In view of these conditions I make the following requests: First--That you turn over to the sheriff of Johnson county or his deputy, the parties named in his warrants, and give them into his custody at Fort Russell. Second--That before you do this you inform me of the time you will be ready to make the transfer in order that I may give the officer full directions as to the place they shall be held, pending the future proceedings of the court. Pending the time of the trial, I believe it my duty to exercise the utmost diligence and care--first, in placing the prisoners within the custody of the proper officers of the court; second, that they be kept with absolute safety; third, that these things be done in such a way that will entail the smallest possible expense upon Johnson county. I do not consider it necessary at this time to have these men taken to Johnson county. I have in view two methods of holding them in custody, both of which will require the assent of the parties accused. One is that they be confined at Fort Russell as long as the War Department will detain them there; the other that they be confined in the north wing of the penitentiary at Laramie, a portion of the building now unoccupied for any purpose, and where they will not under any circumstances come in contact with any of the convicts confined in another part of the building. Should you surrender these men to the judicial department upon this request, my positive order will be given to the officer to whom they are surrendered upon these points in the way I have indicated as to their confinement, and I am satisfied beyond any question that these orders will be obeyed, for the reason I believe that I have a right to make them, and I have never known an officer of Johnson county to disregard any direction I had given him. I must urge upon you, that I insist as soon as the matter can be arranged, wherever these prisoners are detained, they must be kept under the custody of an officer of the court for Johnson county. Up to this time the acting governor had refused to permit the Johnson county officers to serve the warrants on the confined cattlemen, notwithstanding almost daily applications had been made for that privilege. After the receipt of the above communication the matter was given careful executive consideration, and on the morning of July 5th, 1892, Governor Barber escorted the prisoners to Laramie City, where Judge Blake was sitting “in chambers.” Adjutant General Frank Stitzer, accompanied by almost the entire military staff of the governor, marched the cattlemen to Hesse’s hall, a large room previously engaged as headquarters for them. Here they were formally turned over to Deputy Sheriff Roles, of Johnson county, who took charge of them. They were made comfortable in their new quarters and seemed to have little care about the future turns their case might take.