The Lamar register., 1899-06-28

WIS tliS ndEttSNtdf p&it- 4 MS Hfuol
OF guilt Is 50 conclusive that II viii not
be difficult to convict the man and per-
haps run down the whole gang.
dispatch from Cheyenne says Mr..
+. 7. Snow, secretary OF the State
Board OF Sheep Commissioners, re
turned this morning from the western
part OF the state where he hns been
Inspecting several bands OF sheep be
Ing tralied into the state from Oregon.
Under the new law passed by the last
Legislature. all sheep tralled or shipped
by rail- Into the state are TO be In
spee;ed AZ the border. Among the
shipments being made into the state
at the present time are the following;
J. W. Blake. 1000 head. shipped By
rail- from Oregon to Montpelier, idahe
and traiied into Wyoming from that
place; j. X FitIwaier. 1900; Barker
Bros. 5000: T.. Buettcher. 1900; w.
j, Blake, 1000. l.. J.. Sauthw0rth. 90.
coo; Platte Valley Sheep company. so
600 head. These sheep viii nearly all
be driven over what is known as the
Lander tran and win bc ranged In
various parts OF the state. About 5o-
co VIII be ranged IN Central wyo-
ming. about f5.0ao will 90 10 The Lar.
amIe Plains. and thu remainder viii
so TO the Big Horn basin. shcspmen
OF the state are apprchepsire that the
advent OF many shcep into the state
VIII result IN serious orcTcrowdins Of
the ranges.
The summer session OF the Colorado
Editorial Association met at GienwO,sd
on the 2ssrd, Al the afternoon roIl-cau
the following were found TO be pres.
cnt; HSlSey NJ. Rbcads. Prcss, Den
yer; w. y. Kennedy and wife. Re
yelile. Riffes +. Price, A. c. Newton.
Press. Denver: W. T.. Kennedy and
wife. News. Grand Junction: r. A.
Haimhaugh. Sentinel. Denver: L. H
johnson. Herald Democrat. fcadvllie;
Howard T. Lee and wife. Republican.
Denver; J. l.. Berry. Facts, Colorado
Springs; C. =. LlSerff. Press Sheridan
Lake. Leo Vincent and wifs. Reprvsen-
tntive. Boulder: A. Roberts and wife
Press. MoD;roSe: :. n. Brusitss and
wife, Mall Pueblo; W. l.. Thorndykr
and wife. Reporter. Loveiand: A. @.
Sechrist. Times wFay; J. u fawles.
and wife. Sparks, Lamar: C. o. Finch.
Journal. Castle Rock. ". Z. rator.
Grand Junction: G. r Rawalt Cham
pton. Gunuison; ]. r. GreenAvaldi.
Tribune. f1orrnce: Howard Rnsscil.
Express. Fort Collins: George o. Blake,
Star. Grand Junction. At the afternoon
session the following program was car
rtcd ont: Special sud Boom Edlilans.-
T. s. I.awless az The. Lamar Sparks.
who took the position that such did not
pay, Needed Legislation" was fully
treated by O. y. Rawaii Of the Gunni-
son Champion. who explained fha,
much OF the legislation desired by
newspaper men was defeated for the
sole want OF time. the local legislator
paying more attention 10 locai bits
than TO the passage Of general laws.
Howard Russell OF she Fort Collins
Express gave a review on the topic.
Does Foreign Advertising payg" His
remarks were thoroughly discussed.
and the general opininn prevailed that
II was best To let the foreign adyer-
tiscr alone. Al the evening session w.
r. Pabor read a poem and Mrs T.. A.
1hayer delivered nHDcs entitled The
Publisher and The Country Editor
She was followed in short address hy
Congressman Shafro;h.
Alfred Packer. the .ulan eater has
lost his case in the supreme Court. The
pardon beard is now the only possible,
means for him 60 escape serving out
his forty-ysar p-snitcntiary sentence.
The case decided by the court on the
10Th was an appeal from the Gunn!ssn
county District Court. This Is the
nth time that this case has been be-
fore the Supreme Court Ia one form
or another. In the District Court Of
Hinsdaie county. az the April term.
1888, i've separate indictments were
returned against Alfred Packer. chars.
Ing him with the murder OF Israel
Swan, Shannon Wilson Bell Frank
Miller. George Noon and James Hum.
phrey. The Swan Indictment was
filed April 9th. and the other four
April Z, 1888. on the 9th of Aprll. !
Packer was arrested on the charge OF
killing Swan. He pleaded not guilty,
but on April 18Th was convicted OF
murder in the first degree, and on the (
same day the court sentenced him 10
be hanged May 10Th. Later the SEN
fencc was set aside and the cause re-
rersed. upon the ground that the sec
tons OF the criminal code prescribing
the punishment for murder were re-
pealed by the Legislature without o 4
saving clause. after the crime was
committed and before the conviction
was had The case was remanded for
n new trial for manslaughter. included /
In the specific crime OF murder charged 4
in the indictment. Thereafter an ap- |
plIcation in the FIVE cases was made by |
the defendant for a change of venue |
from Hlnsdale county. and the causes
were set for trial TO the District Court
of Gunnison county. After this the
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