| Show COW BOYS A Serious and Fatal Difficulty at CalUwell Ks Caldwell Ks 170ne of those terrible ter-rible border shooting affrays occurred in h3 eity about 1 oclock this afternoon resulting in the death of Mike Meagher former mayor of this city and George Speer a gambler The particulars cannot can-not be obtained in the general excitement that prevails even at this late hour but it seems that last night fond this morning a party of cow boyp Sheenan alias Jem Martin Bob Munsing and Bagtree with George Speer and a fellow named Low were drinking and carousing About 3 oclock this morning they began to show a disposition to raise a row and as a preliminary move George Speer shot off his revolver into the sidewalk on Main street Through the efforts of tbo police the disturbance was suppressed and aa a precaution additional policemen police-men were put on among them Mike Meagher About 1 oclock the party above named turned loose and began to shoot indiscriminately Talbot shot Meagher from the rear of the bank building build-ing killing him instantly The citizens turned out at once with such guns as they could get holU of and attempted to take in the party who in the meantime had proceeded to a livery stable compelled com-pelled the man in attendance to give them horses mounted and started off 3peer attempted to saddle a horse near the red light dance house and while doing so was shot by some of the citizens citi-zens The others struck off in the direction direc-tion of Hunnewallabout six miles south A detachment of citizens took up the pursuit pur-suit and espied the four fleeing cowboys It is likely they will be taken and if brought back alive nothing will save them from pulling hemp The excitement excite-ment here is intense and the present disposition dis-position is to make tho aiders end abettors abet-tors of tho murderous gang pull out from this neighborhood Wellington Keg liJim Talbot t who shot Meagher in the fight with the cowboys was one of the leaders of the element that wanted to hang Danford without giving him an opportunity to settle and was one of the leaders of the party who took Danford from tno sheriff at this point Dave Speer belonged to tho Speer family of Caldwell who are engaged en-gaged in a liquor and dancehouse business busi-ness Dave was arrested during last year and charged with shooting ant killing Frank Hunt marshal of Caldwell through tho window of a dancahouse but was discharged for lack of evidence and was hardly 20 years old Tho latest I accounts are that the cowboys are surrounded sur-rounded in the timber some twelve miles south of Caldwell Rumors of an engagement en-gagement in which three or four of the citizens and two of thetcowboys were killed were rife but nothing definite can be learned |
