Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-17
MORE LIGHT ON the SUBJECT.

During the trial of Beebe for the murder
Of Landphere it came out in the testimony
that during the trip Of Beebe, L%andphere,
Williams aud Cammack from Sioux Falls
to Grow Greek a robbery was committed BY
which the party cam into possession of a
horse pistol, a revolver, some shirts and a
few other articles. Williams and Cam
mack in their testimony swore that these
articles we're procured by Beebe-that he
had been back on the road and when he
came up with the party lie produced the
things and said he had purchased them Of a
man on the road. The. testimony of the
two witnesses named, however, went to show
that Beebe had buglarized a house and
stolen them.
Another version of this chapter of the
story has been developed. Patrick Kelly,
the owne of the burglarized house and of
the stolen goods. is in town and, for the
purpose of obtaining information upon this
point. he was to-day interviewed by the
Press and Dakotaian. He says that
he resides in town 1Ol, range Sc, on sections
one and two. The township in which his
house is located is a part of the strip claim
ed by both Hanson and McCook counties,
and he is therefore unable to say which
county he lives in. Mr.. Kelly states that
on a Sunday in last June, which he thinks
was either the second or third Sunday of
the month, he left his house to go to Wolf
Greek mills. His boy and another boy
named Jake Christy we're left at home to
guard the premises and had instructions to
keep watch Of the house and sleep there
at night. During the day the boys
were absent from the house most of the
time. 1t was during this Sunday that a
party, answering the description of the
Beebe party were seen by a neighbor of Mr..
Kelly, named Herman Tighe, in camp on
the Vermillion. Later in the day they
broke camp and moved westward. They
had a rickety old wagon and there were
four men in the outfit. Mrs. Tighe saw
three Of them stop at Kelly's house ant
Gays there might have been four there
She is certain about seeing three. Their
, was no one at Kelly's house while the,
were there. Passing On afte
their halt at the house the party encounter
ed the two boys at a gulch about a mil
I: away and three of them stopped and talked
while the fourth drove on with the wagon
!, The theory is that they did not want to ex
pose their stolen plumber which was in tn
wagon. The boys cay that the men wer
deliberately armed with knives and reyo]
q vers. As night approached Kelly's DO
went home and on entering the house foun
8 things scattered about on the floor an
also found that a box which had bee
T. locked with a heavy lock ha
been broken open and some of its content
taken away. When Mr.. Kelly returned hi
son related the circumstances to him and h
made an examination of the box. II
found that the following articles had bee
taken: Three navy blue flannel shirts: on
E brass mounted horse pistol, marked Lion
don," one double barreled shot gun;
> lantern; "a pair of gloves; a navy revolv'
er, self cooking with q set trigger. Tb!!
revolver was afterwards shown o repnrtgl
of the Press and Dakotaian, at White Swar
by Cammack, who admitted tina be stole it
Mr.. Kelly says there may have been Other
things stolen, but these are all that he Can
name.
When the three men met the boys at the
gulch, they told a story about a fight they
had on the Vermillion that night, in which
they had wounded, and probably killed, a
man. They also said that they expected to
have another fight with half breeds going
into Brule City.
Sunday night the party camped on Wolf
creek, FIVE miles from the scene Of the rob-
berry. During the night Mr.. Kelly's boy was
awakened by some one at the door. lie was
fri 1htened, and called out "Who's there ~
The reply was, II I'M the sheriff. Come
ont and see." The boy went out and found n
man and q horse there. The man was
short and heavy set and wore a revolver.
In the darkness the boy was unable TO
identify him as one of the band of robbers
who had been there during the day time.
His visitor, without saying anything more,
mounted his horse and rode away and this
was the last that was seen of any of the
party at or near Kelly's house.
These statements are so much in conflict
with the sworn testimony of Williams and
Cammack that they should attract
the attention Of the author
tiles. They create a breach in the wei.
told story against Beebe, though they are
really unimportant on their bearing upor
the actual crime for which he was convict
ed. But If it could be shown that William,
and Cammack perjured themselves in thei,
account of this affair it would weaken ,heil
entire testimony. All through the trial o
this murder case there has been a feelin,
that the authorities should take some step