The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1896-03-13
THE MITCHELL. M.II. NUSS.
Interesting Facts Connected with
Tho SnG I. ns CT tne Nu.ee


tho Sac Gt>tns OF the once.
A Chamberlain special to the Minne-
apolis Tribune has the following:
Mitchell gentleman who WAS In
the city on bus told some interest
Ing facts in connection with the G.tii-
Guilty over the S!Cking Of the Mitchell
Mail office last week. For Obvious :, Il
sons the Information has hrrGtufs 4"
been suppressed. Among those who
participated in the destruction Of tue
Mail office were officials of the United
States land office at Mitchell In re-
taliation, friends Of Mcbride. The own
ar of the ruined pant, have prepared
tt1ldayits, who h are fully rro b rat II,
detailing at length the part taken by
The federal Ollie ais in the work of de-
struct10n, and these have h~en sent to
the commissioner of the general land
)t.lCe at Washington, the intention be
ing to procure the removal Of the ulti-
cia!s il possible. Another participant
Is mail carrier in Mitchell, and com
Diant has been made to the p0StOiiice
department Of the part taken by him
IN the dcplorahle affair. stlil another
)f the active participants held the po-
stion of assistant attorney general of
South Dakota. 1t is said that upon
learning that complaint would be loo
ed with the attorney general, he res agn-
Ell. Ills resignation was accepted the
lay before the attorney general re-
ceived the complaint against him. or,
1t is asserted, ne would have been re-
moved. "A few Of those who assisted
IN destroying the newspaper office now
pubncly express regret for their action,
while others still believe that their
summary course was fully justified.
Editor McBr.de, who is a present at
II, has determined to return
to NJ. chell in the near future and re-
eStaD44sh the Mail Just what the ulti-
mate result of this action will be is
difficult at ths time to decide. 1t is
certain. however that the strife will
be continued with renewed yigor and
bitterness, but wat the end will be 10
one can even predict
Friends Of Mcbride now say that
short time prior to the saeking OF his
once he had decided to leave Mitchell
this spring and go East to engage i'll
the ne Hspaper business, having been
offered his choice Of position on i
New FORK, Cincinnati or Chicago daily.
1t is also stated that an offer 10 COM
promise the present difficulty by the
$1,000 in cash was rejected by him,
and that he proposes to prosecute the
destroyers Of his newspaper plant 10
the bitter end. Conservative newspa-
per men place the value Of the luln"a
outfit at less than $1,000 | viii be re-
membered that ii was appraised 1t
S2>9.Go by friends Of those VINO sacked
it, Among the ma terial WAS / wash
ington press and 4 Gordon job press.
the two articles alone being Wslth in
the nei ghb0rhood Of $500. 4 ~ Ties ~
the paper We're preserved and carried
away by one Of the participants ia tha
Sacking, and are still believed to b,. in
the possession Of the Mitchell attorney.
In the trial of the suits To be Instituted
| against those who destroyed the plant
ii is doubtless intended to introduce
the files Of the paper in behalf Of the
defense. The defense Will Stoutly re-
slSt the attempt To have the cases tried
in Aurora county. Julie- in that cuun-
ty are famous for the severity of their
yerdicts against those whom they con
slider tranSgrpSS0rS of the law