Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-16
A BLOODEO DAKOTAiAN.

The Marquis dc Mores Opens EEis
MOuth and Speaks about His Enter
prise.
st was entirely a case of blackm ail,
sir. Had l been willing TO bribe few
influential persons l would never have
been tried for murder" The Marquis
de Mores, who was recently ACQUITTED
of a charge of numbering Dakota
hunter named Riley, SAID this to New
York Herald reporter last evening at
the Hotel Brunswick. Tall, handsome,
unusually well built, extremely courte-
GUS, eminently aristocratic in appear
ance and polished in manner, the mar
quis is the last man IN the world whom
any one would suppose likely to become
entangled IN the meshes of the law. 81
was tried four times on the same
charge" he continued, "and on each oc-
caslon [ could have had the trial qaash-
ed had consented to pay hush money
But am not that sort of man, so ut
last L got the venue changed from Man
dan to Bismarck, with the result that
after five minutes deliberation the ju1y
unanimously decided that [ was inno-
cent of murder"
did Riley's friends cause you any
trouble!' ," "Oh, not much. He was only
a hunter, you know. dare say that
some of them would be glad to get rid
of me. They know, however, that in
order to guard against accident I always
carry SIX shooter along with me. The
trouble arose originally on account OF
some land, and Rlley's affair was only a
side issue | am on my way to France,
where propose to spend few weeks
visiting my parents and other relatives
l shall return to America in January. |
intend to reside permanently in the
west. have slaughtered cattle there
for three years, and hope to slaughter
them for good many more. Medora,
which is about thousand miles from
st. Paul has been built entirely by me-
1t Is furnishing town, and has popu-
| lation of about seven hundred.
slaughter the cattle their and ship them
to the east and other places"
"Would you advise young men to &c
west, marguis?" "Yes, if they have
money and are anxious to get an enor
nous interest for it; otherwise L think
they may as we'll stay at home. The
best thing for man with few thous
and dollars to do would be to take 9
trip west and examine the country him
self, 30 that when he does invest hil
money he may be sure that it is no
sunk in some wildcat enterprise. 1t il
easy to get IL per cent for money in tn,
west, and when say that L meau tina
the man who lends his money at tba
rate and who keeps his eyes open ma,
feel quite as secure as the man in th
east who gets only 5 per cent for hi
money. l would not advise anyone
however, to invest his money until b
has first gone west and examined tn
nature of the security offered
"Do you intend to interest othe
Frenchmen in your enterprise % "Nc
l have as much capital and land as
want just at present. At some futur
time may possibly add banking to m
other occupations. There is a good des
to be made in that way, assure soI
Before do that, however, I must frs
greatly extend the slaughsering bus
: ness"
"When do you start for Paris?" 81 g
by the steamer Canada on Wednesday.
'In that case you will have soine intel
esting fellow passengers. You hay
: probably heard that the children VIII
were bitten by mad dog in Newark
"Oh, yes, the children. you mean, VIII
are going to Paris to be cured by Pat
tsur? Well, they won't do me any harr
and all ], hope is that they Will com
home all right