The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-07-21
4 BOODY CHAPTER
In Reports of Current
Events.
MURDERS OF YESTERDAY

I'm a fractional Fight In Kentueky-A
secret Assassfnauon-A Youth Kills
HIS Brother With q Gun Supposed
Not TO be Loaded-A Street Duel I'm
Chieago-Shot From Behind.
East Las Vegas, N. NJ, July H.
Neagre details were received here to-
sherin's posse and the gang Of outlaws
who held up a Colorado and Southern
passenger train at Folsom, N. NJ, a
few days ago. The ARRAY occurred neaa
Cimarron. c. J.. Farr, Of Watsonburg.
Col, a member Of the posse, was kill
ed. Deputies Love and Smith, OF Sprin-
ger, N. NJ, were probably fatally
wounded. W. H Reno, chief Of the Sc
cret service department of the Colo
RADIO and Southern railway, was also
wounded. The robbers escaped to the
hills without losing a man Another
posse was organized at Cimarron and is
now in pursuit OF the robbers.
Marion Litrell, livestock Inspector,
arrived here tonight bringing further
details Of the fight t Cimarron, as he
had learned them al Springer.
TT occurred this morning" he said,
sin the canon above Cimarron in a very
rough piece of country. The news was
telephoned to Springer from Cimarron
just before 1 left there. The posse was
led by Sheriff Ed. Farr, of Walsen-
burg, and United States Marshal Fora
ker, of New Mexico. The posse num-
bered six men. The force divided, ad-
vancing upon h outlaws from three
directions.
Sheriff Farr was killed and Henry
Love and a man named Smith, members
of the posse, were wounded. Foraker
returned to Cimarron and telephoned
that all of his posse had been wound
ed"
Word was received late today that
the dead body of one of the train rob-
berS, concerned in the Folsom train rob-
berry on the Colorado Southern rail-
way had been conveyed to Cimarron, N.
NJ, from the scene of the fight and was
afterwards taken to Springer, where an
inquest was held tonight. The dead
man is known by the nam of William
McGinnis, alias G. w. Franks, and
came from Magdalena, N. NJ, where
he is known as "Branchp Buster" The
other two robbers abandoned their
horses and are being pursued in the hills
by a posse of twenty men.
Later accounts Of the fight state til,
h train robbers were overtaken at
about 5 o'clock Sunday evening in the
canon, ten miles above Cimarron. They
were preparing to go into camp and re-
piled in the negative to a demand to
surrender. A fight then ensued, in
which about fifty shots were exchanged.
Sheriff Ed. Farr received the first
wound in the wrist, but bandaged it
and renewed the battle. He was shot
a second time through the body and fell
dead. F. H. Smith, another member
of the posse, was shot through the leg.
H. N. Love sustained a dangerous
wound through the thigh. The firing
lasted forty-five minutes. Special Off
Ger Reno remained on the scene until
8 O'Clock Sunday night and then left
for Cimarron to ecu medical aid,
which was secured at Springer. 1t took
to Cirmarron, a distance of ten miles,
through the heavy rain and intense
darkness.
FIVE MEN KILLED.
Louisville, July ia special to The
Courier Journal from London, KY, tells
Of a report reaching there of the out
break of another feud in Clay county,,
by which five men lost their lives today.
The dead are said to be Robert Phil
pot, Ed. Fisher, Aaron Morris, Jim
Griffin, Hugh Griffin.
These fatalities resulted from a pitch
ed battle fought ear Little Goose
creek, three miles from Manchester.
The feud dates back nearly two
years. On Christmas, 1897, James Phil
pot was killed by Aaron Morris, but be-
fore he died he shot and killed William
Bundy, a friend of Morris. The Nor
rises and Griffins were closely affiliated.
Since then the feeling between the two
factions has been very bitter and it
has been aroused recently by the
White-Baker hostilities. The Philpots,
who are the strongest faction in the
mountains, numbering about $50 voters,
openly espoused the cause of the Ba-
kers, while the Grifins took sides with
the Whites.
The story that reaches here from
Manchester is to the effect that Bob
Philpot was arrested this morning by
Deputy Sheriff Wash Thacker. While
very circumstantial in other respects.
the report does not show clearly the
origin OF the trouble nor give the rea-
son for Philpot's arrest It is said
that while Thacker was taking Phil
pots bond h latter was shot from be-
hind by a member OF a crowd that had
gathered. This precipitated a general
fight with Winchesters and %revolvers,
"HNNh was pdTlHClpdtcu III ny IcOlSS
Granville, Robert and Peter Philpot and
Ed. Fisher, on one side, and Aaron Nor
ris, Hugh. Jim and Green Griffin on the
other. The battle began at about 9
o'clock and ragged fiercely for ten or
fifteen minutes. When it was over, It
was found that five men had been kill
ed outright; three OF the belligerants
were seriously wounded, while Peter
Philpot was the only one on either side
to escape injury.
Granville Philpot is said TO be one OF
the most seriously wounded. He is a
union veteran, having lost a leg at
Stone River. He is an ex-member Of
the Kentucky legislature and is said to
have killed three or four men. Ed.
Fisher. who is reported dead, was an
other man with several hicks in his
cane. He was but % years old, but is
said TO have killed three men.
An nor was at once begun to Sc.
cure deputis to go to the seat of trouble
and attempt to restore quiet, but to a
late hour in the afternoon there had
not e enough responses to make UP
a force that would command respect.
The situation at Manchester is de-
pIoraole Since morning the place has
been In a state OF terror, scarcely any
n daring to venture out of doors.
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