Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-20
SOLDIERS ARRESTED
One Hundred Placed Under Guard
for Burning Down a Saloon.
BLOODY ENCOUNTER over A WOMAN.
Three Men Have q Fusa In Kansas CITY and
One Mans Head IL Beatsn to Pulp
"A Nebraska Bank Cashier
Suicides.

Sutclues.
San Francisco, April II. One hun
bred soldiers are under arrest on the
Preside reservation. They are en-
camped on the open and are guarded
by cavalry and the Twenty.fourth in.
fantry, regulars, negroes, the force be-
ing in charge Of Adjt Lieut. Harris.
The otfense of the men was the burn
ing down of saloon just outside the
reservation line, in which Private
Charles L. King, company G, Twenty
third infantry, was so brutally beaten
Saturday that he Is not expected to
live. Private Clark, of company +,
also of the Twenty-third regiment is
In the guard house, charged with the
assault, but the soldiers assert that
the saloon people are responsible and
claim that the proprietor, A. l.. Reh.
feldt, was the chief assailant OF the
injured man,
The trouble began Saturday night,
when several recruits went to the sa-
loon, which is known as the Preside
club cafe. There were several women
In the place and a row soon started
over one OF them, in which nearly all
the men present participated. When
comparative order had been restored
II was seen that Private King had
been seriously injured about the head,
his skull being fractured and his fea-
lures badly battered. lie was taken
TO the Preside reservation and his
supposed assaiant, Private Clark,
placed in the guard house.
Early yesterday morning some one
started the story among the troops
that King was dead. Despite the de-
mails OF the officers the report spread
and by nightfall the men had become
wildly excited. Soon after dark
nearly 100 Of them proceeded to the
saloon where the row had occurred
and after quitting the interior set fire
To 1t In several places, no one daring
to interfere. The incendiares In uni.
form established an impromtu bucket
brigade and prevented the ad joining
building from catching fire. During
the progress of the flames the soldiers
are said to have discharged many
shots In the air and INDUCED in much
When the house had been
reduced to ashes they returned to the
reservation and were promptly put
under arrest by Col Freeman Of the
Twenty-fonrth United States infantry,
OF the post. All OF the
men implicated In the ARRAY are white.
The negro troops, none Of whom took
part, we're placed over them as a
guard, the cavalry lending its assist
ance. The men were nearly all to sail
for Manila In few days on the out
going feet Of transports.
FATAL rluHI OVEh WOMAN.
Kansas City, Mo-, April II. = Ed
Using, a cesspool contractor, who lives
at Thirty.ffth and Melee streets,
with his assistant, John M. Kennedy, |
took two women to the 0rpheum last |
night. After the performance was
over the party repaired to a room at
Fifteenth street and Grand avenue.
There a person by the name of Louis,
who was lover OF one Of the women,
made his appearance and a row
ensued. Louis began slashing Using
with razor and they fought
until the bottom OF the stairs had been
reached, when Kennedy came to Ising's
with club and struck
Louis over the head He followed the
blow with several more lusty ones,
literally beating the mans head to
pulp. The women, in the scramble,
escaped. The police took the three
men to central police station at 9:!5
o'clock this morning and there IL was
found that Louis wounds would prove
fatal No one In the party nor at the
house where the fight occurred knew
The mans surname, and he was uncon-
'cious when the police found him.
NEBRASKA BANK CASHIER SUICIDES.
Humboldt, Neb, April It's w.
irinstead, aged 81 years, cashier of
he bank in this city, committed sui
'ide by blowing off the top of his
head with a revolver. Friday Bank
Examiner Wilson called at the bank to
Examine the books and Cashier Grin.
'tead admitted to him that he was
hort In his accounts $4,000. The ex.
miner immediately took charge OF
he bank. The bank will continue
business.
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