Omaha daily bee., 1891-04-05
KEARNEY SENSATION.
Progress of the Black Hills Bond Injunc-
tion Case,
90
END OF AN INTERESTING CHAPTER.
Evidence That Is Startling to Both Sides Of
the Subject.
AFFIDAVIT WITNESSES IN TROUBLE,
Men Who Testify for the Money There
Is In It,
ARRESTS ON CHARGES or PERJURY,
ARRESTS ON CHARGES OF PERJURY.
The object OF Jay Gould's Western
Trip - The Missouri Pacific
and the Sugar Tariff
Trouble.

KEARSEY, Ncb., April 4.--ISpecial Telo
gram to The BEEl--The first chapter OF
the Keaney Il Black Hills injunction trial
ended rather suddenly this aftern Don when
Judge Hammer announced in an Intensely in
tcrestiug part of the trial that court would
be adj journ ed until next Friday.
]. II. Hamilton wee president of
the Kearney & Black Hills rail
way, testified that the road has
traffic agreement with the Union Pacific
and that the Union Pacific stockholders now
hold stock in the Kearney & Black Hills
road. They never attempted to conceal these
facts-neither before nor after the bond elec-
tion, A vigorous cross examination did not
move the witness. Others testified subs tan
tiatiug as foregoing.
This afternoon W. c. TillsOn. cashier Of
Kearuey National bank who was charged
yesterday by five witnesses that he bought
their votes for s. a piece on election day,
gave some important evidence sustaining the
merits of the issue Touching the ori berry
which he was charged with he said that
the first knowledge he had OF
the alleged bri berry was several weeks ago
when Joseph Patterson came INTO his Office
and stated that he had made an AFFIDAVIT in
Green Il Hostetter's office to the effect that
he (TillSou) had paid him 81 on the day OF
the bond election for his vote, that
the affidavit was false and for $1,000
he would swear to the truth at tho trial, and
that ne would induce others who made imilar
afidavits to do likowise also, that he signed
the affidavit for the money that was init,
and that he was soliciting for atfidayits and
had about finished his job Tor the other
Gro wd This evidence was corro borated by
Norris Brown of the law firm of Brown "
Brown, in whose presence this same Patter-
son reiterated the foregoing statement Cross
examination did not shake the witnesses.
The last witness examined was g. 7.
Rowdy dybush who had played the part OF an
amateur netective in the employ of attorneys
for the defense. He exploded n bomb and
the widest excitement prevailed. lie swore
that he fell into the hands OF Patterson and
was taken To the Office OF Glecae "
Hostetler who're an affidavit was pre-
pared by MIR. Greene and that Mr..
Greene located the place whereof met
w. G. Tillson on election day and received
the 81 bribc, and that Greene gave him an
order of 81 on the First National bank Tor tn o
affidavit. On croSs-examinatio by Mr..
Greene the witness swore positively that he
MIR. Greene did sugget the place Of meetin =
in the affidavit and that Mr.. Greene lied il
he denied it,
The taking OF testimony stopped here amid
the widest applause from the audience, and
court was adjourned until next Friday, when
the case will becontinued. As soon as possi-
BILE Mr.. Greene swOre out a complaint
against Roddybush and had him arrested on
the charge of perjury. The prisoner gave
bond for appearance at the trial and was set
at liberty.
The fl We atfi davit witnesses In dicted by the
grand jury for perjury are still in iall with
gloomy hopes for their deliverence unless
they init mate n sequel.
1t is conceded that the whole case is bank
fight