Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-11-25
A RAID ON HORSES.
Many Farmers Lose Their Teams
at a Revival Meeting.
A BOLD HOLD-UP IN NEBRASKA.
Two Women and Man Rob Farmer of
S8OO-A Desperate Fight-A Riot
Feared Mt Cushing la.-Mys-
terlous Murder.

OsMoND Neb, Nov ga spirited
religious revival has been in progress
at the Methodist church here for some
time. Rev. DR.. Payne, of the Missouri
conference, has been conducting the
series of meetings, and he had worked
up such great interest that all the
ministers of the county agreed to as
sist at the services Saturday night
The meeting house is large one, sit
uated in a grove near the edge of
town. Seven preachers were present,
and the farmers from all over the
county attended. They hitched
many fine teams to the trees
around the church. The minis
tiers spoke eloquently, and. strange
ly enough, all of them adverted to
horse stealing and the evil of
horse trading as practiced by many
sharpers as among the worst evils of
the west. They seemed to dwell at
length on this phase of evil. After
the meeting broke up it was discov-
cred that an organized raid had been
made on the fine horses hitched around
the church. Sixteen of the most val
liable horses in the county were
stolen, together with two fine buggies.
The raid was evidently arranged in
advance and participated in by several
successful horse thieves. No trace of
the gang has been found, though
number of armed posses have been
beating the ravines and thickets along
the river to the north.
BOLD HoLD-UP IN NEBRASKA.
HAY SPRINGS Neb., Nov. ga bold
hold-up occurred early Sunday even
ing about five miles southwest of here.
The bandits consisted of two women
and one man, mounted on horses, The
victim was Mr.. Klinglesmidt, q farmer
from the Wyoming line, who had sold
out recently and by wagon was on his
way overland to st. Joseph, Mo-, with
some $500 on his person. He first en-
countered two women riding horse
back. Both had wells over their faces,
but did not look suspicious. To his
surprise an order was given of hands
up. With four revolvers pointed
at him he obeyed. Without any
attempt at robbery, questions
were asked, evidently waiting for some
one. Presently he received a blow
from behind, causing him to fall from
the wagon. He was then beaten into
nsensibility by man who was in
hiding behind a haystack close by.
When Mr.. Klinglesmidt regained his
senses the money was missing and he
saw the robbers riding at great speed
in westerly direction. He did not
follow them but FASTENED to the city
where the robbery was reported to the
police Immediately deputies were
sworn and after description of the
bandits were off in pursuit.
A DESPERATE FIGHT.
Vaudeville, La, Nov. 22.-Bayou
Lacombe, small settlement II miles
east of here, has been the scene of
terrible tragedy. News has just been
received here of a desperate fight be-
tween Arthur and Edward Jolie on
one side and Lawrence and Edward
Cousin on the other, which resulted in
the killing of all the parties concerned.
Shotguns and pistols were the weapons
used. The cause of the difficulty is at
tributed to an old family feud. On ac-
count of the remoteness of the place
and lack of the ordinary means of com
munication, the details are necessarily
very meager. Coroner Piggott has
been notified and is now on his way to
the scene of the killing.
A RIOT FEARED AT CUSHING, IA.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. 22-There is
fear of a riot at Cushing, Ia, where
wife murder and suicide occurred. A
mass meeting of citizens was held and
the conclusion reached that Col. Kor-
man, one of the most prominent men
of Cushing, was to blame for the trag-
edy. Furthermore, the meeting de-
cided that Norman should be tarred
and feathered and ridden on rail out
of town if he did not leave at once.
Col. Norman gave himself into the
hands of the marshal, who has depu-
tized 80 men to protect him. Norman
refuses to leave.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN INDIANA.
LIGoNIER, Ind, Nov. 22.-John Earle
came here recently from Buffalo and
set up shoe repairing shop, in which
he roomed. Yesterday morning he
was found dead in his shop, with con-
tusions on the head. All the furniture
was upset and there was blood on the
wall. 1t is case of murder in the alb
sence of any apparent motive for the
crime.