Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-03-12
THE MITCHELL. MAI, MISS
interesting Facts Connected wit

interesting Facts Connected with
me snckinS of the Office.
Cnambcriain special to the Mime
apolis Tribune has the following:
A Mitchell gentleman who was in
ne city on business told some interest
ing facts in connection with the diff
'uity owe the sacking of the Mitchau
Mail office last week. For obyjous rea-
sons the information has heretofore
been suppressed. Among those who
participated in the destruction of the
Mail office were officials of the United
states land office at Mitchell In re-
tailation, friends of Mcbride. the own
er OF the ruined plant, have Drapared
iHdavlts, which are fully corrobarated.
leuilllhg at length the part taken by
the federal officials i'm the work of do
structlon, and these have been sent to
me commissioner of the genera land
)i1ce ut Washington. the intention he
Ig 10 Procure the removal OF the Off
'laiS III possible. Another PARTICIPANT
$ Il mail carrier in Mitchell, and COM
plalnt has been made to the postoffice
department cf the part taken by him
II the deplOrable affair. Still another
IL the active participants held the Do-
slllOn or assistant attorney general of
South Dakota. 1t is said that upon
earning that complaint would be lodg-
III With the attorney general, he resign
ed. Ills resignation was accepted the
Jay before the attorney general re-
ceiyed the complaint against him, or,
1t is asserted, he would have beer re-
moved. A few Of those who assisted
II destroying the newspaper office now
publicly express regret for their action,
while others still believe that their
summary ours was fully justified.
Editor Mcbride, who is mt present at
'nton, has determined to return
10 Mschell in the near future and re-
establish the Mail. Just what the ulti-
mate result of this action will be is
littlcUlt at this time TO decide. 1t is
certain, however. that the strife will
be continued with renewed yigor and
bitterness, but VIVA the end will be no
)nc can ven predict.
| Friends of Mcbride now say that a.
short time prior TO the sacking of his
Dnlce he had decided To leave Mitchell
this spring n go East To engage in
the newspaper business, having been
offered his choice of a position on Il
New York, Cincinnati or Chicago daily.
1t Is also stated that IN offer to com
promise the present difficulty by the
payment to Mcbride of the sum of
$1,000 in cash was rejected by him,
and that he proposes to prosecute the
~1estroycrs of his newspaper plant to
the bitter eud. Conservative newspa-
per men place the value of the ruined
outfit at less than 5000. 1t will be re-
memborcd that il was appraised ut
S2S9.O5 by friends of those who sacked
1t. Among the material was n wash
ingtOn press and Il Gordon job press,
the two articles alone being worth in
the neighbOrhoOd of 500. The files of
the paper were preserved and carried
away by II Of the participants in the
sacking, and are still believed TO be i'm
The possession of the Mitchell attorney.
In the trial Of the SUITS to be instituted
against those who destroyed the plant
it is doubtless intended to introduce
The files of the paper in behalf of the
defense. The defense will stOutly re-
sist the attempt 10 have the eases tried
IN Aurora county. Juries in that coun-
ty are famous FOR the severity Of their
verdictS against those whom they con
slider transgrcssorS Of the law.