The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-16
PARKER HEMMED IN
DEATH AND THE SHERIFF PURSU-
ING A WOUNDED COWBOY.
His Physician Orders Elm Bro ught to the
Hospital of this City in Order to Save
His Life. but the She. iii is Rea dy to In
tercept Him When Fl is Brought Into
the State--H He Does Parker's Friends
VIII Retaliate by suing HIM for Dam
agcs--Sentiment in Favor of Letting
Parker Alone.
Parker Alone.

If death or the sheriff does not inter
fere Charlie Parker will arrive at the
st. Francis or City hospital this after
noon.
| Not only the sheriff of Clark county
! but death itself is pursuing Charlie
| Parker very closely and with a deter
| mination TO have him. Both were on
| his trail yesterday and it was pretty
! hard to tell which one would get him
| first.
| a good many stories have been told
| about the duel that occurred between
! Mr.. Parker and the sheriff Of Clark
| county but until now the facts have
not been told.
In the first place the shooting did
/ not occur in Clark county or in Kansas,
| but in the Cherokee strip. Last year
| when Mr.. Parker was accused of steal
| ing cattle he gave bond and when the
| day for trial came ne was present, but
/ the prosecutors were not on hand and
| the trial went by default. Parker NOV
| ed about all cowboys do, here one
! day and there another, but was finally
! located in the strip last week. The
| sheriff and two deputies went after
/ him and found him in dugout. The
/ story goes that Parker had reason TO be
! lleVe that the posse was little bit
anxious for fight and would give him
/ the worst of il. They had no requisi-
! ton from the governor of Oklahoma
and had no more authority To arrest
/ MIN III the Cherokee strip than If he
was in Lapland. He knew this. but
/ nevertheless he was afraid they would
/ Kill him If they could get a good chance.
] He was in a dugOut and well armed
| One of the sheriff's posse rode towards
the rear of the dugout and not caring to
be between two fires he proceeded 10
head off the horSeman by firing a shot
at him in order 10 brighten the animal
and make him run off. The shot hit
the horse and crippled him. A fusilade
then followed and bullet went through
Tarker's shoulder at the joint and came
cut at the back. His arm being lifeless
| he could do no action in Selfdefense
with fire arms and rushing not OF the
dusout he threw up his left arm as a
signal for surrender. The sheriff then
arrested him but Parker would not
leave the Cherokee strip without a
requlsltion from the governor of Okla
EOma- DR.. Noble of Caldwell who has
been Parker's physhcian for fifteen
Years or more went To the scene Of the
fight and found Parker's wounds 50
very dangerous that he deemed it alb
solutely necessary, in order To save his
life, TO have him removed to hospital
where he could have good care and the
benefit of competent physicians in such
critical case where life and death
hung in the balance. Wichita was the
only place that could be reached with
safety, but here another difficulty arose
To reach Wichita would bring the
patient within the jurisdiction of the
sheriff of Clark county and il is said
thdt that gentleman threatens to arrest
Parker the moment he is brouht over
INTO Kansas The doctors have raised
the question that the sheriff of Clark
county would not be justified in arrest
ing a man travelling through his terri
tory frOm another commonwealth, the
journey being necessary To save his
life. Some of them go SO far as saying
that 1t would not be legal. The legal
point, however. is not Il strong one
Some think that the sheriff will not ar
rest Parker on account of a strong
public sentiment against such action.
but that he viii send a guard to Wichita
to remain with the wounded man until
he either dies or gets well. The friends
of Parker say that if the sheriff takes
the advantage of the patient as stated
he VIII be sued for damages 10 Parker
IN wounding him while in a land where
he had no jurisdiction. Whether Mr..
Parker was guilty or not of stealing
cattle he has good many friends both
IN southern Kansas and the Indian ter
Tltory. For years he was foreman of
the Pole Car ranch in the Cherokee
strip and ranked well among the cattle
hdronS that occupied that part Of tho
Indian territory in the palmy days OF
cattle raising Among his old friends
was Captain Bill Lee of the Salvation
army, who served for years on the
range with him.
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