The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-09-24
END OF JAYHAWKERS.
For Killing His Sweetheart
Elliott Frost "Gets Even"

Palmyra Spectator.
During she civil war a celebrated
Kansas iayhasker named Bugbet
ode at the head Of a band OF out
laws, leaving a desolated track be
lind him Among his other crimes
VAS the murder OF the Hsmlin family
IN theiriarm near Msrysville. Mary
hamlin, aged twenty, was engaged
70 Elliott Frost, a soldier In the I'm
ION army. Frost was discharged al
the end OF the war and went home &c
Kansas to find only the grave Of she
girl he had expected to welcome him
Standing there by the heaped earth,
now covered with waving grass, he
.wore that he would not rest until he
rad killed Bugbee.
! Bugbee finding that Kansas wss
becoming too law abiding for further
operations, crossed the line and went
into Colorado. He took seven or
light OF his iayhawkers with q view
TO operating on the different stage
lines in the region about Denver.
Frost went TO Denver and heard at
once that the Bugbee gang was the
terror OF every road leading out of
shat town, but It was impossible to
locate them. At one tims they would
operate on the route southwark TO
Pixies Peak and the next day would
be heard OF on the road southeast
ward into Indian territory. Then
within week robbery would becom.
mitted Oh the south fork OF the
Platte, and Bugbee would turn out
80 have led the robbers. No vigil.
ance committee could locate them.
Frost, who had been a cavalry
man during the war, secured a horse
and started for the last place the
Bugbee gang had left their cards.
They country is an unbroken plain,
and the young man could ride where
he pleased, but 30 could the road
agents, and It was more difficult to
head them off than II they had had
to travel only by the roads.
After a months chase Frost track
ed the gang to II point within the en-.
trance OF the canyon direct west and
about twenty miles from Denver.
Frostrode into Golden City oneeven.
ing, fifteen miles west OF Denver, and
while eating his supper heard miner
who had come down from Empire
tell OF meeting prospecting party
OF eight men In camp five miles up
the canyon who had asked him when
the Denver coach would pass up,
they wishing TO take passage up to
the mines. Frost, putting this with
Information he had already had, was
shre the prospectors we're the Bug.
bee gang and that they would rob
the next coach that passed up. Since
that coach would not pass the point !
where the miner had met them till
the next afternoon about 2 o'clock,
there was time to lay trap.
There was nothing at Golden City
except hostelry, but a fresh horse
was obtained, and Frost put spurs
iOr Denver. There were several ex.
soldiers OF the civil war In Denver,
one Of them, Striker, who had served
with Frost. The two made up
party consisting Of young veterans
md three other picked men, six In
all, and, taking with hem certain
apparel they intended to use, rode
out In the early morning to Golden
lily.
At noon the Denver coach came
along, and the passengers alighted
or dinner. When they were about
20 re-enter the Coach, Frost asked
Them to remain awhile at the tavern,
'lnce he had a party Of friends with
him who wished TO take q short ride.
The passengers, both men and wo.
men demurred, but the riding party
we're we'll armed, and they stepped
aboard, and each with his baggage,
\ bundle done up in brown paper.
As soon as they. we're out Of sight
rom the tavern q halt was made,
The driver said that they expected
The coach to be robbed, and four OF
The men opening their bundles put
On women's attire. Then the coach
was driven on. Frost dressed as q
woman, sat next the door, q Der.
ringer pistol In each hand. Striker
sat next the other door with two