Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-01-29
IN THE WE ST.

VIItE SENSATION was caNscu nj Zen
yer by the unfonnded report that ID D
uty sheriff James Wilson. who had %.
corted lr. Graves from the court house
10 the county jail. and to whom this
Doctor is said 10 have acknowledged his
guilt in poisoning Mrs. Harnahy. had
rctrnctcd his statement and said that
the ioctor had not confessed an, thing
10 him. Mr.. Wilson cMphatically de
nies that he has ma tc this retracti0n.
though Judge Furman. attorney for Gr.
Graves. Sals he is confident Of 4 new
trial for MS client for he has discovered
Eoint on which TO urge Il rehearing.
He says Judge Rising erre In his in
sirnctlons To the jury In that he In.
sirt,cted them to return . verdict oi
guilty if they thought the Doctor had
committed the cetMe. notwithstanding
the circum>tantiAt evidence in the case
was incomplete. Judge Furman has
unearthed similar set Of instruct.o .ons
on an old case. in which tho de.
fcndant was convicted. hut was granted
q new trial by the Supreme Court on
account af an error in the Judges in
strEctiOnS.
THnrsASDs Of cattle are slowly starv-
ing to death IN the hills OF Southern
Idaho. The loss to stock raiscrs will
be t. emendous. Every blade of grass
upon the ranges is under from twenty
two to sixty inches of snow. and the
prt sent winter has not been eOualed in
severity since l,1O. SO rigorous u sea-
son was not anticipated by the ranch
ers. and they delayed bringing the eat
tie to the lowiands. This delay has
lroven fatal, and well known stock
man said that every domestic animal
left In the hills is sure to meet death
either from cold or hunger.
PATRICK LoEE, al Indian employed
vt the Standing Rock Agency. shot aud
killed another Indian named Barney
Redstone. who. it Is claimed. has been
rather intimate with the former wife.
All three met at the hoase of friend.
Pat wanted his squaw to return home
with him, but she refused. and he went
out without her. When she finally
came home he attempted to shoot her,
but she escaped. He then went to seek
his rival with the above result. After
killing Barney Redstone, Lore returned
home again and. failing to find his wife.
he shot himself.
1T Is learned that j. $. or S. G. Fran
els, the train robber killed at Pleasan-
ton, Kan. is one Of the men who robbed
the Adams Express messenger, Mulrnn-
nan, at Glendale. Mo-, Nov. 20 last
The police have been after him for
three weeks. keeping his name secret
from the public. but though ignorant
of the search for him, he managed to
keep out OF their clutches. lie has
been associated with Hedspeth and
Wilson. the two Glendale robbers who
are still at large. The name Francis is
thought to be assumed.
SOME of the Indians in the Fond du
Lac reservation near Duluth have inst
addressed letter TO Bishop McGOIrick,
the Catholic bishop Of the Duluth diO-
cese. setting forth a condition Of affairs
that should call for instant relief The
Indians claim they are starving and
that they have no provisions and cloth
ing to keep them from absolutely freez-
ing to death.
Ar Lena. H., was held meeting Of
the members and officers Of the Black
Hawk War Association in regard to ar
rangements for the celebration OF the
sixtieth anniversary to be held the COM
ing June. and which will be a three-day
affair. Mrs. Horn. known rs one OF the
Hall girls, will come up from her home
in Texas to meet the veterans.
WARREN SPRINGER. one of the wealth.
lest manufacturers in Chicago, has been
held criminally responsible by o coro-
ners jury for the death of five Of his
workmen in boiler explosion week
ago. A mittImus for Mr.. Springer's ar
rest was at once issued. The charge is
gross carelessness and negligence.
RICHARD WlLLER, . mule driver in q
coal shaft at Colfax, H.. was crushed
to death BY being caught between q
coal car and the timbering OF the shaft.
TIE Executive Committee Of the Ma
tional Editorial Association has selected
San Francisco, May II, for the next
meeting OF the association.