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cu-ualial us nr i:id rho ier. «ed u w His l£p-p•X-litl-!atn«»rathis'HebyVft-iel-ml.the!tn-vas•lie-tostl-rwuis*tnntl-I and quietly planned to mob them Friday night. but tin* officer* sot onto I! and sllpp- d the prison* rs away. It was a determined crowd of fighters, who wanted them the second d.ry, and the citizens of the town think that they would have taken them Friday night even If a fight had occurred.From Okmulgee the prisoner.* were hurried *-» Muskogee. The crowd path cr**d on Main street !n expectancy. and directly it bepan to move toward the court hour** It was a harmless look-ins crowd—ntit a sun or rojH? was in sight. After n bit of sp* rch making Trom the court house steps, it marched back to Main street and then toward the Jail. Just before r-ach!?g ih* jail it was met by Marshal Kuther-• r 1 and Chief Deputy McDonald. The niv*h was halted and then it was th** government s time at spooh making. Mr. McDonald made an ♦ amest talk whirh made the niob waver. Marshal Rutherford followed it: an app* a I to them to abide the law, and ordered them to disperse. He sal ! that the i Jail was stationed with guards and the , prisoners could not be bad without i I fight. He appreciate! th« Indignation land the feeling whi h lmp*dllt;-d th-people to arise against the prisoner*, i but the majesty of the law must 1 •* i preserved at any o *!. and the life T one of the citizens or on** of the guards 1 was worth th*.* whr»te coop ..f prtson-I cr«. When he ref rred to Judjp* Par-I k**r as a certain punisher of •rime me crow 1 cheered. Before he had finish- 1 speakiriw the crowd h**? in rr» b-cak nr ! drift away, and directly all were raov-log back toward t wn.
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Wichita Daily Eagle
Wichita, Kansas, US
Sat, Aug 24, 1895
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