Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-09

day, for there had been rumors- Of some
important developments in the case.
After court had been called Mr.. Brief
arose and said:
eff your Honor please I desire to read
a paper before any further proceedings
are taken in this case, which shall be
pleased to do with the consent Of the
attorney representing the State" and he
looked toward that gentleman.
with my hearty and happy ap-
prevail replied the States representa-
tive.
''TheTeupon Mr.. Brief proceeded to
read an affidavit Of which / viii give
you the purport. 1t seems that Henry
SlOman, a nephew Of the Cashier OF the
OldtOWn Bank, a rather dissipated young
fellow, had been on the train that met
disaster on the previous day and was
severely injured. He was brought home
to his uncle's house and during the night
had sent for Mr.. Brief and the States
Counsel, and to them he made state
ment, in the presence Of a magistrate,
which he duly sWOre to. Henry SlOman,
being related to the Cashier, had been
frequent visitor to OldtoWn Bank, and he
was well acquainted with, though, on ac-
count Of his Incorporate habits, not
much Of a companion of John Hardy.
On the day the money was missed he
had been in the bank and noticing that
John was busy and throwing packages
of money on to his desk, the thought
suddenly came into his head to put IN
practice a trick he had read Of bank
robbers dOing-flching a package from
the desk. This, of course, could not be
done where a bank Is properly guarded
but it has been accom- lished more than
once by shrewd thieves, where banks
had the old style Of furniture. At first
he only intended it as a joke, though it
was q serious one, but after he had sue
cessfully accomplished the theft, the
temptation came to keep the money. He
strOlled out Of the bank unchallenged,
and even then his better nature would
have prevailed if there had not been an
other temptation come up in his mind.
He was in love with Nettie. So was
John Hardy. When the money was
missed he foresaW that John would be
suspected of embeZZlement, and then,
he hoped, Nettie would turn from the
man under a cloud to him. After he
found himself mistaken in this a spirit
of jealousy and revenge possessed him,
and if it had not been for the accident
which brought him so near to death,
John Hardy would probably have gone
to prison convicted of felony.
"When Mr.. Brief concluded his read
ing, which had been listened to atten-
lively by the crowd, a rOusing cheer rang
through the court room, and the people
crowded up to offer John their COngratu-
latiOns, and it was some time before or
der could be restored sufhcientlyto allow
the formalihes of entering 7lOLJs prOssqltj
and dischaTging the prisoner to be gone
through with.
"John Hardy walked ont Of that court
room a happy man. He is our cashier
now, old Mr.. SlOcum having retired when
his nephew brOugh disgrace on the fam
lily, and he died soon afterWard. Henry
SlOcum ultimately recovered, and as his
uncle made good the loss, he was allowed
to slip through the hands of the law and
90 West, where, report says, he has be-
come a very good citizen. Nettie married
John Hardy soon after the trial. That is
the story, and hope it is sufficient ex-
PLANTATION of why the improvements were
made and the wire net work was put up
in the OldtOWn Bank"