Colonel E. H. Kimball was editing a paper at Douglas, Wyoming, and he dipped his pen in gall each week when speaking of the outrages committed by this gang of outlaws. He printed their names in full and told just what crimes they had committed. He must be destroyed and the power of his press overcome. So a dozen or more of them filed informations against him for criminal libel. One of the charges was made by George W. Baxter, of Cheyenne, general manager of the Western Union Beef Company. Upon this a warrant was issued and Colonel Kimball was kidnaped and brought to Cheyenne, where he was lodged in jail. He was held for 30 days before he could give bonds, the law requiring bondsmen to be residents of the county where the accused is in prison. This had the effect of temporarily stopping the issue of the paper, as Colonel Kimball was a poor man and could not hire the work done while he remained in jail. The case never came to trial. The editor of the Northwestern Live Stock Journal offered to sign the bonds of Colonel Kimball, and as a reward his paper was boycotted by the cattlemen in any way connected with the raid. Later four of them entered his office one day and made a personal attack upon him, undoubtedly with murder in their hearts. But their designs were frustrated and the editor still lives. The next attempt to regulate the tone of the press was made by this same man Baxter on the Cheyenne Daily Leader, because it dared to condemn the work of the assassins. He owned a few shares of the Leader stock and began an action for the appointment of a receiver so as to get control of the columns and shut off the truth about the invasion and its supporters. The trial was long and expensive, but finally resulted in a withdrawal of the complaint. These efforts at destroying the press were so barren of success that it was concluded to make no further attempts in that direction. CHAPTER XIII. GOVERNOR BARBER PERMITS JOHNSON COUNTY OFFICERS TO SERVE WARRANTS ON THE INVADERS--PECULIAR CONDITIONS PRECEDENT--CHANGE OF VENUE IS GRANTED BY JUDGE BLAKE J. W. Blake, judge of the Second Judicial district, which comprises Johnson and Albany counties, sent a letter to Acting Governor Barber on the 19th of June, requesting that he deliver to the authorities of Johnson county the stockmen then confined at Fort Russell. The judge informs the governor that he has received a certified copy of informations filed against 44 persons, charging them with murder. I have also received a certified copy of warrants issued by the clerk of the court for the arrest of the parties charged in the information. The men against whom the informations are found are confined at Fort Russell under absolute control of the War Department. The courts, before they can exercise their functions, must have control of the persons whom they accuse of offense of the law.