The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-26
TALES OF BORDER DAYS.
When Kansas Was Reckoned as ION
the Frontier"


The Atchison Globe recently printed a
lot of stories Of the times when Kansas
was ION the border Some are repro
duced.
Cleveland. the outlaw, once stole
horse from Squire Herndod. in the low
er part of the county. and hired John ].
ingalls, to recover 1t. Mr.. ingalls, went to
Cleveland. and the outlaw promptly
| turned the animal over to the lawyer.
Mr.. ingalls, once owned famous single
fO0ter which he rode about town. He
men had stolen the animal from a Major
Bryant, near DeKalb, and he YVES COM
PEELED to pay for the horse twice. Later
| Clevelands men stole the horse from In
gals. from a stable in Atchison- Cleve-
land filled this country with good horses
stolen from Missouri. He had weak
ness for single-footers Of the Pepper
stock.
David Baker landed In Sumner in 1887.
He was city marshal OF that town in
lS0O-L and worked at the carpenter
trade at odd times. he was also col
lector and treasurer Of Walnut township.
hich included Sumner, and finally sold
cut the town for taxes. Charley Hayes,
sack of Lawrence, lived just below Sum-
ner, and was once in charge of Marshal
Baker. Hayes was a very reckless man,
and Albert d. Richardson loaned the Of
ficer a pistol with which to defend him
self. The charge against Hayes was
chasing Marshal Duane with a gun I'm a
quarrel over a claim Baker afterward
Joined the famous Eighth Kansas. and
lost a leg at Chickamauga. He lay four
days and nights on the battlefield of
Chickamauga without receiving any at
tention.
Colonel Eye was a famous character in
the early days. Although living in Doni-
phan county, he was often in Atchison.
followed by pack Of hounds. He was
hlgh-toncd southern gentleman. with
kind heart and one day while returning
home from this city he came across a
man whose wagon was stuck in the mud
Eye at once started to help the man pry
out his wagon with fence rails. While
both were working away Eye became
angry and yelled ST the man. Lift you
son of a gun; you are not lifting n
pound" The man picked up the end-gate
Of his wagon and split it over Eyes head.
laying him UP for three weeks. Eye had
| bis hat off when struck, and was so bald
before coming to Kansas that he was
known as the Bald Eagle of Maryland.
Peter Uric, the blacksmith came to
Atcfison in 1886. For several years fol-
| lowing he was a wagon boss on the
plains. In 1889 he made round trip to
California He was ninety-six days go
wagon. but came back in eighteen days
BY stage. Mrs Uric is a daughter of L.
Ringo, who moved to a claim in Mis-
souri, opposite IsOniphan in 1914. That
was the year Of the greatest flood ever
known I'm the Missouri river The next
greatest was in 1854 and the next in 1881.
John J. ingalls, made his first political
speech from the balcony IN front of the
old Massasoit House In May 1859 He
came to the territory the year before
and was a Free State candidate for the
constitutional convention which met at
Wyandotte and framed the constitution
under which we are now living He was
elected, very much to the surprise of
everyone The prO-slaVeTy men were
largely in the majority I'm his audience
and made audible comments during his
speech. The only hackers he had in the
crowd were John A. Martin. Ed Grimes
and Charley HOlbert One OF the audible
comments made by the pro-s1avery men
was to the effect that ingalls, was an I'M
known Yankee. and ought to be hanged
for his impudence. This angered ingalls,
and, not knowing that he was In any
danger, he abused the prO-slavery men
Even at that early date his tongue gave
promise Of it's later ability. Albert ..
Richardson, in Beyond the Mississippi"
quotes him as saying: There are illus
trations of infamy in this audience COM
pared with which the humbest obscurfty
is the kindest gift that charity could be-
stow" The prO-slavery men saw the
point, and said they would throw him in
the river. mo you won't" Ed Grimes
said stepping TO the front. There was a
good prospect for q row for a time but
peace was finally restored.