Others believe that because of the publicity given to the affair the men in charge will not dare to make away with them, but will turn them over to the authorities at Spring View, when other parties will take them from the officers, and they will likely share the usual fate of rustlers.ĭeputy United States Marshal Cogle of Springview arrived in town in search of the stolen cattle, but came too late to get them. One of Clark’s daughters, a girl of 18 years, is engaged to Zoadland and was to be married in a few days, and when informed that Zoadland was a married man and had several children she was greatly distressed.īut few here think the rustlers reached Spring View, as the vigilantes are old ranchers and seldom bring a rustler back when they have a good chance to make away with him. Young Murphy, one of the captured men, became frightened and told all he knew, implicating several parties. Austager, Mark Harvey, Stillman Lewis, Jack Woods and Carl Chiede. Taylor, captain Fred Shattuck, William Charmas, John Wright, R. The vigilantes who conducted the captured men back to Keya Paha county are N. Keeler of Spencer, one of the men suspected, could not be found, but a number of the regulators stayed behind to look him up, as well as some other parties who are thought to be connected with the stealing.
Austager, a resident living 16 miles west of Springview, as his property.Ĭharles White and his children, who were with the rustling party, were left in charge of the balance of the cattle until further investigation could be made, but as soon as the vigilantes left they took the stock and followed the men, driving the cattle before them. Nearly 100 head of cattle were found, and over 40 head were identified by R. The men captured are Louis Zoadland, a resident of Spencer, Neb. They were quickly disarmed, bound hand and foot and placed on their horse and started west, presumably for Keya Paha county.
The fort was quickly surrounded and the men, realizing the futility of resistance, surrendered to the vigilantes. They found the rustlers in camp in the stockade at Fort Randall ready to protect their stolen property. The vigilantes made their raid on the rustlers’ camp Sunday. Men Who Were Outspoken Against the Lynching of Barrett Scott Express the Hope That the Prisoners Will Be Lynched - One Hundred Stolen Cattle Were Found In Their Possession.īUTTE, Neb., July 16. ( Link to the post.)įorced to Surrender to Keya Paha Vigilantes. I think it is entirely possible that these men or some of their associates could have been responsible, but, if so, were never charged or tried. I never found any articles about them catching and trying anyone for those heinous crimes. On Monday, I posted about a woman who was raped and lynched by cattle rustlers from this same town, in this same time frame.
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