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HOLD,itr North'an agent ick Hills rday from hither he in charge h supplies nes. Mr. has trv;/i-rtor of theiis opinion therefore ad unprej-THE LARAMIE PLAINS 1'RAGEDY.AccidenFull Detail*—Suicide of Chandler, the iTlurdercr ol Curtin.Sergeant of ny was withi od, but wasMajor Poi on Sunday t( cino Bow ri when an acThe coroner’s inquest over the I came near j body of Albert C. Curtis, who was horses bccam murdered on tho Laramie Plains last ferry boat ai Saturday by one Chandler, as re- all of them ported in Monday’s Laramie Chron- ^ere pitchei icle, developed tho following inter-1 horso being esting details:Howard Clugston and Albert C.Curtis, who have been partners in the stock business for some months I and heroic past, decided a short time ago to se- of tho 14th i lect a summer rancho a short dis- his life in i tance from their winter quarters, and | geant. that tho I the latter gentleman went to Chcy-havc bean enne, and procured the necessary pa-iclieves. if pers at the land office for tho piece be smallest of ground so chosen. Last Saturday, rtz leads of overything being in readiness, the Deadwood transfer of the stock was inaugurated, ird an un- and the march commenced. The long after | herder started with liis sheep and,owing to having misunderstood his 111UJU uuiuru employers’ instructions, permitted P“ .ihr? the stock to stop within the confines L . bunc of the hay rancho of Rand Larkin, instead of taking it to a point about iccimens of | a quarter of a mile beyond. Messrs.Clugston, Curtis and Hathaway over-1 week. He took the herd while thus resting and by a man drove their wagon over to the herder ranche hetwFrom ]sen workedDntingencyOn July t ton Age will tri-weekly.The body lt;was murderc last Saturda with him gold dust,in Ohio.John Feihere, was mcontractor, :1s of beau-man four iustructin*: him to drive on. At this Laramie. ]Dts brought Foglcsong, which wastime the wagon was directly in front len by his i of lland * Larkin’s house, and as qi Bi the party started to drive off they ob-vell to tho 1 served one Chandler, who was in f pounds, a | charge of tho premises, coming out| of the door with a riile in his hand, i j Qne 3 May 17th Chandler appeared to be in a terrible ^ na claim aboNo. 24 belcspecimen omentioned ;rip out, al-iong’s party lear Custer,RAIN.pan top, whichit. The gition of incrdown. Foclaim and t a good thin[Black IlilIt is wh table will Kansas Pager train w 10 a. m., c 11. G. ant event the 1 change til about nooncrman with•, which lie passion, and Mr. Curtis remarked to r reaching his companions that “lie wondered [it. He visi- what that meant.’’ Walking very ling claims, fast and diagonally towards the ve-ey had not hide, Chandler soon overtook it and returned to when within fifty yards exclaimed, joon as pos-1 “That’s a s—of a b—of a way to do!Herding sheep on a man’s hay claim.”“Nothing of the kind, Chandler,” replied Curtis, “the herder misunderstood me, and I just told him to move on.” “Well, you do that trick once more and I’ll put a hole through you/’ was the response. “No, you won’t, Chandler; you’ll do nothing of the kind/’ said Curtis, in a jocular way. By this time Chandler was not over forty yards distant, and dropping down upon one knee he drew up his rille, saying, “I’ll give you one just for luck,” pulling the trigger. The ball struck Curtis two inches above the right hip bone, coursing upward toward the heart.Curtis was sitting on a roll of blankets and a tent at the time, and fell over out of the wagon, striking the ground between the two wheels. Mr.Clugston was driving and immediately stopped the team, got down and dragged the uufortunate mann to-morrow I *°m, undor, th® whee}8- As Curtisrain Will be-1 *®n sald ‘ ®°ys }, amT g°*ng todie; I m a dead man. He expiredin five minutes’ time. The murderer put another cartridge in his rifle,linns on tho I advanct-d a fe'v steps toward tho wa-., . .gon, then turned and walked off kathing111down the creek where he took refuge . » ^ut 81in the brush. Neither of tho party in the wagon were armed, consequently they could make no resistance and, very wisely, kept quiet, , though watching every movement of cirowni^gt.lin nsHfiQqirt strength w-iKADSH.], June 27th.train reach-een escortedall of thettle of Junesurgeon ac-Jamcsbridge gan ia Dale, or wrest of Inyesterday piece of ti assistance a special e Laramie flt;bones wen soon bo atand the ca-ca*i be done s work willain is loaded :’s camp onA very curred nei noon, by v ter of K; near the jtPoudre, wj attempting the same firoute to thour camp onwere wellwas badly ce, is doing cave here ininto a dec sank out o ter at one the same tD.n is that the long and dif-be wound upstrengtl: er came ar ate efforts ed only in [Denver 1AnMr. J.many yeas Fight.incidents of horrible. Afmen. acting trch, were or-on tho left; lera and shot wo escaping, nnott’s body j savages andff.gallantly in wounded, ipany, Third it charge to the scalping obtained ono Indians cap-Sioux, who ir dead from mies.after Capt. and protcct-liers made aseparated in mipany, and was rescued ndcd.supennten vision U. North Plaleaves hen the Weste Ogden.roadmaste has t1011the assassin.Mr. Clugston placed the body ofhismurdisred partner in tho wagou, drove back to his old ranche and gave the alarm. News of the deed was spread at once among the neigh-short raids I spring stock men, and a special cou-tho return of rier dispatched to town for assiss-l endeavor to Itance- A search revealed the factthat no firearms were in the vicinity except a shot-gun and several revolvers, but the herder remained with his stock and kept track of tho desperado. Chandler emerged from his hiding place shortly aftor Clugston had departed and went to his cabin.He stood at tho door for a while cursing the herder and endeavoring to provoke tho latter to retort, doubtless wishing to kill him also.Sheriff Brophy, Deputy Sheriff I lQ Dugan and Messrs. Prime, W. 0. our rCm.et Downey, Capt. Metcalf and Col.Dana, went out to the sceno Saturday evening to arrest Chandler, but upon arriving there were told that he had poisoned himself and was in a dying condition. When arms had been procured from town an advance was mado upon the cabin and Chandler was found sitting in a chair in an unconscious state, with a revolver grasped in his right hand. Handcuffs were placed upon him in order to prevent any possible escape and such remedies as wero obtainable were used to counteract the poison, but to no avail, as he died at two o’clock Sunday morning.Mr. Clark Mr. Dav: competentaro pleas ccssor is o so well.Many merchants of this countryTho ba Post Cc the Dcnvlt;the lot of shipped to is a bcauti in size. 1 07. there value of § fine and t tal }veigl ounces, stamp of i and on
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Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Cheyenne, Wyoming, US
Sat, Jul 01, 1876
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