Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-12-27
FORT SMITH NOTES.
THE COURT, CITY AND THE
COUNTRY.
Criminal Term Ended Almost Escaped
A General Assortment OF News and
Notes "A Big Lawsuit Field.
FoRr sNfrn. ARK. Dec "a.

foRr SMITH, AK, Dec "a.
Mrs. Fagan Bourland attempted
to commit suicide Friday by
taking morphine.
Last Tuesday Judge Parker dis
charged the jury in the U. s. court
and the criminal business of the
term is practically ended.
Deputy marshals raided still
in Polk county, captured sixty
gallon stolen still and five men.
The men are all in Jail here.
Deputy Grant Johnson brought
in John Morrow and Columbus
Rowe last week. They admit be-
ing implicated in the robbery of
the postoffice at Featherstone and
at G Galconda.
John Eberhardt, a workman en-
gagged in putting up the trolley
wire, was severely injured last
week. The gasoline forge exploded
burning both hands aud he jumped
from the derrick, spraining his
ankle.
Joe Ross sentence for illicit dis
tilling expired last week but Judge
Parker ordered him held pending
the investigation of the murder of
Deputy w. c. Martin, who was
killed some months ago by moon
sinners.
After hearing the testimony and
inspecting the rolls of the Choc-
taw nation, Judge Parker decided
that Printus Brown was a citizen
of that nation and the federal court
had no jurisdiction to try him for
his implication in the Choctaw war
OF two years ago.
Deputy Will Neal says that the
wife of Tom Root, who killed Dep
uty Leforce in the fight near Tulsa,
told him that Root was shot
through the hips. He says Root
is being taken care of by some In
dian doctors but they cannot To-
cate his hiding place.
Friday a man rode up to the
house of man named Murry near
Hackett City. The two men be-
came engaged in a difficulty and
the stranger struck Murry over
the head with a winchester, caus-
ing his death next morning. The
murderer is said to be John Sea-
horn, OF Whitefeld.
Eli Lucas, a young Indian, has
been held to the grand jury for,,the
murder of Eli Kemp, on October 7,
down on San Bois. Lucas and
several others were coming home
from a ball game drunk and passed
Kemps camping place. Lewis
shot him and came back the next
morning and shot him several
times.
Suit was instituted here Thurs
day night by Howard Bush. of
Pennsylvania, against Gen. John
b Stevenson, of Philadelphia, for
100000 Gen. Stevenson pur-
chased the Splitlog railway from
Bush's father and later sold il TO
the Kansas City, Pittsburg q Gulf
company. Bush claims that undue
Influence was used upon his father
in the transaction. Gen. Steven
son says the suit is a blackmailing
scheme Of Col. Ware, the attorney,
who is using young Bush as tool.
Lon Perry, prisoner in the U.
S. Jail, made a daring attempt TO
escape Saturday. He had been in
the consultation room with his at
torney and returned to the Jail.
The turnkey called one Of the
guards, for the Jail doors are never
opened unless two guards are pres
ent, and started up TO the second
floor TO put Perry back in his cell.
Instead of waiting for them Perry
turned around and walked through
the consultation room, the door Of
which had been left open, and out
through the kitchen into the yard.
He was trying TO wade the ATkan-
sas river when recaplured.