Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-05-15

overloaded with high-worded enconm-
iums, and cited as latter day marvel
In all the territory. Today he is moth
ing but an empty myth, without being
or conscience. invisible as the Okla
homa wind and as friendless as a bar
Der among Indians.
sam Schaefer was the man who ap-
peared, according To the newspaper re-
ports In Guthrie few weeks ago with
blood In his eye and hair on his teetb
ana announced that he was from Tex
as. IL was given out at the United
states marshafs Office here that Schae-
ieT asked to be put in charge of a
possei ana that he started out in search
LOT slaughter Kid and Dynamite Dick.
4" iew days the dead bodies of the
dhuits were brought into town over
h',1i WI,hout previous notice. The
sTSes were torn to pieces by bullets.
me identification Of the bodies was
.ompiete. Then followed the story of
NE @Sne desperate fight with the outlaws
me Dattle was headed by the mysteri
9ana Schaefer. who plunged into the
e"It Ot the tray and waded in blood
up to his ankles, clubbing and shoot
ing and striking terror into the hearts
OF the enemy -
When the dead outlaws were brought
IN, sam Schaefer did not apnear Tba
people We're fed with stories ~ he
ProWess and all that. but Sam himself
was no where to be seen. The newsna
per men We're told that Sam was still
On th, tne track OF Bill Dooln and a little
hlhs IKE the killing of two of the
Morst outiays in the territory would
not be allowed to interfere with his
'uread Journey of destruction.
HE DIDN'T LOOK ALIKE.
several days passed and Sam the Bold
inaue no appearance. Notwithstand-
ing this the newspapers everlubara
Were run OF his exploits on ali hands
ms picture was published with as
cunning and pitiable differences Of
,yp piIloh as 10 Just how Sam looked one
IeNas newspaper pictured Sam as a
snooth-faced gentleman with a fine
bIeclan brow. a st. Louis paper had
private information that Sam had
i"nB halr and dudlsh mustache and
" printed his picture to that effect A.
oklahoma paper which was ON tho
ground and thought II ought to know
owned that Sam was an old decrepit
said So anu
NEVER WAS SEEN.
But Sam Schaefer did not annear
Inc authorities who explained the kill
inB SAID he would come in in two or
e' onree uSys' But he didn't and the
community now believes that sam
Schaefer did not kill the outlaws. that
there was no pitched battle and that
the authorities have some reason for
not telling the truth in regard to the
~
marshals who are brave enough e.
tackle outlaws and able enough m
WIPE them out TO hide away from the
newspaper reporters; and the conclu-
list at all t GA
What purpose could the deputy mar
shuS nave had In concealing ANYTHING
IN regard To the death of the oufIaws2
. tn"t is the question that is exercising
the people. Why the mythical Scbaef
ct Every one agrees that the death
OF the TWO outlaws is a good riddance
nut the people are beginning TO tbinl,
tnat they were put out of the way in a
manner that Is not so Creditable TO the
marshals as "A furious pitched battle
such as they described
SOME OF THE STORIES.
Ihey are scores of stories floating
around. 1t Is declared that the bape
s 's were cornered in a farm house
ana shot down without a chance to
uerend themselves in the least. II 10
also said that Bill Doolin had n CON
ference with the marshals and gave
dynamite Dick and Slaughter Kids
nlhlnB place away to the marshaIs mn
uer the agreement that thew vvouId
Iet MN so and not reveal his treacb
cry 10 any one. Another story which
as hoaing around is to the effect thai
there was no pitched battle at ALI. thai
the two men were shot dow, viii
asleep In farm house, and that when
tnelr bodies were being brought int
Guthrle in covered wagon, Newcomb
one or the outlaws, came to and rose
on his elbow. telling the marsbaIs tba
ne was disabled and begging them not
70 XIII him, as they thought they had
done. Then, this rumor saws. one Of
Sne Hlarshals placed revolver to the
Iorehead or the outlaw and fired. In
euostantation of this story several
people who saw Newcomb's hodv saI,
that the flesh on the right of the fore
iv Tu rnsSpI. sS1aronundlng ng the wound was bad
But this doesn't explain the invIsi-
ole sam Schaefer. If the deputy mar
snals invented the pitched battle no ~
OF the story. they would naturally claim
az the creult Tor 1t. But strange to saw
they resign all the glory to Sam Scboa
Ter, man whom no man I'm Tho tar'i
tory' outside OF the marshals, ever re-
members OF seeing. And still anotbar
explanation is that Sam Schaefer Is
credited with the killing because tba
friends of the two outlaws will fnd a.
extremely difficult to take Vengeance
on man who does not exist
FREEMAN STILL KING.
me injunction case by Caldwell an1
others VS.. Major Freeman, Indian
1sent OF the Osages, was before Judge
the writ and held that the Indian agen ?
was authorized to keep out of theSres
erVation any parties he might see pron-
or 10 refuse admission to except officers
hot
duty. The plaintiffs were mercbant.
on the Usage line and had sold goods
10 the Indians credit. and wanted 10 90
INTO the reservation to collect their
oepts and attend the annuity payment
and Major Freeman denied them nerN
mission to do so. They asked for n
Wrolt OF injunction enjoining him from
erecting them and interfering with
them. The court held that the agent
had ample authority to make the ga.
and that the plaintiffs remedy was b,,
appeal from his decision to the secre-
tary or the interior. Judge Iafe Daw
son or Missouri and Mr.. ]. r. Keaton
OF Gnthrie appeared for the plaintiffs
S. nu u McMechan, assistant United
states attorney. for the Indian agent.
FIREMEN ELECT OFFICERS.
The Territorial Firemens association
closed Its third annual convention in
this city last evening.
During the meeting over fifty dele
gates from various towns in the terri
tory were present. The principal fea-
ture OF yesterdays session was the
election OF new officers and passing reso
lutions. During the afternoon the fire
men were addressed by Governor Rem
trow. The following officera were elect
ed to serve the ensuing year:
President. George w. Taylor. Gutb-
RE; nrst vice president John Marri-
nan, Oklahoma City; second vice presi-
dent j. M. Myers. Kingfisher; secre-
tary, a. Il. Monroney, Oklahoma City;
treasurer. S. A. Stream, FL Reno: exc
cutive committee. T. F. Dowell Ei
Reno; John Marrinan. Oklahoma city;
g. H. Norton, Kingfsher: w. F. Locke
Norman; ]. T. Farrall, Shawnee.
The next convention will be held at
Normen on the second Wednesday in
May. 1896.
CHILDREN IN A PANIC.
Quite a panic was caused at Wash
ington school house at Oklahoma CITY
yesterday afternoon by the foolish ac-
tions OF a citizen of South Oklahoma
When the dust storm first appeared
the fellow without any presence of
mind ran breathlessly into the school
building and shouted there's a cyclone