The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-27

up the town. Nightwatchmap Spencer
yf9ticed them playing tough as they
went down the street about Il o'clock
Harrison and Noble OF the Legal Ten
der restaurant. which is near Harrison
saloon, called out to Spencer, who waz
/ across the street. to arrest them.
About an hour later, Harrison and No
4 bic. who had been to take Sam Cline
home, fell in with the fellows near Schle-
gels saloon just after ii closed. They
began to abuse Harrison about the
/ change and a slight alteration ensued.
Harrison and Noble walked on up street
and as they stood talking in front of
Ritter's saloon. Riggs and Russell came
along with gun which they had gotten
/ from the house Of the. section foreman
/ after the alteration at Schlegei's. AS
they passed they hurled reviling epithets
at Harrison, Noble and Spencer. This
augered Harrison, who started after
them and he called to them to stop. The
men turned east on Ninth street. Harri-
son, and Noble following. Just as Harri-
son reached a point opposite the PHbIi-
cist Office he called TO them to stop.
when Riggs hurled and shot, Harrison
falling upon his face in the middle Of
the street. the bail having entered the
left side of the head one and half
inches above and 70 the left of the eye.
Noble ran forward and picked UP his
friend and Spencer followed the assas-
sins. who ran east across the Ninth street
bridge. He soon overhauled Russell, but
Riggs escaped and has not yet been
caught. though Tnghman is on his trail
A crowd quickly gathered. Drs. Bis
bee and Wolcott were hastily summoned
and the injured man was taken TO his
I home whore he has since lain in an
unconscious state. The doctors report
that he is bearing up remarkably well
out no one has ever been known to re-
cover from such an injury.
Russell, the man IN Jail, IS about five
feet, eight or nipe inches TAN, weight
40 pounds, dark hair and brown eyes.
bang-dog expression on his face which
is slightly swollen where he was struck
on the jaw.
Riggs. the man who fired the shot. is a
young fellow of about p or % years,
brown hair. black eyes, about five feet.
seven inches tall and weighs about $50
or 1G0 pounds. lie was dressed in blue
trousers, a soiIed soft shirt, black mar
row brimmed hat and heavy work shoes.
According to Russells story. he knew
not that Riggs had gun and claims
that he was too drunk to know what
really happened.
McMains, <the section foreman, gives
the information that Riggs and Russell
came to the section house and carried
away his Winchester. which is 44-caii-
bre. He refused TO allow them TO have
il, but they went 10 a tent near his house
and took it between II and u o'clock
Saturdays issue:
Sam Riggs, the man who shot Harri-
son, was arrested early this morning AT
the home OF John Martin six miles
southeast Of town. where he had been
hiding since the commission of the
crime.
Riggs had been working for Martin
FOR ~ wee kor two past. having quit the
section at that time. After Guiding his
pursuers Thursday night he went at
once TO the Martin place, reaching there
about O'Clock in the morning. Tilgh-
man traced him to the place early yes
terday morning. but was told by mem
bers OF the family that the tracks were
those of one Of the Martin boys. who
had returned early in the morning from
party and had then gone 40 the pas
ture for a horse
Riggs went directly to the house. but
after reaching the door changed his
mind about disturbing the family and
sought the densest copse he could find
in the wooded pasture and slept there
through the day. He says that he had
left the house only few minutes be-
fore TEghman reached there and that at
one time TAghman passed within fifty
feet Of his hiding place
Riggs went 10 the house in the evening.
had supper with the family and retired.
Tilghman sent a posse under F. A.
Ashton. 10 watch the house last night
They reached there after Riggs and the
family had retired. Everything being
quiet throughout the night. Ashton de-
cided shortly before daylight to search
the house where they found Riggs sn
bed asleep. He did not resist arrest
and was quietly lodged in Jail * an early
hour this morning
The weapon with which the shooting
was done has not been recovered. It be-
longed 10 a section hand who worked
for McMains and lived in a tent north
OF McMaiu's house.
Riggs and Russell are in jail uneon-
eeTnedly awaiting the outcome Of the
shooting
Harrison's condition was less favorsbl
than it was yesterday. Fer u time yes
terday, towards evening. ne rallied and
moved his right foot. the right side up
10 that time having seemed 10 be
wholly paralyzed a faint hops sprang
up that he might pull through as ne is
a man of vigorous constitution and has
survived previous serious injuries But
the Improvement was oniy temporary
and from midnight untn O'Clock this
morning has was close 20 deaths door,
his pulse running up % eoa and his tenn
perature reaching 1Q6. At he rallied
and Is resting quietly, but he has never
regaiued consciousness.