The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-07-28
CROOKS REAPED ]
$4,000 HARv|J
That Amount of Monav =.
in Bonesteej Holdups an
Confidence Games
IN ULTIMATUM en-,
Inspector McPhaui Tells a..
People They Must insure Oh,
or Lose Office and TIA,
Act Quickly.

Bonesteel, $. d, July 2I-Arts, ! 1
weeks of l~awlessGess, during
crooks and criminals piled ,bsi, +
without restraint. Bonasteel -,
turned to the ranks Of veg-gor. {
American Towns and perfect or5a.
walls.
In fact, there is no one here fl -,
a disturbance, for the entire br.,,
grafters that has Infested the ro~s
Saturday ana yesterday.
Though some Of them carried br,
away with them, the COG rroots
we'll paid for their three weeks A.,
Bonesteel. 1t IS estimated that III
$50 800 was taken from visitors by ~
ups, confidence games and s,rrs i NV
gambling devices.
1t is broadly asserted. not on,,
citizens, but by Representatives, ~ II
government. that the expiauatf,r 1
the reign of terror is to he found l., i
fact that most Of The town ana CD
officials We're III the pay Of the graz
Hung on to Their PAY.
This is the reason no troops "a.
sent for. The authorities wa,a
PEELED 70 keep up a show Of iay =. y
forcemeat. but really did nothing w
would interfere with their rnrs,s, I"
their pay checks.
Later details of the battle tatc,.
crooks ana the more decent ill.,
Friday night and Saturday norrirg 1
not detract from the story as first III
lIshed, FF
Even now there Is no definite ia, 1
how many people We're shot. MamEs
OF the decent element wounded g.z'
Patsy Wagner. Sioux City. shot tbrorS
the foot. Sylvester StauGro, WIS.,
Kan. scalp wound Eli Harrison y
through the leg. Two crafters -
We're F. L. Harper. Nashville mi
bullet wound thrnugh the shoulder y
Frank Beriiyiile. IN addition "a
CRATER was shot through the stor,i
and another through the back. MT.
these men are, or how serious ia ,.,
condition. eauubt be learned.
Fusi!ladc ct Shots,
Rc"id@s these. there are numerous /.
ports III fleeing crooks who rae4is
bullet or shotgun wounds. For seys,.
hours during the early morning, d d,
Stant fusillade was kept up thr5la
most all Of the town. The won1.r
that, with all this shooting, so few Nd,
wounded.
So serious did John McPhaul II
spector in charge of the registr4ttn
consider the situation at B0nesteeI, tia
he delivered an ironclad ultimatun u;
terday.
A meeting was called. and It was Al
tende. by the authorities of the TOM
and leading citizens. Mr., McPh3ul ii
formed them that unless they cJli
give satisfactory assurance that 0rda
could be maintained. the filing Togs
be done under the auspices Of the Ii
department at another point. P20ta'
ton to h0mesteaders is absolutely g
sential, as there Will be $300.03 d
Whereabouts. in the town every day Iu,
ing the filing.
Realizing that the time had coma /
act, the Bonesteel people then and the1
drew up the following agreement
signed by the mayor. prosecuting alto.
ney, town trustees ard fifteen c!t,zeas
Agreement by Citizens.
We. the members of the city coG1cil
the Incorporated town Of Bonestecl, IL
1eptSe NJ. 4dSIoT, shGflI OF GttsE.
county. W. B. Backus. prosecuting a
torney in and for said city and colr(
and the undersigned citizens Of BOnastetl
D., do respectfully say 10 the !n5pctc
OF the general land office at Wasaingtoa
D G., that We Will guarantee
First, that order will prevail in The cT
Of Bonesteel and that the laws OF the SiNi
Will be enforced.
Second. that the sheriff Of this c0anf
will be placed in fun control OF the f0tG
force OF the city, with full power 70 az
the best Of his judgment,
Third. That all saloons in this CITY w
closed at u o'clock, midnight, Of eas
day, and kept closed all day SUNDAY
Fourth. That We will ask through Ia
sheriff OF the county. hat the goysFH@
the state send a company OF troops I
ala In enforcing the law of the state dn'
the period of the filing:
tlIth, That all gambling concessions :
Whatever kind or nature. will not ne q
lowed u the streets Of the city u III OPT!
places;
Sixth, That ali these things are guar
1nteed during the filing period, raEleF
rom and Including Aug. S to Sept. y