Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-11-29
District Court.

District Court.
On the first day the case of the
State vs. Eiklor was dismissed at the
request of the county attorney, defend
ant to pay $50 and costs of suit.
Thursday some OF the members OF
the bal preferred charges against Col.
Snoddy, as practitioner, and the
judge appointed A. l.. Noble, l.. E.
Beals and G. NJ. Martin as committee
of investigation. A meeting was ap-
pointed for Friday evening, at which
all the committee were present, but the
compliments being all absent no defin-
lite decision could be reached and re-
port to than effect was sent in to the
court. Judge Ellis appeared as COM
plalnant and stated that as he could
not attend the meeting on the evening
he desired further time to prove his
claims. After some parleying pro and
con by Snoddy and Ellis the court re-
ferred the matter back to the commit
tee, which fixed meeting for Friday
evening Of this week, at which time the
compliments are expected to substanti-
ate their charges, showing why the ac-
tim was brought.
The cases OF the First State Bank of
Kiowa aga inst individual members of
theCOmancheTo Co. consumed nearly
all the week, and was interesting. In
1886 company was formed at Kiowa.
fha nnrnOcQ Of which r1,ac fO hniI6 ~,
Comanche City, vision that has long
since vanished. Ali went merry for
year or two. a. J. Bentley. who now
prosecutes the suit, was cashier of
the bank and secretary-treasurer of
the town company; in fact he came
pretty near managing the whole busl-
ness. When money was needed for the
town company he could borrow it of
the First State Bank, represented by
himself. Some time ago several mem
DerS of the town company received no.
tice that they had been sued for 5000,
due on notes given to the First State
Bank tor borrowed money, and the
trial of the past week is the result. 1t
was decided to make test case of one
of the defendants, and A. Il. Wilson
was selected. Mr.. Bentley sued him
self as one of the defendants, and on
Friday plead guilty to the indebted
ness to add strength TO the bank S case.
He was put on the stand Friday, and
the direct and cross examination lasted
a day and halt. The witnesses for
the defense were t. u. Wilson, A. w.
Rumsey, Maj. Lamont and Jas Stran-
than. None of them, including the de-
PENDANT, knew anything about the In
debtedness as shown by Mr.. Bentley's
books. The case went to the jury yes
terday at noon.
At ten O'Clock last night the jury sent
III statement to the Judge that it was
unable to agree on averdict in the bank
case, and requested that they be dis
charged. 1t was found that one man
had hung the jury, the other eleven
being for the defense. How strange it
is that eleven men will have the effron-
terry to oppose man as they did in this
OdOCs nDOl luSlSIS L1dG IO KNOWS
more than whole regiment. A Cir
cumstance of this kind always has de-
gree of suspicion attached that molds
public opinion against the side on
which the one man hangs; yet IN cases
like this public opinion is rarely court
ed. 1t is representative slippery bank
deal, and justice would have been done
had it net been for one man. 1t is to
be hoped that another jury will i'm
mediately agree, as eleven out of twelve
in this instance did.
In the case of DinSmore VS. Ginger
man, verdict was given for the plain
tiff, the attorney for the defense not
appearing.
Monday evening the case of A. J.
Tallaferro VS. Eldred and Charless was
called up. The action was brought
against the defendants for contempt In
refusing to deliver some goods to a re-
ceiver. 1t was continued under title
of state as plaintiff.