The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1882-08-10
THE SCRIP CASES.
A Gist of What Was Done at Yankton
During The Past Week.

During The Past Week.
The trial of W. D. Russell, Of Yankton
is very interesting and we give a.brief out
line of the same.
The two most important witness ex
amined so far were L. G. Rene and Pau
A. Havrevold. The former is an Oma
ha printer. Last winter he was running
a printing office at Beloit, Iowa. He
leased the office from Carpenter in Feb
ruary. Carpenter introduced Cameron
for whom he set up in Beloit, and printed
in Canton, the assignments which are at
tached to the certificates. He printed
about 400 of them. Carpenter took them
away, saying that Cameron would pay fol
them, which was never done.
Haveryold testified that about April 9
or 10, on Sunday, Cameron engaged him
to 60 to his Office to do some writing.
The work was to fill out the blank assign
ments there. Cameron pasted the ccrtiti-
Gates Russell was present. a large
number were filled out, and it took sever
al hours. Various letters, papers and
telegrams were identified.
The witnesses examined Saturday were
the operators at Sioux Falls, Elk Point
and Yankton, and kilograms were intro
duced as evidence sent back and forth be-
tween the parties as regards the handling
of scrip The testimony of j. B. Young,
banker at Sioux Falls, was to the effect of
receiving kilograms from Burt e Miller
as to the handling of the scrip
The following is copy Of an assignment
of this particular scrip in the Indictment:
''For value received George Becker,
to whom the attached duplicate of deposit
No. II, issued on the 2nd day of Septem-
Der, A. d. 1881, by Assistant United
States Treasurer at was issued -
I hereby will and assign unto Of
county, and state of and to his heirs
and assigns forever.
The said certificate of deposit with all
the benefits to be derived theretrom.
Attest - George Becker. Seal.
- --------- (Seal J
State of Louisiana,
County of De Sofa.
On this 2Oth day of November, a. d.
1881 before Inc came George Becker to
me we'll known and acknowledged the
foregoing assignment to be his oath and
deed. | certify that said George Becker
is the identical person to whom the at
tached certificate of deposit vas issued,
and that he executed the foregoing assign
ment, thereof
Fred Raum, of ST. Lewis, testified that
he had an office in the next room to Burt
& Miller and recognized the parties as
they wanted to employ him at $75 per
month. The following testimony was
introduced:
81 have not seen Mr.. Miller since un-
til this evening; saw him get off the
cars; he got off the rear platform; he got
into carriage, he had full beard in St.
Louis; his chin is now shaved.
| saw Mr.. Cameron in the courtroom
this evening: can pick him out, but he is
not here now,
Mr. Carpenter was called in and witness
identified him as Mr. Miller.
Mr.. J. B. Yonug was recalled The
court allowed the following to be intro
dueed as evidence: ---..-. ...-..-.
Sioux Falls, D. r., March 14th, 1882,
Z. E. Carpenter, Esq, Nothing new as
yet. [ have not received the last lot of
papers from 'Vrhe West" have others all
o. X. Sell my $4,000 BIDS if you sell
yours. Send card or circular to David
Preston &c., Detroit, Mich; Preston,
Kean & Co., Chicago; 1st Nat band and
Merchants Nat, ST. Paul; G. Livingstone
& Co., Morton, Monroe & Co., A. G.
Foster, St. Paul; J. S. Braddock, Mt.
Vernon, Ohio.
Destroy all papers-let me know when
YOU will be home. will start for Iowa
when | receive papers from You. All
we'll }. ID.
This letter was enclosed in an envelope
addressed to E. E. Carpenter, care Mel
son & Noel, St, Louis, Mo. To be call
ed for.
John and Charley Coloney testified
that VIM. D. Russell was at the hotel in
Canton, April 10th, and that Mr.. Car
penter was there the same day III Russell s
room with Russell.
James Keller testified that he saw Car
penter at Sioux Falls the latter part of
April.
The testimony of Scougal & Co., bank
ers, was to the effect of them receiving
proposals to handle this paper The firm
introduced this testimony:
! A. P. BURT, g. 5: MILLER,
| Attorney at Law U. 8. Surveyor.
BURT & MILLER,
| Land Scrip and Warrant Dealers,
Corner Fifth and Chestnut Sts., over Times Print
ing Once
P o. Box 243S. st. Louis, Mo, April Is, 1882
Was the following letter: ... --.
In reply to yours Of 40, 1882.
Dear Sir: We will send you by e. s.
Exp. to-day certificate of deposite or lane
scrip 900, as ordered (g 81. We can
not make any special rates or terms a
these prices. We are only making Thu
rate for few days, to begin spring con
tracts soon and want money to deposl
for new contracts. tA
To Mckinney & Scougall, g.s-z.
Sioux Falls, d. T.,
Yours Truly, a...
l.s-.a BURT & MILLER. .
(The signature being printed with rubbe
type.) - I'D r..I.r .......-.5