Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-27
JUDGED AND JUDGED.
Billy b Kid Released From the
Charge OF Raising a Check-Other
Cases Which Fave Come
TO The Front.

The examination Of Charles Wilson,
for raising a check, wal concluded be-
f1re Judge Abbott yesterday, and re.
suited In the discharge Of the prisoner,
Wilson, who has been called "Billy,
the Kid" though why, does not seem
clear, Is a boy who has worked for A.
w. Wyman, a well.to.do farmer living
a short distance from the city. Wy
nan paid him off some timo ego, Civ
ing him a check for IS. This check
was raised. In a very bungling man.
ner, to S1s. and yet was paid by the
bank OH which 1t Was drawn. Young
Wilson was consequently arrested.
he denied having made or
even known about the altera.
tions In the check, and insisted
tina. he disposed tf the check to a
party in MineolA, 1t passing ont Of his
hands in just the same form 40 he re-
ceived 1t, aud any alterations made
must have been afterwards and by
some n else. 1t wa shown that the
by had only thirty. five cents when
he rec ,ived the checA, and 1t was
eight days after that when the check
was cashed at the bank. Hence it
was urged that the boy must have dis
posed Of the check soon after getting
1t, In order to get means to subsist on,
and that some one else must have pre-
sented 1t at the bank. An attempt
Was made to break down his character,
but 1t was only proved that he war
given to spinning big yarns, but more
for the sake of mischief than with any
apparent malicious intent, or deslre to
defraud.
COME BACK SARAH.
Yesterday the requisition arrived
here from Des Moines, for the arrest
of Sarah Paine, a oolored woman liv.
ing Missouri, and Marshal jackson
has started there for her. She is a
sister to the Washington, now lying
In jail here to await trial for the muir.
der OF her new born babe, found
FIR oxen to death 10 the basement of an
empty building on Broad way. 1t is
claimed that the sister, Sarah Paine,
was here with the Washington girl at
the time of the sffir, and that she
was the one who carried the child
from the house to the vacant building
and left it there. She will
doubtless be brought back to
this city within a day or two.
GRABBING A GRIP.
A stranger in the city. q colored
man, sat down his G ipsace in a
Broadway saloon, and during his alb.
sence another fellow came In and
picked it up and walked off with 1t.
officer Sterling, somo time after, got
on the track of two fellows who had
offered a valise and contents for sale
in q saloon tor 80 cents, and on being
refused had gone to C second. hand
sc re and there sold the property for
81. He arrested them and booked
them 9 Ira Clifford and Peter Phil.
lips. yesterday they we're brough.
into court md Phillips was discharged
!, ere being lack of evidence against
but G FL VS. case was continued
for a wssk. as was recognized as be-
Ing the sams younh 'Snos VINO iAIely
a term fur steaA 'hs an oVer'oat
belonging to MI. Dohsh.
PLUNCERING vRoM A RA "Nohhn'
While Rev. Mir. ArupsA 'ong was
preaching good honest dostrtA> sne
congregation assembled In the \ 'etho'
dist church, Thursasy eveHimg, = 'me
sneak who had not the fear OF God
lore his eyes stole tho minister's $ll
zap robe from his cutter standing on
The street outside.
THE WEAKNESS CT LEsH.
The cases of the man Straub and
Mrr. Peter johnson charged with
adultery, were before Justice Schnrz
again yesterday, but by agreement of
all parties were continued for cha
week.
ON FALSE PRETENsHa
The case Of the State VS.. Stringer, |
which has been hanging fire for some |
time, was disposed of yesterday.
Stringer was charged with having got !
credit for meats at Ticknor g. brakes
market, under false p~retepses, run.
nirg up a bill of yearly sleO. The
case was taken from Justios
Abbott's to Justice Naughan's on o
change of venue, and at tbs latter
court evidence for the prosecution was
presented, and then a motion to dis
miss Was entered, on the ground that
the prose cution had not shown that
the representations made In securing
the credit were really false. The mo.
ton was sustained and the accused
dii charged.