Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-15
Or. L~lv,.ssToM's TRIAL.
Coasluslon Of Yesterdays Testimony,
with 4 Portion Of To-0ay's Added.
rae Evia..e. All Gees :. sA.vv .Aat the
Desser Has Cennittsd Ne 00snse
Against the Government.

Against e0o
sAuL DEMANs-CRoss ExANINATIoN.
edo you know what became Of the
The money on the dnf1 Al don't know.
Witness stated further that there were Eve
engaged for ssven days in hauling
his freight, and . white man with an OF
two days. The freight Wa on . sand
They took it about two miles. Put in
I'LL seven days. The weather was cold.
Dr.. Livingston was there supervising the
york.
Cat the time Of sigaing the vouchers
lid not Mr.. Russell ask If you could sign
,our namei Antoine L. Clair did.
Q-Didn't he ask you to write it on . sep
rate piece Of paper before you signed the
vouchers? A-Yes. |,
Odd DR.. Livingston or Nh. Russell
to you the contents Of every paper
before you signed it, A-They didn't say
till l asked what it was for and
said it was on account Of freighting ct
AS0N SAouOs uOAAAuk AuAsAVAs |
Witness said he was not in the habit Of
papers but they told him to and he
did it. He signed three papers At that time.
and afterwards the draft in the spring. DR..
Livingston and Antoine Le Clair were
present At the time. He asked what was the
paper and Antoine LIE Clair told him it was
to pay the Indians for the freightinx they
did At Red Cloud.
The United States attorney moved to strike !
out % much of the answer - related to wit
ness knowledge Of what..it was for. Motion
was overruled.
GLOW did you spell your name On the
other piece Of paper at the time you signed
this voucher. Al don't remember.
CAT that time wa there any other man
named Saul Demans. Al don't know Of
any.
Q-Was there any one by the name Of
Saul Demasn. Al don't know Of any.
Odd Handle, Muskrat or Frog receive
any Of the money on that draft? Al
didn't sec them have any. Witness here
started to say that he heard that they had,
but was cut short by the United States at
torney, before he could let the jury know
that they had been paid.
Odd you ever get a letter with this
draft in it? A-No.
THE NEXT WITNESS,
Mr.. Gilbert, was then called. He was
shown two papers marked IN" and IN"
NJ being the statement of the claim in favor
Of Saul Demans N is the report. The
plaintiff then rested.
THE Defense.
Mr.. Gamble opened.
DR.. LIVINGSTON
testified as follows: I am. the defendant in
this case. I was U. 8. Indian agent at
Grow Or eek agency. Have been at that
post since May. 1867, first as physician
then as agent, since November. 1870, until
March %, 1878. Crow Greek agency il
$50 miles above Yankton BY land and over
200 by river. New Red Cloud is about &C
miles above Grow Greek, BY river and
about IS miles by direct land. Brule il
abou: 8 miles below Grow Creek.
The jury was shown . sketch of the 10
cation of the posts and the river.
Witness received the telegram in eyi
dence the same day as it was dated.
On its receipt, made arrangements will
teams, s in number to be in readiness q
soon a. the boat should come. The good
didn't come on the Peck as was expected
but on the Silver Lake. l held the men ant
teams in readiness and when the boat cam
I took the teams and drivers and proceeded
to Red Cloud agency. As soon % til,
goods were lancsd on the bar, We CON
menced taking them to the warehouse.
employed four Teams seven days and one
nine days. Commenced work at dsyligh
and worked till dark. There vas no landing
on the main bank, and 30 VIC made q roat
BY willows and had the freight hauled. Th'
teams were at it oil the time. The 6ftl
team was employed the two extra days i,
taking Nj. Russell and myself up to Grow
Creek. There Was . high wind, and tn
crossing was difficult. I paid $3 per do,
for teams and driver. Think II was . fi
price. They were competent nen. Tai
Red Cloud agency was . new post. 1t Va,
no part Of my duty 70 do this work, excep
under special orders. Have heard Demans
testimony. As I had no funds ON hant
to pay the men, I issued . certified voucher
When I have funds on hand, the voucher
10 made out this way (showing jury. whez
I have none, 1t is made in the form of
certified voucher. I asked Saul De
mans il no was willing to have this amount
oil in his name. He said yes. 1t Va,
made out and signed BY him in my pro
sencs. NY clerk wrote . letter for him
and be signed 1t. I explained 1t oil to hin
fully. Antoine Le Claire. Mr.. Russell and
Saul Denans were present. He said hi
could sign his name, and Mr.. Russell OF
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