The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-11

In the fall of 1867, Robert F. Love and
VIM. A, Love, brothers, were farming
J.C. Woodbury's place near ElPaso, and
had some cattle grazing up the Monu-
ment near Edgerton or as ii was known
then Teachout's. They were warned
by some of the old settlers of the danger
of Indians driving the cattle off. Robert
went up one day after the cattle and
overlook Nj. ID. Swisher who was also
looking after horses. The latter had no
fire arms and Mr. Love loaned him his
revolver. He went on up to David Spiel
mans cabin and borrowed four inch
pistol Of David Wright. He had no,
left Mr. Wright but few minutes until
he saw three Indians coming down q
suleh on horse back. He jumped on the
III side of his horse and presented hi.
pistol at tue Indians, who alarmed cross.
ell the gulcn to where Charles Ever
hart was herding some cattle, overtakina
nim they shot him in the back. this
vas about one quarter of a mile south
II what is known as Judge Williams
ranch at present, and about where the
Did race track was located They scalped
aim and then rode down to about the
center of the present, Colorado Springs
town site. and killed two young sons OF
Thomas Robbins, Brother of d. w. Rob
bins who DOW lives in the Springs. John
Hall, Emil Geuhrng, Isaac Yaho and
Robert Love took Eyerhart's body to
Colorado City and on their way heard
shooting in the depres ion below where
the Antlers hotel now stands, and on
going down there found Mr. Baldwin
wounded by the Indians. They had at
tempted to scalp him but that surgical
operation had been performed by some
Indians in South America some years
before. The Indians could talk English
for Baldwin said he heard one say that
he "would not give d=m for a man
who had no more hair on his head than
he had. About twenty of the Indians
had collected by this time and they
went down the Fountain to Robert
Ennis plsce whore they attempted to
cake a mule which was picketed, but
every time one Of them popped his head
up Mr. Ennis would level his gun al
them John Templeton and Solon Mason
soon came along and the Indians passed
on south. S V Banning and John Ban
ming we're emitting hay with machine
when they approached but they cut the
harness and fed to the house with the
horses. John Love. VIM. Fielding and
Jacob Gill, kept watch over twenty head
of horses that night in a corral. but one
of them who was on picket duy went
% sleep and the Indians took all the
horses from the corral and left for parts
unknown.
How Justice was meted out to offend
ers in the early days is related as follows
by one of the old settlers: Hank Jack
one of those fellows who would rather
fight than eat, and was by nature vii
lian. He was well known among the old
settlers. One morning in the spring OF
u
Denver and drove them to Mr. judas
ranch south Of where Colorado Springs
now stands. a few miles north Of Judd's
however, one of the horses became ex-
hausted, laid down and died and the
other horse drew the buggy and Jack
son to Mr.. Jndd's, who was awakened
at midnight. The next morning jackson
started for Canon City. When he had
gone as far as Bear creek he traded the
buggy for saddle and struck back to-
ward Bijou Basin. where he killed a
German by severing the head from the
body. A large reward was offered for
his arrest. John warren who was log
ging on the divide saw him passing cap
tured him and took him to Denver
rhe Denver authorities sent him to Col
orado City. On his way to Colorado
City some parties from the divide tried
to stop the Concord coach in which he
was riding, near Glen Eyrie to hang him
5nt the driver put the lip to the horses
and they did not accomplish their object
Aron Mason, the sheriff kept him two
weeks at the hotel known as "rhe Old
Fort" hand-cuffed and shackled. One
night about so men took him out of bed
from the hotel, to place back of Faulk-
ner's store, where there was an arrange
ment for swinging beeyes and hung him
Harvey ANYWAY was proprietor of the
hotel at tht time.
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