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could bo used against tboui. Matter* 'vijut from bad tu worse. (Quickly hmrnlug tli.it tho criminal lawr*of Jnhm*oit county wcr» inoperative. Ilu worst character of outlaw* u«ado that roglon a render yoii. It vtu* their luivcu o( inlet *. and ihllhcr Clod fugitive-* from justice, e.-capud criminal* and thugs of overy description from Texas. Colorado, Nebraska and Montana. Tho law and order element woro powerless to slum the tide of outlaws that flowed Into Johnson county, and waited In dread the day of teckotilugw hlch c\\ r. hoJy knew nint fume.**Il culnO to pass that bOmo of the cattlemen who had boon particularly /Qaloiis In the oft or t* to bring tl»o thieve* to Justice, were warned to leave tho country They left but came bock in April prepared to defend their rights and punish in.* range plr-atos who (Ipolled them of Lhoir property ; and threatened tticir I nr editor of ufavorite newspaper with the rnst£er» who by the way i-* now In the « h yuune Jail wbciu ho W held to urmvur a ilozo i or »n chur-o s of cr iminal libei, ’somehow gut wind of the Inlonded expedition, nmi through the columns «f his paper declared tl» it the cat-tlemv'n tvero plotting to Itu.iUit northern Wyoming and drlvo every bottler away from hi* ruuch and confiscate all the emtio in tight The party nntorod the • unary and Sheriff Angus Merit runners In every direction circulating the report that a band of Pinkerton rnmi had kill'd forty ranchmen with their v.lvo* and children and burned lhoir icahluuecs oil Powder river preparatory lu cicmiitig out t!*c entire country I ho Khei*ln called forI'volunteer deputies and every r.inclume.i In 1 be county turned out wtih hi* riilu to defend, as he supposed, his • • a i i 11 f •• and property and the honor of ln f oully. When tin* parly ut cattlemen, vvlin had with them t wen* y -fl vo fighting men from IV\i i- were surrounded at the iio.t f.ijmuh !’• ruitcn and It her/.inia Unt»v«n tu In? Mllki-' who they wen many of the lau* i wi ul back i*» their home-, -avinr ; I: *t I m . had nothing to (car ;*i tho he ml* «»f sue It awn. »Mhets wore forced to stay by I liv methods of Intimidation employed by the ru.tlci, who fairly darned v\i!i» i*U • f.» ihu k that they now held then old cncnoej where they could -l iiicliti r them with ul danger of harm m them e’.vc The • -••uc l»y the troops auO subset|iieiit Siu'Hiitr.djuji of the cattlemen :.t Kurt Uu*scll m»* tumlli.ir even*• What I. to uo tip rosuit of uu Ihl^ trouble' ‘ i)tiuricd I lit T*tii:t Mi man• ft Is risky to even I a/ard a gue*-n. replied th e\-editor. So (at. IIP* efleet haw he* n t*i nil* rly juustrato buxines.** in Itnf-f:»| One hold iiimI two i l.;co- of hu-inC's IVfive c;Io-ol in ihn past month. and I understand *.I it tin ei.etrle light plant, owiud by lt;•* urgo I lie* k. .on of t• i• • I du Kentucky natoi . i« to ho reiUoVed. I» lUt'C1 opci'Htli)?iH u ode I 111*’ 'iih'i I Ian of tin* ciillluJ «miii|iuii1c*' Imv« prncfleaH) eea-ul. ami with vhrtn 11 ops tin* volume of ti stle Vbo country Is uov In control of tin i w-ih i *. imil U UKHalt;s|ni;Viuti of Deputy I tilled Mutt * Mur-, spwl Wo’lnnvii prove* that ll •* much a-* rutin' il»« .s won a t»» go op Uiorc an-i **p pnee then.; but ilmi hu . been the r;oo f*»r , the ic.'st * l.\ me nth*/••Alia* i- your ideo of tlm right way to rc-I st\»i« oi'l *r in that sectlonV*M.. 11 • a I lav* hacked up hy pUuty of (vOYcrrjmiii troop--, ami the arrest and -:i f • -keeping of lb*' liihpi'riiilnia, appear* to be the* Only will*r lun. ***llttt the people of • v*per 4.o. ru • ppOscU to that’/• \Cry likely Hm* formulatnr* of tho r#jio-1 u i ion puhllhi.erl In mi* morn Inc •» Tiurn:\7 ivoupl prefer Ihr* pre#»ii» «pn*i 11 Ions. *',mi ItiC 11 On* Joseph I. lint, mentioned a* pre-Kidlng at the niuctlng. bvnri the reputation
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Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Tue, Jun 14, 1892
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