After Further Deliberation ....

From the December 24, 1874, issue of The Neosho County Journal:

"About 100 men on horseback called on Justice of Peace M. A. Patterson, at Jacksonville, and gave him thirty minutes to rescind a fine assessed against Andrew Olsen.  Olsen had been arrested and convicted of participating in the attempt to eject N. F. Garlinghouse from his claim.  The complaint was filed by John Sylvester."

According to the Journal  "The fine was rescinded."

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Some Reference Information:

1. Jacksonville was tucked into the extreme southeast corner of the southeast Kansas county of Neosho.  In fact, it was tucked so tight that parts of the town spilled into adjoining counties of Labette and Crawford.   More on Jacksonville later.
2.  The Neosho County Journal is one of three names that the same pioneer Kansas newspaper carried during its long life.  It started as The Osage Mission Journal in 1868.  During it's 93 years it operated as the Osage Mission Journal, The Neosho County Journal and The St. Paul Journal.  That's a pretty good run in an era when newspaper life-spans were sometimes determined by local elections.
3. The attempt to eject Garlinghouse from "his claim" actually occurred a few miles northwest of Jacksonville on the Neosho River "Big Island." On December 5, 1874, a group of men, egged on by a Mr. Gatton,  made a couple of attempts to break down the door of the Garlinghouse home.  Garlinghouse and his wife held their ground and at least three of the thugs gained some buckshot for their efforts.  However, in the end, a committee formed by the Settler's Protective Association ruled in favor of Mr. Gatton's ownership of the claim.
4. Much of the information about the "Battle of the Neosho" is documented in newspaper articles transcribed and edited by David Beach for the Parsons Historical Society.  Re. David Beach publication "From the Newspapers - The History of Jacksonville, Kansas, (Historical Articles from 19th Century Newspapers)", Parsons Historical Society 2013.