The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-10
GRIND OF THE DISTRICT COURT.
1t Took But Half a Day to Clear
the Docket
Two Divorces Granted and Foreclosure and
Combinations Occupy Little Tine
No Jury TriaI-The Barnett
Rule Case Dismissed

ial district sitting for Sherman county
began its session Tuesday morning Al
eight o'clock and at noon the labors o.
the court we're finished.
| Excepting the Barnett-Rule case there
was nothing TO excite more than the at
tention Of the attorneys employed in the
cases.
The Barnett case is a rather compli-
I Gated affair. The story runs that about
two years ago J. c. Barnett, who was
living on MS land near Kanorado, sold
his place to Thomas Rule. Of CloYerdale
Ind. As part Of the consideration to
the deal Rule gave his note for $500, and
there was no bitch in the agreement at
| the time. Mr.. Rule came out here and
saw the place. 1t was fairly we'll i'm
proved, having house, a barn, windmill,
fence, and other buildings, and a good
many acres under cultivation. It was
| the intention Of Mr.. Rule to move to
Sherman county the coming year and he
bought several head OF horses while
here. He returned to Indiana, having
rented the place to Thomas J. Barnett, a
son Of the old man.
After j. Q. Barnett had sold his farm
he held public sale and sold OF all his
stuff and moved into town, and later to
California.
7. J. Barnett worked the place he had
rented for about a year. During that
time he borrowed some Of the fence
OF Mr.. Rule to put on another place.
Then he began to remove some OF the
building material. He took the barn.
Little by little he carried of all the i'm
provements which could be moved until
there was nothing left but the house and
Windmill and the plowed ground. The
three horses in the neighborhOod be
longing to Rule were stolen by 7. J.
Barnett and shipped away with others
to Nebraska and sold. BY this time Mr..
Rule found out how things had 90 ne.
After investigating the matter he had
Barnett arrested for stealing his horses,
and he was lodged in the county Jail.
Before court set Barnett 10 company
with Thompson and Black, who were al
50 in Jail, broke out and Young Barnett
has never been heard Of since. Rule says
that I. j. Barnett damaged him to the
amount Of 81, 900. Directly, this Barnett
has nothing TO do with the case, but his
treatment Of Rule is the entering wedge
to the controversy.
] When the note of $500 came due
Rule refused to make the payment be-
cause he had been swiudlsd by the old
mans SON. Whereupon Dir. Barnett be
gan foreclosure proceedings on the land
which secured the note. In this way IL
came to court. The note was given to
Sophronia Barnett, the wife Of the
plaintiff in the case. 1t had never been
assigned to her husband and she died
while they were in California for her
health some time ago. So, in order to
prosecute the case, an administrator Of
Mrs. barnett would have to be appoint
ed. For the present at least the case
has been dropped and the court record
gives the case as dismissed without pre-.
iudice, costs to plaintiff.
1t will be remembered that T. J. Bar.
nett, who broke out Of the GOOdland jan
last July, was charged with grand lar
ceny for stealing horses. He and Thomp
son and Black were the fellows who got
the rig at Canaga's barn the night o.
their escape. The rig was never heard
from.
The court record Of the cases are a.
follows:
Peter Jensen VS.. P. O'Hara, at
tachment, continued; James n. Clark
receiver Of the Nebraska Loan aud Trus
company vs.. Henry McCOOl, John Eau
yer, foreclosure, judgment for plaintiff
Retta Farley. vs.. The National Mutua
association, action for damage, con
tiuued; John A Miller, vs. Nellie Miller
divorce, granted; Sophrona A. Barnett
vs.. Thomas Rule and America Rule
foreclosure, dismissed; Henry NJ Dun
ham vs.. Michael Kelly, foreclosure
judgment for plaintiff; Mary I. Thomp
son, vs.. William Thompson, divorce
granted; Union Central Life INSURANCE
company vs.. E. ". Stewart, petition OF
note, dismissed; Walter S. Weldon, rs
David A. Manning, confirmation, sus
tanned; Walter S. Weldon. IS Henry
Macy, confirmation, sustained; GeOrg
A. Carter, James Andersen and W.
Remington. vs., Elizabeth SchmOke
confirmation, sustsiDeds The McKiDle
Lanning Loan and Trust company, "
William L KlsiDhans, confirmation, suE
tanned; the Mckinley Lanning Loan an
Trust company, vs. George I Web
confirmation, sustained; Charlotte
Gray, vs.. Ulrich SchmOksr, confirmation
sustainedi John ". Exline, ". MarcslJ
Winters, confirmation, sustained; OF
Snow, Va g. l. Calvert, confirmation
sustained; Peter Jensen, natural zati0
final papers; Maria Bandgrsft, natura
izatiOn, final papers, Peter NelsOni ns
uralizatiOu, final papers