Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-08-04
company with Ezra {. rolf from Robert

company with Ezra C.roff from Robert
CHM. The parties, live in the vicinity
OF Canton and the wheat was stolen
about febru;ArS asnd, this year. The
evidence Gas circumstantial. Forty
bushels of Wheat were taken, it was
mlS.ed Will, snow and sod from the
wall OF the granary. Croft sold similar
wheat the same day at Canton, and
Brodterick stood near. The thieves left
a half bushel measure at the granary
in their haste. 1t was proved that
Frederick bought such measure just
before. LieZart testified that at the
Justice court trial of this case he had
sworn falsely to clear Broderick.
Some partially burned letters which
were supposed to have been written by
Broderick in Jail were offered in evil
dence but Broderick denied that they
were his writing. This evidence was
not allowed by the judge. Attorney
Doughty defended the prisoner with
ability, but the.jury took only ten min
utes to agree that the defendant was
guilty.
Wednesday forenoon State VS. Ezra
Croft. Croft was working for Broder-
lick and the charge was the same as
against Robert Bro,lerick stealing so
b:.sheis Of wheat from r. CHM. The
evidence in this case WAS similar and
although Attorney Brynjolfson made
an able defense, Croft Was brought in
guilty after :, short period by the jury.
In both Croft and Brodericks cases the
wheat was sold for S20.15, making just
15,cents over the line between petty
and grand larceny, the former punish
able by a sentence to Jail the latter by
five years in the penitentiary. Mr..
BIynjolfson made strong attempt to
have the verdict against Croft for the
smaller crime but the jury couldn't get
over the fifteen cents.
Wednesday afternoon and Thursday
morning. Bateman was tried. Bate
man was young unmarried man and
charge against him was stealing so
bushels of wheat from Miss Amelia
Everitt. a. Gould one Of the accused
parties went on the stand and swore
that Bateman, the two Clearwater boys
and himself had gone over to Miss
Everitt's stole the wheat and hauled it
to the Clearwater's. Bateman had
formerly worked for Miss Everitt.
Another intercepted letter from
Bateman was produced by States At
torney Kneeshaw. The letter only
implicated Bateman ina general way,
the strongest sentence being, "don't
tell anything about what was done last
winter" Mr.. Doughty made another
strong plea for the prisoner but evil
IDENTITY felt that popular feeling was
against him. The court gave more
favorable charge for the prisoner to
the jury than in any other case. He
said the only direct evidence against
Bateman Was the testimony Of Gould
the accomplish, on this alone they
could not convict, and unless they
could find something in the intercepted
letter corroborating Gould they must
bring in verdict Of acquittal. The
jury however concluded that Bateman
was one of the gang and brought in
verdict accordingly.-Roneer Express.
SUNSTROI&E, ITS PREyENTATIVES AND
REMEDIES.
Sunstroke is due to the direct rays of
the sun upon the body and especially
upon the head The excited blood may
burst through the circulating vessels
and produce apoplexy, that is, an accu-
mulating of blood in the brain. The
use of exciting drinks as beer, whiskey
or other alcoholic beverages, naturally
tend to promote sunstroke. Too much
food, swallowed without thorough
mastication (chewing), ard all indiges-
tible foods disturb the nervous system
and promote sunstroke as we'll as heat
exhaustion. The attack of sunstroke
is usually somewhat sudden, and one
may die within an hour from semi
apopletic condition, with heart failure,
difficult breathing and loss of con-
seriousness. The usual symptoms are
pain in the head, dizziness OF feeling
of nausea Or vomiting. These may all
come together The face is flushed,
the pulse rapid and strong, and the
temperature very high, sometimes
springing up to from 1869 toa10o which
if not speedily reduced will prove fatal.
Preventatives-Avoid dark-colored
clothing which .absorbs suns cays;light
or white clothing reflect them. Also
eschew close fitting garments which
compress the chest and neck. Let the
hat be light and not very low osowned;
room for plenty of air circulating above
the head is important. while the higher
roofing stops the penetration of the