Eureka Reporter | 1904-03-25 | Page 2 | Deweys Go Free

DEWEYS GO FREE kansas cattlemen acau eted on mur der charge chauncey dewey and his two cow boys cly e wilson and william 3 mcbride have been acquitted at nor ton kans of the charge of murdering burchard berry by a jury which had considered the case twenty eight hours chauncey dewey a young million aire ranchman went to cheyenne county kansas early in 1900 to man ae the dewey ranch soon after bis arrival there he became involved in trouble with the berry family who were also prominent cattlemen tri vial misunderstanding grew into seri ous differences wh ch terminated in the killing of burchard berry in june 1903 at the home of alpheus berry during a fight in which dewey and ten of his cov bo s were pitted against the barrys berrys