The herald., 1898-01-10
most horrlbls manner ana are unrec-

most horrible manner and are unrec-
| ognizable.
All the authorities here recognize that
the situation is nearer bordering on q
dangerous Indian uprising than any in
recent years and are taking prompt
measures to quell It,
THE COLFAx LYNCHING
TACOMA. Wash. Jan. 9.--An OIym-
pia special to the Ledger says:
| Gov. Rogers, when seen today in re-
gard to the lynching of Chadwick Mar
shall by the mob at Colfax Saturday
morning said: II have no information
about the matter except that CLEANED
| from the daily press and have not re-
| ceived any wire relative thereto. While
the occurrence is to be deplored have
every confidence in Judge Mcdonald
and Sheriff Simms and will communi-
cate with them and consult the attorney
general before deciding how to pro-
ceed. OF course an effort will be made
to discover the perpetrators and bring
them to Justice"
AN ARIZONA HOLD-UP
PRESCOTT, Ariz., Jan. "a daring
robbery occurred at the Palace saloon
at o'clock this morning. All the games
in the saloon, except a crap game. had
been closed, and Bob Brow, the proprie-
tor, had gone home. Barney Barnes,
the barkeeper, was sitting in the office
at the end of the bar, when a man with a
mask jumped over the bar presented
pistol at his face and ordered him to
hold up his hands and go over to the
crap game. AS they reached the crap
game he ordered the roulette dealer, who
had just closed his game and was stand
ing near, to throw up his hands also.
Then, taking a coin sack from his left
coat pocket, he threw it on the crap
table and ordered the dealer to put all
the money in the game in the sack, at
the same time covering him with his
gun. When the coin, SAT- in silver, had
been placed in the bag, he ordered the
dealer to tie the bag. Then, throwing
it over his left shoulder, he backed out
of the back door, warning all not to
make a move or he would kill them.
There were about twenty men in the
saloon at the time, but none were armed,
and the robber covered all likely to get
arms as soon as he entered.
1t is thought he had an accomplice on
guard outside, but only one man en-
tered the saloon. Two men, supposed
to be the robebrs, boarded the north
bound train, which passed less than half
an hour after the robbery. officers are
on the alert for their capture.
CONvICTS CRIME
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y, Jan. 9.-Frank
Deckwith, a watchman in the employ of
Beckwith, a watchman in the employ of
the Ontario and Western railroad, while
in the performance of his duties last
night, noticed a man acting suspiciously
in the freight yard. He grasped the man
about the arms from behind, but he
broke loose, and, Immediately drawing
a revolver, shot Beckwith twice through
the lungs. Beckwith died today.
The murderer was Edward Simpson,
a former inmate of the Elmira reform
atory. out on parole. He had no sooner
committed the act than he became peni-
tent and told the whole story to the
persons who came up to him at the
sound of the revolver. Simpson helped
to carry the wounded man to his home.
VERDICT OF GUILTY
FORT SCOTT, Kan, Jan. 9.-At II
o'clock last night, after being out but
one hour, the jury in the case of George
Finch, charged with the murder here
of Frank Swofford of Piedmont, Mo-,
returned a verdict of guilty in the first
degree. Under the law the prisoner
will be sentenced to be hanged, but will
probably end his days in the state pen
itentiary. Finch murdered Swofford for
his money in October, 1894, but was not
arrested till last year. Bert Dixon then
confessed to having been an involuntary
witness to the crime. Finch is but %
years old.