The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-21
DEWEY BERRY WAR
FAMED IN HISTORY
Bitter Enmity Between Cow
boys and Settlers Result,
log in Fatal Battle

Topeka, Kas., April 21.--Miss Elvira
Millspaugh, daughter of Bishop Mills
paugh, of the Episcopal church, and
Chauncey Dewey, Of Chicago, We're
married at Grace cathedral last night
The ceremony was performed by the
brides father. The wedding was one
of the largest ever held here.
Fresh from a big eastern university
popular in the cut-glass crowd, Chaun.
! cey Dewey wanted the acquaintance
of the bounding west thousands of
acres of land were purchased for him
in Cheyenne and other northwestern
Kansas counties. He took up his life
as a ranchman Into 1t threaded the
history of a border feud. a long, hard
and bitterly fought court trial. and
final acquittal az the lands of both the
district and supreme courts-in this
was young Dewey a ceutral figure.
Naturally, circumstances took him
to Topeka. where he soon became very
popular in the society crowd Thus he
met Miss Elvira Millspaugh, daughter
of bishop Frank r. Millspaugh, of the
Kansas diocese of the Episcopal
church. She is a beautiful brunette,
also much sought after socially. Last
levening Miss Millspaugh and Chaun-
cey Dewey were married. SO Kansas
gave Dewey both romance and his
tory.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey will so to Ch,-
cago, and then to New York, and later
for a sail on the Mediterranean and
cruise until June. Mr. Dewey is IN
politics in Illinois, aud must get into
the campaign by tnat time.
The story of the Dewey-Berry feud
In Northwestern Kansas is one of war
fare between the millionaire ranchman
and his employees, and settlers. Con-
flicting stories are told. Dewey
bought up immense tracts of lands.
Settlers in Cheyenne and neighboring
counties claimed that the Dewey
ranchmen made life a burden; that
they fenced up their holdings, so that
the settlers had no chance of egress.
or course. there was the other side.
The Deweys claimed that their fences
We're cut; their cattle MANNED. The
enmity grew bitter Both sides are
said to have gone armed. On the
morning of June 3, Chauncey Dewey
accompanied by w. j Mcbride, Clyde
/ Wilson and seven other ranchmeu
went to the Berry ranch, close by to
get a water tank which Dewey had
\ purchased the previous day at a sher
/ iffs sale. Daniel Berry, father of the
/ Berry boys. came ont and parleyed
The Berry boys, Alpheus, Burch, Roy
and Beach, rode up about that time
Before many moments shooting began
u was never made clear what caused
the first shot to be fired, but the Dew
ey crowd claimed self-defense, and
that the Berrys shot first There was
a pitched battle for a few minutes
and when IL was over three of the Ber
rvs, Daniel, Alphens and Burch, We're
killed. and Roy and Beach Berry bad
Ily wounded After the fight the Dew
eys returned 10 their ranch. The mex
day the sheriff arrested them They
Isubmitted, with the understanding tina
they should be protected from the SET
tiers. Mob violence was feared Th'
governor sent a company of militia
to keep the peace They we're tried a
Norton, and were acquitted on th'
charge Of having killed Burch Berry
The other two cases were dismisset
without prejudice Chauncey Dewe.
was not satisfied with this. and wen
to the supreme court for a discharg'
upon all cases The court unanimous
ly granted him this application, an'
INSTRUCTED the lower court 10 that ei
feet