The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-02

He and Another Man Slip Up on the Ban
dts while They are Sleeping and Com
mand Them to Surrender, Whereupon
Two Outlaws Throw Up Their Hands
with Their Guns in Them-More Women
are Jailed at Guthrie-Particulars Of the
Murder of Mrs. Mitcheu-General Okla
homa News.
Guthrie, Q. T, August 1.-(SpeciaD
| What appears to be a reliable Zip
| Wyatt adventure" has come to light.
Zip Wyatt and Charley Black, his des-
perado chum. have at last been found,
beyond doubt. The discovery was
made yesterday by two farmers named
Nicholson and Parker, eighteen miles
west of O'Keene, Blaine county Mich
olson and Black crept up to within a
| few feet of the outlaws, while they
were asleep, and ordered them to
/ throw up their hands. The hands went
! up promptly. but each pair of them
/ held Winchester, and in less than no
| time Nicholson was killed and the ban
| dts were in full flight toward the Glass
/ mountains. Parker claims to have
/ planted about pint of shot in Blacks
| face and breast, and says that for sew
! eral miles he left a trail of blood. One
| hundred men are now in pursuit. Dep
/ uty marshals have gone from FL Reno
| 10 be in at the final roundup, which
! they think cannot be long delayed.
More women still continue TO come
! into the Oklahoma jails The last are
Laura Martin and Pearl Keeper.
Deputy United States Marshal E. s.
Morris and posse came over from Ell
Reno yesterday with four United
States DrjcOparS Thav Nor.
tin, Pearl Keeper, W. B. Miner and
Cheatham Pope The girls are of the
demi-mode type and the boys We're
along as business managers for them.
They were on little excursion through
the Cheyenne country when the mar
shalS arrested them as intruders. They
each entered a plea of guilty in Judge
Burfords court a few days ago and
were fined $1,000 each and costs, and
having no money they will have to re-
main in jail during the pleasure Of the
court.
GOLD STORY UP AGAIN.
f. A. Williams Of Washita county.
who has been prospecting all over
northwestern Oklahoma for gold dur
ing the past three months, writes to
the Cloud Chief Herald of his discover
les as follows under recent dates:
Il have juSet returned from a trip
further out northwest, G. w. Cham
pert, II. j. Eastwood, J. f. Reynolds
and myself, prospecting and surveying
out claims. We made new discovery
in Mills county. we found gold and vii
Yer in Jumps as large as grains Of corn,
and on a creek called by the Spaniard
'Kaskarado." we found ancient mines
which had been worked by the Span
iards before the Mexican war. The
Old furnaces which Were use by them
for smeltering are plain to the seen
yet, and signs of a village of about
900 inha bitants were found at this
place. We have located rich mines.
! learned yesterday that the old Span
ish town on Turkey creek had been
found. We are getting along as well
as can be expected under the circum-
stances; we sti1 find gold and are not
in the least discouraged. Good rains
in the west: everything looking we'll;
corn is fine; roasting ears as large as
your arm. r. A. VILLAINS"
MURDER OF MRS. MITCHELL.
The particulars of the murder of Mrs.
Mitchell near Choctaw City are given
by the Oklahoma City Times-Journal. |
]. f. Mitchell and wife lived about |
six and half miles northwest of Choc |
taw City on a fine farm in the black |
jacks. They were prosperous and sur |
rounded by relatives and neighbors, by |
whom they were highly respected Their /
only daughter. Mrs. Frank Beehe. lives |
on a claim adjoining on the north, a /
sister of the murdered woman on the /
east, and other relatives a short dis |
tance away.
Mr.. Mitchell has two houses on this |
claim. one pretty well toward the east |
ern edge of his claim, in which lived a |
colored family by the name Of Adkins, |
who was farming some of the land and /
had contracted to clear off so or 40 !
- ;ol- L,
himself was living was on the SOUTH
west corner of the place. The home OF
Mr.. NanN inters. on the east. the house
being well toward the northwest cor
ner. while on the claim 10 the north. a
few rods away from VanWinters house
is the house of J. w. Wheeler.
There is a road that goes by these
two houses down toward the south
edge Of the Mitchell claim, and through !
Mr.. Mitchells pasture 10 his house.
In the southwest corner Of the Van
Winters claim, a few rods away from
the road I'VE" Adkins was at work
grubbing. Mrs. Beebe had been al
Mrs. Mitchelrs in the afternoon. and
Mrs Mitchell went home with her. GO
ing by way Of Wheeler's to get one OF
the girls to go over to stay with her dau
ghter. Mrs. Beebe. About o'clock
Mrs Mitchell left Wheelers to return
home, coming back by way Of Van
Winters. leaving the latter place short
" after . O'Clock. by herself II go home
the pasture road. Mr. Mitch
ell was at Chnctaw City working at his
trade. and did not return home until
near O'Clock. About the time Mr. |
got home William Cummings
came up. he having been there about ,
o'clock. and not finding Mr. Mitchell
at home had gone to a neighbors 10 |
await his arrival.
Mr.. Mitchell. not finding his wife at
home, remarked TO Mr.. Cummings that
Il was strange. when Mr.. Cummings re
woman come down the hill to the east.
II being too far away to recognize them
but he noticed that the man wore
striped shirt. With the remark, MY
wife is murdered, from Mr. Mitchell
the two started down the road on the
search and found her about half way
through the field. face downward.
some peaches she had been carrying.
by her side, her bonnet partly on her
head while there was evidence of~a
heavy blow on the back OF the neck
from a club, II having cut a snail hole
through the bonnet. 4 srYan pool OF
blood showed that she bzI not moved
after the stroke. Her right cheek was
bruised. and there-was a cash on her
chin. The body was permitted to Law
as found until the storm came up al
o'clock when L. was carried to the
house.
Az immediate search was made for
the murderer but no trace was found
that evening The next morning tho
search was renewed. neighb0r by the