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VOL. V
OUTLAW BLOOD-
Bitter Creek and Dynamito
Kid Killed By tho Deputies.
BATTLE IN 0SA6E COUNTRY.
One Man Shot Thirty-five
Times, the Other Two.
THE OUTLAWS IN THIS CITY
Thev
Are Laid Out Cold at
gpongcl's Store.
SOME OF THE DOVER ROBBERS
Hon They Have Hoon Chased Erer
Siueo the Rock Island Train
Robbery Up Until at Last
Cornered mid Killed WhiU
Harbored By Friends in
thy Osagu Country.
The city was suddenly tamed up
side down at 2 o'clock thin afternoon
by a wagon drivieg into the city from
tha north with two dead men in it.
The wagon came down First street
and stopping at the side door of Spen
gel's furniture house, the bodies were
taken into the undertaking rooms
Iu an instant tho city wta an an up
roar of excitement and everybody on
(be streets ran to see tha bodies.
The dead men, stretched out on
two boards, were Geo Neweomb,
alias "'bitter Greek," alias 'Slaughter
Kid," and Charley Pisroe, alias
Dynamite Dick" They were in
lull clotht-s, with boots and spurs on,
and armed to tbe teeth. Besides a
Winchester each. tby bad on a re
volver aph-ctt and belts of cartridges
for both instruments of death.
RIUM.Lli nnu 1ULUXS.
A- the clothe were cut off them it
wuhk-oii that Dyuuraite Dick bad at
leant thirty buclHhot in bim, while
two Winchester balls let tbe life out
of Hitter Creek Dynuruita Dick was
shut ulKver. but mostly in (ho right
tbonldt-r und side, though he had
Inlly m'x shot iu his etomnch and as
mucy in one foot. Ouerewae otiil
rpcti hs thongbbo bad cooked it aluiiit
side of a Winchester, One Winches
ter bullet struck Bitter Crude in tho
forehead and tore out a ot of biaius
at tho back of tho head as he
p ulliog thetrigijer.
Story or tiik Killino.
was
Murkbal Nix dees not want to
too much about the kiltibg, as
marshals who did tbe work are
say
tbe
Still
sfti-r other men. Tho outlaws were
killed at tbe southeast corner of Paw
uee oounty at the boase of tha Dunn
brothers, who were protecting tbsu,
by Deputy Marshal Hani Hobaffer at
tho head of six other marshals. The
outlaws rode to Dunn's boose sbout
10 o'clock last evening. It being
moonlight they were easily seen, and
Dynamite Dick was killed outright,
beiog tilled full cf buckshot. Bitter
( Creek made a fight, and two Win
' Chester balls felled bim off bis horse,
before ho could pull the trigger of
his Winchester.
WhoThst Auc
The outlaws who are killed are a
part of tho gang that hold up tbe
Rock Island train at Dover sometime
ago. They hare been chased erer
since. Cha; Pierce, alias Dyna
mite Dick, is a half brother to Tulsa
Juuk who was killed' in tbe Cheyenne
( country by Deputy Marshal Dudley
Banka Banks saw tbe body and re
cognised bim. Oscar Hslsell recog
nised Bitter Creek. Tbe outlaw
sedlo herd cattle for hiav O. F
Hicks,' a cowboy, looked al bim and
said be "pouched cattle" with him
e?cral years.
The horses of 'the outlaws were
killed and their saddles and aad all
tbe guus were brought to the ally.
Tbe catch io a great big foather in
Marshal Nix's cap. ss be has spent
4I0U) of his privste money and baa
been incessant in rauniogtbe outlaws
down, aad be feels jaetif prowl in
their capture. None of tbe marshals
were kqrt.
By tbe advisee iu petroleum tbo
btaadard Oil Company baa pocketed
10,000,000 witkiB tke put
Wtie.
KILLS THEM BOTH.
HUSBAND SHOO W HIS FAITH
LESS WIFE AND LOVEIt-
One Of The Victim is the Son
cf Kenhickey'f Governor.
St. Soseph Hxralo.
LouMrille, Ky., May a A separate
andertakiag esUbiisliBSsnte in this
city lie tbe bodies of two of the most
prominent psopld in tha state of Ken
tucky. One, that of Archie Brown,
son and private secretary of Ken
tucky's ahief magistrate, the other
that of Mrs. Fulton Gordon, promi
nent bw-mse of her remarkable beauty
and excellent family connection.
The story ie a sad one, and has caua
ed one of the greatest sensations this
oity or state has erer been called 00 to
chronicle.
Tbe following telefrrira wai tuttu 1
in Mr. Brown's pocket and is no
doubt a direot cause of tbe double
murder:
"Louisville, Ky , April 28. To Ar
chie D. Brown, Governor's private
secretary, Frankfort, Ky. D.in't writ
anymore. Come Tuesday. Meet uio
at 3k
(Siguol.l P. M.O."
Upon receipt of tbe above telegram
Mr. Brown came to Louisville and pro
ceeded to the appoiuted placo which
is an evil resort at 1025 Madison
street, whore at l'A:' today, the Irag.
edy occared.
At nsoa Brown, with Gordon's wife
knocked at the front door of Luoy B.
Smith's Mansiou street house. Tbay
wire admitted by Mattre Mattingly, a
colored woman, aoJ imneJutly ro
paired to tbe nrvtatrs front room,
which bad previously been oogaeJ.
Goed n Makes Hn ArrcAiica.
Thirty mioutes later a rather tall,
dark haired mau buocktd at the door
of the lumen Hud nns admitted. This
was Fulton Gordon. H engaged tha
front lower room, saying a woman
would join him shortly. Tbe man
closed all the doors sod a few minutes
Inter a commotion was baud above,
followed by a HU3JbiioQ of pistol
tibols. Thou there was a bunwd move
mom ilou'u stairs as Mrs. Gordou fhd
from tho scene. A few more shots
rang out and she fell doid cu tbo
porch in the roar yard.
Gordon left the bouio immeliately
and a few minutes later ftvowu' cor
pao was found iu the upstairs room.
Policemen Reilty and Lapnrllo roebed
down Wtdnut Street aud saw a man
running for a bugxy tied to a post at
the corner of West alrset.
"Tbe man was bloody," said O fEeer
Roilly,"and I immediately jumped at
tbe conclusion that be wai the mur
derer. I ran and grabbed him just aa
ha was in the aot of jumping into the
buggy. He had already untied the
horse when I arrived."
"Gordon, for it was he, said to mo
then: I shot both of them. I oaoght
tbem ia the aot. They are both dead.
I shot, too. O me with m? and I'll
show you where they are.'
"Gordon was aa pole ai a ghost and
was evidently very weak, Lapaille,
myeslf and Gordon wslkei to tbe
boots. Just us we got inside the door
Gordon etaggsred and was about to
fall, when I caught him. He was iu
a fainting condition and somebody
dashed water in bis f aoe. 1 also earn
moned an ambulanoe and as soon as
that Hrrived wo sent Gordon to jail."
Burn Fouoiir Likk Tiuibs.
Never was there a more sanguinary
battle than tbe one fought on tbe sec
ond floor of Lujy Smith's house. Gor
don bad little difficulty in getting)iuto
tbe room as the entry was left un
latched. As soon as Gordon gsined entrance
a desperate dael evidently befa.
lrown bad a 38-oaIibra revolver
which waa found empty after tbe trag
edy. Gordon moat to have had two
pistols, six ballet pierced Brown's
body and three that of lira. Gordon:
Tbe bed on whisk Brown and Mrs.
Gordon lay waa covered with bloed,
sbowiag tbat one or both bad been
hot wbiln in that position, or ia tbe
struggle one or more of the wounded
bsd fallen tbsra.
Gordon, biamlf, was covered with
blood, moat of wblub, doubttws, waa
two! the malt of ooataet with bis wowd
ed antagonist- Wbst sjtrt if Uf , 9frt
LANGSTON CUT,
Gordou took in the cicautitcr bar bus
band only is in a position to siy.
Tito bullet ware imbaJJol in tho
door, sorersl went through a window,
three ara barfed in the watt and two
in t'e ceilibg. Tbo walla ore nmoir
ed with blood. Too Jinx carpat on
tbe door Is etf anted with gore and
the fnrnitoro waa bdly brokon in tbo
fray
Brown's b)dy proseated a horriblo
appearanoe, beiutr cowrel with blond
There wu no clothing on the body ex
cept a pair of kuit drawer ami a pair
of sjeks. Tbe uaders'nirt bad boon re
moved and tho wou ids woro plnioly
visible. There wero throo gunshot
wounds in the breast, ono of them be-
intr over tbe region of tbo heart. There
were two wounds iu tbo bead, one bo
ing in tbe center of tho forobead, aud
there was another iu the center of tbe
stomsob and another in tb right nrm.
Tbe foatiiroi wore diutoi tmJ.
Mr8. Gordon's body was found on
thecslUr door, face downward, cloth
ed only in n chemiiu and a skirt. She
bad been in her stinking feat. Her
hair wis loose and w.u hanging ubout
hor bead iu a uncled mafaB. Her
bosom was cohere t with blood aud
ber skirt wai bevptttel with it. Hor
bands wero tightly olinchsd and her
face wss anfieared with blotches.
Gordon Is Jaiu
Gordon is in io.il and no one is 1
lowed to eee bim. Ho U ii'ihitrt but
is suffering from oervious prostration.
Gordon stated that be tried to kill him
self after shooting Brown and bis wife,
but theoatridge (ailol to explode and
his bund was uorvous.
On bis way to Jul be sUtrd to the
ofSoer that be had suspected the coup
le for sons tiruu, and ulioir, s week
ago hia oospicions were confirmed.
Ever since he had a kepi witch on bin
wifo, aud today learning th:tt she and
Brown were at n house- on Mitdinon
street, be went there aad tbe tradegy
(01 lowed.
Tonight tht corouer'a jury returned
a verdict of justifiable homicide. Gor
don s caso will be tried tomorrow.
Governor Brown arrived at 1:30
o'clock and ie stoppiug at tbe Glt
bouio. Tha governor is completely
prostrated by the Hnd affair.
iudr Brown's body will be taken to
Hon dors 00 tomorrow morning for bur
i-d. Tho remains of Mrs. Gordon are
at Wyatt'a undertaking eotahii'hnieut
on Fifth street, and yonog Brown's
body at Kinc'a undertaking etblish
meut ou Jefferson street. Mrs. Gor
don was Mi Nellio Baih of this oity.
snd her family is one of tbe best knowa
and most prominent in Ibis stile. Her
mother was onoe atato liberian at
Frankfort, and ber errandfatner was
Judge Zitchsrieh Wheat, chief justice
of the oourt of appeals of Kentucky
and one of tbe most Io iraud and die -tinguished
of Kentucky jurists. Gor
don was at one time assistant mana
ger of Palmer house at Chicgo.
MR. DOUGLASS' WILL
Tha Capital Savings Bank Ilondb
Man For Two Estates.
WasuiKOTOK, April 28. Everything
points to tbe final disposition of the
Frederick Douglass estate without fur
tbar oaatest ia tbe courts. Next to
this fast tbe most gratifying feature
connected with the business hi that its
adjustment and settlement will be
wholly in the banJ of colored men.
The bond of $60,000 required by the
oourt of tbe administrator, M re.
Helen DosgUss, tho .widow, and lir.
Lewis H. Douglass, was duly and
promptly mvde by tbe Capital Savinga
Bank of this oity. The funds from
tha aetata will, therefore, be handled
exelqeively by this institution iu the
natsrsl order of thing 1 and io accord
aooe with business customs. This
bank is so well know that it is almost
aselese to'say taat it ia owned and
controlled by colored men end that all
of it ofiiosrs are colored Americana.
It muit not be imagined for a mom
ent that tbe great trust companies of
Washington let this business go by
witboat making efforts to get it. They
were oat looking for it from atari to
finish, bet Mr; Lewis Douglass baa too
aauafc of hie fatbere spirit of eoofl
deaca hi tbe business integrity of col
orad ases aot to patronise tbsir own
fceeitatioaa whan bis support amoa
oatviaff asctfsttsa mere talk. Ia
tikiig tbie etap be bed tie beefy
O. T., SATURDAY
conenrance of his co-administrator.
Not less encouraging than this is the
fact that of the six lawyers esaployed
in the brief contest over Mr. Doug
lass' estate in (be probate conrt three
were colored men: This in a greater
proportion than ia generally found in
tbe legal oanse where a considerable
sum of money and important rights
are involved. Mr. W. H. Hart looked
altar tho interests of Mrs. Doaglaas,
Mr. E. M. Hewlett that of his uep
bews, the children of Frederick Doug
lass, Jr., while Mr. Lewis Douglass
unh Mr. Cbaa. Douglass wero repre
Ranted in part by Mr. Thoe. B. War
rick. All of these are capable men
nnd costly oontest and one in which
the lawyers would have to be well paid1
Indeed tbe indicatiohs aro that there
will bo no further friotion in the set
tlemont of Mr. Douglass estate.
Another sensation was created tbie
morning when tbe foneral of Miss
Daisy M. Roe wns stopped in the
inidte of tbo ceremonies and the body
was tiiltou to Justice Adam.a court to
be examined for abortion.
The funeral services wero going on
at tbe houso of Mrs. Listen, 00 the
corner of First and Noblo, tbiemorn
iug at 10 o'clock, when Officer Bruoe
came on tbe scene. Rav. Parker, of
tho west side, was preaching the fu
neral sermon. The officer waited
long enough to let him oonsign the
soul of tbe bountiful girl to heaven
before demanding the body. Tbe
girl had died yesterday morning, sud
denly, having been really ill bat
about twenty-four hours. It bad
been given out that she died of heart
disease. Friends knew better aad
preferred charges of abortion against
Dr. Farrington. Oo this the county
attorney ordered Justice Adams to
take charge of tbe body. Tbe body
was takan before tbe eourt, and tbe
following jury brought in a verdict
that the girl died of an attempt to
commit abortion: A. G. Jones. J. W.
R ly, Ed T; Buckley. J- W. Hillyer,
W. M. Ritter, Z O. Silla.
Dr. Farrington bad attended the
girl's sfokness and waa naturally
charged with the crime of committing
tbe abortion. He was bound over io
sum of 110,000, W- H. Gray and
J H. Davis going his bond. The
doctcr says when tbe time cornea he
ean prove himself clear. Doctors
Hiatt, Uhas, Smith M. Vandervoort
and A: Blesb mado tbe examination
of tbe body and pronounced the girl
four months enciento.
Tbe deoeaacd waa a beautiful girl
of nineteen years, wboae mother
lives west of the oity. She has a
sister, Ollie, working in tbo city and
brother, Charley, who is night man at
tbe Pabet ice plant. Botb testified
to the girl having been io a family
waj. She wa3 a good girl and ie
said to bare boeo tripped up1, by
those who pretended to know. A.
preachor ie said to be at the bottom
of the trouble: but nothing certain
oould be fouud out about the matter,
It is a std affair, botb for the living
and the dead
GIRL'S SAD DEATH-
An Arroat in tho J.lidts of Funeral
Corremouios.
AN ABORTION PERFORMED,
Sensational Death cf Mlai Dally Roe.
HandnomoVounjr Girl, Who Had
Been defrayed and Died Try-
lartolltdo nr Shauio
Jiomthe Public.
Tbe Capital Saving Bank ie be
hind tbe estate of tbe late William E
Matbewe ia tbe eame way as it is that
of Mr, Douglass, though of oourse
not to such a great extent because no
each bond was requirod of tbe execu
tions under Mr. Matbew'a will." I do
not think that they are belu for mora
then $20,000. Tbe legal representa
tivaa of tbie aitate aro Mr. H&ward
H. Wiliaaas aad Mr. James T. Brad
ford, who have an ofloe in tbo Cap
ital Saving Bank bnilding where all
business relative to tha estate ia
traaeacted. It Will be remembered
tbat immediately after the death of
Mr. Metthews tbe brobata of bis wi
waeriiistad by bis widow. The
cjart sasWJead tha will, however, aad
tbe exscators are ow at workciry
tag oat its pr ev4aioa.
These two Oases are aaeaticned as
strifes jllelr'.Joaof !:.' feci Xt7t
MAY llth. 1895.
k a growing confidence)on tho part of
colored men in each other, Ton or
fifteen years ago it would havo b?cm
impossible to find any of our people
willing to entrust large sums of mou
sy to tbe keepinrr of colored men. It is
doubtful too, if nny set of colored
men would hnvo hd enough confi
dence in the buuiuosH eonno of indi
viduals of tbe raeo us to make thorn
willing to go ou their bonds for uuy
considerable amount of raonoy. Tho
aegro is taking a grout ctep forward
if he is becoming imbued with tbe
belief that mombere of his own raco
can learn those exnet, accttrato and
inflexible business principles to hic(i
sound snd permanent projparity it
indebted. It is a letter of credit and
a striking chapter iu (ho businesa
annals of the raoe iu the District of
Columbia to buvo long established
and waltby iustltutionn of whito men
bid against vm for the buainojH of
colored men tbat baa herotoforo been
theirs without the asking.
ROBKRT U. TlIIUELN.
J. I. HAZELWOOD
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