The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-08

The Santa Fe company asked the Eagle
last night to announce that it would pay
a reward of s.. 600 FOR the arrest and con
viction of the men who assassinated
George c. Montgomery at Winfield satur-
day night
Governor Stanley made announcement
that the state would pay $25e
The blood hounds arrived here from
/ Arkansas City yesterday They We're
( taken TO Winfield Sunday morning. They
/ are the Manhattan hounds, but have been
I here on exhibition at the street fair
/ Upon the arrival CT the hounds at Win
/ field Sheriff Daniels. in company with his
/ officers and Santa Fe detectives, who had
arrived in the city Saturday night and
/ Sunday morning, among them Chief Ham
ilton Of Topeka, went 10 the place Of
murder and examined the ground. They
could not do much. owing 10 the fact that
hundreds of people had tramped over the
ground, and it was almost impossible 10
discover the footprints of the murderer.
However tracks thought 10 be the right
ones were taken up Sunday afternoon by
the hounds on Fuller street, near Hop
Shiyvers' residence. They were shoe
tracks that led back 70 a point near Mont
gomerys house The hounds took the
trail and followed it south On Fuller
street to the main road running east and
west and then went south to the bridge
and across it to the second Santa Fe rail-
road crossing. Here the hounds lost the
trail, but they were taken on down TO
Hackney where it was said a man en-
quired Of the agent Saturday night
whether Montgomery was dead and the
hounds caught it again and followed it
down 10 Arkansas City and into a livery
barn. Here the tran was given up.
The agent at Hackney Saturday night
about &c clock had a call from man
who asked him about Montgomery OF
Winfield. He suspected something and
telegraphed to Winfield &c find out some
thing about the murder. he told Of a
man being in the Office enQuiring about
It, and wcrd was sent back from Winfield
to hold him. The agent got up to go out
for help. but the man threw gun on
him and told him to stay where he was,
ana then disappeared in the darkness.
The agent in question is Ed Dcnnelly.
This man then hoofed it 10 Arkansas
City. where he was joined by two other
fellows, who took him away in a buggy.
Beyond this nothing more is known here.
a telephone message from Arkansas City
this afternoon disclosed no new develop
ments. Sheriff Daniels was seen late this
afternoon at Winfield. but had gotten no
new wcrd.
This trail may be the right ore. but
there is doubt IN the minds of many. es-
peciaIy the officers. Sunday morning
the ground in and around Montgomery /
hcne was trampled by hundreds. of peo-
pie curious TO know what the officers
were intending to do. until it was almost /
impossible to DO anything.
\ reporter for the EagIe visited Winfield
yesterday to ascertain as many details as
possible.
The TRAGEDY. occurred Saturday night at
7.45 o'clock in a thickly settled part of the I.
city
The fatal shot was fired from outside +
through a bay window. and a charge OF I
buckshot from a gun ia the hands of an
unknown party. took effect in Nontsom-
cry mead and chest. kiling him almost
instantly. He lived but a few minutes
Montgomery was sitting at his table in .
the middle of the sitting room. writing. /
with a shade over his eyes and an ordi- +
nary shaded parlor lamp in front of him. /
Mrs. Montgomery had gone into the bed 4
room to hang up and arrange some Of /
her husbands clothes. and Mrs. Bureau. F
mother of Airs. Montgomery, who lives .
with them. was out at the well south Of (
the house drawing water The two boys, F.
Phil and Guy, were coming in at the east /
kitchen door from the yard. where they (
mad been. playing with dark lantern (
Of their fathers The boys had just been /