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Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-05

off of him by volleys. which broke
twigs along the roadside to the point
where his swaying form disappeared
His horse, followed by these of my
brothers, ran home.
The assassins rushed from their
place of concealment and shot the dead
body of Stores full of holes. Against
the pitiful pleadings of Wilson they
We're deaf, and they fired five or six
more shots into the limp and bleeding
form of their victim, who retained con-
sciousness until his death at o'clock
that afternoon and gave a detailed de-
scription of the assassination.
Arriving at Laurel Creek postoffice
two miles from fathers home, found
men digging graves for my three rel
atives i'm the Howard family lot.
entered the store and met another grim
reminder of the terrible blight that
had fallen upon our house. Neighbors
were selecting caskets and shrouds for
my father and brothers.
when l reached the foot of a steep,
wooded incline at the right of the road,
Yolley of rifle shots spluttered from
the woods above me, and | heard bull
let's whistling past my ears. Some Of
them grazed my skin and cut my
clothing, but l was insensible to this
at the time. l dropped instantly to
the ground and rolled into the partial
shelter of the bank at the edge of
the road.
Bullets came splitting about me, the
hot lead burning as several narrowly
missed the mark, and 1 ran toward the
store, STOPPING low and keeping close
to the bank until out of range. No
less than fifteen bullets had pierced
my clothing. BY this time l had al
most ceased to think.
'"rhere was but one road home, |
resolved to go thither or die on the
way Without a word to the crowd at
the store / started. Turning into the
road, ! suddenly found myself face Ia
face with George Baker, astride a big
horse. Only ten or twelve PAGES sep
arated us, and he wheeled his horse
] as If TO use II as a breastwork. As he
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-05
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commonwealth. After two trials and
several continuances the case was
practically abandoned.
tom Baker, his son Jim, his two
brothers, Wiley and Dee, Charles Who
ton and Fuller Barret were indicted by
others. Among the charges We're con-
spiracy, murder, shooting and wound
ing, banding and confederating. Be-
fore Tom Baker went to trial, however,
he was given a life sentence for kill
ing ex-Sheriff Will White, and was un-
der bond in that case when he met
death in camp of soldiers on the
streets of Manchester. At that time
he was under indictment for arson and
| robbery, and had but lately narrowly
escaped conviction at London, KY, on
charge of OBTAINING female. AL
most to a man. those whom he had
! gathered about him were fugitiVes
from justice, and many of them are
now in the penitentiary, Every one OF
them had previously done time in
Jail or states prison. During brawls
among themselves or in other ways
several of them were killed.
1T was but few months after this
assassination of my relatives that the
people of Clay county showed theii
confidence in me by electing me to the
office of assessor
II had never been active in politics
outside of my home county. Wher
Governor Taylor was elected, however
1 went to Frankfort with the inten-
tion of obtaining a pardon and thus
formally wiping off the docket of the
Laurel county court the old charge
against me, as the report was generally
current that Taylor would be unseated
"On January SO 1900, Senator Goebe
was shot. l arrived at the capital
claimed by the commonwealth, thirty
five minutes before the shooting.
went to the Board of Trade hotel, neal
the depot, ana a few minutes later i
was announced at the door that Goebe
had been shot. l remained in Frank
fort until the night of January 7
in hope of obtaining the pardon.
then returned home to Manchester
having failed to get consideration o
my application, but the case agains
me was thrown out of court on motion
of the state.
During my stay in Frankfort som'
of the Baker people were there and
am reliably informed that they secretl.
fomented strong feeling against me
They were exasperated because they
had failed to convict me for shooting
George Baker and sought to make ul
bundle of falsehood and innuend'
which would give the custodians of tn
100000 fund appropriated for the con
viction of some one an excuse TO
indieting me in connection with tn
assassination OF Goebel
1T was April II before the conspirae!
against me brought fruit IN the form
Of an indictment on the charge Of mr.
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of horde of outlaws, fresh upon
whose boots is the blood of your faith
er and brothers; if, with the marks
of fifteen bullets on your body and
clothing, you stand and face men in
dicted for every crime on the calendar,
is being feudist, then am a feu-
dist!
Il must begin at the beginning. In
the first place l never had been in
trouble in my life before my folks
We're killed. Neither had my father,
nor my brother, nor my foster broth
er. They were assassinated in cold
blood and for no reason. Certain news
papers and one magazine in particular
have described an episode that lasted
less than twenty four hours as a feud.
They have said that I shot down a
decrepit, defenseless old man. after
ward torturing him by firing twenty
five bullets into his dying form.
MY dislike for newspaper notoriety
has kept me heretofore from replying
to these fabrications, and it is with
hesitancy that l do so now, l feel,
however, that the words Baker How
ard feud' should be scratched from
the hack writer's notebook forever.
In the spring of 1897 my father dis
covered that Tom Baker was giving
him the worst of deal by which Bak-
er had contracted to take off some tim
ber on shares. When he demonstrated
Baker drew a pistol and made threats.
went to Bakers house, met the old
man, Toms father, in the front yard
and opened negotiations, which result
ed in the settlement of the matter in
our favor, by the arbitration method.
mo thought of further trouble en-
tered our minds and the logging pro-
ceeded. On the morning of April Z,
1897 my father, my brother Wilson ana
my foster brother, Burch Stores, rode
down to the lumber yard. Soon after
their arrival the Bakers left. Amiable
greetings had been exchanged on both
sides, and it was with no suspicion of
danger that our folks started home
to dinner.
"As they cantered past the home OF
Gardner Baker the latter's wife came
out Of the house and vigorously rang
large dinner bell which hung on a
tall post. They took no notice of this
although II proved to be a death knell
1t was warning TO the assassins. who
lurked at the top of brush covered
cliff thanking a deep ravine which Far
at right angles to the road a few hun
dred yards ahead, When they reached
the ambush a volley of rifle shots rang
out.
Stores fell dead, his head almost
blown from his body. Wilson fell mon
his horse shot through the abdomen
Father was astride spirited horse
which bolted and carried him past tn,
house Of Tom Baker. three hundrec
yards above the rayine, where he fel
with bullet between the shoulders
Fathers clothes had been almost shoI
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jumped off on the far side 1 raised my
rifle and fired
I'm shot, he said; don't shoot me
again.
He sank to the ground, and l held
my fire. The onlookers asked me If l
had any objection to them picking
Baker up, and l replied; Not in the
least. was only defending my own
life
"They carried the man into a nearby
house. and he died the next day. The
rage of the Bakers at the taking off of
their leader knew no bounds. They
declared they would do all manner of
things to me, and agreed that | should
be slain without delay, no matter how
many men it required to do 1t.
"They' talked of burning me at the
stake, and Tom Baker vowed he would
tie my head to the tan of his horse
and drag it before the eyes of my
mother. Immediately after shooting
Baker | rode to Manchester to give
myself up. but was not arrested. Mean
while l learned that father was still
alive and the county court had prom
ised to protect him.
II was bushwhacked away from the
funeral of my brothers, the woods be-
ing filled with members of the Baker
gang. When the cortege reached the
Laurel Creek cemetery they kept uI
such fire from the woods that the
mourners were frightened away.
His Life In Danger
Several times l was ambushed or
my way between Manchester anc
fathers. Every time made the trip
bullets were poured at me from th'
woods. Only once did get sight of my
assailants. and that was when JohI
Baker fired at me from behind a log
1 fell on my horses neck, and the bull
let burned blue stripe across m.
back. made my escape by the speed
of my horse.
In due time / was indicted, and 81
great was the sentiment In my favo
IN Clay county that change Of venue
was taken to Laurel county by tn
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-21
GREAT SHIPMENT or CATTLE
SENT OUT OF CITY TO-DAY

over 500 head of cattle were ship
ped today from this city to the east
ern market and the work Of loading
the cattle trains was in progress last
night and the greater part of today.
the trains VIII leave the city tonight.
The cattle win go to Kansas City
and it Is one OF the finest looking
lunches sent out OF Grand junction
in many a day.
Those shipping from here today
were Smith Bros, Alden Leonard,
Andy Taylor, John Bell, Clyde Shrop-
shire and one or two others.
Also today fourteen cars of cattle
were shipped out from Fruita. This
cattle shipment is also billed for kan
sas CITY
The cattle shipments from Grand
Junction aud Fruita made today form
one of the largest consignments sent
out OF the valley In a long time. BY
morning several hig trains loaded
with Grand valley cattle Will be en-
route to the great stock yards ui
Kansas City.
Heavy shipments of cattle and
other stock viii be made from this
section frequently during the next
few weeks.
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-21
e! 7. FIsher. Of FruIta. IS IN town

E. T. Fisher. of Fruita. is in town
this afternoon.
Big chicken dinner and ice cream
at the City restaurant tomorrow.
Many country people are in town
this afternoon things we're lively al
ong Main street.
DR.. Thomas Price. the veterinary
surgeon. was on the street this after
noon for the first time in two months.
having been confined TO his home
suffering from a broken leg. The
doctor was greeted by many friends
whe were glad to see him out again.
II was necessary for him TO use
cruches.
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-21

Robert g Mitchell, Colorado sales
man for the Hamilton Brown Shoe
company. is in the city today calling
upon his local dealer and greeting
many friends.
Place a want advertisement in
The Sentinel-it will bring results.
The Daily Sentinel soc per month.
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-21
A Jndlcinns Innnirr

A wen known travelling man who
visits the drug trade says he has
often heard druggists inquire of
customers who asked for a cough
medicine. whether Il was wanted for
q child or an adult, and II for child
they almost invariably recomnIen "a
Chamberlain Cough Remedy. The
reason for this is that they knoV
there is not the least danger in Civ
ing IL, and for coughs.colds and
Group fl is unsurpassed. For safe
by all druggists
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-21
InsomnIn and IndIeestlon oured.

Last year / had q very severe at
tack OF indigestion. l could not sleep
AT night and suffered the most eN-
cruciating pains for three hours after
each meal ] was troubled this way
for about three months when usea
Chamberiain's stomach ana Liver
tablets and received Immediate re
lief" saws John Dixon, Tullamore,
Ontario. Canada. For sale by all
drnggisIs.
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-21

The contest on the souvenir spoon
design VIII take place Saturday even
ing. Octoher21. All designs must be
in by p. m. the 2ist. Remember
the winner gets 81 worth of jewelrv
q. w. Stong, optician and jeweler.
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-21
Sick Headache Cured.

Sick headache is caused by a dis
condition of the stomach and
is quickly cured by Chnmberlain $
stomach and Liver tablets. For safe
hy all druggists.
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-21
The Lay-Nattinger Mer. Co.
Corner 4th and Main Street

Have you seen our enormous
stock of Ladies' and Misses ready
to wear goods? Do not fail to visit
this department Saturday and all
of next week. You will get some
of the most astounding Bargains
ever offered before
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-18
Base Ball, Racing
and Other Sports
Continued from Ninth Page.)

Allen. New York Athletic Club 4-6. 60, 60.
Invitation doubles-First round-B. B. Vincent
Lyon and George A. Lyon. New Haven Lawn
Club. defeated Clarence Pell and Samuel A. Bard
sley, Meadow Club So. 6-1; Clarence Hobart
and Wylie C. Grant. Orange and New York Lawn
Tennis clubs defeated II. A. Graham and w. II.
Van Ingen, Meadow Club. by default; W. A. W.
Stewart and C. P Snow. Meadow Club. defeated
w Scott Cameron and 7. NJ. Robertson, New York
Racquet and Tennis Club. Is. 81. 6.1.
Second round-Henry Torrance and Theodore
Roosevelt Pell. Engiewood and New York Lawn
Tennis Club. defeated E. n. Potter and H.. iio-
mans. Meadow Club 6-8 6-1: Robert NJ. Miles
sne G F.: Watson. jr. Orange Lawn Tennis Club,
defeated Henry W. Socum and Robert Leroy, Mea-
dow and Columbia University. S-6. Ga. 60;
Clarence Hobart and Wylie c. Grant. Orange and
New York Lawn Tennis Club. defeated W. A. W.
Stewart and G. p. Snow Meadow Club. 81 6-3:
Frederick G. Anderson and Harry f. Allen. Kings
County and New York Athletic Club. defeated
Grosvenor At,erbury and George A. Nettleton.
Yale, %. G-1: Rex Finckc and Wendell Z. Blag-
cen. Harvard. defeated Archie W. Post and Rich
ard Stevens. Harvard and ST. Georges Cricket
Club. Ga. "a: William A. Larned and Henry
Holt, Orange and Harvard, defeated \. NJ. Brown
and George Clark. ir. Meadow Club. Ct e.
Third round-Wiam A. Larned and Henry
Holt. Orange and Harvard. defeated Rex Ftncke
and Wendell II. Blagden. Harvard. 2-6 Cd, 10.
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HART AND RUHLIN
TO FIGHT IN OCTOBER.

CHICAGO, August 1S.-Resolved not to
be in the rear of the challenging brigade
that has already started to hunt down
Gus Rubin, Billy Hogan has hurled de-
fiance at Maddens pet on behalf of Mike
Schreck.
Hogan has deposited 1000 in the hands
of Charley Essig to bind a match with
McCormick's conqueror.
II understand that Rubin is willing and
eager to fight any of the heavyweights. -
said Hogan. Now. Schreck undoubtedly
ranks so high that Rubin cannot pretend
to ignore him. His claims are even strong
er than those of Marvin Hart. George
Gardner beat Hart, and beat him badly,
and every one knows what Schreck did to
Gardner.
Mike has been dead unlucky in max
ing matches of late, and l hope Rubin
will come to the front like man and not
sidestep him as the others have DONE
1t is officially announced in San Fran
cisco that Marvin Hart and Gus Rubin
will meet in battle for the heavyweight
championship of the world in October. Pro-
moter Jimmy Coffroth Is responsible for
the statement that the two most promi-
nent heavy men in the ring have practical
ly been matched to fight for the suprem-
acy.
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CLEVELAND SIGNS
FOUR NEW PLAYERS.

CLEV ELAND. Ohio, August 1S.--"We in
tend to have a few youngsters to make the
southern training trip with US next spring.
remarked Vice President Somers of the
Cleveland club last evening, just before
making the announcement of the deal
whereby four promising players had been
purchased by the team.
The four players are Pitcher Bateman of
the Milwaukee American Association team
Pitcher James Of the Burlington team of
the Iowa State League. Catcher Wakefield
of the Des Moines Western League team
and First Baseman Claude Rossman Of the
same team.
All four players come to the Cleveland
club well recommended, but the forest city
fans will be greatly interested in Wake
field. Bateman of the Milwaukee team is
considered one of the best utility players
in the American Association Besides TAX
ing his regular turn in the pitchers box, he
has also played first base and in the out
field, owing to his batting ability. He has
a batting average close to $40 for the sea-
son.
Very little is known of James but he is
considered the best pitcher in the Iowa
State League
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CHESS TOURNAMENT
AT BARMEN, GERMANY.

BARMEN, Germany. August lS-Play
was continued in the international chess
tournament here yesterday morning. The
experts were paired for the fourth round
in the following order:
Janowsii VS.. Bernstein. I.eonhardt VS..
Mieses, Bardeleben VS.. Gottschall. Wolf VS..
Marshall Schlechter vs. Suechting. Ber-
ger VS.. Burn, Maroczy VS.. Alapin and
John VS.. Tschigorin.
Marshall drew with Wolf after we'll
contested game. Schlechter beat Suechting.
The adjourned game between Leonhardt
and Bardeleben was scored by the latter.
Bernstein won from Janowski and Bar
deleben from Gottschall. I4eonhardt and
Mieses drew, and the games between Ber-
ger and Burn, Maroczy and Alapin and
John and Tschigorin remained undecided.
The scores to date:
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VERMONT STATE
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.

A. L. White, the intercollegiate cham
pion, defeated Frederick Herreshoff by 3
up and l to play in. the second round of
the Vermont state golf championship at
Bennington yesterday.
The winner was the master in all de-
partments of the game. Herreshoff, al
though he never played a better long game
was wofully weak on the putting green's
The pair made the turn with White three
holes In the lead.
Summarizes:
Championship divsion-Second round-Dr. e. NJ.
20 holes. A. L. White Ekwanok, beat Frederick
Herreshoff. Ekwanok, up and to play. Percy
H. Jennings Mount Anthony beat George Worth
ington. Mount Anthony. 4 up and to play.
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when he returned to Chicago yesterday to
read Umpire Connolly's report on the I'm
pire batting here last Monday. Johnson Is
nothing IL not consistent and he had to
hand out a suspension to Manager Stahl.
Tomorrow afternoon, at American League
Park, Joe Cans and his colored Giants OF
Baltimore, start a series of games that will
take in all the Washington clubs of the
Metropolitan League. The series should be
unusually interesting as there are several
high-class colored teams in this city. The
games start at o'clock.
Lajoie and Bay are the only Cleveland
players who have better than 300 mark
for batting.
The New York Americans lead the leaue
in shutout games. and up to date have
scored twelve of them against their Apo
nents.
Jimmy Callahan of the White Sox thinks
Chick Stahl would make fine first base
man.
Jack Sutthoff. the Cincinnati boy and ex-
Philadelphia, made his debut with the Co
lumbus American Association club on Tues
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F. PERCALE
with nounce
50C.
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77Qc.
S NICELY
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AND GOOD
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10C.

country to find those twelve men and Of
fered all of them WeIl-paying positions.
He broke the bank in gambling house at
Tucson some years ago. and his winnings
were all in coin. AS number of SuSpi-
cious characters were standing around, he
did not think it prudent to leave them
stacked up on the table, so he put the silver
and gold in his pocket fast as he raked
it in. When his pockets were filled he bor-
rowed a whiplash from a mule skinner
sitting near him and tied it around his legs
Just above the knees. Then he began to
drop his winnings inside of his waistband,
and when the game was finished walked
off to his rooms and dumped about a peck
of silver and gold coins out of his trousers
onto the bed
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ay, downing Louisville by one run.

day, downing Louisville by one run.
President Lennon of the st. Paul club de-
clares that Mike Kelly wifi not manage the
Toledo club next season for the reason that
he is reserved by st. Paul and must play
there.
The American Association contains thirty
men batting over 800. 1t recalls the old
days of the National League. when most of
the regulars reached high averages with
the stick.
President Farrell of the New York State
League had a long talk with Garry Herr
mann concerning Vowinkle. the player
signed by the Reds. He's fine boy" said
Mr.. Farrell Il am glad the Cincinnati
team got him. think he is safe now for
the rest of his days in the big league" Far
rell also spoke in complimentary terms of
Johnny Siegel, secured from the same
league.-Cincinnat! Enquirer
The pop-bottle thrower Is doing business
in Chicago. He tossed an empty vessel at
Outfielder Lumiey of the Brooklyns in the
Sunday game and barely missed striking
the player ON the skull. A usual. the mis-
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creant was not discovered.

creant was not discovered.
President Shettsline of the Phiilies, while
here recently, drove "A large nail through
the story that Hugh pufy might so to the
Boston team next Year, Hughcy has a two
year contract with the aaakefS. which ex-
pires this fail. but he has already come to
terms with Shetts tor next Season.-Pitts-
burg Press.
President L. T. Powers of the Eastern
League. who Is also the head OF the organi-
zation of the minor leagues. Will end his
career In base ball at the conclusion OF this
season. This will. l feer sure be my last
meeting" said President Powers as he left
the session room of the national commits
sion at the Grand Hotel. To Presidents
Hermann, Johnson and Puliiam Mr. Pow
ers made the same statement, and 1t seems
certain that one of the foremost figures in
base ball will cease to be an active factor
in the sport after this season. Many busi-
ness interests claim the attention of Mr..
Powers and II is for this reason that he
will retire as executive Of the Eastern
League.-Cincinnau Times-6tar.
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Base Ball Notes.

The Nationals start their western cam
paign at Cleveland today.
Tom Hughes and Red" Donohue will
probably be the opposing pitchers.
Both the Athletics and New Yorks got a
good start yesterday and, with Boston I'M
der way today the western teams will have
to keep on their toes all the time. If the
Nationals take a brace and win few
games the championship will lie between
the eastern clubs exclusively.
From the way Manager Stahl has been
batting recently his three days suspension
will not hurt the club very much. as Hick-
man is fair fielder at first and little Mil
is star at second.
II must have Jared President johnson
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Summer Colds.

Laxative Promo Quinne, the worldwide Cold
Cure. removes the Call for the full name
aud look for signature Of E. W. Grove. 25c. sp7f,tf
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Shot Himself in the Leg.

Henry Wolf. eight years old, living at $40
A street southeast. shot himself in the leg
this morning and received a severe injury.
He was visiting friends at the home of Jo-
seph Schneider 130 Lawrence street, Brook
land, and was there at the time the accl-
dent occurred. The boy was playing with
q revolver when the weapon was accident
ally discharged and he received the injury
stated. DR.. Hall attended the wounded boy
and he was afterwars taken to the Chill
dren's Hospital.
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WOnnem'S and Childrem'S
Wearables Going.

CLOSING OUT A LOT o
Wrappers; all nicely made,
on skirt: prettily finished
with washable braid: there
are all sizes: value, 81. For
the Saturday sale.........
COOL AND COMFORTA
Dressing Sacques: square
and V neck. fitted back;
daintily trimmed: per-
fectly made in every re-
spect; worth 81 to S1.9s.
Reduced to...........
LOT OF CHILDREN
made Bingham Dresses. in
pink and blue and white
checks; prettily trimmed
with embroidery: sizes
to > years. Saturday Price
GIRLS WELI.-MADE
Quality Bingham Dresses:
warranted fast colors:
sizes Is to II years. These
dresses have always sold
at 81. Saturday Price,.
CHILDRENS EXTRA v
Aprons of good and serv-
iceable quality ginghams:
a special bargain in to-
morroW'S sale at...........