Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-21
DAKOTA WANTS TURGEONS
Requisition Case in Which Location Of
Boundary is Important One.
INVOLVES CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASE
Omaha Man finally Secures Dis
charge from the Army, Though
He Has Not Seen Service
since the Early O's


(From a Stan Correspondent
LINCOLN. June 20.-(special Telegram.)
Hearing on the requisltiop from the gov
ernor OF South Dakota for c. w. volsire
and Adelore Turgeon. who reside near Da-
kota City. will take place before Acting
Governor Steele tomorrow morning. They
are charged with shooting at a posse of
South Dakota deputy sherlns who at
tempted 10 arrest them for trespassing.
The defendants claim that the land is in
Nebraska and that the Dakota authorities
had no right TO arrest them. They are
here In person to resist the process.
The trouble all originated over the title
and location Of a certain piece Of land that
the Turgeons declared belonged to Ne
braska! while their opponents declared Il
belonged to her nelghbors on the north.
Mrs. s. s. Adams is the owner Of a farm
on the north side Of the river. She has
held peaceable possession ever since 1876.
In 1897 a consid cradle piece OF land was
added to hers by the action Of the river.
Whether this action was sudden or gradual
is a question that is answered according TO
the point Of view. Naturally, Mrs. Adams
declares It was gradual. The Turgeons
declare that It was sudden.
AT least II was not long after Mrs. Adams
secured her new possessions that the
Turgeons began exercising dominion over
It. The difference grew and finally Pred
Turgeon was arrested and released only
after a perpetual injunction had been is
sued against him by the South Dakota
courts enjoining him from in any way inter-
fering with Mrs. Adams. Shortly after this
he tore down one of her fences, and was
again arrested, this time on the charge Of
contempt Of court. He was sentenced to a
term in jail but managed to make his
escape.
Resists the Omcers.
Meanwhile Mrs. Adams had leased the
premises to Alvin Griffith and Homer
Robb. The South Dakota officers rightly
guessed that Fred" would go back to the
land and cause more trouble, so Sheriff
Lewis NJ. Lewiston and Deputy Sheriff Sam
uel Halliday, adjourned to the scene OF pros
pective trouble. Together with Mr.. Griffith
they concealed themselves in a buncn or
bushes on the Dakota side, while Robb
went on with his work. The Turgeons.
three In number. soon appeared and trouble
began. The officers walked out 10 the
brothers and demanded their surrender, put
a bullet was the answer.
A small war then began In which each
OF the Turgeons was hit. C. w, or Fred"
as he is called, received a bullet in the
abdomen from a revolver. voIaire c. and
Adelore were each hit in the legs. but the
trio managed to get back to ground al
mittedly in Nebraska. There they were
safe from the Dakota officials. Mr.. Griffith
had a bullet through his hat.
Nebraska RequisItiOn Ignored.
Governor Savage at once issued a reuuIsi-
tion on the governor Of South Dakota for
the arrest Of Lewiston, Halliday, Grifnth
and Robb. but his request was politely
turned down on the theory that the crime,
II one was committed. was in South pa
kota and not in Nebraska. On the same
theory, the arrest Of the Turgeons is re-
quested.
Those who are here to urge that Lieu
tenant Governor Steele honor the request
are E. C. Eriscon and H. II. Wallace, at
torneys; Ira L. Nicoll. district attorney;
II. NJ. Vinson. surveyor; F.. NJ. Gilmore,
and James Halliday, sr. The last three
named are witnesses by whom the attor-
neys hope to prove that the land is on the
South Dakota side Of the river.
Discharge Ia Long Coming.
Under authority given gy the governor.
Adjutant General Colby this afternoon is
sued a special order honorably discharging
DR.. Frederick Renner, OF Omaha, from the
state military service. Or Renner was
captain Of the otoe County Reserves in the
AN ~ NUN AhdAuh hHlAEluhS dlOnk inc |
Little Blue and in the Republican valley
but was never ~oficially released from serv-
ice. though his company dlsbanded nearly
thirty years ago.
DIR. Renner's company performed val
liable service in the campaign against the
Sioux and Cheyennes in the early CO.'S"
said General Colby. THE Indians OF these
two tribes became hostile and several dis
astrous battles with the whites occurred,
one of which was on the site Of the town
OF Nelson. The Indians dismantled and
burned overland stations all the way from
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort
kearney. Nebraska. DR.. Renner's company
was In the middle OF the fight. which began
in August, 1854"
The commandant of the Wentworth Mill |
tary academy OF Kansas has notified Adult
ant General Colby that Ralph Waldo Cole,
OF Omaha, is the most proficient or ali
students In the cadet organization Of that
institution.
Commandant Smoke. OF the University OF
Nebraska, has accorded honors for efnc-
ieney In drill to A. NJ. Hull, A. X. Barnes
and W. p. Wallace.
Hearing OF the case in which Evangelist
Ferdinand, Of Panama, Lancaster county,
is seeking to secure a divorce from his
wife. was begun in the district court this
afternoon. He alleges that Mrs. Ferdinand,
try her constant fault-nnding. interfered
with his religious work and his own peace
and happiness. Mrs. Ferdinand nled a
Cross petition and is contesting the case.
Rev. Ferdinand has been temporarily sus-
pended from a pastorate In Panama be-
cause OF the domestic trouble.
Honor Hinshaw.
FAtRBURf. Neb.. June 2O.-(special.)-l
T.. II. Hinshaw. republican nomlnee for
Congressman from the EnnrIh diatrIct Wa