Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-03-02
her husband and Kavanaugh went on
the same train.

Attachments have been served on
all of G. T. McCoy's property and pa
pers as it is believed he NAV have
something valuable in the Taylor
steal.
SO far the attempt to impllcate
Thos. Ruth in the Taylor defalcation
has proved fruitless. The De Smet
bank had $4,000 of money supposed
by Ruth to be loan from the bank at
Redfield, but from Taylor's actions in
changing the deposit from the bank
to his personal account and then to
the state, through correspondence
with Ruth's cashier and unknown to
Ruth, it seems like another of Taylor's
schemes to cover his tracks.
Governor Sheldon sent the follow
ing names to the senate Thursday for
confirmation as members of the state
! board ofregents: 4. d. Adams, Groton.
W. S. Peterson, Rapid City, G.J. Col
Ter, Brookings. The appointments
were unanimusly confirmed. The
board is now composed of F. S. Hale,
Scotland; A. d. Smedley, Milbank:
j. W. Shannon, Huron; w. S. Peter
son, Rapid City; L. T. Boucher, Eu-
reka; N. W. Egleston, Chamberlin:
G. j. Collier, Brookings; w. III. Jordan,
Sioux Falls.
The scandal involving ex-senator
Frank Adams and Mrs. James, of
Groton, is attracting much attenti On.
Adams is brother-in-law of Gov.
Sheldon, and was by him appointed a
few months ago to vacancy on the
State Board of Regents. Adams
claims that the published stories of
improper relations between him
self and Mrs. James are grossly false
and produces letters from both the
woman and her husband to show that
he had been endeavoring to affect a
reconciliation between them. Gov.
Sheldon declares that Adams is inno-
cent. and says he will send his name
to the senate for confirmation as
regent
James Cronin, of Codington county,
lost three or four horses the other day
in very peculiar manner. Mr..
Cronin had six horses running at large.
1t appears that they all concluded to
enter yacent house near by, and
that while they were in the building
the floor gave way, precipitating them
to the bottom of the cellar, which was
very small, not large enough for the
horses all to stand together. 1t ap-
pears that they struggled and trod
upon each other, kicking and striking,
and vainly endeavoring to extricate
themselves from their uncomfortable
position. AS result of the accident
at least three of the horses have died
Humphrey, Taylor's cashier, has
twisted himself up in such a manner
that he is making an interesting wit
ness for the Ruth Investigating COM
mittee. Mr.. Humphrey, in his for
mer testimony, has admitted making
a false certificate to the public exam
iner last April, and the other day he
swore point-blank that he had never
authorized Ruth's bank at De Smet
to state that certain deposits there in
the name of the Redfield bank had
been transferred to w. w. Taylor.
His letters, however, covering the
same ground, have been produced,
and other matters making pretty
strong showing against him. Wednes-
day the committee by wire requested
Mr.. r.Humphrey to come, but he refused.
When threatened however with arrest
he wired that he would come the fol-
lowing day.
Investigation into the defalcation
of State Treasurer Taylor has been
completed and on Wednesday Charles
T. Mccoy, one of the leading politi-
clans of the state, was arrested and is
now in the custody of the sheriff,
awaiting a hearing before Justice
Yarnell. The complaint was sworn
out by Attorney General Crawford,
and charges Lawyer Tenney, Of Chi
cago; John T. McChesney, of New
York; Charles H. Wells and Charles
r. Mccoy, with conspiring to rob the
state out of 1867 200. Mccoy being
the only one within the Jurisdiction
of the state, is the only one yet ar