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good hand and is correct In figures aud
neat in all his work. He does not leave
US on account of any misconduct, but
solely from the fact that we do not need
lis services at present. Anyone needing
a good bill clerk could not do better than
give him a trial.
Very Respectfully,
r I. Davis Mill Co..
r. I. DAVIS Secretary.
Office of Chas. w. Gregg, Dealer IN
Hay, Grain and Seeds, st. Joseph, Mo,
Oct q, 1885. To whom it may concern:
The bearer. Mr.. Ross Fishbough was in
employ two years. doing general of
fee work. 1 know him to be competent.
honest and apt and L would take pleasure
in recommending him to any firm requir-
ing his services. Respectfully.
@. W. GREGG.
These letters told that the young man
was Ross Fishbough, that he belonged in
St. Joe, was an exemplary citizen and had
left that place on or after the 22nd, which
was last Monday, and was looking for
work in the West.
, 1890-09-28

Murder or Suicide and what were the
Motives.

All this time theories we're flying thick
and last. A wide field of speculation
was opened aud one that gave the mag
ination fine play. A double murder, a
double suicide. homicide and suicide,
accidental and designed death. two deaths
designed.
A Seemly theory is: The boys, fresh
from a low where the most exaggerated
ideas of the land OF the Rockies prevail,
considered their mean revolver the most
important portion of equipment for a
journey to the west. Emmerson toyed
with the weapon as they sat in the mid
die of the car speeding toward
Cheyenne. Playfully he leveled
the weapon at ~Fishbough, re-
marking perhaps that they would soon
see gun plays often. He knew not how,
but the hammer fell, there was a loud ex-
plosion aud his friend sank with a wound
that any one would know was necessarily
fatal. He gazed with terror on lis fright
full work. He had accidentally killed his
bNob lliChd, nlS Cuumt Ills bhOTu DAIIDtI.
AS the a~ffrighted blood chased through
his veins it gave ieetness to thought and
to him came the conviction that it would
be impossible to establish innocence when
the charge OF numbering Ross was lodged
against him. They would call his story a
clever lie. Stricken with remorse he
went as far from the dying man as pos
sible. As ne crouched above he heard
his friend dying. Why no die with him?
Sudden and desperate resolves are always
quickly carried cut.
That both boys were murdered by a third
traveller seems quite probable, but the
motive is lacking, It might be though,
that they had money and even watches,
and were killed for these, but then the
shots would Lardly be plac.d with the
awful nie,'y that is 50 apparent. This
theory OF murder by a third party is a
strong one with many. These are certain
the young men would start on their first
tramping trip with money, aud woull not
be without means after only five days
travelling. If it is established by further
advice from St. Joe that neither young
man was of the suicide sort, added color
will be given the murder theory. There
are plenty OF tranps who would murder
two men for a few dollars or a watch or
two.
Some think they MAY have quarreled,
and Emmerson shot F~ishbough, then
himself.
1t Is rare indeed that, outside novels.
hearty, intelligent young men, with the
world before them, and just starting to
bunt their fortunes, plan so romantic a
, 1890-09-28
travelling to the West in Search
of Employment.
Various Theories Advanced on The
Mysterious Case.
We're Both Murdered by a Profess
sional Tramp
Perhaps One Killed His Partner,
Then Ended Himself.
A FIND.
A brakeman Hears Grooming and
Looks in a Car.

While a west bound Union Pacii,
freight train was waiting at Hillsdale,
twenty miles from here, at noon yester-
day, Brakeman G. w. Manaield heard
moaning in a box car loaded with ties.
he glanced inside. Near the door lay a
Young man, from whose lips the groans
issued. He was unconscious. Blood
trckled slowly from a wound at the right
temple. His position across an uneven
nile Of sills was uncomfortable. A foot
was weighted down by one of the heavy
oak ties
ManaGeld called Conductor VIM.
Hubbard and Brakeman o. S. Leech
came also. These and others looked
about the car. At one end, high up on
the stacked freight, within a foot of the
roof and wedged face down between the
ties like a traitor in his coffin, was an
other man. They thought him perhaps
asleep, but he was not to be aroused. He
was stone dead. but the body was yet
warm. Near his right side was a cheap
nickel-plated revolver, 32-caliber. Two
chambers held empty shells. Coagulated
blood and powder burning almost hid a
wound IN the same relative spot as the
injury from which the other occupant of
the ear was dying.
The crew made the living mar COM
Portable as possible and Conductor Hub
bard made a telegrapbic report to Chey
enne Of the startling find.
, 1890-09-28
FL DEAD MAN.
Name Stamped on His Shirt Was W.
ID. Emmerson.

|
DIR. Maynard was called by Chief Clerk
Brennan of the Union Pacific to make
an examination of the dead man. The
body had been placed on a st1etcher at
the Warren Mercantile undertaking
rooms. The surgeon soon announced hat
death had been instantaneous and had oc-
CURED probably five hours before. 1t
was now 8 o'clock. So close had the re-
volver been held to the right temple that
the flesh was scorcked by the powder
blast. He was a lad of 10. In his
pockets they found a few nickles,
less than half a dollar and
twisted into the cloth were two diamond
it shirt studs worth, a jeweler said, IS
each. Not a paper on his person. The
viewers, in low tones, INDUCED IN specu-
lation as to his identity. 1t was all wild
guessing until a reporter caught a glimpse
of a marking on the small flap of his linen
shirt. A stamp had left there the name
w. B. Emmerson." He looked a man
who would be wearing his own clothes and
all agreed that he must be w. B. Emmer-
son
, 1890-09-28
IN TOWN.
The Corpse aud Dying Man Placed
IN n Wagon.

Acrowd had gathered to meet the train
with the dead aud the dying man aboard.
There came the thought of Clan-na Gael
plottings, murders and assassinatlons as
the men were laid side by side in an ex-
press wagon drawn by a white horse.
Till the train game the repor had been
that the men were crushed to death as
the oaken ties were hurled about in con-
lined space by an emergency stop Of tho
train. as BY Il flood. The wounds and
absence Of bruises dispclled this idea. A
bullet had sped into the brain of each.
In the center Of the car were the new
shoes OF the traveller. They had estab-
hshed themselves here and smoked cigar
cites as they sat in stocking feet and
talked Of failures in the east and pros.
poets in the west. Where the dead man
had lain there was a pool of blood on a
single WIDE tie. There we're several
places where life's fluid had dripped from
the other, who now had the fatal, dull,
harsh snore which precedes death from a
brain injury.
The %improvised ambulance proceeded
to county commissioner Hoyt's place OF
business. He directed the driver, T. j.
S~haugnessey, to leave the corpse at the
morgue and hasten TO the hospital with
the half dead, half living man. A ire
mendone or,urd r.no-.I
, 1890-09-28
AT THE HOSPITAL.
A Bullet In the Brain and the OmI-
ness Death Snore.

At the hospital Stewart Wilseck quick
iH prepared a cot in the general ward and
summoned his staff for work. Fred.
heidt, a giant German in town from the
Tort and IN the uniform of a member Of
the hospital corps, tenderly raised the
patient from the wagon bed and without
effort walked inside with his burden and
deposited the limp form on the narrow
bed.
Blood and powder were sponged from
the wan features. The eyelids were heavy
and the orbs CLASSY, with a film gathering,
pretending the young mans late. He
was but a boy. Wilseck and Reidt
promptly made a diagnosis. A bullet
mad entered the right temple and lodged
within the brain. The nervous system
was shattered, paralysis was setting in
and death would eusue in a few hours
with very small likelihood of the sufferer
regalnlng consciousness. He was about
y years of age.
, 1890-09-28
ORDER OF
The New Society a Decided Success in
CHEYENNE.

The initiation ceremonies Of the Order
OF Chosen Friends were enjoyed by a good
audience OF Friday evening at the Knights
of PYthias hall.
A literary and musical program was
gwen as follows: Song by Mrs. Black,
w. n. Hunt, Mr.. Pogelson and Mrs.
Hunt. L. w. Mann delivered an enter
tanning address upon the objects of the
Order of Chosen Friends. He paid special
attention to the feature of the saving and
loan plan of the order, and stated that
loans made by the order to its members
cost less than . per cent per year to the
borrower. L..
Miss Ida Estelle Crouch then recited
The Bobolink." She was enthusiastic
caIly applauded.
George L. Fownes Of Denver, deputy
supreme councillor of the order in Wyo.
ming and Colorado. reviewed the history
of the society and explained the fraternal,
social and beneficial features of the order.
Rev. /. D. Lamkin related some short
stories illustrating the ease by which
homes might be acquired by members of
the Chosen Friends.
The program closed with a song by the
quartette, following which the installation
ceremonies were conducted by Depaty
Supreme Councillor George f. Fownes,
assisted by his brother David Fownes Of
Rocky Mountain Council of Denver act
ing as marshal. Rev. Preston r. Crowell
assumed the office of vice councillor; +. W.
past councillor p. F. Powclson, guard, and
Mrs. DR.. Hunt, %organist.
The next meeting will be held Tuesday,
Oct. I.
The order rs rapidly gaining in num-
bers and promises to have a large mem.
bership in this city.
, 1890-09-28
e OF TRAINS.
il be Reduced Between ChIcag'
and the Missouri River.

~ v
-
The general managers of the Chicago
Missouri river roads will hold a special
meeting in Chicago tomorrow to take ac-
ton on the proposed reduction of time IN
passenger and freight schedules. A COM
mittee appointed at a recent meeting of
the managers made a report recommend
ing q slower schedule for both freight and
passenger trains. This committee recon-
mended that the time between Chicago
and Missouri river points shallnot exceed
fifteen hours. The standard time between
Chicago and Denver and Cheyenne shall
not be less than thirty-seven hours. The
report futher provides that any road may
run limited trains on faster schedule than
the n proposed, but in such case an
extra fee must be collected from passen-
gers, So from Chicago to Denver and
Cheyenne and 81 so from Chicago to
Missouri river points
East bound fast freight trains hauling
live stock shall not be run on less than
twenty sever hours between Omaha and
Chicago.
This report will be acted upon at the
Monday meeting.
, 1890-09-28

A few days ago we received a lot of
books called Wild Flowers of the Rocky
Mountains. which are to be used as pre-
miums. We have not yet advertised the
books nor has any special effort been
made to secure orders, but when the cir
culator counted his orders last night he
found that lie had three more orders than
books. However, we hope to be able to
supply all OF our subscribers with one of
these books, and as soon as we know DOS
lively that VIC car do so we shall tell you
something about-the book and what those
who have seen it say about it.
, 1890-09-28

One Of the pleasant things of last week
was the meeting of the pastors of the
churches, and their wives at the home of
Rev. DIR. RAIDER on Thursday evening by
invitation.
After partakinG of a most excellent din
ner prepared under the direction of Mrs.
RAIDER the evening was spent in a delight
full social way. Wit. nirth and conYersa-
ton filed the house with joy.
Such fraternal meetings are good for all
concerned, and speaks of the unity Of
spirit" in Christian work,
, 1890-09-28

Interesting kilograms to the Coroner
and This Paper

The following telegrams from St.
Josephrone to Coroner Cha fin the other
to The LEADER fail to penetrate the
mystery of the double tragedy, but while
telling much add to the puzzle:
j. f. Cbsfiu. Wire at enee if Fish
bough is alive. if so is it possible Tor him
to live. Have him well cared for. If
he is dead ship both bodies at once to me.
Ship the body of Emmerson anyhow.
Fishbough's mother will come If he is
alive. Answer fully at once at my ex-
pense. II. L. DAVIS.
The LEADER, Cheyenne. -FIshbough
and Emmerson left here last Monday for
Denver in search of employment. Fish
bouRh's mother is a widow dependent on
him for support. Emmerson's father Is
foreman OF a large collar factory. Both
are uf good family. Their parents have
heard Of the tradgy but can solve it.
, 1890-09-28

A musicale will be given at the resi-
dencc of Mrs. Carey on Tuesday evening
next under the auspices Of Saint Marks
Guild, in aid of the music fund. Tickets,
which are fifty cents, may be obtained at
the drug stores. The following we'll
known instrumentalists and vocalists will
take part: Mesdames Sturgls, Brewster
and Cropsey; Miss Laura Richardson,
Miss Ada Williams and Mr.. T. W.
Brooks,
, 1890-09-28
This is Tough.

The Laramie Republican complains
that the growth of that village has been
phenominaily slow oflate years, and looks
with jealousy pom the %neighboring city
of Sanders where two saloons and a
water tank have been built this year. The
melancholy Republican man should brace
MP and take consolation from the fact that
the hay crop raised on Lsramie's streets
is reported unusually heavy this season.
, 1890-09-28

Alex. Turnbull, the furniture dealer
and well known citizen. is to quit bachelor
dom tomorrow. He will wed Miss Mag
gle Lamb, who will arrive from Scotland
this afternoon, coming across the wide sea
and to the center OF a continent for the
Cheyenne man.
, 1890-09-28

The facilities of the present day for the
production of everything that will con-
duce to the material welfare and comfort
of mankind are almost unlimited and
when Syrup of Figs was first produced
the world was enriched with the only
perfect laxative known, as it is the only
remedy which is truly pleasing and re-
freshing to the taste and prompt and
e~ffectual to cleanse the system gently in
the Spring time or, in fact, at any time
and the better it is known the more pop
ular il becomes.
, 1890-09-28
..our Boys, and ..our Girls"

We have neither timo nor space to tell
u readers all about the new LEADER
premiums, but will say the hooks "Our
Boys and Our Girls are splendid
books and will sell at sight. Contents:
Thirty-twO short stories, thirteen poems,
Over fifty illustrations. Authors: Laura
Loring. Louisa NJ. Alcott, II. b. Hudson,
Olive Thorne and Celia Baxter. Edited
BY Thomas W. landlord. Terms:
S2.50 o $3.50.
Boys" or Girls" in cloth 81. so. THE
DAILY LEADER one month, s1.OO. THE
LEADER one month and either book,
Sl.50; either book, cardboard covers,
$780, including one months subscription
to The DAILY LEADER, SIPS.
$l,75 FOR Sl.0O.
Our Boys or Our Girls" in cloth
and THE WEEKLY LEADER until Jan. /,
1891, only sI.OO. Girls" or Boys" in
cardboard covers. and TUE WEEKLY
LEADER until Jan. J., IS cents. Club
raisers vino are working for our prizes are
authorized to make these special offers.
If you are not working for a prize begin
at once. Write for onr special terms
which are so liberal that any bright bow
or girl can make 800 a day whether
they earn a prize or DOT. These books
are Tor sale at the market price which is
cheaper than they can be bought for OF
any retail dealer. We have the ex~ elusive
agency for WYOMING
, 1890-09-28
ROSS FIsHBoUGn.
The Wounded Mans Name and HIS
Occupation.


An envelope addressed to ''Mr. Ross
.lSnoough, st. Joseph, Mo-" and a
|sual soft leather card case carrying the
sAme name, as well as a bunch OF keys,
"efe found in the pockets of the man at
ue hospital These and an express re-
,'p' Tor a valise consigned at st. Joe for
;er' made up the total of his posses
Within the envelope we're two
duced: inese are herewith repro
otice OF R. T. Davis Mil comn.nn
0 Mo-, Sept %. lseo-To wbom
Ro.s sy concern: The bearer of this M
F1r ~ aa%ishbough, has benin our employ
terv las, year. We have found him a
nd an o oiient young man, good habits,
b. a exceedingly good Judge OF grain
ms age, writes an unusually
, 1890-09-28
WELL DRESSED.
The Dead and Dying Were Not ordi-
nary Tramps.

Fishbaugh, tall, strong. dark, lately
shaver clean, wore such clothes as a
young man roughipg it would choose from
a fair wardrobe. He did not seem to suf-
fer at the hospital. He was past suffer
ing, but life still inhabited his frame.
Emmerson was well clothed 10 a suit of
fine fabric and good fit. He sported a
new tie and had a natty fall overcoat. He
was sandy complexioued. medium height
and soft white hands.
, 1890-09-28

First eff Commissioner Hoyt would not
allow an inquest, but after seeing the
telegram from MI. Davis he allowed
Coroner Chafin to 90 ahead and perform
his duty. Warren Richardson, Sr., O..
B. S~harpless and f. J.. Stanton are the
Jurors. They will meet at the Inter
Ocean at 10 o'clock this morning.
, 1890-09-28

Two fire alarms were turned in between
II and | yesterday. The fest time it was
a she'd on the ,Hth side. Next a stable
in the alley west of O'Neil. between FIT
tenth and Sixteenth, This time a house
in which a lady vas very i'll clupht FIRE,
but was saved.
, 1890-09-28

1t is said that John Rutledge, station
agent at Pine Bluffs, told a trainman last
evening that Fishboush and IEmmerson
spent Friday night at hat place. If this
is true the tragedy was enacted in Wyo-
, 1890-09-28

w. N. Thompson, deputy consul for
the Pacific jurisdiction of Modern Wood
men, is in the city for the purro se of
further instructing the local lodge. He
will remain some time in the i~nteres. of
the order.
, 1890-09-28

Plumbing in all its
branches promptly attend
ed 10 by IL. LII W'LER.
Leave orders at SchiCeick-
ert's hardware store, Sic
teenth street.
, 1890-09-28
~FIsuBAUGH DIES.
Passed Away without Telling of the
Tragedy.

Between 6 aud ! il the evening Fish
baugb died. lie never recovered cou-
seriousness, though stimulen,s rallied him
several tunes.
, 1890-09-28

Messages are at the Western Union
telegraph office undelivered for: Ander-
son, Hardin l.; Baldwin, A. w; Ell
lignwood. Amanda; Fleming, c. P;
Hardin, j. D.; Ricketts,, L. D.
, 1890-09-28

Tuesday night is positively the last
night of the Indian show. Everybody
should attend and see the genuine Indian
dog feast, something you may never see
again,
, 1890-09-28
CORSET DEPT.
Standard MAKES.
CLOAKS.
OceT' 1000 Garments ia
Stock

Walker plush, 40 inches lo"ng......Sl4 so
Titus salts plush. walking jacket. - 90
Ladies' stripe Newmarket. .......... 3 IS
Misses Cheveron cloak, ages -
10 j 10
Ladies Worombo beaver Jacket. , IS
Our garments range in prices from
$l.S5 to 800. We show the largest line
in the state.
Our all silk No. 10 ribbon, 1Oc per
yard.
Quaker City wool blankets at $1.75 per
pair.
A No. l large size comfortable, Sl.OO
each.
In fact a thousand bargains too numer-
Gus to mention awaits you.
We cannot afford to knock a good repu-
tation into sllvers by not fulfilling our
promises to the people. Bring this ad-
vertisement with you and see that we are
not depending altogether on printers ink
to sell cur goods.
, 1890-09-28
Charge as Little Profit as
We Can Stand.

And we are not in business for
our health, either. We like to
make money, but we are con-
WINGED it cannot be done by plum
dering the public. ga close price
makes a sale and a friend"
Our goods shall be yours on the
most favorable terms known to
honest trade. Note the prices.
, 1890-09-28
THE
FRIENDLY TIP.
G1S
WALKERS

Are the introducers and main
tanners of Eastern prices, carry
double the stock of any dry goods
house in Wyoming. All bright,
new goods. No job lots. "No
auction seconds" Our platform
will not permit others to under
sell us.
Our prices may startle, but they
will not vex the careful buyer.
Is the lowest price any object to
to you? Are the finest qualities
any inducement? If so give us a
chance and we will give you a
benefit.
A grand kick against old fogy
business ideas is one of the little
jobs we have on hand this season.
The old business rule is charge all
the profit the customer will stand.
What we propose to do is
, 1890-09-28

suicide as this would be, were it a case Of
self~-destruction.
, 1890-09-28

P. S.-Mrs. L. Walker has returned
from New York, and will open $50 pat
tern hats and bonnets Wednesday morn
ing, Oct. l, 1890.
, 1890-09-28
WALKERS

Dry Goods, Millinery and Cloaks.
lm]troducers AID Maintainers
OF Eastern Prices.
302 West Seventeenth street and
1706 Ferguson, Carey Block.
, 1890-09-28
PERSONAL.

WILL THE YOUNG LADY WHO DE.
w sires a course in shorthand please read
the ad. of the Wyoming Business College in
this paper
, 1890-09-28

Document in poor Photographic condition.,
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vorcs; order q defAult fle4
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tion TO ruling Of court n overriding motion for
new sxisl; Judgment nled for SID interest ana
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Martina Hansen ct a 70 Georgs Delfel-Kx-
cepsion nied % ruling q court On defendants
Ws.ssrn MN company " First Regiment
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motion for new trial
mont for pl-intifEr costs entered BY consent.
William Harrington N Gamma Poncan-Dam-
ages; jury return verdict for plaintiff Tor $500
damages
Seattle 4 Montana hallway Company " ". Z
Russeli-conttnued
J. Levy ". Johnson- Order Of restitution;
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W. Miller vanderhoof- Damages; continue /.
D. MEDINA d VI. Durham 4 Collius-6sipular
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tachmen jury trisl; verdict Tor plainttfs for
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state Of Washington ~ John Hurley and Fred
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jury trial; pending.
PROBATE coUKr-osB0RN. J.
Estate Of Louis Hensel-Decrss appointing +.
x. Kfous administrator upon giving bond in the
sum Of 500
Estate OF Jacob Maple-Decree appointing ad-
ministrasor with will annexed upon giving bond
In the sum Of e3.2o0
Estate OF Ntster OIsen-Final account dled:
order fixing time for settlement; petition for
distribufion: order to show cause set for De-
cember "a
Estate Of Gcrham b McFsden--P Petition for
family allowance: order setting time for hear
ing: ses for November 20 ct IL o'clock.
Estate of A. H INSTRUMENTATION BY widow
for allowance for support Of family; order max
allowance In the snm o. $50 per month; PEI
tion for sale OF real estate: order to show causs
set for December ~
Estate Of Stephen Welsh-F nal account dled;
order fixing time for settlement; petition for
dtsifibuuon; order to show cause Get Tor De-
cember q
Estate Of Moses Kamow1s-Inventory filed;
order appointing appraisers