The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-09
MIR. MOVES HELD UP
DARING ROBBERY TAKES PLACE IN
ARAPAH0E, 0. T.


GERS are Following the Tracks of the
Robbers--It is Believed They are a New
Gang of OutIaws-st. Johns Case is
Continued Until Observation-Disclosures
News.
Arapahoe, O. T, Nov. 5.-(Special)-
Three unmasked men held UP Charles Z
Noyes. a merchant of this place, and
took his gold watch and about SIS worth
Of clothing. Tt is supposed TO be anew
gang of outlaws that have just sprung
NJ. as their work was bunglesome and
not well planned. No cash 10 amount
70 anything was secured. Mr.. Noyes
mas been receiving new goods for sew
sral days and preparing TO move into
his new store. His sales had been quite
heavy for several days and no doubt
the wiley robbers expected to make
heavy haul.
Suspicious characters had been seen
On the streets today and J. B. Nicholas,
deputy district clerk Of this county
wanted one Of the men arrested on sus-
picion- With their booty, the watch
and clothing and a five cent piece which
one Of the robbers snatched from the
hand of Noyes. the three men mounted
good horses and rode east. Two years
ago this November Mr.. Hightower was
robbed in the same building. Of about
81 600 by four m sked men. The sheriff
and posse started in pursuit a few min
utes after the robbery was committed
heavy rain at once set in and viii
greatly aid in tracking the bandits The
people are determined they shall never
reach the Indian Territory Where
they have so many sympathizers 81
would be almost impossible to capture
them.
ST. JOHN CASE CONTINUED.
Guthrie. o. IT, Nov. S.-Yesterday at
Oklahoma City the trial of Harry St
John was continued until Dec 20 next
In the same court Judge Scott yestar-
day rendered a decision which will be
far reaching in its effect. IT was made
in passing on derurrers presented in the
cases Of the United States VS. S, J.
Scott and J. H. Gill and the United
States vs.. Dock and George Beatty eft al.
The demurrers to the indictments set
forth that as the crimes charged were
committed in the Indian country at
tached to Oklahoma counties for judicial
purposes. they were in fact territorial
cases and could not be tried in the Uni
ted States district court: that the latter,
in fact, had no jurisdiction. The ar
guHents made by counsel Messrs. II,
II. Howard. S. W. Johnson, c. H. Ea-
gin and others, were very exhaustive
taking the same ground as that present
ed in the Bill Pridgeon habeas corpus
case in southern district of Ohio. by
which that noted criminal secured his
liberty; and which decision was after
orI- Cd 6
the United States. The same questions
were involved in these cases as in the
Pridgeon case. and Judge Scotts decis-
ion in sustaining the demurrer was in
line with the Pridgeon decision.
This being the case there are num-
her Of prisoners now serving time who
were illegally convicted. chief among
them being George Howell, convicted OF
manslaughter and sentenced to ten
years imprisonment. and Charlie Lar
son. now serving seven years for cattle
stealing-both Of which crimes We're
committed in the Indian country, and
they were tried and convicted in the
United States courts. They can prob
ably be released on habeas corpus.
TAR AND FEATHERS.
There is trouble over near Manchester
as the following report in the Manchest-
er Journal shows: Considerable trou-
BILE has been brewing OF late In the fam
fly Of z. Brock of the vicinity OF Haw-
ley, and thu whole neighhoThoOd il
seems has been aroused and have taken
hand. As is often the case a woman
"a widow lady named Erwin is some
what mixed up in the deplorable affair
and II seems that separatfo or the hus-
band and wife has already been affect
ed. The peculiar part Of the thing is
all parties are, or profess to be, chris
tians and Methodists The report is
current that Mr.. Brock has been very IN
innate with the widow lady NIrS. Err
VIM for several months and the matter
has become so annoying 10 the whole
neigbborhood that it was only a few
weeks ago that fifteen or twenty men Of
the neighhOrhood went to Mr.. Brooks
home one evening and IN a gentlemanly
but impressive manner asked him 10
desist from the course he had been pur-
suing, but their efforts were of no avail
as our informant. who is highly re-
speCted citizen of the Brock neighbor-
hood. informs us that matters grew
worse from that day on and Mrs. Brock
could bear her treatment no longer and
was thus forced 10 leave her home She
Is lady very much respected by the
people of the entire neighborhood and
the general impression seems to be that
the husband is wholly - blame in the
premises. After Mrs. Block left home
a committee Of neighbors was summon
I'd TO try if possible to settle the differ
ences beaween the husband and wife,
but Mr.. Brock seemed set in his way
and very glad to know that his wife
had left the place. and no agreement
-ould be reached further than the set
Ting Of a day for final division of the
property and settling differences by ar
bitration. This was agreed TO on Mon
day morning Of last week and on Mon
day Of this week was set as a date for
three disinterested arbitra tors to meet
nt Mr.. Brooks home and make a divi-
sion OF the property, since which time
we have had no report. The affair caus
ed split-up in the Sunday school. and
there are now two Sunday schools in
stead Of one. although 1t is reported that
a very small per cert Of the neighbour
hood support the Brock Erwin faction.
Our informant says there was tar and
fea Tiers in the first crowd that waited
upon Mr.. Brock and that the feathers
have not yet blown away and the tar
has not been burned. hence unless mat
terS are conducted in a more satisfac-
tory manner in the neighborhood there
may yet he use for these things. Mr..
and Mrs. Brock have hut one child. a
very bright little girl 10 or IL years old,
which makes the affair even more de- |
plcrable.
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