The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-14

FIND HIM GUILTY
MR.. SCHRIVER OF RUSH COUNTY
TRADED WHISKY.
10 il q Grain Dealer. and as the Farmers in
With Plentiful Supply of Germans, He
Traded the Wherewithal to Make
for Grain, and the Interna. Revenue
Omcers Jast Spoiled His Little Game
Other Federal Court News

In the United States court yesterday
the case of Mr.. Schriver of Rush county,
for selling intoxicating liquor IN violation
Of the internal revenue laws, was COM
pleted, and the jury found him guilty as
charged in the indictment.
Mr.. Schriver is grain dealer in Rush
county, and ne discovered that the Rus
SLAMS and Germans, who constitute the
major portion of the farmers of that
county, like certain admixture Of alco-
hol and other things. so he concluded 10
Duy the limpid liquid in Kansas City and
10 sell it or TO trade it TO the farmers in
part payment for their grain, and in this
manner nearly ran the other grain deal
ers out of the business.
His chief defense, and, in fact, about
the only defense made, was that ne kept
the alcohol TO treat the farmers who sold
him their grain, but this was broken
down by the prosecution. and the jury
rendered decision accordingly. Rankin
Mason, assistant u. s. attorney, was as
sisted by Henry HUFFMAN, while Bent
ley and Buckner were attorneys for the
defense.
in violation OF internal revenue laws, he
Plead guilty. He had some for his sick
baby and was compelled 10 sell It 10 OBJ
.ain something of a more substantial ma
ture. Judge Williams imposed a fine and
Imprisonment. but immediately after
ward suspended both. This received the
most hearty endorsement from every one
in the court room, and the judge has al
ready earned a reputation for his judg-
ment which is quite enviable.
The case of w. A. Pyne for cashing
pension check belonging to William Cook
came up yesterday afternoon. This case
has hung fire ever since 1891. and the
witnesses had learned their little pieces
well, often answering the question before
it was fully asked. Pyne was the editor
OF the Ashland Clipper. In his mail one
day he found a letter for Cook, which
had slipped into a circular addressed to
him. He took out the pension check,
therein, and succeeded in having it cash
ed by Mack Crick, who was clerk in
the store of Eli Blake, who was also post
master of the little town of Guelph, 10
miles from Arkansas City. Pyne was in
duced TO indorse the check under the
name Of Cook, whose name he had got
ten upon it in some manner. Blake de-
posted the check in an Arkansas City
bank, which sent 1t in to be cashed. 1t
returned from St. Louis, and also Mr..
Chip, an inspector Of the pension bureau
who took Pyne's deposition, in which he
denied almost everything.
The case has dragged along and been
continued from court to court, but Judge
Williams doesn'. do business that way,
and the chances are that ii will be dis
posed of finally this time.
The jury in the case Of Henry Lorangle
for counterfeiting, which was tried Fri
day, had not returned a verdict UP TO
last evening. The judge called them in
an hour after they went out. and express
ed his surprise at their failure to reach
a decision. Judge Williams. to use
term Of the current vernacular, is ''all
right The court this week will try sew
eral important cases. among which the
case of Mics Beam in the Hutchinson
postoffice affair, is expected to be one.