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Show ItiisjPKo ijs LRTEEN TH' KILLED AND MEN-X- OF ACCIDENT. wrAf at Work In But Time, at the CuiuH Aurlnua BTPf AWf rATTTT Y11YV1 Men One Hundred L K h.. Ruildlna Or 90 Dozen s.v.r V-'theo- TI Mcen. w-- ..- Injury.' II tr-t- her Texaa occurred In i 8 "rt ,H ,he Province o .h! to thirty more injury en uu Uoloyes of the puw , u many iVttUfll more I . as one m. amounting ,,JIr 1,111 are re. the these McrH,aid dollars and nf hU force wer . ... . . .ninslon of a battery of I Ha Ol ilio v wmm urui o put down dlHtnrh.nr- . boilers TueBday afternoon at end to check agitation, Sheet and Tin Plate Not ion a nftoi. tv- .- - - lliili ST? , Miuf. 1UB Ifle. L.l sf M Ientincai' rtur Mile, sJ will. Ill 11 'H In OjJ9f b Short ioicb or I TRAIKSl B-- Oman's ChlcajoJ 1 hair Cfi.rf STRICKEN. PANIC PEOPLE unions; i Wvivor of Cartago Earthquake Tells roN, of Times M Terror. sen Tork. Dr. Walpale Brewer, Lbe bas arrlred here from Cartago, rosta Rica, brings tne nrsi miorma' or tne tern- Ion from an ) eye-witne- In that country. Dr. surgeon or tne Frinz was sent to Cartago with The party arrived at tlx nurses. Jcartago twelve hours after the dlaster. said, 0ur special train," took us through a country alive with women running hither and ten andshrieking and praying to be Some tried to Meltrered from death. scramble aboard the train and two or three were ground to death beneath the wheels as we passed by. It was worst I ever a inectacle f panic, the . ' lit earthquakes Brewer was Daochlm, and Dr.-Brew- er : l , Ban. and M:y 4 we had lenarate shocks In Cartago. The tone that .played the worst havoc came km the might; of the fourth. "Between April 13 160 FOUGHT I f acres ol med tocnltini b- - BHPJ raclalo?! vwr. for mnJl 0 10ATKD IDAS'! the Was nthfniiy Kansas pportuni Homes Jury Tampered Withf City. If Dr. B. Clark Hyde's attorneys carry his cate to the bu preme court, the physician will not bare to go to Btate's prison pending I Mtion .rtUne aendaeKf'P1 bo's resou- nP A..ofu DVVN, by the highest tribunal. He must remain in Jail here, however, nors that Dr. Hyde's attorneys In tend to claloi when they present their uon for a new trial that the Jury 'Mt tried th- physician was tampered 'its. has' U t IhUlllMI U I. ILU UU 111 ' Begun by Prosecutor Conkling, who mwrroRated several of the Jury r iery Postmaster Hansorf Acquitted. ut City, After belne lKv one hour, Tuesday afternoon "'jury m n,e case of Frank Hanson, ed able 5tsAHT W NE NO. le I vnited States district court, S?." w,,b burntng the poatoffice r"linnr( nnrl lnilln lotlt.ru . .'m Sfl the Bystem a cathartic ...m . reirnm in Touch OUT FEUD. Death as Result of Fancied Injury. San Bernardino. Cal. Bert Mae, Santa Fe special officer, and David Unison, fought out an old feud Tues day night in the midst of the centen btal throng. Bullets flew among the rowd and Allison Is dead, with four bullets thronfih the body. No one else was hurt, although the fight caused 'panic among 'hundreds of men and women sightseers. The feud between the two men was uf two years' standing, dating from taetlme when Mae, then a city police man, served a warrant , on Allison The latter is said to have declared bit Intention of killing Mae, but the ' never met until Tuesday night Mae surrendered to .the sheriff. to .Duet a that rr.i wer Imminent and fragments of ei ci ,tht STINCT r, vioa Cm picked up on porches and roofs and la trees. . One hunareo of the accident time the at be plant uiue m-hut 1 dozen or SO 'escuyeu jury, and these worked heroically to -- ww.-.- -escue tneir awnm ruins. lurnlng M u,v",u The body oi one " 700 feet from the brough a house wv DOUJ tu TDe Want VMU . In n-- .M. '" .it Innrieri rom tne line through a bedroom and tut the west side. The torso or an- K(W1 In a Iranian ... bther man wan wuuu korf aT. "For God's sake hit me on cried one Ihe head aud kill me!" r ia im nnfl who found him. ff he Injured man had an arm torn off bd a reat hole In his side. I on were mo arms Thlneg were in Fn a verdict nf not iniHrv. Women and Children Drowned. Mn U'oolo. Wrlirht six . . . v. I .... ' l and . S'c wer Iu If I'rtu.nn.1 nA Int I Tuesday nlcht. urera Tho trv, I It I. . the 'lver n wason and it Z Hd not observe that .- drakn,'s tk-i mer wax nut nf it. k.ni,. Gilha Al'k 1 1 1 O- Gave -- I!n . wimax t s,. ltrt.l wltK In. . i. an exciv reacnea ""es In tho Tallinn .r.rinrhnt Me Tue8day vhcn As" (m .. d Drutf a-- -- Attorney General Oscar Law. oi me now rnmnim i.aw- . .. mc, m' roue from wrathruiiy . tha . ,tBB Blana ana accu8eu Mtam. detlb-wuh- . rnu i . Brandel9 of uttering a Then, after he had jCDukt-r- j by aeveral members o! Mr. Lawler withdrew ftDd apologlxed to the conujjj lu. I" n.frsf8d,i. A ai,(.... vmiijir itai ...J the Lie to Brandels. Yashin k "mm, ... . VV- fN It ' ' V "fci Jf ' Tcrr V - V MWlU8' , I f rz 3?T? ? A r 4fSi. ) - 1 TaClvC, ' ... s - WrifV r 'I r-- hall, and wer arrived, w....v",,.lu,.n juvijunaia quietly. m ttin m. fw... 2and I think V "ua shape at th 7. . nd Cbodlea were blown blocks from iumi.i.1 went nvr " " lh icene. ....iuuicu, Mut! I:t Ibna' ns men was- dim th iionds. IUH PoIiU, l;t, ia A lose. . sX wan tpr- - nlnBio niant la nracticallv a f k- - ,. im. ver railroad. merw e. v.i " . ... . ; range-broken- " U -- CaD'Ua .t b,008nel " m. Binaers . - wti 1. A"!7 nna W'hered In n--v mw,n B." he door. Hcuonald of the tSJLV-yj- ri Ran- talk to you together." ,WaX "nd prmrmuS:'"1 ' - ..m """ s?r uvWf V r e asked rdMntre,y0Ur Ranr8?" i Rarifor. , .j i,i "c'li me iaiK. rm pretty imtg id; 4 handed." There was another door opened. Captain greetlna- - for kJJwr , f A mniiiit.ii. . m- .1 V. ..u?'",u ""s . ",7. . - I f-i'Lr lis ,i II 7111 Hi vTW-C-R 1 Hf J i? I 'X iV I II 1 "SN 111 3 1 I ltW I "ff Tl I I ."SS- - :A I I I z: genial natural see his audi- - "Boys," he said. hi"!?1, TU J"1" ng orr7 8re 8c,ln Md making out Hkl v .c 6u.ng io tear up thlnga generally. Now y0 know me, and you know that 1 thing that ain't right, and If a man behLe. J self I'll try to get him what's right, if I can I suppose you think you have a wlevanr. .i perhaps ou have, but youll never get it d this way. and it's my buniness, as you-al- l . . know, . tint t tin.. iuib ori oi wora going on. "Mthln a brief time the men were nearly all You have a perfect to right quit work, but you hack at work, doing better than ever before. "y "gni to Keep other men from At various other points McDonald or his working, or to Injure people's business, or to brtak up property. Nothing good can come out Rangers quieted the strikers and prevented troubles of various kinds. Usually Captain BUI of such doings. I aidnt bring any of mv men went alone. It was his favorite way of hanalong, because 1 didn't believe I'd need 'em. dling mob disorders, as we have seen. It Is told and I don't think so now; but of course if this of him In Dallas how he once came alone to thing goes on, Til have to bring 'era. and then that city in response to a dispatch for a comIt will be too late to talk an friendly here tothis time to put down a pany of Hangers, as we're talklrur now. gether ' prize fight "I'm well acquainted with President Good of "Where are the others?" asked the disapthis road, and 1 know you cant get anything pointed mayor, who met him at the depot mis way; ana tr you taKe my advice you'll go back to work and tell him your troubles after"Hell! ain't I enough?" was the response, " ward. Now, boys, that's all Tve got to say, and "there's only one prize-fighI reckon If you listen to it youTI come out a But the San Saba affair was a different matgood deal better than tf yon listen to one or ter. It was In 1897 that certain citizens of two men that for some reason of their own are San Saba county petitioned the governor to trying to stir up a lot of trouble, and will be send Rangers to Investigate the numerous murIn Jail before night, as like as not ders which 'had been committed In that locaCaptain Bill went down on the street, and litythe number of assassinations then aggreIhe crowd soon followed. A good many came gating 43 within a period of ten years. to him and expressed willingness to go to In an earlier day a sort of vigilance commitwork. Here and there he talked to a little tee or mob had been organized to deal with group In his friendly earnest way. The strike lawless characters, but In the course of time at Wichita Falls was over. the usual things happened and the committee From Wichita Falls, McDonald wwt over to Itself became the chief menace of the commuFort Worth where there was similar trouble, nity. Whatever worthy members it had originally claimed, either dropped out or were "rebut learned that a more serious situation exmoved' and were replaced by men who had a isted at the Thurber coal mines, In Erath counprivate grudge against a neighbor, or desired was to his take urged ty. The Ranger captain his property, or were fond of murder on genmen to Thurber, but decided to go alone. eral principles. In time this deadly organizaArriving at Thurber, be hunted up the mine tion became not only a social but a political officials for consultation. Colonel Hunter, presfactor, and as such bad gathered Into Its grueident of the mines, looked at Captain BUI some membership active and honorary counbent over from bis wounds and battered up ty officials ranging from the deputy constabufrom lllnes and exposure and shook his head. lary to the occupant of the Judicial bench. Inhe should have "You brought your men," It seemed that a majority of the citizens deed, said. "You can't do anything with a gang like of San Saba were associated together for the alone." urs, purpose of getting rid either by assassination "Well, colonel, I'm using my men In other or intimidation of the worthier element of the I places. I'll look around a little and do what community. can, anyway." This society of death waa well organized. It had an active membership of about 300, with Loitering about the town, he discovered that a number of kegs of beer were going out to obligations rigid and severe. Their meeting a high hill, beyond the outskirts headquarters place was a small natural pool of water almost surrounded by hills. It bore the curiousof the striking miners. He learned that there was to be a sort of mass meeting there that ly appropriate name of "Buzzard's Water chief agitators Hole," and here the Worthy Order of Assassins night, when the leaders and assembled once a month, usually during full would be on hand. He derided lo be present. moon, to transact general business and formuIt was well after dark when he set out. and late plans for the removal of offending or sua good crowd hHd assembled when he reached perfluous friends. the place. had Members in good standing would make It was nearlv U o'clock, aud a (speaker was In crowd the that their desires, setting forth reasons why known conclusion come to the some good radical cltlzA'iis in various walks of life were better the proper condition to take followed by which might dead, and the cases were considered and deadvice-adv- ice It. to give crees he proceeded passed accordingly. prompt action-a- ud been mistreated had roost, break how To they up the Buzzard's Water-Holthem fold He to begin were do. They to should and discourage Its practises in and around end what they mines and the superintenSan Saba, was the Job cut out for Bill McDonby blowing up the which mine lo them told he and his Rangers during the summer and ald and dent's office, told them what hey fall of 1897. blow up first. Then he and it was clear Captain McDonald began the work by sendwere to do to "Old Hunter." of the muttering,, over three of his men John Sullivan, Dud ing from the faces and (he do these things. to were and Edgar Neil-- to Investigate. The ready Barker that they wound in and out in a hundred directions, worked his way through the trail Bill Captain . lose to the sneaker's log. and gathered in a regular knot around the seat ...n crowo UIHH of Justice. Perhaps there were town and counreac lied what seemed a good the agitator When the Hanger cui. .. ty officials who were not In the tolls of the stopped The speaker him. deadly membership, but if so they were not beside Sullivan promptly got Into troudiscoverable. It was Captain Hill s his surprise. in dead "till ble with the sheriff by rejaillng a man whom, he found outside holding a reception with his has been he said, "this rascal that the friends, when the state had paid a reward for to and to you to you is an enemy his murcapture. Sullivan and the sheriff both drew t0 co,nmit guns, but were kept apart, and the district a sort of honJudge, who seems to have been office by virtue of his holding "Buzzard," orary society favor, undertook to get rid of Sullivan off after some witby sending him a long way be wanted; though why they to ness supposed should want any witness In a court like that would be hard to guess. them where iney i i v i Company B. n ou. came down to look n, trying to get Captain Bill himself now but full from the hands his vice and had se. He field. over the J and Hanger 'U1 set-tie- u"' t! e J S.P '"!! tali 1 SangjSSSS-an-bR;Vta.n ...1. turned to " start -l- e e xnrcrrno, McDonald interviewed the sheriff and the and delivered his county officials In general, and collectively, individually of them, opinions !Ir vi 1 concluding with the statement that he would bring Sullivan back as soon as a message and steam would t& get him. The sheriff replied that Sullivan and he could not stay In the same town. "Then move," said McDonald, "the county will be rid of one rascal. It will be rid of more before I get through here." Captain Bill went to Austin, himself, after Sullivcn, so that there might be no mistake about his coming. He presented the case to Governor Culberson and got his sanction; then sent word to his men at San Saba to meet them, and be arrived with Sullivan promptly on time. He had expected that there would be a demonstration by the sheriff and his friend, Instead of which the streets of the little town were deserted-Captai- n Bill toegan doing quiet detective work, a labor for which he has a natural aptitude, as shown by the shape of his ears and nose, and from the ferret look of his eyes that this would be so. Good citizens now took further courage and came to the camp with Information. The Ranger captain looked over the field and undertook a case of a particularly That cold-bloode- d Li Dll Oglc" friend, "you'll be killed, sure." "Well. I'll go over and see." Captain Bin i plied quaintly, continuing straight toward tb mob store. As he entered there was a little stir, the silence. Evidently those present had not expected that be would walk straight among: them. Here he was they could kill him en1 put an end to all this trouble In short order-B- ut somehow they didn't do It There no good moment to begin. Captain Bill walked; over and faced Ogle. "Come outside," he said quietly, "1 want to talk: to you." Ogle hesitated. "What do you want to say?" he asked sull- seem' . enly. Cptaln Bill laid bis hand on Ogle's "1 want to say some things that you might not vant your friends to hear," be said a quaver In his voice then would have been death "Come outsldel" Outside, Captain Bill led Ogle to the middle of the street. It was blazing hot and the sandt burned through his boots, but he could talk to Ogle out there and keep an eye on the others too "Now, Bill Ogle," he said, In his deliberate, calm way "I know all about you. I know how you and your outfit murdered Jim Brown-J- ust how you planned it, and how you did It I've got all the proof and I'm going to hang yon Vt there Is any law in this country to hang a man. for a foul murder like that That's what Fa here for, and I am not afraid of you, nor of any of the men over there In that store that helped you do your killing. You are all a lot of murderers that only shoot defenseless men from ambush, and I'm going to stay here untn X break up your gang, If I have to put you every one on the gallows or behind the bars, and Inrx sort A man named Asa Brown, one of the mob's early victims, had been hanged some 10 or 13 years before, and bis son Jim, though he had never attempted to avenge his father's death, had fallen under the ban. Jim Brown had never even made any threats, but he must have been regarded as a menace, for one Sunday night while riding from church with his wife and her brother he was shot dead from ambush, his wife, whose horse became frightened and ran within range, receiving a painful wound. Captain Bill secured information which convinced him that one BUI Ogle had been the chief Instigator In this crime. The murderers now realized that trouble was In store for them. Some of the men began quietly to leave the country. Others consulted together In secluded places and plotted to "kill Bill McDonald." Sympathizing citizens encouraged this movement, and anonymous warnings always the first resort of the frightened criminal began to arrive in the Ranger camp. Captain Bill paid no attemion to such communications; he was used to them. He went on gathering and solidifying his evidence, preparatory to the arrest of Ogle and such of his associates as the proofs would warrant Ogle, the "tiger" of the society, as he was considered, McDonald had not yet seen, as the tiger did not live In the town, and for some reason had lately avoided those precincts. He arrived however, In due season. Perhaps the brotherhood let him know that It was time he was taking a hand In the game. Captain McDonald, one hot afternoon, was talking to an acquaintance on the streets of San Saba, when be noticed a stout, surly looking man with the village constable, not far away. Now and then they looked and nodded In his direction, and presently an uncomplimentary name drifted to his ear. "Who Is that fellow talking to that sorry con stable?" he asked. Ilia companion lowered his voice to a discreet whisper. "That Is Bill Ogle," he said, "the worst man of the murder mob." Captain Bill looked pleased. "Good bye," he nodded, "I want to see Bill Ogle." Ogle had crossed the street and passed through the courthouse to a hardware store on the other side where a number of his friends had collected. "Don't go over there, captain," cautioned his shoul- der. cow-ard- ly going to begin with you." As Captain Bill talked the sweat began to pour oft of Ogle, and his knees seemed to weaken-Presen- tly they could no longer support his stout: body, and he sat heavily down in the hot sanC-tryinweakly .to make some defense. Ogle made several attempts to get on his foeV finally succeeded, and went back to hta friend Next morning he was taken to Jail and av m strong guard was Consternation now prevailed among the mob-an- g set. d its friends. The examining trial of Bill Ogle was an event In San Saba. Josh McCormack was chief witness for the state, and was a badly Beared man. In spite of the fact that the Rangers had armetTv' him and guaranteed htm protection from of the Buzzard's Water-Hole- erowdL Other witnesses on both sides were frightened enough, for nobody knew what might happen before this thing ended. When the court of examination adjourned Ogle t was held without ball. Through the efforts ol District Attorney Lyndcn It was decided to trans- - -fer the case to Llano county for final trial Lyndon making his fight for the change on tho grounds that no fair trial could be obtained Ida the San Saba court. In Llano county Ogle's case was fairly trlod.' and he received a life sentence. Whan the-ne- xt election of county officials came around". the old lot was wiped out clean, and men of chax. acter and probity came Into power. The roads, that led to the Bad Lands were kept dusty wlth. the emigration of, men who had formerly gain--- , ered at Buzzard's Water-Holand In their stee came those who would give to San Saba nobler-- . enterprise and worthier fame. -- e, ' -- |