The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-09
FORGING THE CHAlH
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implicated IA the murder 81 waueeEd I'd
Donneily has given the detectives q god
description OF The clothes wora by the
masked MAI
Notwithstanding The fact that The de-
tectivss are making 10 statements y IS =
certainty that they are linking facts and
circumstances INTO a powerc.I chain CT
evidence around suspected party, who
IS not out Of their reach
A dispatch from Ponca City. says:
All the hunt for the mUrIerers OF
George c Montgomery seems TO be head
ing south and ceatering around the Vi
entity OF Bliss Sheriff Ban. OF Kay
county. and sheriff Foster OF Noble couu-
T.. with their deputies. are helping the
santa Fe detective forces sShsri Eain
had a posse scattered along The main
Travelled roads for ten miles saturday
night watching for teams or horsemen
going south. They did not get stationed
TIL midnight ard saw 10 snSpicsoos- This
bears out the story OF the agent at Hack
ney and the theory that the murderer.
II he went south. went BY TRAIN
The livery stable 81 Arkansas City.
where the dogs stopped their SCENT. may
help 10 furnish a clue Il seems that two
men came there with & team OF mules
Thursday evening and LETT the mules there
until about midnight SATURDAY night One
OF them wore a fancy plaid vest The
same SOFT OF vest Is described BY the
agent at Hackney IS worn by che man
who held hin Up and would not let him
notify a constable when he was told 70
do so Saturday night. A deputy sheriff
from Winfield says boy known there
as Bud Beard told him a man with
the same sort OF vest asked bin sat
urday where Montgomery lived The
general description CT the man given by
the three parties IS much the same. but
in every Instance the plaid vest seems
70 have been the one thing that most
attracted their attention
To a reporter. George Miller, owner o.
the ..Iols ranch in the territory. IS al
legged 10 have made the following state
ment:
since Montgomery death the talk OF
our old trouble with him has been re-
vived. They say he left a note IN his
pocket saying II he was killed II would
be either one OF my three boys CT Frank
Potts. or one Of the ether boys employed
on our ranch who did the business The
sheriff was ont 70 the ranch before day
light Sunday morning and found the
BOYS all there. Everyone % them had
gone 20 led early the night before and
was up early becas7se there were q cou-
pie OF Kansas CITY commission men there
TO count the cattle. Cattle paper seems
to be scarey up there and they had some
OF ours, but they were pleased with the
result OF their count We had hun
bred more had than the papers called
for and the agent said that was mighty
unusual n these times
About the trouble with Montromery.
he arrested one Of nv boys and Frank
Potts and accused them OF stealing cigars
from the train boy. he brought a Niger
and the train boz 20 swear 70 lies against
them. and my son Joe told him Il was all
lies. Montgomery struck him when be was
half turned around 10 so away. Frank
Potts licked The porter and the train boy
for swearing 70 lies. DE was walking
around me one the depot platform bluff
ing when I told aim his testimony was
periured lie made as though he was
going to strike ne and I dus out my
knife. but before I could open Il he
+ knocked ne down with a six-shooter.
+ Mr.. Miller showed a scar on the left side
I OF his head. The hair had grown over
most or il. but II showed that he had
/ received a hard blow.
THE boys did 60 after him sure r5ugh.
but he got the drop on 'em and stood
en- OF. lie had two big reviewers and
stood on the platform. where there were
other people. and they could not have
+ shot without danger Of hurting some one
F else IL they had wanted TO- That vas
right after he nit ne with the six-shootsr.
+ I don't know what they might have done
that time
without much auestioning he related
other details Of the trouble with Mont
II never threatened Moussomsrys
llfe.r Re said. but It may be that Potts
or some OF the boys made threats. a. boys
VIII. when lhey set mad at a man
who IS Pots lie is a young bull
whsclcer that works for me- on the ranch
He was arrested when ny boy was and
was pretty sore a. the detectives for geE-
ting those boys 70 lie n the case the way
be did. but he cosldn.t have killed Mont
ro-erv. He was forgive mics away
al the tire. went 20 bed early and slept
with q boy that was raised az Wlufeld-
They thou-ht We ran I'D there win z
tear, ard czuts back that night Pretty
long drive ninety miles. don't yol think
s-1opose its just the same aa though
- rad killed him He expected rs 70
! Go Il anyway
There s. a story 20 Tire erect that a
+ cowboy took the night train ont ~ A.
kansas City Sunday uizht- about whom
the detectives are i77uiriHg- Ho bought
a ticket % TOPEKA ard return- tse -sffer
besrg for bins ou.v- lie IA not, s. r
alleged. Intend % ret1r-.
mat the case premises - - AZ I'm
por,ant one. from fhe Ffa7eroint - de-
te~.f~e work. there s. 70 f0uht. snd i'
MI - watched zlfh great 31terert
ny gn e1iEF.