| Show WHY SAR6INT FLED fROM JAIISONS non Man Who Was Not Lynched Tells a Story ALLEGES CONSPIRACY AGAINST HIS LIFE Others Were Responsible For His Wifes Death Hobert Ray Hamiltons Partner Be lat a Harrowing1 Tale Accuses His Neighbors of Responsibility For All of His Troubles Says They Took His Property and Pormed a Conspiracy to Lynch Him Secures Possession of His Children Special to The Herald dacbias Me Aug 7ohn D Sar tnt has issued a lengthy and elaborate elabo-rate statement in esard to the occurrence occur-rence near Jacksons Hole which led to his return east and to the reports that he had been lynched for abusing his wife and causing her death Sargent places the whole blame at the door of A r Simpson of the Jack sons Hole Gun club and D C Now Mn an exTexas cow puncher He says that his wife was taken ill in February and was under the treatment of Mr and Mrs Nowlin who finally took her to Jacksons Hole with the understanding understand-ing that she was to come east Mr Sargent had tried his best to procure competent medical treatment He finally fin-ally aranged for a doctor to meet herat her-at Jacksons Hole He says that he did not hear of his wifes death until unt April IS and that the Nowlins refused to allow his children to return to the ranch About this time he learned so he claims that Nowlin had caused an Nowln cause operation on Mrs Sargent performed by a drunken brute who was forced to resign as Indian physician at the Bannock agency four years ag He also claims that morphine was administered admin-istered probably in overdoses Sargent says that his wifes death enabled people at Jacksons Hole to keep a valuable registered bull belonging be-longing to Sargent and to get posses son cf a 500 musical instrument and 31000 worth of other personal property In short he charges that Nowlin and Simpson formed a plot to steal all he had force his father to support his l children and cause his death by lynching lynch-ing 0 He says They Succeeded In seal jag me out into the world with five motherless children to support from the best ranch home in Wyoming which they hae completely wrecked Sargent says ho is willing to refer the whole matter to his children whom I he has succeeded u again reuniTrig to himself I Ie says that Simpson is also respon I sible for the story in regard to Robert Kay Hamilton An official inquest J says bhows thit Hamilton came to his death jy acciJ ial drowning when Sargent was 100 miles away He refers re-fers to General CVhuyler Hamilton his former partner > father in proof of this assertion Sargent says that when his uncle Charles Sargent esq of Portland went down to Jacksons Hole for the children he was forced by Nvn 1 pay several hundred dollars and that Mrs Cowlin whipped awl threatened the children Simnson in the meantime he says had taken agents a-gents ranch property and spread thp retKirt that Sant nt would be killed if he returned Sargent had left the ranch to come east and consult with his father and uncle |
