Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-06-27
with the other defendants for consp;r.
aCy to cheat and dafrand

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acy TO cheat and defraud.
Alter the above proceedings at the
May term OF court here. l was asked
by a friend of Taylor's whether /
would be willing to give him a warrant
Tor Iaylor's arrest, and paw the
actual expenses of a man who would
go to the place where Taylor was in
hiding and bring him to Pierre. He
said that Taylor's father aud mother
were getting old and wanted to see
him before they died, and that they
thought 1t better for him to come
back and plead guilty, and hethought
Taylor would come. He wanted the
warrant Tor protection against sharks
who would Try to arrest Taylor and
claim the reward. / expressed conf
dence that We would get Taylor
through the detectives, and he re-
marked that we probably would in
time, but this would save us a large
amount OF expense, and that they did
o ask that any vigilance on the part
OF the state be relaxed. / could not
refuse this and thus take the risk of
possibly losing trace OF Taylor, so /
agreed to it. In response to an in
quiry / said that il Taylor came back
in this way and would make a full
and complete confession OF all the
facts connected with the crime and
plead guilty, with evidence of peni-
tence, / would recommend him to the
mercy OF the court. | then procured
a certificate or commission for his
arrest under the seal OF the state and
| w ya 80 70 cha man Hid not Hpnur
who was TO 20 after Taylor, but sup.
posed it was some member OF his
family-never did know until | saw
Sullivan with him at Wolsey.
So far as Judge Gaffy agreeing 9
any particular sentence, or Gov
ernor Sheldon agreeing in writing or
any to pardon Taylor, l
have to say that there is nc truth in
it whatever. Judge Gafy is not the
sort of a Judge nor the sort OF man
to pass upon or decide any case uu-
| til it is before him in all it's bearings,
and the person who would have the
termerity to approach the judge OF
| this circuit court with a proposition
| OF that kind, would not be likely, in
my Judgment, to repeat the attempt.
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der the criminal code OF this state for
appropriating funds received by a
public officer as defined in sections
669S and 6212 OF the complied laws,
is Imprisonment in the penitentiary
not exceeding five years. No lawyer
| probably, who reads section 1865
carefully will undertake to say it is val
id. This, however, is for the circuit
court to decide and not me.
have had some professional talks
| withattorneys on the other side in these
cases during their negotiation which
| was along the lines above named,
and that is all there is to that. Tay-
! lor is here, he will plead guilty, and
neither he nor any person on either
side OF the case can say that he knows
what the Judge will decide to do.
Now as to the settlement OF the
suit on Taylor's bond:
One OF the bondsmen came to Pierre
recently and spent some days here.
| He solicited several interviews with
me, in which he proposed several
| schemes for settling up the Taylor
claim. From him and from Taylor
and from all other sources OF inquiry
that have been open to Inc, it seems
that Taylor, at the time OF his fight,
left S45, 600 with him; that the bal
ance Of the large amounts received by
| Taylor during November and Deem
Der was practically all used in paying
off various obligations which Taylor
had contracted earlier in the year, in
Guiding notes Endorsed by his father
and moneys paid out In his deals at
Newton, Ill. | am unable so far to
find anything with which to contro-
vert his statement. They also admit
that several thousand dollars has
been collected by Taylor's trustee
since the property was turned over to
him, and that he has about $4,000
in his hands as cash. One OF the
propositions made to me was that the
state accept this cash and all the
property of Taylor and everything
held by this trustee in satisfaction Of
the judgment. / promptly and EN-
phatitally refused to entertain such a
proposition for O moment. l vas
then asked as to what kind OF an
| ARRANGEMENT l would be willing to
! make, and / said this:
That if the bondsmen would pro-
cure the payment of the cash in the
| hands of the trustee, claimed to be
about So 1000 and enough more cash
to make the cash sum of $1,000 600,
into the treasury OF this state, l
would then agree to take the list of
all the real estate, notesf mortgages,
| certificates OF deposit, mining stocks.
! Illinois farm and Chicago lots-oI
which property there is a vast
amount-pres-nt ii to the board vi
appraisement Of school ana public
lands, which consists of Auditor Hip
pie, Commissioner Lockhart and
Governor Sheldou-I am not a men,
| Der of it at all-and have them ex-
anime the property title, location,
character, ETC., and have them APP
praise the property upon a fair and
liberal basis, taking into considera-
ton the fact that the state might
| have to carry some OF the lands for
| several years before selling in order
| to get it's money out OF it; and that
we would then issue execution upon
The ;udgmenr and cell this property