The Red Cloud chief., 1884-11-07

some money 20 UeAt btu Win aap
Rail- did. but tie egiSeoce ELECTED he
fore the eoroners jury shaved that he
took ten ems. Rail soen r.
t%uruei, and hc.zesn : and 5 O'Clock Z.
VI the coupe started ~ Blue Hia. one
bent on a gnasily murder. che nsl'er on
a kindly GRAND. When Ola tie north
e -, side Of the stacks it - suppued
that Cook, aud his confederate. II he
had any. struck Rail = heavy boa With
a Ratchet, over the eye. fnts blow j.
supposed u have 80 siunnel Rail tisai
he Wa nnabie 70 cope with the fieni
who following up HE chances, dealt
him six terrible blows on the head
with the edge .. the hstehet
laying open the -knll IN a. msny DIFF
fer-nt place. doing hls work most 81
fectually. The murderer then IL Is sup
po.ed threw the body oui Of the wagon.
searched the clothing FOX money. took
the team and wagon and cscape!, .eav-
ing hi. victim where he bad cruelty
and unpTovkinsly murdered nun Tor
what hitie money l;e had and AZ team.
Rails absence from hdns did no; create
any anxiety with he oiA or nelgabor-
for il VA a custom with him 90 20 ID
Blue Hill and stay over night with rel
alive. and the lollowin: day bein.
sunday i was supposed that he had,
gone TO church at st. stephens, pu,
when he did not come home Sunday
night or Monday morning ms wife aud
neigiibors became ANXIOUS, az 20 his
whereabouts aad putting this and tia;
together il Wa surmised that he had
MET WITH FOUL PLAY
and searching parties from Blue HI
and his neighboriool started out with
the result above mentioned. VIM
Kirk. Earne., Eerst and Olto Stafirrgeu
finding The body o. Rail uea the spO,
indicated above. The body when
found Wa. lying on the face, IA If plac
ed there by the william who did the
deed. Word Was at once telegraphed
To Coroner Mosena and that official al
once proceeded to Blue Hill and ther,
impanclled Il jury, and later on in tho
day held a very thorough investigation
examining some eight or ten witnesses
At the inquest it was learned that Mr.
Rail wanted 10 accompany her has
band to A ncighbOrS but Cook insisted
tnat she better not a. It would probab
" be late when they returned home
and she then concluded not to 60, tn,
balance OF the evidence was substant
tally the same as we have related i
above. The verdict y: the jury we
hereto append:
VHRpICr OF THE JURY
State Of Nebraska, Webster county
1t an inqni.itiOn hoiien al Blue Hill
in Webster county. on the 3rd day a
November, A. ID. 1854, before me J. VI
Mosena. coroner Of said county, upor
! the body of Leonard Rail lying dead
by the Jurors whose names are hereto
! subscribed, the said jurors upon theil
| oaths 90 say that he was murdered No
! vembcr first, 1884, between tho hour:
of 7 O'Clock Z. NJ, and d O'Clock A. NJ
Nov. ., 1884; was killed 10y a hatche
or some sharp instrument in The
hands of one Joseph Cook, a hireC
hand, and he, the said Joseph Cook
murdered him feloniouIy. The crime
! Was done about two miles Wet Of Blu,
Hill. Nebraska, Webster county. "
testimony whereof the said jurors nav,
hcreunto set their hands the day ant
! year aforesaid.
JONI EKRoCT, J W. Norris,
Sol MASDELBaUM, 10 BURGESS,
PHILIP BJCS, JR. \. RoPIsCH.
J. NJ. NosEHA. ~. ID. Coroner.
Leonard Rail was about thirty-sevei
years old, lived in Nebraska six year
and n number of years nj LsSAlle, Hi
nois. He vas n heavily built man an,
dOcli i've iStt tiit ciSIt iftCtit5 hipii
His SUPPOSED MCRDERER
Joe Cook, IA a Young man twenty q
twenty-three years of age, five fee: 81,
Oh seven inches high, light icomplexio,
middling short hair. i small thin mus
tacne, and bleary eyes.
The people of Blue Hill are a deter
mined. l~aw-ahidipg people, and wll
use every endeavor 10 have the lDsti
gator of this dastardly deed appre
hended and brought To y Just and RICH:
| eous account for this inhuman butch
cry Of one OF their best citizens, viz
Leonard Rail. Our reporter near
the indignan, remarks from the peopl
and with one accord they inferred tina
it would not be healthy for the fen
10 appear in that locality. Hemp Wa
freely spoken o. as a quick and Gel
tain remedy for such characters. In
crime Of murder is becoming too ger
eral for the public safety. 4 too 10,
price is placed on human life, and IL
Grief believes in letting no guilt
man escape"
Whoever has the blood of this ir
nocent man. Leonard R@ll, upon ri
head may expect to have the wrat
and condemnation of every good cit
zen visited upon his head and VIII An
should be meted out the severest pei
atty that the law affords. There shoul
be no such thing as %leniency. as case
OF this nature should be severed
dealt with.
500 REWARD OFFERED,
FIVE hundred dollas Of which hs
L.. - d.,