Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1894-05-04

estray pony taken up and advertised by
Ed. Langliers. r--
On motion the board adjourned to meet
on June 4th, 1894, at one o'clock.
H. A. ARMSTRONG,
County Auditor.
Ts Got Even with tho Record.
Is it not hard to believe that there are
human beings who, in order to get even
with an editor whom they could not buy
or silence and whom they were too COW.
ardly to assault would conspire to write
filthy letter attacking the character Of
wife and mother who had done them no
harm, and who, so far as she knew, had
not an enemy in the world?
But there are such people.
On February 9th last the editor received
a cruel, beastly letter, couched in Ian.
guage of the most filthy description, at
tacking the character of his wife. A
few friends were informed of the receipt
Of the letter, and steps were quietly taken
to locate the writer if possible. A pro-
nounced popularity of the handwriting
and of the spelling of the letter afforded
suspicion as to who was the writer, and
comparison of it with some of the
handwriting of Mrs. Mary Dickson in
the possession of the recipient of the let-
ter led to the belief that she was the
writer, as no attempt to disguise the
hand had been made Other specimens
of the handwriting of Mrs. Dickson
were obtained by strategy, and these with
Inspector Clement. After careful COM
parison by the authorities, Inspector
Clement was ordered to visit Mrs Dick
son and intcfrogate her regarding the
matter. On his return to Fargo he swore
out q warrant for her arrest, and last
Monday Deputy Sheriff Loomis served it
on the accused. The examination took
place Tuesday evening before United
States Commissioner Hoskins. D. r.
Streeter testified as to receiving the letter,
Postmaster Yeater as to the post.mark,
and Mrs; D. r. ,Streeter, Mrs. w. L,
Yeater and E. j. Thurber, all of whom
had seen the accused write, as to tile fact
of the letter being in her handwriting.
AS K. H. Thistlethwaite had been seen
to 40. over to the Dickson residence on
the afternoon before the letter was mailed
and remain there over two hours, and
he had dictated It, the accused on
Tuesday evening swore positively that
for some months Thistlethwaite had been
at her house but once, and then did not
get out of his buggy. Mr.. Stowell, attor-
|'hey for defendant, asked for postpone
ment until next day to enable him to
prove by certain Bismarck business men
that the obscene letter was in the hand
writing of r. II. Thistlethwaite. An
adjournment was then had to Wednesday
evening at 7 O'Clock.
The matter again cathe up at the ap.
| poipted hour, but the business men"
who would swear that the letter was
written by Thlstlethwaite did not materi-
alize. There were several witnesses on
hand who were able to swear, in rebuttal,
writing. One of these, Joseph Tramel,
who had several specimens of Thistle-
thwaite's writing with him, was put on
the stand, but was sure the letter was not
| written by that person, and comparison
| showed no similarity.
Mr.. Stowell then recalled Mrs. Dickson,
and questioned her as to the letter. On
Tuesday evening she had sworn that she
had written nothing for Thistlethwaite,
and that he had been at her house but
| once in long time, and then he had re.
mained in his buggy. This time she
testified that, after thinking the matter
over, she remembered that Thistlethwaite
had got her to write an envelope. ad.
dressed to Mr.. Streeter but she knew
nothing Of the letter that went in the en-.
| velope. She was crOss.examined by Z,
IS. Attorney Camp as follows
Question. To whom did Thistlethwaite
4get you to address the letter. Answer
fFn Mr.. Streeter.
| @. What are his initials? A. l do not
know.
@. Can you read? A. Yes.
A. Do you take any county papers? A.
Yes, the Winona Times.
Q. Did you ever take the Emmons
County Record! A. Yes.
Q. Did you not see Mr.. Streeter's inl.
tials in the paper? A. No F; my boy used
to read it. +.
@. How long have yeu lived at Will,
iamsport7 A. About eight years.
Q. Did you not think it strange tha,
an educated man like Mr.. ThistlctLwaite
should 60, over to your house and ask
you to address an envelope for him? A.
He said he didn't have his glasses along
After asking the accused whether ir
case she were held, she could secure
bondsmen, and receiving an answer il
the negative, and Mr.. Camp not object.
ing, she was held on her own recogni.
zauce in bonds of $500 to the United
States court, which cOnvenes at Fargo or
the 10th of this month.