The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-04-17

ted was called the Wiid HORSE mas
sacre. There was county scat fight
between Hugoton and Woodsdale
Kansas, and the most bitter feeling
was engendcred between the rival
towns. A party from Hugoton were
down on the Beaver river after plums
that grew in the hills near the river
when some fellows from Woodsdale
made an attack on them. They got
away from them and returning 10
Hugoton gathered q bunch OF fel-
lows and stared after the Woodsdale
fellows. They found them asleep at
| Wild Horse lake. This lake is stu
ated I'm what is now Texas county.
| They captured them and stood them
| up In q row and shot them one by
one. One Of the boys did not die He
crawled to where some men were
putting up hay, and they took him
ITO the railroad, and sent him east.
He was the only witness against the
! killers. They were tried at Paris,
Texas. and were not punished, on the
ground OF no Jurisdiction. A boy
| named Gilbert was killed on Duck
Pond because he watered flock of
| sheep at a spring where the settlers
got their water for family use. The
people we're getting tired of this kind
! OF affairs 80 we sent many petitions
to congress for some kind OF relief.
| In the summer OF 1887 we called q
| mass meeting and organized a re-
spective claim board. The purpose
was to settle or to arbitrate land
and lot difficulties. In the fall OF
1887 we organized the Territory OF
Cimarron. That fall we elected J. X.
Linlay. Governor; T. p. Braidwood.
Secretary OF State; IL Senators; "a
members OF the Lower House. and
o. q. Chase. q delegate to congress.
Chase went to Washington but was
| not seated. We were up against the
real thing In our Territorial form
OF Government. We had no power to
levy taxes. We drifted along some
way waiting patiently for the strip
to Open" That was the way we put
IT, In the month OF September we had
killing in town. Billy Olive. who
kept a saloon here was the son OF
Print Olive. who was killed at Trail
City. Colorado-the cause. women
and whiskey. Billy had some diff
Guilty with q man by the name OF Bill
Henderson. saloon keeper. Olive
shot up Henderson's saloon that
morning, broke all his bottles. tramp
led all Of his cigars and tobacco in
to the broken glass. turned all of the
| spigots OF his barreled goods open
and the place looked as II a cyclone
had struck II. He captured Hender-
son and marched him down the
street. The saloon stood on the lot
just north OF DIR. Longs Office. In
trying to shoot him. cartridge stuck
In his gun. Henderson started to
run. He lodged behind a sod build
ing. north OF the White House hotel.
Olives gun worked alright and
Henderson ran north and made the
best time on record. Henderson came
back to town. secured a $3.50 Win
chester and waited for Olive to come
up the street. Olive lived in a sod
house about where Mr.. and Mrs. j. r.
Quinn now live. He came up the
street about 6 p. M. looking for
Henderson. He looked in the saloon
building and seeing no one. crossed
the street. Henderson and man BY
the name OF Redmon, were In q carp.
enter shop. now Fickel's office
watching Olive. They had the guns
pointed at him but on account of the
citizens being In range were afraid
they might hit the wrong party. They
went out the back way to the back
end OF the lot now occupied by the II
ID. Truax hardware company. A few
sod were laid up to hold the lot
They laid down behind this pile oil
sod and getting Olive In range. he
being directly In front OF the r. C.
tracy's store. Henderson and Redmor
both fired. About the second sho,
struck Olive In the heart killing him
Instantly. As the majority OF the peo
pie believed that Olive needed wha,
was coming to him no action was TAX
en- In the matter.
In the spring of 1888 two mer
came to Beaver. They we're In q
covered wagon drawn by a good spar
OF black horses and leading a large
white horse. They appeared to b.
fairly we'll to do. and talked OF buy
Ing a ranch. Their names wer,
Eugene Brusher and John Clark
They stayed around the saloons near
ly all OF the time. We had q doctor
hare by the name Of J. r. Linley. II,
always wore plug hat and he wa.
at that time Governor OF Cimarror
Territory. Whether the boys respect
ed him professionly or what. the,
never took a shot Mt the hat. He wal
In q saloon this night where Brushel
and Clark were. In a spirit OF fur
Brusher wanted the saloon keeper Il
put on the hat. He would not stant
for II so Brusher placed II on hi
own head. Clark had revolver thal
sometimes would go and some time
not. Brusher was standing with hi
back to the bar. with the hat on tn,
back OF his head. when Clark fired
at the hat. and missed, killing Brush
err Instantly. We placed him under ar
rest. and had an investigation. W.
found that Clark owned the horse,
and wagon. and other property. A,
there were only two things to do
hang him or turn him loose. We
turned him loose. He paid the ex
penses to take the body to Dodge
Where II was shipped to Ness City
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