
According to the confession of
Wilson, the men who took part in
the brutal outrage were Sheriff
Bowers, his deputy, Bob Mullins,
Captain Saxton of troop A, Ser
geant William Bancroft, Deputy
Sheriff J. r. Wilson, and nearly 4
dozen others, including woman.
These men will all be brought
before the grand jury now sitting
at Colorado Springs.
Wilson demanded a promise of
protection before he confessed the
details of the case. The story is to
this effect:
The deputy sheriffs at Divide
heard the false report from Denver
that Tarnsney had uttered the re-
mark: II hope that every man in
Bowers army will be shipped home
in q coffin"
On the day that Tarsney appeared
at Colorado Springs for the purpose
of assisting in the defense of the
Bull hill prisoners. the conspiracy
to kidnap him was formed. It was
freely discussed in the county Jail
and the sheriffs office, and when
once it received official support it
progressed.
A signal was agreed upon. It
was announced also most publicly
that all who desired to take part in
the plot should meet in q saloon on
TETON street and enter with their
right hand stuck in the vest. Ac-
cording to Wilson's story Sheriff
Bowers furnished to Deputy Sheriff
Quackenbosh tar and Mrs. Quack-
enbosh prepared the feathers, rip
ping open a large pillow. Bowers
in addition ordered the release of
the Cripple Greek murderer, and
ordered him to follow Deputy Sher-
ifs Allen and Shillenberger.
Deputy Sheriff Bob Mullins hired
the hacks from the two Crumleys
and ordered them to drive to the
Alamo hotel. He paid them in ad-
vance. Wilson headed the party
which went into the Alamo hotel.
and he confessed that he was the
man who poked the gun in Tars-
ney's face as Tarsney came down to
to the Office to answer the telephone.
Allen and Smith were the
other men in the hotel Office. Sax
ton, Bob Mullins and the others
waited outside.
Wilson described the drive out to
The open prairie and he said that
most horrible threats were made
against Tarnsney. He was being
driven to a place of execution,
where he would be tortured to death.
His captors gleefully told him they
would first quarter him and then
clap off his head. Tarsney asked
for his life as any man would do
under the circumstances. On ar
irving at the place of torture, Tars.
neg was dragged from the hack by
Allen, Bancroft and Wilson and
told to strip. When be was in
formed that his life would be spared
be shook hands with his persecu-
tors, and thanked them.
Wilson said that he got tar on
his hands that night and 80 did
Saxton, Bancroft, Allen and the
rest. The general was left alone,
nearly crazy, to wander over the
fields.
When moving into our present home l
ound bottle of Chamberlain Pain
Balm left BY q former tenant. On the
abel found the statement that it was
rood for cuts and burns. can testify to
he truth of this. Nothing in oil my ex-
,erience has found its equal for treating
sisters or burns. F. E. BARRETT, mana
,er LIE Sueur Sentinel, LIE Sueur, Mimi.
Pain Balm is also sure cure for rheuma-
ism. For sale by F. J. Stone. Druggist.
.aw suspsnding Assessment Work.
The following is the bill passed
nd signed by the president releas-
ng mine owners in the United
states from assessment work:
Be it enacted by the senate and
'ouse of representatives of the
United States of America in con-
that tho nrnviaiOna