Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-19
NOW BEHIND IRON BAks
THE GRAND JURY is STILL LIN
SESSION..

THE GRAND JURY IS STILL IN
SESSION..
Examining Further Into the Recent Al air
at Valley Springx-Irrigation Macht Iery
I'm Present Use Dcfective-GeneralI pa
kota Intelligence.
SIOUX FALLS, Dec. 1O.-A hard story
which puts DIR. G. L. Bissell, of Wiley
Springs, into very tight place Cd mes
from that town. At $3.50 yestcrd,f a
dispatch was received to the effect hat
Ben Scheffer, a harnessmakcr of Wiley
Springs, died suddenly there at 6 o'c Xcli.
of Valley Springs. DC had arrived rom
authority for the following statemeA:
Parish was going past Scheffcrs 3lop
at $40 yesterday morning on the WI to
the depot, when Bisscll came to ths@ oor
hurricdlv and called him in. B sell
said he wanted Parish to sec Sch3 FER,
who was "aslecp' and would not WI Ten.
Parish went to Schcffer and found him
breathing in hard. short brcaths and
apparently dying.
..What's the matter with htm?" u Ecl
Parish.
"Oh." said Bissell. ..hr said cost lint
put him to sleep. and l said woll or
else kill him. l gave him a HI ii IL
dose of morphine and you can sesI I've
got the old man laid out. lie Sd
couldn't put him to sleep. but did
Parish tried to awaken Schctfer hut
there was no sign of life cXcel$ the
heavy breathing and anoccasional IAN.
"My God" said Parish, "Schcft is
dying" and with that he left the HOP
to call help. Help arrived and tai dy
ing man was worked over until O., eek.
when the slow breathing stopped aa the
man was dead.
Coroner Roberts was telegraphci ior.
but could not go and Il Valley Spfmgs
justice was delegated to act in tn; CA
pacity. AT o'clock yesterday her
noon States Attorney r. II. Baile,I vas
informed that he was wanted ut. IN in
quest. After tho grand jury rep{ ed.
instead of being discharged. as3w en-
pccted would be the case. Fol nan
Wheeler informed the court that lcre
was more business before the jury and
the jurors retired to their rooms Mr..
Bailey at once started for Valley Sdings
to attend the inquest M.
DR.. Bissell who figures SO unpie11 ntly
in this affair, is we'll known In fioux
Falls and over Minnchaha county, He
has no family. Scheffcr has lived i1Nal-
ley Springs for twelve years. III is a
widower and has no children eXJpt
son who does not live at homeI DR..
Bissell's people live at Waterloo la.
and are said to DO very we'll off The
affair has created much excitemkt in
Sioux Falls.
jury is still in session examining ito the
Schetfer- Bissell affair at Valley Strings.
Seven witnesses were examined n all.
Drs. Woodwork. of Valley Sprills. and
Tufts, of Sioux Falls. appeared before
the jury and testified as to the results
of i; postmortem examination Dr.
Tufts declared that he was formally OF
tho. opinion that Scheffcr had did from
an overdose Of vegetable poisA, and
presumably morphine. This ABS an
other link to the chain of evidcn4 gath
ering about DIR. aBisscll, as he stAed at
the inquest that he never gave Shelter
morphine internally, but by thc.6s4d of
shypodermie injection. Tho doctr was
arrested last evening at Waller Springs
and brought to Sioux Falls, aaa u now
in the county Jail. Tho grand ify in
dicted him yesterday for manslaghtcr
in the second degree. He refusesFo say
anything to the reporters except bat he
is innocent of the charges made leainst
him. The law provides that asphysi-
clan under the influence Of liquot who
administers poison to pers4 aud
such person dies from the effects II poi
son thelphysician is guilty of mansl ugh-
ter and shall for said crime be sentnced
to the pcnitentiary not more than four
years nor less than two.