Nebraska advertiser., 1870-03-10

Which came or tn5our efF las~tEatnrday.
and Monday and tuesday. was the noisiest
affair which has come under our observation
for many 4 year TIE case. in. brief was
this. Last Saturday two persons crossed the
river at this points eqming on the Ferry at
the samotimeand going OF stthesame time.
These persons were Frank Palmer and Jc-
seph Clinton. The. dTst named started up
town. and entered several diferent places,
laying before different individuals charts,
with cuts printed thereon, showing the diff
ferent positions Of the hand when carrying
on the Deaf and Dumb language and also
setting forth that Palmer, hevender. thereof.
was q Deaf and Dumb mute, from the effect
Of a wound In thehead, received while in the
LIST Texas regiment, and requestingpersOns to
buy the chart, to help him alongin the world.
Well many Of 6nr citizens feeling a great IN
terest in the Deaf and Dumb language, gave
him a quarter and received therefor a chart.
In the meantime the suspicious OF James
Stevenson were aroused that ali was not right
and upon seeing Palmer come down 10
the corner of workings Warehouse on the
river, and meet Clinton, they walked Of to-
gether, he determined to satisfy his curiosity
BY taking a short cut 70 where he. could see
and hear them, and they not know he was
near. This be accomplished, and upon the
strength of what he heard. and after CONSUL
tatiOn with a number of leading citizens, III
ed an information that they were impostOrs.
and they were arrested aad tried Saturday
night, before Justice Ebright. Mr. s~teveson's
evidence at the trial was 70 the effect that
he had reached the corner before Palmer and
ruf~FOn wOf eho-a. fhof h, Io,-I 4, oo--o-,oL
tion while they were yet about 100 feet from
where he stood; that he believes it was car
ried on indifferent voices, one being almer's
and the other CIinton's. That he then wait
ed tllI they came opposite and were below
the bridge on the Ievee and near It, that he
heard Clinton ask a question as to how much
money Palmer hndgOtf thath he then stepped
where he could see them. Palmer wos
standing sideways 70 Stevesons and about
eight feet OF, below the bank; Palmer was
counting money and after counting a few
more biIlsa said ajustltyenty1nve dollars -
that he saw Palmer's lips move and verify
believes thai the words spoken issued from
the lips. Of Palmer, who was peddling charts
selling them OF thestrength Of what wSS
thereon printed to the effect that he was a
deaf mute. The trial before Justice Ebright,
in binding them over 20 appear at
the District Court, which convenes next
Monday, upon thu charge OF obtaining money
false pretenses; and in default OF bail,
were put in the lookup. On Monday a writ
Of hebeas corpus wasSsued out before Probate
Judge Morgan, and the trial commenced.
The prisoner, Palmer produced everai letters
stating that he was believed TO be a deaf mute
by the writer's; one OF these letters was
FROM the Editor OF the Memphis Sun. This
was telegraphed 70 and a dispatch re-
ceived ~corObOrating the letter and Palmer's
was also examined, and nothing of
suspicious nature was found, and an exam
was made by DR.. Kimberlin Occulist
Aurist, who swOre that Palmer's ears
were in such a condition that It was impossi-
BILE for him to hear. For these good and suf-
1cient reasons to the examining court, Pal
mer, for whom alone the writ was issued,
was released Tuesday morning. Clinton was
on a writ OF Habras Corpus on We'd
1esday. The prosecution was conducted at
stages by Messrs. Hewett & New
nan, and J. H. Broadly; the defence BY
Messrs. French & Rogers. Our community
the doubtful position Of being salts
led, perhaps, but not convinced. On
he one hand we nave the positive evidence
If one of our best citizens, whose integrity is
question, that he heard Palmer
speak, heard a conversation going on between
Palmer and Clinton, etc. On the other hand
We have letters, a Geographic dispatch, (nei-
her sworn 70, the evidence OF cOmpetent
physicians after examination, are to the
,ffect thai his ears are so destroyed that 1t is
impossible for him to hear, others that it is
impossible to tell this by any exam
nation short of dissection of the head, and
hen not always. However IL m error has
mercy.