Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-12

vacant posts or barracks not required for
military occupation for use in the establish
ment Of normal and industrial training
schools for Indian youths from nomsdic
tribes having educational treaty claims upon
the United States.
It was q remarkable coincidence that De-
McGillycuddy should have received al
telegram from Uaited States Attorney
Campbell denying the associated press tele.
gram about the Livingston verdict aud that
shortly after the receipt of this telegram be
should have been interviewed by q Chicago
Times reporter upon the very subject
referred to In the telegram. The doctor
was In Chicago when the verdict of dis
agreement was returned 10 the court ct
Yankton. The associated press dispatch
appeared In the Times under the head of
VIRTUALLY acquitted" and read as follows:
Yankton. March e.-l'he fourth case
sgainst DR.. Livingston, ex-Indian agent at
GROW Greek. who was charged with crook.
edness bv the Hayt-Hammoud dynasty.
Wal Iconcluded to-day In the United States
court. The jury was out three days. and
finally disagreed. Eleven were for return.
Ing a special verdict that the defendant had
made . technical violation of law, but was
innocent of any. intent to defraud the gov
erament or individuals. The twelfth man
stood for unconditional acquittal.
In the next issue of the Times appears an
interview from which We extract the follow
ing paragraph:
DR.. McGillicuddy was asked for an ex-
PLANTATION Of this special verdict. In reply
he stated the dispatch was erroneous, and
produced Q dispstch from Judge Campbell,
United States attorney for Dakota, statins
that the jury stood eleven for conviction and
n for acquittal.
1t has never appeared that DR.. McGilly-
cuddy had sufficient personal interest in
this case to render it important that he
should be notified by telegraph ofthe result,
and it is exceedingly queer that upon the
heels of that telegram should come an anx-
ious reporter searching information from
him for the Times. 1t is no part of our
business to infer that he was instructed by
wire to get himself interviewed and rehash
some Of the old lies which were go generous.
" given to the press by Hayt and Ham
mond some two years ago. We are dealing
with remarkable condolences and this
one we produce as an illustration of how
such things can Inadvertently happen in
times of great mental distress. .
The public knows, the Jurors know and
the attorneys know that the press telegram
above quoted was literally correct. and
while the enc sent BY the district attorney
was technically" true, it was so constructed
as to mislesd the public when placed in
print.
DR.. McGillycuddy has proven himself an
adept at Misrepresentation Of the facts. 10
this interview he repeats portions of the oft
published story. With an a0dscity hardly
to be expected of one who is familiar
with the true condition, he told the Times
reporter that
1.-THE settlers were interested in cheating
the Indians out of their wood, and, besides
that, Livingston owned most of YanktOn,
being either the landlord or the creditor Of
. considersble number of the inhabitants
There was, therefore, q very strong local
feeling against the Indians and In favor OF
Livingston"
It 10 perhaps unnecessary for Us to inform
our home readers that this statement is a
brazen lie-that the sum total of Dr.. Liv.
ingston's Yankton possessions will not ex
coed $1,000 out Of q city valuation Of 81 .00O.-
600, the balance being distributed among
the Doctors neighbors. He owns the house
he lives in and = few city lots. The balance
Of the interview is after the style Of the
sample above quoted, and none of it is orig
inal with the individual who gave it out.
It was invented BY the distinguished ex-
official who recently made a death bed con.
fession Of perjury and then got we'll and
went and hid himself in the rock ribbed hills (
of the far west.
Dr.. McGillycuddy, who was made agent
at Red Cloud by Hammond and Hayt, did
not originally belong to the squad Of plot
ters which succeeded in turning things topsy.
turvy along the Missouri, though fate after.
wards threw him into their company and Of
course his sympathies are with them 10 all
their designs. 1t was at Brule military post
that much scheming was done. It was ar
ranged that .Dougherty should be given
charge Of Lower Brule and Grow Greek
Indian agencies and that Colonel Johnston
(since deceased, was to have Red Cloud
agency. then under charge Of DR.. Irwin.
The crisis arrived and the first part of the
programme was carried out. But Dr.. Irwin
wasfnot so easily moved. he s~tubbornly
resisted, and held his place for months and
during this time his Indians were moved
back into the interior and out of the juris-
diction of the river military poats. Plans
we're therefore changed 40 fsr a. they related
to Colonel Johnston. Dr.. McGillycuddy
vas connected VIII the army ~ . contract
surgeon and he VI. selected - . suitable
man for the appointment. So when Irwin