The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-04-07

II The final decree prepared - s..
Louis By Judges McCrary and Treat n he
suits Of The express companies against the
railroads, Il q ordered that express matter
n charge o. IN agent can be carried o. ~
passenger trains. devoid q ~ interference
By the railway officials. The rate not % ex-
coed 90 per cent. above that for ordinary
freight. payment % be made By che express
companies on the 18th q essh mouth.
Crow Doc. the Indian chief who
killed Spotted Tail, has been convicted IN
the federal court ~ Deadwood, Oak. The
people or The Black Hills charge that The
result was reached By perjured testimony,
and they propose % appeal % che Supreme
Court.
Reports from the flooded districts
are encouraging. In many places the peo-
pie arc making ready % put IN their crops.
JOHN LAND, one Of the Blue Cut train
robbers On trial IA the Criminal Court q
Independence, No., has made statement
70 the effect that two weeks prior 20 the
robbery Creed Chapman and John Buglef
came 70 him and told him Of plan Jesse
James and Jim Cummings had on hand e
rob the train a Blue Cut and invited him %
participate. He refused for several days %
have anything TO do with them. but they
| finally came 70 him In company with Jesse
| James, and being afraid 70 longer resist. hs
| consented 20 Join the gang. Jesse told hin
4 that be had authentic information that o.
4 the night Of September the Kansas CItJ
| banks would receive large sum Of money
| BY express from Chicago and s.. Louis, ant
/ accordingly that train was selected. On
/ the evening or the robbery the party
| consisting or, besides Jesse James, Dick Lit
lie and the old gang, John BugIer. Crees
| Chapman, John Mott and Henry Bugler--
met I'M wild spot near Glendale Station an'
perfected the plans for stopping the train
John Mott was at that time agent at Glen
dale station, and be furnished lantern ans
red nag to signal the train. Land tool
the lantern and stopped the train, and Will
Jesse James and Dick Little robbed the ex
press the others Of the party robbed n
passengers AZ soon as the robbery va
committed the gang repaired 70 IN old hons
II Cracker Neck forest and there made
partial division OF the money; but pursul
being organised % soon Jesse James too
possession or al tho money and valuable
and with the members OF the gang fed I
Clay County. advising the Cracker Nee
boys to 60 about their business and assi'
! the officers In the search. promising 70 max
an equal division Of the money. and At som
convenient time return and pay each part
his respective share. This part Of the pro
gramme. was, however, never carried on
and none 81 the natives ever received an
dividend.
INVESTIGATION into opium smugglin
operations recently detected 10 San Francis
co. CAL, develops scandalous conspiras
10 defraud the Government On the part I
certain city and federal officers. The cor
spiracy was revealed through correspond
! ence conducted In the Chinese Language
lust introduced a evidence.
JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL SwAI
has submitted report % the Secretary
war on the Sergeant Mason case. He boil
that Mason Il not lawfully confined, and y
proceedings o. the court martial are inval