The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-24

Forcing Him to Retreat-Drunken In
dian HItsian August Judge in the Eye.
Guthrie, 0. T., March 23.-From news
received here there are indications that
malady something akin to the spring
fever of civilization is working on the
American Indian. He is at least trying
to drown some sorrow in drink, and as
an Indian never drinks without shoot
Ing, there have been some serious en-
counters.
Last week while y. Schenck, Of
Blackburn, Oklahoma, was over in the
Usage country on some official business
he started to lay wire fence down
that INSTRUCTED his path, which was
made possible by a post being burned
off. He had just dismounted when a
gun cracked and a bullet buried itself
in the ground about three feet from
him. He looked around but nobody was
In sight. Again he started to let the
fence down when another bullet came
whistling by uncomfortably close. This
time he espied an Indian standing near
the corner of house not far distant,
who was preparing to take another shot.
Mr.. Schenck qpickly threw his Win
chester into position and fired at the
same time the Indian did. Mr.. Schenck's
bullet knocked a splinter off the corner
Of the house in the Indians face, which
cased him to retire with more haste
than gracefulness. Mr.. Schenck then
rode through and was not further mo-
Tested.
PASTED THE JUDGE.
Several Indians were in Blackburn
Mnndary nd Of flay, Irrrv l.
One of them became very scrappy and
took fall out Of everybody that came
his way. He was in the yard back of
the Woodland saloon and was making
considerable noise. Judge Burton stuck
his head through the gate and the In
dian pasted him over the eye. The
judges glasses were broken and the
glass cut cash just over the ball. The
eye now looks as though it had been TO
statehood convention. The Indian
was arrested and fined SIS, which was
entirely too much according to the local
paper which adds that such practices
will eventually drive the Indian trade
away from the town, which should be
avoided
The Blackburn Globe also says:
Theodore Harvey died last night at
y o'clock from the effects of a fractured
skull. Harvey was a full blooded Usage
and son-in-law of c. Z. Plummer. A
few weeks ago he and Louis Tinker got
on spree and finally into a fight. In
fact they fought at different intervals
all one night. John Mclaughlin parted
them once and Harvey made a rush at
John with knife and was knocked
down for his pains. Harvey's friends
now claim that that blow fractured his
skull He was confined to the house
EpK-aro1 q Ia fol hut
was ever arrested. The past few days
he has been very bad, and we learn this
morning that a warrant was sworn out
for Mclaughlin, but this was issued be-
fore Harvey sdeath. What the outcome
will be is hard to say, but the case will
probably be prosecuted. Altogether it
was very unfortunate accident. Har-
vey was a progressive Indian, and when
sober was industrious and paid strict
attention to his own business"
The Usage country where the above
scenes are located, has no monopoly on
Indian troubles. News alse reaches
here today that at a saloon in Pottawat-
omie county. located very near the Sem
mole and Chickasaw reservations lines,
Barney Danley, a white man was shot
yesterday and killed by three drunken
Indians, who escaped into the Indian
country.
IMPORTANT IF TRUE.
Guthrie, o. T., March PA remark
able occurrence took place at Grand,
Beaver county, Saturday. Two painters
were on top the steeple of the new
Baptist church when a storm came up
They wer struck by lightning and killed.
The men were James Ford and Harry
Summers and they were giving some
finishing touches. The storm approach
ed before they could lower themselves.
A flash of lightning struck and split the
spire pinning the men to the roof dead
Their clothing was ignited by the flash
and for ten minutes they could be seen
burning and smoking in midair. When
recovered their bodies were unrecogniz-
able.
GREER COUNTY COMPLICATIONS. /
United States Marshal Nagle is in
receipt of a letter from Sheriff r. P.
Golfer, Of Hardman county, Texas,
which reads:
There is a man In our Jail from Greer !
county named J. y. Adams, who was
tried in Greer county for murder, and |
his case was appealed. but since Greer |
county has been given to the United /
States. writ of habeas corpus will be |
sent out for the release of Adams, and |
you had better send some one to re- |
arrest him in the United States court" |
The case is a peculiar one and whether |
the territory of the government has ju-- |
iSdiction in the matter is the question. |
Marshal Maggie referred the matter 10 |
Governor Renfrow who in turn notified 1
the department officials. Unless a ha- |
beas corpus has already been issued /
Adams will be cared for by the territory. |
There has been some very earnest |
consultation among the Texas delega- |
ton about what is 10 be done to straight |
en- out matters in Greer county. 4 |
Washington special says that the great |
trouble is that there never was in the /
history Of this country such a case as |
this. Tere is a country which has been |
going on under all the forms and laws /
of a distinct state government. with 1
its judges. courts, schools, etc, and all |
a once those courts, schools, state laws /
and local laws are stricken down. The !
court docket amounts to nothing and /
the indictments are quashed. The whole |
wheels OF this local government are |
HG .