The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-03
ARMED MEN AFTER THE zEIGLERs
They Retreat on Finding n Crowd
Ready 20 Resist Them.

Sylvania. Ca, May News comes from
the neighborhood OF Zeigler station that
a party of men from Mnlen went down
there to-day with the ostensible purpose
Of attempting the capture Of the Zeigier
boys. The Zeiglers. however. are stiu
uncaptured.
The reports that have come in tonight
are rather meager. but it seems that
twelve men of Millcn drove down near
the Zeigler home about noon to-day, and
leaving their buggles an the woods, march
ed up to the station. which is about two
hundred yards from the ZeigIer house.
The Millen crowd were armed with Win
chesters and shot guns.
The Zeiglers, however, got wind OF the
affair before the crowd came up, and IL Is
said that a large number of friends Of
the Zeiglers were on hand in short order
and were wen armed. What has be-
come OF the Millen crowd is not known at
this t.me but Il Is supposed they have
left the neighborhoOd. There seems 10 be
no doubt that the obpect of their visit was
In connection with the Zeiglers. althouga
it seems strange that they selected broad
daylight for their attempt.
On Thursday a man named Morris, who
claimed to be a lneman for the Western
Union company, arrived at Leigler ana
climbed up a telephone pole, claiming tnat
ne uHu come 10 repair the WIRE MS dp-
pearance aroused suspicion and the Helg-
Ter boys made lt rather unpleasant for him
until he left for Rocky Ford, which ne
did as soon as the train came by. Morris
Is said to be the leader of the crowd that
went to Zeiglcr to-day, and the supposl-
tion is he was here on Thursday tof the
purpose OF rcconOltertng. 80.
News comes tonight from oodcllHi
a station about two miles from Lelgler,
that one of the younger brothers OF Soi
and Cory rode hurriedly over to the
iaF t4s.aa IA
a lot of gun cartridges. This seems 10
confirm the report that has come IN from
Zelgler station.
tonight says there were a few men scat
tered around but that the larger part or
the crowd had dispersed.
The telephone office at Zeigler Is closed
and no connection can be obtained witn
IT, IL Is closed unusually early Tor sat
urday night
vanla from Zeigler station says he left
there about o'clock tonight. and there
was no trouble then. but he says that
there was a large crowd Of men up at
the Zeigler house, presumably their
friends.
The telephone agent at Zeigler station
sent In a message, In which he says thar
the pretended lneman Morris, with an-
other member OF the party from Mtllen,
met himself and another man in the road
to-day and made them hold up their
hands and then marched them back TO
the spot where the buggles had been left.
II seems Morris and his companion had
heard the report of a gun, and thought
probably the agent and the other man
had made an attack on the man that they
had left with the buggies. When they
found the man all right, however, they
did not attempt TO do them any violence.
At this hour nothing further can be
heard from Woodclif as to the candition
OF affairs at Zeigler. The agent at Wood
cliff seems TO think things are quiet for
| the night but the Zeiglers are evidently
ready for an attack should It be made