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Show and Ink sketch Of nfcir J the IeaK: ' The series of w ariton murdcrSVtnt mysterious: mys-terious: esca'pe of the criminals . which n few weeks ago excited- the community, havo'hectf succeediiVby sllll lrtofetart ling and alarming; development Tha present condition of nffairsis nnprecedent-cjl nnprecedent-cjl tn.tlnt history pf this region, "California or, AurlruhV J.t IV discovered that a 'gigiuittc. icret.- torgAnfAljoii of horse- tlueVcs, acting, nrider. a: writlen Cpns'titu tioti amljiyc-laws, boand, together by tho h)0st;6oltfiun'odilhsi,'cmpioyi0g a coirtplelp system prigh-grli)! urid. pllS9wp!rds;,, and !.ci tending; in itaTAuiiucations to tho vMissoitrilUvcri'haj been In opcrotioii for several mouths pasl.;. It-hnssnccccdedln" rhnufng off httndredjpof cattle,, horses arid mitlfei..eor'iniittlug rnurdcr;whcn ttecesaary ltd 'carry; bt lt .designs;, and. shicldliiglts .member; from pfinfslime ni whenever1 they have bVeirdctecteili" jTlie p'ntjllc.liasf been astounded 't'o Jcatn thatl einbraeed1?cv erul - prominent ,'ritljicus or Denver who borp'aU tnHullied. rcpntatlOti'. tii.'tho eifm-! mnrjlty; - Jlutwhtte'theso faet havp been j made Jjiiattn, tlio peojilO" riro illHn IgnOr- ntico . of the naiiics of Its, mcnlliCrs,the "details of Its ojieftioris, a'hd of tho.lticansi ! throtifi! 'which, they wprq discovered. " . , . GiitfVO OtherfhaOd,. "secret ArigilancO 3otitmlttee liWbee'n ormed't'nrret oiit th6'liffjtirl-Bn(t''-.ihilo''tho"'Hamea "of. it mimbcrs, the times and places .of its wcetr mg;. and thb.cxiiiit evidence npoir whicii It isi ftcllngj are all nnkiloVi. to tho public', has, hrotiglft two'of tho leading hoi thlcres, to- a iuost nummary find violent death, captured andcxainiucd three inofe, ntid'sent jiaftiesjn pursuit of others stitl: who have flcilfrom the couulry, Ilfefwcen these tiro secret organWtiooi tho people at large are completely "bcwildemlthe : confidence of- man in.iuarsccms to bo utterly: ut-terly: destroyed, raccpf. Iu .case's of ?lbng and ihtrmato ncquaiuUnce, nrtd thepublic, having reached that' ijoiut'at whieh.inen arc incapable; or being, . surprised, fa nn'xr ioiisly waiting further devclopmquts;" ; ; ;'rhc lcadtug .,ttits of tho' past-two weeks havp.beenhuy,.tbescr'A'iViiiiV meiis'o niuount.;'ot -.stock-had'been prevl-oosly prevl-oosly stolen .during; thu summcrj Including one; hundred aud threo animals tukeu from ttua tleinity in a,singld'iightv At last,' upward offifty.vatuubltfJtirsea and. mules werp takcrt'ntoiico'froih a nincho onHho. FJatte;. slniuftivnconsiy iyUliUho-wimtbn rotifder of two raericniraffcd'fn'maltiii!? hay; - An attempt vvns tuado to conceal tho crimeihy burniug'thq cahinwhich contained con-tained thq bodies.bf, tho murdered m'cnj nd,. several arrow-heitds 'found : among the -boites tefttha imprcssfon that the :rjmqhnd bccti Oommitt'ediby thp-lrrdians. Utit.tho 6vitepf.ahef.stpcknwhb foltoWed :hcthtofW 'cfyhl'v niilc'sCac'rO th'c.deser -:owatd;,tho';ArkSn!tairV'nnd'wcr6 fii'mllV J lompelled. tCfrctu'rn" hiiSuccsfnllbWiusid' heir lwrsr gave oaf, I'Crliimcd that , he: fugiti res, wcrb white men'; "' ' About thpsame.timet tkp or 'three, in-, eh'ept.udleltcrs from Gordon, tueescapi'd nurdtrer,gave'a.fi!ne to the lioreWeal " ng! organization, and t:o bt three" qt'tU acmbers Were lmnictliatVly wepredhy tho . Ifigflanco Committee. .Quo' of thfiih a ! i,eft vy property-Jiolder, i(eiir, tOw)i,was'kept . i prisoner lip brsix'aays,while ttiVpugllc ', verns altogether hWgnorauco of Ids'Wlicro-ihoot's. Ids'Wlicro-ihoot's. At- tho end of that thno ho again nadc hk appearance, asserting- that ho:" lad bccn absent Ou; n Vusmtss, trip to ilie hOuntafn bnt"he 'was-pccnlurriy hyggard' . nd'woni,;nnd'.geemed 'to!haVo.crpwii fivot cars'pldcr iu the tcrfiblo'ordeario which' ! ibjiadr b?en shhjectc'd. It ' geoVrnlly ' iiiderjtood'that .he;m'aden." .detailed con-' , cssion in writing, which was corroborated j n'eycry particular, by two'of his.cpnfed irates, jvhft ircrO. cxaiinThcd. scpa'nitcljf. rom himj and that the Committee bavp efrniued froth giving these confessions to ho.public until hp has had. sufficient time p settle up his business .oud escape from i liepouutry. , Mvsahwhifc, ono pf fiie'tri-Wdekly sUge , 0 tlio Missouri Itivcrhad just left Den-er Den-er with, five pnstngcrsf including A. C , !.ord, Esq n weli kiiawu lawyer of this ity. About three miles out, and olmost j 1 sight nf Denver, It was' stopped, at 10 clock m the tiloriung, hy eight men J fined with double barreled Shot guhs. i 'hey dtd not, say a single word, except to rder Mr. Ford to jjet out and i.coom- any them, and thcu to direct, tie driver i i go on, both of which injunctions, were ry promptly obeyed. The hist thathe "v iverorpassengcrasawof Ford ho was uidifig near the road-side, surrounded , his csptors, and a few days, after M ,,, rp5p was discovered, a milo.from tho L d, riddled by eight buefcfchot. The :n who took hm were entirely uudis-laed, uudis-laed, and are n)'idertood to bo well : own hero, but as at) tho passengers $ ve gono ou to the river, and tho driver, f, in bus retnrucd to town, was afterward ' ,' rned, at the peril of his life, not to l re their .names, It Is not gcbcrally S own, or even suspected who they Averc Yt rd was well fcuowii here, having Come . this region from Council Muffs, Ioivp. i hasancsthuablo family in that city, oharc been sustained for months Tiy s charity' of neighbors, while he owned islderubla property in thh citv. aud s timmtaining two mistresses. Snarly Shnultaneously w'ltlthis death, dhcr well known citizen of. penvcr, Hi m Sheur, formerly extensively engaged ms jOnrtz rhfnliiK, awl mors recently pro- fia ;tor of the' Vasquei House, came to ric equally summary and violent end. tbal !c In tho evening he was. enticed from, hci homo by an nnkhownaiid unsuspected chi tor, and early the next morning hli nul isc was discovered duti!ug fr'pm a del ( on thebaiik or the Platte, a milo hei th pf the town. Tlio tree Itoro-n label lov !i thp words, "This man was huiigi he otl i proven to Be a horse thter," written of if It in pencil hi a disguUed hand, hat ar was bout fifty years old, aud had hci d in Jvebruskn and Michigan, but was aft-ti aft-ti upou the Hudso.n iver, where he is aw to have wealthy nd worthy relatives, opi t Is now asserted that Ford Was the bee lident, aud Shear a prominent member tha tho horse-thjoves, and that from the abc ect system of the orfjanizntion It pla Id have have been utterly Impossible pre onviet them on a public trial, though wei evidence of their guilt was over- toi Imlnj?, mui ho United States Marshal lias left for gin vcuworth with a large number of wit- whi cs against Gordon, the murderer of to' Alib iv, uy iuui, lima juv MW'uil vujkld' cd of murder nr&na Wal trial In ,nnj Court In Kansas Terriiort, thero U " Ii tf f c horio that Gordon wilt'dblafn jiiitfcA J The Work upon. Fort, Wi?o,filio' new United Stulesitnilitary-po'st t)T ;thi Ark. ansn,.20 miles itoutlicnst of Denver, la progressing' rapidly, and two compafdefl of cavalry ltavo arrived there All,, the Indians, except- the Arapahoeff, continue o manifest. disnfTefction toward tho whites, hut no .open hoslijitiea liavc, recently oc-tcurjr'cd, oc-tcurjr'cd, ': - |