, 1908-08-21
slckENlNo STORY OF EXTREME
CRUELTY AND CRIMINAL AS
sAULr FROM CAMP EMMETT
CRAWFORD.
Affanced Bride Of Non.commissioned
ofsesr Get Upon sy Thirty Ruff
fans From Regiment Of Artillery.
otficer ssine Beaten Into lnsensI.
hility and Girl shamefuIIy Abused
Many Arrests.

Details of one of the most atrocious
crimes in the history of the state are
coming from Camp Emmett Crawford
where twentysthree soldiers are said
to have been Arrested and placed under
heavy guard, being surrounded by a
troop Of cayalty. and with efforts being
made to organize a mob to summary
execute them. Nine men are said to
have escaped from the camp and scat
tered, three of them having been ar.
rested at RawIins today. A sergeant
Of the T~wentTLfrst infantry, in the
city today, saf4s he would like the task
of going after 4he men taken at Raw.
Inns. Il shouA make them wish to
commit suicide before they reach the
camp" he said.
reIo and Denied.
The story wVsa referred to in these
columns severtS days ago. but it was
x ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that reporters
were unable to farn enough facts upon
which to write; 1t was beneved at the
time to have some foundation, but the
matter was suppressed at the request
OF ofhcers at Camp Crawford, where
there was the s~ver-present danger OF
violence on the part Of the incensed
comrades OF the men believed o be
guilty.
Joined ker .SWeetheart.
The Twsnty-Arst infantry, al the
readers OF The Republican win know,
came to the mnaeuver camp from Fort
Lon ~ Eaff.wan -uu1Sceuntry
s5ss \ nsEas At the f.,r
grosuds n thas city. With the regi-
ment wN q non-commiss.oned ofacer,
who lAet his fance In Denver. They
were engaged and intended to be mar
ried when the regiment completed Its
maneuvers at Camp Crawford. Last
week the young girl visited her sweet
heart in the camp. spending the day
with him. That evening the two were
strolling about the ground, the young
oficer having been relieved from duty
for the time being. While passing
for their horses, and where
the cavalry men had erected drinking
troughs for their horses, nd where
hundreds of horses and riders came
twice daily, not less than thirty sold
iers from one of the artillery regi-
ments assaulted the officer and the girl.
Soldier Knocked s~enseless.
The non-commissioned officer made
as vigorous fight as was possible under
c,nk oI1r 1,r,% ha wo, lyponLnl cnnCn-
less with the butt of a revolver and
taken into the timber and kept a cap
tive. Before the girl could cream or
run she was seized and overpowered,
being brutally assaulted by mar after
man, who finally left her more dead
than alive. The young IN manag-
to get back to camp and was in a
hospital for two days before she was IL
condition to be taken back to Denver.
She was under the constant care of
the surgeons at the hospital. who had
hard work restoring her to a condi-
ton suitable to be moved.
Nearly All In Irons. F,
The non-commissioned officer was
plCtty uduIy AoHuiCu uihioSiis ohu hS,
too, was under the care OF the sur
geons. His %assailsnts scattered and
picked men have been busy evef
since, with the result that nearly all
of them are in irons. They are SO
closely guarded at night, both from,
fear of escape and to protect them from
a mob, that they are chained together
and no one allowed near the prison
tent who has no business there. The
punishment Is twenty years in a mill
tary prison upon conviction. but the
sentiment in favor of more summary
punishment is great in the camp. 1t is
believed that not one of the missing
men will escape. officers here have
heard of the presence of some Of the
men but none have been arrested here
and none are believed to be now in
CITY