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BARBER'S EYES WERE SHUT.He Had i\o Advance Knowledge of the Exterminator's Raid.THE RAIDERS A HARD-LOOKING CROWD.They Dcdaro They Would Not Have Surrendered to the Sheriff—They Are Yet Full of Fight and Breathe Hatred of the Rufttlors—Two of the Tcxriim Accidentally Killed.Cnr.rr.xsr.. Vtya. April 21.—[Spoolal to Tkiuunu.}—The prisoners of tho late Wyoming war uro quartered In the regimental ^rnmimhim hall nt l'ort Kufttull They arrived at 3:20 tills afternoon under escort of three companies of tho Seventeenth Infantry, IT F. A. Several hundred citizens of Cbcyonuo worn at tlio po-t railway depot This crowd Included tho families and frlouds of tho white rups and their Ibreo attorneys For the moft part the men have recovered from tho trip overland lo a blizzard botweon McKinney and Fetterman. There are a fow serious faces, but the majority are In good spirits. Nearly all tho volunteer* of tho expeditionAnn VET FULL OF FfOYIT, breathing hatred against the rustlers. The Texans feel that theft situation in serious, but they have been guaranteed equal legal protection with tho Wyoming mon. Frank Canton, who commanded tho volunteers, Major Wolcott, leader of tho expedition, W. C. Irvine, his lieutenant; Hcsso and Ford, prominent In the ranks of tho Invaders: Senator Jack Tisdale. who. with tbo picked men, held tho rifle pits at the T. A., all talked freely with your correspondent. They claim that tho siege might hare lasted a month without much injury to them, but they Intended to make :i dash the first dark night. The rustler* had their moveable fort complctod ten hours before tbo slcg© was raised- Forty men were needed to operate It. So groat was the peril of this undertaking that never moro than six offered thulr services The lender In tbl6 was A1 Allison, brother of a rustler killed last fall, uud one of tho mon to be treated by regulators.•We had a trench between the fort and tbo bouse. said one ‘-Wo had saved our ammunition, and. bad they assaulted tbo tbo fort, wo would have killed 200 of their 3JP men beforo we would have been takon. Tbo cavalry officers said tbat our position and our fort! float loos gave iisCOMMAND Of TUK SITUATION.Wo had food enough for two weeks Towards tho lust rustler bullets threw dust Into the faces of the moo In the rifle pits. The position of Jack Tisdale sad his pltmoa was dangerous all tbo time. Of tho fifteen hero, ten were State citizens and five Texans. Fred DoBllller. tho Harvard man. displayed great bravery Major Wolcott had no foar of the bullets. Wo bad not a coward In our party. Some of tbe boys were In favor of making a rush for it In broad daylight Tho rustlers aru cowards, but they greatly outnumbered us • Why did tbo expedition fair- asked thocorrespondent.•Tt was simply mot by suporlor forces. Wc did not think the whole country would turn against us We did not want to harm any but the notorious thieves Thoy secured heln by circulating tho wildest lie*. They told that wo hud cannon; tbat we were going to poison tbe wells and springs, shoot the farmers and cattle bearing tho brands of tho small ownors that wo wer* going into Buffalo to hang the Sheriff and shoot down the cltlzou.s. Tbo Shnrlff wort ds't have been overlooked. but wo did not Intend to barm lunocontpeo-plo- Wc restricted our ahootlng at tbe 'T A ' because we did not want to wound poo-plo who had boon forced into fighting iih.What do you expect In the court*? '*'Wo haven't thought of it. Wo only want a trial whoro there is no prejudice Wo worn provoked Into tho thing. It was a righteous movement.It Is learned that Jlrn Dudley and Alex. Lothor, tho two (load Texans, shot themselves accidentally. Dudloy’s horse balked and the Winchester and rider left tbo saddle together Lothor was crawling about the T A. whon his slx-shootor went off and the
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Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Mon, Apr 25, 1892
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