The farmers' union., 1895-01-10
CRIME AND CASUALTY.

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Bart Scott: 'iefaultir@ treasurer Of Holt
County, Nebraska. is reported 10 have
been hanged MonIay night by vieIlant>.
Thcr. are many rulnor, a!inat III r"-ard
to SCOTS disappearance. and som" be-
licyc ,lla, Scott has been disposed Of. that
he has been either hanged or his body
weighted and dropped into tn" \iobrara
River in the qucksandS. Others be
liey. that il is only Il rusr for Scots eS-
cape and that h. has fled to parts u1l-
known, Will. a few think that SCOTS
own friends have put him out of the way
TO keep him from telling on them. Bar
rctt Scott. while serving his second term
as treasurer Of Holt County, \ebra ska.
about eighteen months disappeared from
his home in o\cIl. He was traced to
Mexico and a long fight "nsned over
bringing linn back TO the States. The
Holt County Sheriff first camo back
without him. ami after a long delay h"
was brought home. He was arraignod
and convicted of stealing $4,000. The
county sued his bonI>men. but Aug. -
the District Court decided that Scott
AMI not his bond>:nen was responsible.
Scott was out on bail. The case has At
tractcd much attention all over the
whole West.
''rike' SanIu>ky was shot and killed
in TIE Montana mining camp icarlng his
namr by Harvey Curry. The men had
been enemies fnr several years. and when
they met Sanlu>ky was the first to pull
Il gun. but it missed fire anu Curry shot
him dead. The dead man was we'll known
i'll nearly every mining camp III the " est
The Chicago Post says: Corruption i'll
almost every form l'eryHdes the police
justice system of thicaSo. The justices
themselves may not b" guilty 81 c"ll;ln-
mating their hands with base hrIhes, bus
the hangers on i'll these Sn-callrh courts
are usually men without principle, beat
only Oh getting hold of the money of the
unfortunate victims Of police justices, IS
they can seize by means fair or foIl.
Nearly every station III which police court
is held has as vicious criminals prominent
in the proceedings a. there are III tn"
cells. The special EHilor WHO rohS the
Wrttche> who are arrr>tcf; the Sliysttr
lawyer: the man with Il pull, who OK
tort> money from the criminals under Il
spccious promise of being able to have
their punishment mili-atc.!. and last a'ri
most dangerous is the man who really
has IL pull Who can secure the su>pcli-
sion of fines and who does su for Il coli>l'l-
ration paid to him by the prisoner. The
figures taken from the records III the
offices of the city attorney, city pr"Seru-
tor. comptroller and the various poll:'c
courts show the amazing dispr"porlinn
! between the fines stayed and the tln>s
collected in police courts III the months Of
October and November. 1874. Over S:'>.
900 fines We're imposed, and but 5000
collected
At lndIanola. Miss. Joseph Koundtrce
murdered his wife with an ax and set
fire to the house. crcmat'ng the body.
Threats of lynching are made.
James H. Lewis, who clai,nci TO he :,
| New York inventor. arrived ut San Luis
| In1nSi. Mexico, IL few weeks ago and
| complaints have been made to the author
| itles that he victimizrd Il number of prom
| ln"nt business n"n ont of large amounts
| "i nru'H on 4 bogus patent right srhemr
! lie = ALLEGED tr have sold the right to sell
| an alleged patent ninin. machine in Mex
lt"' 70 fourteen different persons. receiving
/ fr,"l each S.'.tn|. II has been discovered
| thu. Lewis has II" interest or claim in the
! lnn''hlne. and that he has worked the
! E;1rit' il' other parts of tl,c country.
thcrokr. Bill entered the depot at ,:o-
| v'.ta. Ind r., and forced the station
| agent to turn over his cash.
Engineer Shull was killed and three
| :fhri> injured. one of whom will die in ::
/ collision between freight trains at York
| own. Ind.
\, El-in, Texas rrac'zslnen utterly de
no!isli"d he vault and safe Of the El-in
| tauk. y" cash was secured.
six persons We're injured in q rulroal
/ wreck early Thursday mnrlin. on the
! Philadelphia and Reading Road IL short
distance below Gtr,nuntnvn.
Secretary Mcl;ryIt. of the United line
! N crkcr$. has is>"I ln address /" min
.;-,;. urging th.,,l to shun Sovereign and
! Hayes
l. Postmaster w. \. Glmorc left Hrokcn
! Bow. \eh. on Dec. u. The last trace OF
. him WIS 1T unah;t postotlir, Inspector
! Sinclair is checking up his books. aud il is
! currently rrlnrttI that Gilmore is Il de
fauttr for between 81 POO and $1,000.
At Macon. Mo. Sheriff Darrah. United.
States Marshall Nctunt ana City Mar
>ha! Scott We're dl>;rntI hy two robbers
whom they attempted t. arrest.
/ Masked. men held UP train near Cam
den. Ark. but. uncoui,lin- the baggage,
! instead OF the express car. secured moth
| ir-:-
Five desperate prisoners all armed.
escaped from ihe jail Il, st Joe. Mo.
! by saving the bars q; the corridor Win
! dow.
\ son nt Jerome Hall. Il farmer livin:
IN Windsor \. y. WAS found dead hang
III. from Il htaul in the. barn. The boy
WAS only l., wears Of age. AMI it is alleged
. that the cause WIS crlltlt, oh the part 81
tho father, who. II is said, Inflicted severe
Iiu-@in-> without ,au>c. The aif;,ir has
. caused Il dtt},ltd sensation anI some If
thr uti-hhur> are lnt,! III heir demands fcr
. III Investigation. Nr. llaIl bears Il -,nI
/ rtrurlt:rn anal his friends scout the idea
that, rtl.l1y drove his soll II suicide. Th.
..s.i i:s said t. have been very bright for
:. his years.
+. Burglars entered til. ieve'ry store ii
: ii.rI.oN X UiNrn AZ FL ra>o, Texas. AM
carried oif >lu.ruu worth of diamonds
+ and watches.