The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-20
HE. OUGHT TO KNOW
CHESTER LONG TELLS THE STORY
OF HIS OWN ARREST.
He Rather Confirms the Claims OF the Ter
ritory Oaicials--He Says He Is Not q
Bad Man and Anybody Could Have Ar
rested Him.-Under Sheriff Simm mons Was
Bewildered When Long Told How it
Was-The First He Saw OF koyse Was ut
the Hotel in Chandler--The Trip to
Guthrie and Wichita.


A reporter for the Eagle called at
the county Jail yesterday and asked
Under Sheriff Simmons if he would be
allowed to see Chef Long. the now IA
nous desperate from the Territory, OF
whom the chandelier Democrat claimed
that a wrong story of his arrest had
been published.
The Eagle got its story of the arrest
from Sheriff Royse and the Chandler
Democrat evidently got its account of
the arrest from Under Sheriff Beasler
of Chandler. Beasler claims that he ar
rested Long and turned him over to
Sheriff Royse while Royse claimed to
have made the arrest himself.
1t occurred to the reporter that per-
haps Long might know who arrested
him and hence the desire 10 see the man
from Oklahoma.
"Yes," said Under Sheriff Simmons.
| "you go oraund to the north door and
will let you in Two inside iron doors
were unlocked after which admittance
| was gained to the hall which surrounds
the rotary cell There is Long," said
Under Sheriff Simmons pointing to a
| cell.
Long hearing his name called step
ped to the front of his cell and peere,i
out. He had on a clean wooden shirt
| and looked as If he might have just
| taken a bath and was not fully dressed.
Chef Long is about feet 10 inches in
| height, rather slender with auburn
hair and moustache and blue eyes
which look full into the face of the one
to whom he talks. He seems to be "a
or % years of age.
"Why Long you do not very much re-
semble a desperado," said the reporter.
His blue eyes sparkled and broad
smile spread over his features and he
said:
| Certainly not, the Eagle has been
given a wrong impression CT me. j am
not a bad man and / have good repu-
| tation in the communities where have
lived as l will show when l am given a
| trial.
II have never in my life been a law
| less man much less a deSperado. l did
not see the first copy of the Eagle at
! ter was brought here but some OF the
boys have told me that you gave me
| hard send off"
Did you see the Eagle Of this morn
| ing in which reference was made to the
story of your arrest as published in ths
Chandler Democrat?"
Yes, read that and it was rather an
amusing story"
well, how was il. Do you mind tell
ing the truth in regard to your arest?
| Il have no objection whatever.
was arrested in the morning. The OFF,
GERS come there before / was UP and
told me that they had warrant fol
nv arrest and told me what it was
for. ! told them all right and got VI
and dressed myself and went along
with them UP to the hotel in Chandler
where 1 was turned over TO Sherifi
Royse.
| Sheriff Royse and another mar
brought me up to Guthrie where We
I boarded a train and came to Wichita
and that is all there was TO 1t. Any
body could have arrested me, 1 am mol
! a dangerous man at all.
Then it is a fact that Beasler ar
rested you and that Sheriff Royse was
not present when you We're captured.
II have told you the truth about the
arrest | did not see Sheriff RoySe un'
til after l was arrested and taken &c
( the hotel in Chandler. / have told al
there is of it,
This was a short story but Lone
said there were no incidents IN connec'
! ton with the arrest and seemed 10 thlnh
that a man could not get fair treatmen,
| aftar he has been arrested. He desired
, that a CODY of the Eagle be sent 10 hin
in order that he might see how he was
written up this time.
During the conversati ton. Under Sher
if Simmons stood beside the cell dool
and seemed amazed at Longs denia
| that he had been arrested by Sheriu
Royse but he sald nothing. Long was
asked if he thought Sheriff RoysE
would make II unpleasant for him be
cause he had denied his statement o.
! the arrest. He laughed and said: they
have me locked up and | guess they car
not hurt me any more than that.