Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-08-18

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fifteen years. Mr.. Brewers name in
the list of the 2,400 winners caught the
attention of Mrs. Brewer in San Fran
cisco, and believing he was her son she
wrote him. Mr.. Brewer had made
numerous efforts to locate his relatives.
Long Lost Mail Pouch Fonnd.
Last spring the mail driver between
Pedro and Trophar attempted to cross
the west fork of the Big Plum creek
between those two places following a
heavy rain. He was not accustomed to
the streams on the range, and before he
knew what was coming his outfit was
swept down the stream, which was at
food stage. The driver managed to
get out himself, but his team and the
mail pouch were lost. This was on May
81. The pouch was said to contain
several hundred dollars. but whatever
effort was made to find it failed. A
few days ago Postal Inspector Frank
Planert, of Sioux Falls, in company with
L OstiliuSttI DtWtll, Wcht oup w utoohiPe
TO locate the missing pouch. They
started at the ford and went down both
banks of the stream, and had gone but
a short distance when Postmaster
Dewell discovered the lost pouch under
the bank of the side which was being
searched by the inspector, by hanging
rnxA hpchao an1 ytrnas vnonaUa6 m
reach the pouch, which had not been
found sooner because since it was lost
the water had never been low enough
to allow it TO become visible, as one
end was fast i'm the mud, holding 1t
down. The bag was taken TO Pierre
The inspector is going over the con-
tents to attempt to learn where the
letters belong and forward them to
their destinations. There wal a mum
Der of registered packages, containing
cash and papers to the amount of about
5000, but payment had been stopped
on the checks and drafts. Several
packages contained money.
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The following dispatches from Pierre
explain the fall of Lloyd Blackstone,
Judge Carson's trusted stenographer:
Sheriff Laughlin is searching for Lloyd
Blackstone, who for two years has been
stenographer and confidential clerk for
Judge Carson of the supreme court, and
who forged the name of the judge TO
paper amounting, so far as known at
p.esent, to 81 800. Blackstone began
his work last November, when he
forged an endorsement TO a note for
5000, on which he secured the cash.
Since that time he has forged several
checks and Endorsements on state war
rants which he secured from the private
papers of the judge. When Blackstono
saw that exposure was inevitable. he at
once crossed the river, where he pur-
chased a gasoline boat, paying for it
ont of aroll of bills, and started down
stream. Blackstone came here from
Kingsbury county, where his father
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an exciting chase down the river Deputy
Sheriff Logan captured Lloyd Black
stone several miles below Pierre and
bought him 20 that city where he is
lodged in Jail. The officer loaded a
gasolene launch for a long chase bat
found him sooner than he expected,
.unvIknr HE boat alnnU i1nHar tho
willows at Farm island and headed up
stream. rhe fugitive said that the
checks he cashed were presents from
Judge Carson given him for extra worl;
and that he had not committed forgery.
Collection of Indian Relics.
The State Historical Society has
recently received a very valuable and
intensely interesting collection of
Indian relics, which are now on exhi.
bition in its museum at the state house
in Pierre. Through the untiring effoit
and earnest solicitation of Mr.. E. j,
Warner, of Cherry Greek, a life mem
Der of the society, the Indians OF the
Cherry Creek district ave donated TO
the museum the following mementos OF
their early life: Seven bone saddles,
three hide work bags, four whetstones
of Indian design. two hide hash-baskets
six ~porcupine quill bags of hides tanned
so hard that the quills will not work
through, two wooden dishes, of Indian
manufacture, one steel tanning instru-
ment which resembles a large chisel
with saw edge, one quirt, two polished
buffalo horns, two antelope horns, fouI
buffalo-horn spoons, n hide case TO
war bonnet, one hide satchel, one bil
horn, one beaded knife sheath, ON
tobacco pouch with pipe and cleaner
two scrapers used in the tanning o
hides, four cherry Founders or hammer
which are made of stone with hid
jacket and raw hide handle, n Gov
!, cred war club, and one war club wit
} buffalo horn end and eagle-foot handle