The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-04-25

Marshalltown in the case OF Merr ill va. Pack.
or. The suit wa on one of the famous Bohe-
milan oats notes. The de endant, alleged
that the notes and contract were part of a
gambling transaction and consequently void.
After being out all night the jury returned u
verdict for the defendant, holding that the
note was void. The case will be appealed.
+ The Bohemian oats scheme was worked In
some sections Of Iowa quite extensively.
The purchasers gave notes for $40 a bushel
for all the oats. the sellers contracting to
procure other purchasers for all the buyers
could raise Mt the some price. The last legis-
lature passed q law prohibiting such trans
actions, and after the bill had passed both
by the clerk OF the executive council to steal
it.
Ell Paso, Texas, is temporarily in the hands
Of usurpers, and riot is imminent. The city
election contest, which has been going on
several days, terminated by the arbitrary
conduct of the mayor, who declared his in
tention to act on his own responsibility. He
ordered the council to open tho returns and
count in the officers ostensibly elected. This
the counci. refused to do, and a motion to
adjourn was carried. The mayor then called
in q new clerk, and the favored parties were
sworn in. They at once appointed police
and took possession Of the city government
The fight is between Democrats and Re-
publicans nominally, but is really q contest
waged by the better class of citizens and
Of the river and smuggle without molestation.
Bloodshed, and much of it, is feared.
Laura GRAMS. a seventeen year-old girl,
went to Binghampton, N. Y, and secured
employment IN a factory. She was bright
aud attractive and soon had several suitors.
John B. Smith, several years her senior. sue
ceeded in winning her affections and married
her. The girls father became suspicious of
his son-in-law, and On investigation showed
that Smith had been twice before married,
and that both his former wives were living.
Grants ordered Smith to leave the house
and never attempt to see Laura again.
That night Smith found Laura alone, and
pointing n revolver at her head compelled
walked the entire distance of twenty-:our
miles from Ninevah to B~inghampton, when
she was at once taken to a house in the
outskirts, where she was kept concealed for
three days. There she was found by q de-
tective and restored to her father. She is
completely Frustrated by her terrible expert
ence. Smith cannot be found.
A special telegram from St. Louis says that
William p. Cowan has been released. In an
swerto the enquiries mailed with photographs
gram was received by agent Collins, one ofthe
Guarantee company, stating Cowan could
not be identified as Walter B. Smith, the alb
sconding teller Of the Second National bank.
1t was thought that a case could be made
out against him for fraud in having in his
possession and mailing fraudulent drafts,
but as no person had been victimized and the
Eastern banks did not care to go to the ex-
pense of o prosecution there was nothing to
do but to release the man. 1t is generally
believed by the Four Courts officers that four
years of time, combined with the ~untavorable
circumstances under which the photographs
were taken, have SO changed the real Smith
that the st. Paul officials did not recognize
him. Cowen left for Chicago.
After being out nearly fourteen hours the
jury in the Flaherty murder case on trial at
Huron, Oak, returned q verdict of guilty, and
fixed the penalty at hard Labor in peniteut-
larry for life. The people would have betterbeen
satisfied with a verdict for hanging. The de.
Tense is considering the advisablty of asking
for a new trial, but the sentiment
of the people is so strong against FIaherty
that it would jeoprdize his neck to make such
q move. Flaherty continues Indifferent to
his fate. The jury on the first ballot was
two for imprisonment and ten for hanging.
The two were SO stubborn that rather than
fail to agree the ten concluded to Sign a ver-
dict for lie Imprisonment and save the coun.
try the expense of another trial. Mnch in.
dignation is expressed expressed toward the
two obstinate jurors. Everybody believed
that the murder of Hattie Wilson on the
9th OF last August wasfoul and premeditat.
cd, and committed by Flaherty while in his
right mind.