The case of the territory vs…
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

The case of the territory vs. Richard Hay- wood, the negro soldier who shot up the town of Central City last May, was convicted by the jury and given three years in the pen. He kept up a fusillade on the town with a Springfield rifle from 1 o’clock in the morning till 8 o’clock. He continued firing promiscuously at houses, and defied the officers of the law to arrest him. Every time an officer tried to take him he turned his weapon loose on him, fortunately without shooting any one, although he came very near hitting the peace officer on several occasions. He was finally overpowered by a squad of soldiers from the fort. Haywood evi- dently got his deserts.