Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-14
ALL QUIET AGAIN IN THE INDIAN
TERRITORY.
LYN0ERs TO BE PUNISHED.
JUDIOlL INVESTIGATION IN PROG
REss AT wEwOkA.
An EySWitness of the Burning Vol
untdes His TestimOny-Lyncher
Lhely to BE Picked on,
Zone by One, by the
Il Seminoles.

EarlebGp. o. T., Jan 13.-(Special.) The
Indian sqre on Tuesday, which terrorized
women Sd children and unnerved men,
has subsSed. and to-day Earleboro and
vicinity "A as quiet as country church,
yard. tn origin of the scare has been
located. 1couple of negroes stole several
head of dttle from the Indians. running
the cattlehto the Pottawatomie country.
About twaty Indians followed the cattle
thieves tolhe line. but, on account of the
recent lynhing. hesitated to follow fur
ther. Theywere seen by some timid white
settlers. wh gave the alarm, and inside of
two hours Me population of this part Of
Pottawatone county was demoralized with
fear. Thef was no gathering in large
numbers ofhdians on the border; in fact,
no hostile demonstrations whatever.
Public sediment at Earleboro is strongly
in favor ofhe lynchers. At Wewoka, the
capital of ts Seminole nation, sympathy
among bothShites and reds is just the re-
verse. All cidemn the crime. but all con-
denim as sungly the lynchers. United
States Commissioner Walter Jones Is hold
Ing court atNewoka, and the deputies of
the court arsbusy issuing subpoenaes and
warrants inAn endeavor to bring the
lynchers to tstice. An eye witness of the
hanging and lrning Of the Indians has vol
unteered his t,timony. As no attempt was
made by the tnchers to hide their identity
1t is probable,hat the leaders will be ar
rested by TIN United States authorities.
They can onl be tried on the charge of
kidnapping and taking the murderers by
force from thSseminole nation.
The killing y the Indians comes under
Oklahoma jutdiction. The Indians are
sullen. Whitsmen who have lived with
them fnr Sf a
break will ndioccur, but that there is
great danger tit the Indians will avenge
themselves bykilling. one by one, the
leaders Of the lpb.
Yesterday Commissioner Fears. accom-
panied by Indin Agent Wisdom, DR.. Linn
and Marshals Mcker and Moore, went to
the rude graveof McGeisey and Samp-
son. exhumed lie bodies and took from
their necks thesaains that bound them to-
gether. The Niles were given decent
burial and the sains taken to Wewoka.
Guthrie. o. TxJan. 13.-(Special.) OFF,
cial dispatches 4, the governor to-day
state that the vrk of the mob in burn
ing the two Irshns at Maude is being
thoroughly invs.igated, and many of
them will be arfsted within the next few
days. 1t is novpractically certain that
not single meaber of the mob was a
resident OF Pot@atomie county, or Of
any part of Okhoma, and that it was
composed largelyAf outlaws who live In
the Seminole andChickasaw country. 1t
is claimed that thIndian scare was start
ed by their shoshg. starting fires and
sending messages5o people to fly for their
lives. Commission Fears. who is con-
Quoting the invHigation at Wewoka,
wires that everything indicates that one
Af Tndfanc INV l,a
Seminole council in session and the
members advise IL Indians to keep quiet
and allow the lawtb avenge their wrongs.
Washington. Jara3.-General Brooke, at
Chicago. has telesaphed the war depars-
nent that his inStiries. directed to the
commanding officGat Fort Reno. I. T..
bring the responsefhat there is no danger
or an Indian rising The railroad author
tiles. General Brooh says. make the same
report, so he suspected the orders to the
cavalry to proceed Wewoka.