The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

men made: Coxey in his quiet. worn reg.
plation garb; Browne, usually mounted
on a big, bony horse, looking much like
a picturesque cavalier. with his flowing
hair that fell over his shoulders. his fancy
vest OF leather and broad brim soft hat.
Under the name Of Edward Howe, OF
Morgan County. W. Va, private of Com
mune A. Coxey's Army, bound for Wash
ington, where he was going to ship" for
the first place he could land, Horne be-
came a full-iedged member OF the COM
monweal.
Testihes Against Coxey.
He slept and tramped with the army
by any of his fellows or by Coxey or
Browne, with whom he mingled frequent
ly. It was not until he and Boyd were
called at Police Court as witnesses when
the leaders were arrested for their part
in the Capitol affair. did Coxey know that
he had taken two detectives into his fold.
Homes testimony on the stand absolved
Coxey and his followers from any wrong
doing, but IT did not get the leader of
from being sentenced to pay S fine and
spend twenty days in jail for "trespassing
on the Capitol grass"
Tramping may be all right for some,
Horne thinks, but for himself, he is con-
tent to look to the papers for news of
CoXey's march. From all accounts the
gang of confidence men that followed in
the wake OF the army received better
treatment from the townspeople they
cleverly swindled than did the followers
Of Coxey.
Those were wild and woolly nights. The
army had chartered two canal boats at
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followed in their trail, had hired another
One night out of Cumberland one of the
wags on the newspaper barge startled
the sleeping scribes by setting of red
fire and firing pistol shots in the air
There was a scramble from hunks, and
the amazed reporters thought Coxey's
Army had started in to clean them up"
Truce with Crooks.
At Hancock. about thirty-five confidence
men. sure thing men, and others of the
craft, met the army and lived of the
crowds that gathered at each town
through which the army marched While
many of them who had worked" Wash
ington were familiar with Horne and
Boyd. they did not give them away. And
as the two detectives had no power to
make any arrests, they did not give the
crooks away. and in this manner they
kept truce between them.
The crooks followed the army until they
got too near Washington to feel alto
gether comfortable, but Just to show how
Coxey regarded them. Horne related one
experience that occurred at Hyattstown.
A bunch of the confidence men had es-
tablished themselves at the village hotel,
where they were gladly received, as they
were about the only members of the
visitors that had any money to pay
for what they ate. Hearing that Coxey
to proceed to Gaithersburg the
next morning. they bargained with the
landlady for the stage coach to carry
them there in advance of the army in
order to get in their work as early as
possible. AS a guarantee that they
would return with the coach, they
promised to leave their overcoats at the
hotel.
Horne, who had been denied dinner at
the hotel, suspected that the gang was
up to some trick, and told the landlady
she had better look up the overcoats. The
stage full Of men had disappeared down
the road by that time. overcoats and all
She Immediately told Gen. Coxey what
had happened. The general was outraged.
Western Hold mp in East.
He ordered Oklahoma" Sam. the cow
boy guide for the army, to mount his
horse and ride after the party. In true
Western style "Oklahoma'' Sam spurred
after the numbering coach overlook
them, and deliberately held them UP
with his pistol The confidence men