The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 28, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME L PRICE FIVE CENTS. FIGHTING FEROCIOUS TURKS, Cretan Ipsurgents Gain a Victory Over Their Oppressors. ! FIERCE BATTLE NEAR RETIMO. Ottoman Troops Hard Pressed Now Telegraph for Re- enforcements. GRAPHIC STORY OF A STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM. blockade and not communicate with the insurgents, but without avail. This was regarded by the friends of Crete asan act of intervention, especially as public sym- pathy ic Russia, from the Emperor and bis household down, was with the suffer- ing and strugghng Cretans. Russia, with France, Prussia and Italy, in June, 1867, urged upon the Porte a ces- sation of hostilities and an inquiry into the Cretan grievances by a commission appointed jointly by the great powers and the Porte, to which Turkey refused to agree, and later a more urgent note was | address=d the Porté on the subject. Eng- |land and Austria contented tnemseives with a recommendation to the Porte to erant liberal concessions to the Cretans. Turkey did nothing at all in the matter. The Russian Government deciared in a circalar that while it would not adopt an isolated course of action it was determined to perform its duty to humanity. The war went on. In April, 1867, Omar Pasha | was appointed to the chief command, and with an army of 15000 men marched sgainst Spahkis, the stronghold of the Patriots of the Down.Trodden Island Undaunted by the Cruelties of the Past. LONDON, Exa., July 27.—The Daily News to-morrow will publish s dispatch from its correspondent at Athens report- ing that the fighting has been renewed in the vicinity of Retimo in the island of Crete, ard that'the insurgents have been successful in their encounter with the Turkish troops. The latter are hard pressed and bave telegraphed to Canea for re-enforcements. TR IN UNHAPPY CRETE. In the Face of Horrors of the Past the Island Patriots Again Battie for Liberty. The present frouble in Crete, like the st for i mce in 1 igi a in the western part of the extending as before to the adjoining o. angs, against the Venet Turks as masters of the island, the leading is borne by the Spahkiats,who are the eal representatives of the ancient Cre- sl provinee of Ret! as well as those tain fastnesses comparatively unimpaired the character and customs of their ances- tors. Thcy inhabit chiefly the high lands | snd upland plains of the Aspia Vana, or | the rugged ' ‘White Mountains, and from and almost inaccessible nature of the surrounding country they have always enjoyed a condition of practical inde- pendence from. foreign-rule, and on ac-| count of their active and warlike habits have always been very formidable neigh- bors for the dwellers in the cities and towns along the coast. : Toey constitute the entire population of the southern slope of the White Moun- | tains and slmost the entire population of the towns along the western and southern cossts from Selino to Spabkia. Their ad leading from the northern to ern side of the island west of Retimo is the one from Kisamos up the | mountsin defiles to the town of Paleo- kastron, and thence through the “Ina- chorium” to the town of Sklavopula and on to Selino on the southern coast. Selino the highway is compelled by the m tainous character of the country to follow the windings of the coast until it passes some distance beyond the town of n ancient times—irails and patns, cticable for the passage of troops with artillery and supplies, run up the s and sides of the mountains to 11 towns and villages with which ey are studded. It was not until the r part of 1866 that these people of the os and r y brought under s semblance of sab- jection to the Ottoman power. the province of Kbhania—but it is gradu- | ians, who preceded the | tans and bave preserved in their moun- | try is very dificult of access. The | From | kia. From tmis highway—which was | | insurgents, only to meet with defeatat | the bands of 8000 Cretans. Another expe- | dition against Spabkia and Apokorama | with 25,000 men was likewise repulsed. The atrocious barbarities of the Turkish troops during this time caused all the for- eign Consuls to report them to their Governments, and at tHe instance of the latter Omar Pasha was directed in Sep- tember to scspend operations for four weeks and grant s general amnesty. The Grand Vizier, Ali Pasha, reached Crete in October and prociasimed the amnesty bimself. The Cretan leaders, however, protested against it and demanded an in- ternational commission of inquiry, so | again nothing was accomplishsd. Throughout the rest ot 1567 and 1868 the | Turks, with an army of 50,000 men, con- tented themselves with bolding the forti- fied town, Candit, Retimo, Canea, Kisa- mo< and a few other places on the north- ern coast and a chain of block houses run- ning from Canea south to the plain of Amalo and Luiana, while the Cretans, with an army of 12,000,,men held the rest of the country. Toward the close of 1358 events occurred which involved the settiement of the Cre- tan question with other interests and the end of the insurrection was at hand. The Cretan Assembly voted for annexa- tion with Greece ana sent deputies to rep- resent their country in the Greek Parlia- ment. They were cordiaily welcomed, but the Turkish Minister protested, and the | i representatives of the other powers suppo:ting him, the deputies were not received. The manifestations of sympathy for Crete on the part of toe Grecians, however, continued and the Turkish Government sent an ultimatum to Athens which was rejected. The great powers hastened to prevent the threatened irouble. A conference was calied and met at Paris, January 9, 1869. England and Austria took part with those who had at- tempted to intervene between Turkey and Crete in 1857. All ggreed that the delib- erations should be confined to the matters between Tuskey and Greece ouly and that if they could not effect a settlement the other countries wou'd observe the strictest neuntrality and in case of war between those two powers the rest of Europe would | be simple spectators. The result of the conference was that having no prospect of support Greece was compelled to accept the settlement pro- posed and observe a strict neutrality be- | tween Turkey and Crete. Thus cut off from the only support they had in the | way of sympathy and supplies, to say nothing of recruits, of whom several thou- sand- had gone to Crete, the revolution in the little island gradually died out. The Greek Patriarch addressed a letter to the | Christians in Crete and in February the | leaders submitted and in March the | trouble was at an end and the Porte re- | opened all the ports of Crete. | In spite of theirterrible and disastrous experience of thirty years ago, the spirit Spahkian provinces were | of independence and the desire for free- | dom from Turkish rule and for anpexation | 10 Greece has again broken forth. Thesame rotection at the American missions. ifteen thousand took protection under tue British flag and remained for several days. WITH RAZOR AND FIRE. Lunatic Frank Carson Attempts to Murder His Parents and Cremate Their Bodies. I0WA FALLS, Iowa, July 27.—Frank P. Carson, in a fit of insanity, attempted to cut the throats of his aged father and mother and then -bis ewn meck, st their home in this city st an early hour this morning. Before beginning hig work the maniac had started a fire in a trunk filled with combustibles in his own room upstairs, with the evident intention of cremating the bodies of his intended vie- tims. The weapon used was a razor, with which he first attacked his father, but only succeeded in making a slight flesh wound on the neck. He caught his mother and drew the razor across her xeck, cutting a deep gash from the ear to the middle of the neck. The lunatic then cut his own throat from ear to ear, partially severing the windpipe, but s stll living, though the surgeon considers his recovery impos- sible. The mother is in a precarious con- dition through loss of blood and nervous prostration, but bopes are entertained of ber recovery. The maniac was but re- cently discharged from the asylum at In- dependence as cured. el e KIDNAPED TWO CHILDREN. Mrs. Lizzie Thompson of Cincinnati Causes a Sensation at Louisville by Steal- ing Her Offspring. In the latter part of that year Mustapha | tactics as before are being pursued. The Pasha, commanding the Turkish forces, | Cretans are harassing their oppressors arrived in the island and after issuing & and the Turks are shelling and burning proclamation promising’ concessions to | the villages, the helpless and innocent the Christians and giving five days in | suffering alike with the others. Greece is which to make their submission, began | again manifesting bher sympathy and is operations against them with an army of | backed up by the Christian people of some 30,000 men, and after & campaign | Albania, who have never been well dis- which for bloodiness and barbarity stands almost unrivaied in {he annals of warfare since the beginning of the Christian era, by the end of the year bad succeeded in restoring temporarily the authority of the Porte to all of the island except the coun- try of the Spakiotes in the provinces of plinos and Spabkia. | In November he attacked and destroyed | the monastery of Arkadiin the province | of Retimo, built during the time of the Emperor Heraciius, and which had beeh | spared by every previous foe, even the| Janizaries. There were some 700 persons within the wails, of whom 250 were com- batants, and the rest women and children. Forty-iwo men and ninety women and children were takem captive. The rest | were killed and butchered under circum- stances of suck horror as to cause a shud- der throughout the civilized world. The Cretan General Assembly soon issued another appeal to the Christilnl governments, imploring that the three great protecting powsrs, England, France end Raussia, aided by America, would bring about a prompt intervention and a cessation of the cruelty and extermina- tion. As in the present instance, di- plomacy played double and delayed any decisive action. The Turkish Govern- ment was induced, however, to allow foreign ships of war to carry away the Women and children and such others as desired to leave the island, and many were thus sert to Greece. In December, 1365, Mustapha recaptured Kisamos and | posed toward the Mussulmean masters. If the powers stand aloof in any trouble that may arise Crete, Greece and Albania wiil | do much toward seftling the Eastern ques- | tion and changing the boundaries of | European Turkey. o | Crete, or Candis, as it s often called, bas an area, including the smaller islands with which it is surrounded, of about 3300 square miles. Its population is about 300,000, of whom 220,000 are Greek Catho- lics and the rest Mussulman., The capi- tal, Canea, with Retimo and Candia, are the only cities of any size on the isiand, having together a population of some 42000. Therearea number of towns of from 500 to 2500 peovle, mainly along the ‘coast, and gbout 1000 villages. The island has had an eventful history. At the cap- ware of Constantinople by the Latins in 1204 it fell to the lot of the Marguis of Montocrat, who sold it to the Venetians, | who held it until 1669. when, after a seige of twenty years, the Turks captured Can- dia, the last stronghold of the Venetians, ana became the masters of the whole istand. Their rule was an iron one, and the people groaned under it till 1821, when, taking advantage of the revolution in continental Greece, they tried to gain their independence. They drove the Turks into the fortified towns, and the war dragged on till 1830, when England, France and Russis, having intervened be- tween Turkey and Greece, transferred Crete to the Government of Egypt, where advanced his army along the same road which is now being attempted into the heart of tne province of Selinos, driving the insurgents into the mountains, burn- ing the townsand villages over the heads of the defenseless women and children. Murder, fire and rapine went with him along the way to Spabkia. Every onme able to move fled before him. At Tripiti over 1000 terror-stricken refugees col- lected and managed to communicate with the captain of the Russian frigate Grand Admiral, which was cruising off the coast, and he stood in to rescue them. ‘A Turkish frigate warned him to observe the it remained till 1840, when it was again re- tarned to the Turks. In 1859 the Cretans made another revolt, but it was short-lived and unsucceseful. Acother effort in 1866 lasted three years, with fair promise of success, when oat- side influence brought it to an end, as shown. A P The Massacrs at Fan. CONSTANTINOPLE. Turxey, July 27. Miss Kimball, an eye-witness of the massacre which occurred at Van in June, estimates the number of Kilied at 500. Ten thousand persons, she says, were rendered homeless and destitute and were given LEXINGTON, Kv., July 27.—A sensa- tion was created this morning when it be- came known that Mrs. Lizzie Thompson of Cincinnati, who separated from her hus- band, Harry B. Thompson, two years ago, bad returned to the city Saturday night and had kidnaped their two children. The children—Nellie Milton, aged 10, and John B., aged 8—lived with their grandpareats and were on the way to Sunday-school when picked up by Mrs. Thompson, who wasina closed carrisge. 'Alter securing the children the mother went to the home of their teacher and left a note directed to Dr. Ward, pastor of Christ Church, telling what had been done. It is believed she drove to some station on the Cincinnati Southern, where she boarded the train for Cincinnati. . SR BURIED UNODER TIMBERS. Half @ Dosen Workmen Badly Imjured at Chicago. ¥ CHICAGO, I, July 27.—While clear- ing away the debris in the recentiy burned Dismond Match Company building on Michigan avenue the supports of the first floor gave way at 4 o’clock this morning, burying balf a dozen men under the heavy timbers, > Twenty-five men were at work in the building and they sprang to the rescue of thair buried comrades. The injured are: Frank Bechell, seriously crushed; Henry Bergano, crushed about the body and may Otto Reese, internaily injured, may die; Peter Romero, seriously cut and bruised. 7RA, VRNAS Fire g Map of the Island of Crcte, Showing BANCER SEWALL MUST GNE W, Populists Declare That Tom Watson Will Receive SOUTHERN MEN SOLID . Under No Conditions Will They Permit the Withdrawal of the Georgian. LEADERS CLOSELY QUESTIONED Joseph Asbury Johnson Secures an Admission That the Maine Man Is Not Wanted. KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 27.—I re- sume my report on the restlts of the Popu- list convention at St. Louis while we wait an hour for our train to California. Imay add that we are all well, and even the middle-of-the-road growiers are now in good spirits, as they begin to realize that there is after all a chance for an honest deal and a genuine union of the silver and reform forces. The grounds of this growing confidence will fairly indicate the practical outcome of the stormy and unprecedented conven- tion which named its own Vice-Presi- dential candidate and nominated the Presidential candidate of the Democracy. In the first place, the alliance with the Democracy was made possible only by the nomination of a Southern Populist for the Vice-Presidency. On no other terms would or could a Southern Populist con- sent to nominate Bryan, and without the Southern Populists his nominstion was clearly impossible. I have made a thorough canvass of the representatives from the four States of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado, in- cluding General Weaver, the recognized and **official”” leader of the Bryanized Popu- lists who worked and fought for the nom- ination of Sewall as well as Bryan. I bave been insistent on this one point: “Will you men who voted and stood for Sewall as well as Bryan consent or to per- mit the withdrawa! of Watson in favor of Sewall?” I get the same emphatic an- swer, variously expressed: “Never, under no conditions that may arise, can such a thing be dome. Watson is the nominee of the Populist convention and the unani- mous choice, t0o.” > ' Early on Sunday morning, the day Uaprotected Situations. The Bryanicus Democrati-populisticus; or, Double-Tailed Peacock. Only One on Earth. N. B.—Shooting Seasom Closes November 3, 1896. after the convention adjourned, I saw Senator' Allen, the chairman of the con- vention and a strong Bryan and Sewall man. We met at the Hotel Lindell, and I asked him to falk for publication in Tae CarL, and to give me s frank and open an- swer tothis question: A “Do you favor the withdrawal of Wat- son and the support of Sewall as the Vice- Presidential candidate ?”” His dnswer was embhasized by gestare and tone, and he said: e . *We canmot elect Bryso Southern vote and that is dost if are asked to support Sewall. But there another resson. Watson is the unanimous nominee of the Populist convention, and we cannot break faith with our Southern brothers. I go farther. This whole matter is now in the hands of Mr. Sewall. He slone can open the way to a complete union of the silver forces. You say for me that I have assurances which command my confidence that Mr. Sewall could not be induced to remain in the field ss s candidate. He will decline this Democratic nomination as a patriot who sincerely desires a compact and hon- estunion of the silver forces. He cannot afford to remain in the field and divide the » ‘While making this emphatic declara- tion J. H. (“Cycione”) Davis, the leader of the Texas and Southern Populists, ap- proached us, and I at once questioned him, in the presence of Senator Allen, as to the attitude of the Southern people. He spoke in a tone of calm assurance, and said that the South would cordially sup- port Bryan and Watson, but under no cir- cumstances would they accept Sewall. I asked him if be believed the Populist sup- porters of Sewall would now turn to Wat- son and support him as cordially as they would have supported Sewall. He and Allen exchanged glances and he said: 1 bave not s single doubt of it. They are all Watson men now. Is not that so, Senator Allen?” The response came promptly as a fact beyond question: “They are all Watson men. They can- not support Sewall.” 1mmediately afterward I met Mr. Breid- enthal of Kansas, one of Sewall’s most ar- dent supporters, in a group of men from Nebraska and lowa. I said: - *Mr. Breidenthai, who is your candidate for the Vice-Presidency?” He smiled and replied: “The conven- tion settled that question for all Popa- lists. We are bound by it to support Tom Watson, and I am now glad of it. Mr. Sewall is a patriot. He will not accept the Democratic nomination. He cannot, in honor, be a candidate. Watson is our man, and I shall support him with all my ” And so I might go on and quote Judge Hines of Georgia, S. M. Owens of Min- nesota, State chairman of the Iowa Pop- ulists, and a dozen others from the North. In each case I should have to record the same answer. In fact, I bave not found a single man who favored the nomination of Sewall who will now support him as agamst Watson. At this point I should state that I had a decisive talc with Senator Allen on his assertion at the Jefferson Club meeting early in the session of the convention that those who opposed the nomination of JaNISSARY tos .Q € Sidera, the’ Differet Pleczs of Imm and Their Comparatively “| list received a cent or the promise of one DEATH STRIKES FROM AMBUSH Bryan had either seen or expected to see Hanna's agent, whose literary burean was made in the form of a barrel. He laughed and said: “That is not what I said. It was that they must be prerared to meet that charge, for it was just the service Mr. Hanna most desired them to render. 1 do not believe tbat any straight Popu- from Mr. Hanna or his agents. I know them too well and trust them too im- plicitly. But that would not shield them | from the sianderous charges. I warned | them on that point, that was all.” My time is up, and I must rush for my train. To-morrow I may have more to say. JosEPH ASBURY JOHNSON. S Caea SEWALL MUST RETIRE. It Is Necessary to Harmonize All the Silver Elements. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 27.—With the excepiion of several members of the executive committee of the Popu- list and Silver parties delegates to last week’s conventions have returned to their homes. Senator Butler of South Carolina, “Cyclone” Davis of Texas, Morton C. Ran- kin of Indiana, Dr. Mott of North Caro- lina, General J. B. Weaver of lowa and H. E. Taubeneck of Illingis are the most prominent of those remaining. Senator Jones is expected to return from his visit to Bryan at Lincoln, Nebr., to-morrow, when he will meet Senator Butler and the Populist committee. After | the conference it is likely that Senator | Butler will bimself visit Lincoln. After | that be will go to Wasbington to visit the | Populist leaders, with a view to blocking | out the work of the campaign. | It is believed the Sepator’s chief aim just now is to secure, if possible, the with- drawal ot Sewall from second place on the ticket. The Populist chairman believes that the Democratic Vice - Presidential nominee owes it to the cause of silver to get out of the race, and it is said heisof the opinion that he can be induced to get off the ticket. | Such a move, in Senator Butler's| opinion, would harmonize all the silver elements North and South, and would especially aid the cause in Tennessee, North Carolina, Alabama and Texas, streneth for the last four years. Sewall on the-tickef, Senator Butler wants Jones’ National Committee which is to handle the campaign. The headquarters he wants located either at Washington or Chieago, and his preference is for the lat- ter city as it is in the heart of the de- where the Populists have been gaining Besides the substitution of Watson for | the Populists represegted on Sepator | Sheriff Douglass of Nevada County Killed by an Outlaw. SHOT AFTER SLAYING A HUNTED MAN. . Given His Death Wound From Behind as He Faces a Dying Bandit. THEIR BODIES FOUND LYING SIDE BY SIDE. Armed Men Intent on Meting Venge. ance Are Seeking for the Assassin. NEVADA CITY, Car, July 27.—The lone toll-taker of the North San Juan road is dead. Nevada County has been rid of a desperado, but the rejoicing at its deliverance is palled by grief over the loss of one of the bravest officers in all Cali- fornia. The body of Sheriff David F. Douglass was found this mornirg near that of the outlaw for whom posses had searched in vain for weeks. He had *“‘zot his man,” but lost his life. A cowardly bullet had closed the career of this fearless officer—a bullet fired when his back was turned fo the assassin as the Sheriff faced the road agent who now-lies cold in death. To-night armed men are scouring the country for miles around, eager to avenge the death of Sheriff Douglass. Shouid his slayer be captured no mercy will be shown. Never bave the people of Nevada County been so aroused over a criminal act. Scores of men, some almost frenzied in their rage, others cool and cautious, but all bent upon the same purpose, are searching every hillside and gully. They make no attempt to conceal theirinten- tion to mete death swiftly to the mur- derer if he is taken. A suspicious char- acter named Johnson was arrested to- night, but he is not believed to be the right man. Smarting under the failure of pcsses to batable territory. | > - > . s - 5 | Tun down the road agent who bas com- SETTLED THE ACCOUNTS. | 1iiiieq repested robberies in this vicinity Populist. Committeomen Turmed Ower Of late, Sheriff Douglass haa started yes- Affeirs %o Swecessors. | terday to attempt his capture single- ST. LOUIS, Mo., July: 27.—The nine | banded. He came across the outlaw near members of the retiring Ponnlist executive | the city. Evidently the fellow was asleep, ‘committee Maile a formal setilement with | When Donglass called to him he reached the. new executive commirtee to-day. | for bis rifle; which fay by his side, but the They turned ovewm to Chairman Butler | Sheriff was too quick and the outlaw was and Secretary Edgerton all the money on | flain before he could fire. Then a confed- nand, had their accounts approved, and | erate of the toll-taker, attracted by the were given a clean bill of health. The af- | shots, appeared and fired at the Sheriff's fairs of the party are now in the hands of | back. Douglass fell near the body of the Chairman Butler and his associates. | msn he had slain and his death must Senator Butler’s associates on the execu- | bave been instantaneous. A bullet from tive committee are: J. A. Edgerton of | the assassin’s rifle had broken his back. Nebraska, secretary; M. C. Rankin of Indi- | Within the past two weeks numerous ana, treasurer; George F. Washburn of | highway robberies have occurred in this Massachusetts, John W. Breidenthal of | vicinity. Recently Detective Thomas Gib- Kansas, H. W. Reed of Georgis, John A. | son and Charles Sladky, of San Francisco, Dore of California, C. F. Paylor of Pensyl- | were halted and robbed by a lone road vania, James R. Sovereign of Arkansas. | agent while coming to this city from North At 3 o’clock the old executive commit- | San Juan. Other persons were held up on tee met with the Citizens' Committee to | the same day. Since then fouror five settle the terms of the contract made when | robberies bave been committed, evidently St. Louis secured the Populist convention. | all by the same outlaw, judging from the Chairman Taubeneck, Sergeant-at-Arms | description given by kis victims. McDowell, Secretary Turner, George F. ‘Word was brought fo the Sheriff’s offica ‘Washburn and “Cyclone” Davis, all mem: n Saturday that a man supposed to be bers of the old executive committee, rep- | the robber was seen within a half mile of resented the Populist National Committee | town. Sheriff Douglass, Under Sheriff in the meeting with the Cftizens’ Com- | Pascoe and two other men went out to mittee. { look for him. They found his track and followed it for someé distance, but then —_—— INDIANA FPOPULISTS. They Will Endearor to Prevent Capture by Democratic Schemers. INDIANAPOLIS, I¥p., July 26.—The Populist State Convention will be very siimly attended, about 100 of the 900 dele- gates having put in an appearance. The by bhaving the nominations putin the band of a committee, with power to act and adjourn the convention. To-night a long conference of the dele- gates was held, iasting until midnight, but no action was taken. The tenor of the putting an electoral ticket in the field in the hands of a committee. Whether this will be done is doubtful, for the State committee is very anxious that the whole thing should be placed in its hands and is working Lard to that end, backed by all the pressure the Demoaratic leaders can bring to bear. Mr. Shiveley, the Demo- he would not decline the support of the Populists if they should nominate him.* R R T WILLIAMS DECLARES WAR. Not Pleased With the Chilly Enthusiasm for the Chicago Ticket. BOSTON, Mass., July 27.—Georze Fred Williams will, to-morrow, declare political war on the Democratic State organization. The action of the State committee in re- fusing to indorse the Chicago platform and the nominees of the convention, Bryan and Sewall, leaves them no alternative, says Mr. Williams and his friends. Mr. Williams is not taking much stock in some of the leaders in this State who are saying, “Qh, yes, of course, we are for the ticket.” This sort of enthusiasm does'not suit Mr. ‘Wiiliams. To his mind it is damning the ticket with this faint praise—more danger- ous he thinks than an open enemy. The National ticket must receive hearty, earnest, enthusiastic support by the State organization, he says, and jn order to do this & committee in full accora with the ticket nominated at Chicago must be *| chosen. Harrison in New York. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 27.—Ex-Presi- dent Benjamin Harrison and his wife ar- *| rived at the Fifth-avenue Hotel from the mountains to-night. General Harrison said that de had come to New York to at- tend a meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church, which will take place to-morrow evening, and to attend to some private business. Democrats are makiug strenuous effortsto | get an indorsement of their State ticket | talk, however, was in favor of nominating : the State ticket and placing the matter of crati¢c nominee, this evening stated that | lost it. Tke bloodhound “Jim Budd” was taken out, but, owing to the thick growth of the tarweed at one point the dog lost the scent and was unable to work. Ag nightfall the officers returned to town. Sheriff Douglass received information late at night that fresh tracks had been iscovered in the neighborhood of what is called the Cold Spring, near Wells' milk | ranch, less than two miles from town. He surmised they were made by the roaa agent and concluded the fellow might be camped near there. Yesterday forepoon the Sheriff drove in a buggy toa pointa half mile from town, tied his horse and struck out thruugh the woods to look for the man. The horse and buggy were nd- ticed there all afternoon and they were still there this morning. A man living in that neighborhood who saw the rig came to town and gave the information to the Sheriff’s office. Suspicion was at once aroused and Depe uty Sheriff Neagle and Martin McGrath left town on horseback without delay. Neagle had beard the Sheriff say he bee lieved the robber was camped near the spring, so they went there direci. When near the spot they saw the body of a man lying on the ground. Approaching cau- tiously they found that the man wasdead, and not ten feet from him wasa second body. The one was Sheriff Douglass cold in death and theother was a stranger. Neagle remained with the bodies and McGrath returned to town to get help and spread the terrible news. Douglass had en on his face. He was shot twice, both bullets entering from behind. One bullet entered the right side of his back, ranging upward, siriking a vital part, passing through the vertebr and commng out on the right side. Tke other bullet passed through his right hand. There was a wound in the right eye, received in falling. He had fired five shots from his revolver. The robber’s coat was under his head and bis arms were spread over a Win- chester gifle. He, too, received two bullets, both ranging downward. One ballet passed through the heart and came out at the hip. The other entered the right side of the abdomen, coming out above the hip, The rifle had not been fired for some time, The theory is that the road agent was lying down when Douglass came on ta bhim, and, while reaching for his rifle, was shot by the Sheriff, who was an expert with a pistol. The fact that Douglass was sbot from behind convinced the officers that a third person fired the shots that Kkilled the Sheriff and that the murderes