, 1880-12-11
,.,nl,catlon Of His Brother as a
WI tco.tliroIing Of the Enemies
Of Page.
ro1orcd Man Swindlcs the
Pension Bureau Out Of
$4,000.
r,+raordlnary Talent displayed In Hood
vinktng tho Government.
. 7,eenerado Turnod OF by Judge
Lynch at Delleville, Nev...
1unf3E FACES AssA9INS.

i'm NJ John Riley for an alleged attempt 10
-or,p, Judge Sherman Pngo last August,
uhtch hus been going on for three days ut
r,,er, III Mowor County, was concluded
,esnrday, tho entire ti,no having been oc-
,nn,ed b. tho yolum!nous testimony for tho
n,osecu.ion anJ tho argument OF COUNSEL
Sotcst[mony was put in for tho defense, on
n. ground, 1t Is snld, OF the alleged partiallty
Al the Justice, Which matlo tho co1nmlttal
d the prisoner foregono conclusion, aud
he defense will rcscrve Its testimony for the
till III tho District Court. Tho evidence
noIats strong clrcunistanttal probability 10
ID completely Of Riley In the crime With
which ho stands charged, mud Involves ut
lss,. IN sczlous suspicion
TIL: ni.oTI1Els OF RILEY
I'd q prominent citizen Of Austin. Tho cvi-
dpuee Of Rlley's connection with this crime
np,.s chiefly OH tho testimony Of Arthur
Wood, The Chicago detective VITO was en-
ployed by Pago 10 work up tho caso. For
Ibis purpose hD worked himself into Riley's
confidence In tue disguise OF fcllow-crim-
Insl lou Tie lookout for q Job Of burglatyor
s9ne other form Of robbery, and Processes to
hire inYogled Ills unsilspoc ting pal into n
number Of admissions vii Itch, though not
Solng directly 10 tho fact, yet. tAlsen together
Ia connection with other circumstances.
would MAKE, II credited,
4 yrRoN0 clIcuMsrAesT1AL CASH
ttatnst Riley. There IL so,ue yuguo and lii
uneusiyo testimony TINT lle was in Austin
sor about the ttmc Of tho attempted mur-
TT; that ho camn there soon after his dis
charge from tho PenltentIary ut Waupul,,
shere his brotbor Frank, of Austin. went to
xeh!m; thai, before going to Austin, lo WINS
destltu.o Of money; that, after leaving 1t,
sM after the shooting Of Judge Pnge, ho had
slalge sum Of money iii Ills possession: that
hshas lung been hardened desperate, Just
treh al ono us would naturally DO suggested
1.-THE willing and fit instrument Of tho cow
itdy vengeance Of othors, and that
THE MOTIVE: FOR TIE CRIME
lsto be found III the bitter feud between
!sdge page and the Austin brothers Of Riley,
w" aeeofalng 10 tne tlieofs OF uae .preseeu-
aoo' acted In concort wltl, others to engage
laIsy to commit this crime. Then there was
he finding Of gun under tho sidewalk,
Sh&h Is supposed to be tho gun used In
Iaooting Judge Page, nutl which 1t WIS
parnt IN t,,cnt,fv No n o,,r },a,oro,n1 +o 1ro
Jones' wealthy merchant Of Austin, and On
tnemy Of porc. which {s mntle Tim rounfln.
I'm ., m ,rs,n, o,,o, ,ha4 ro,o, ,,,.s ,ast,,
''ule assault.
ARMARKANLE PENSION FRAUDs.
-s7.ttat D,oa,eh IN M 0hteaoo T+tst,ns
Dprno,r ,y,o,, naa ~ 1n~ua,,o 'sa,n,,
-. sngi, ~ 49, Mlcu.. uec' M.@Sonlo months
~ laa commissioner OF Pensions made tho
elToYery That, during tho past few years, q
Euso number Of applications fnr penaions
10, tba wl,lnwa an, n1,i,,lror ~ da.oae end III
mad so,1.as' a,,' sa'.uto' .' ~ uesescu ~
~ so!a'ofa nad peeh l1led oy paftaes fes!ti-
Ign thls city or Vicinity. Many OF the
aeyelv sus.nnce tho n,oi,,, ,,,ns ,,,aJ r., ~,
h,)f n th,, ,'at" 'o e.'.. ".so '''u ,,1 ~ ~
bad hem a ,,,n,,,,o- ~ a." W. nma T1"n,1"s w." VA