The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-18
SOUTH DAKOTA
ESCAPES ON THE
SHERIFF'S HORSE
BUTTE COUNTY OFFICER OVER
POWERED AND DISARMED.
Harvest Hands Were Friends of Al
legged Thief and Aided His Escape
from a Black Hills Officer-Several
More Mining Enterprises to Start
in the Hills.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Deadwood S. O., Aug. 1S.-The friends
of Sheriff Moses of Butte county, are
making light Of his ability to arrest Grim
inals While in the vicinity of Harding,
Neb., he arrested Roscoe Moher, one of two
men who got away with nine stolen horses
from near Belle Fourche. The animals
We're sold to DeadWood and Lead men.
The sheriff made the arrest and then
went to eat his dinner with some harvest
hands. After dinner he was suddenly
oVerpOWerd by one of the harveSte and
the prisoner then cody took the sheriffs
revolver and horse and made his escape.
Sheriff Moses succeeded in arresting Ed
ward Yearsley at Harding where. he was
found in a saloon
James Frawley, formerly one of the, best
known attorneys of the Black Hills writes
from Nome, Alaska, that he is soon to
start for Deadwood. It is asserted he
has made a fortune in Alaska in the min
ing business
While waiting to give testimony in a
liquor case, anindian from Pine Ridge
agency was made drunk in this city, and
it was necessary to take him to tho city
jail. The person who sold the liquor is
known and arrests are to follow.
4erreid Back From the Hills,
Governor Herreid has left for the east
ern part of the state. Mrs. Herreid and
daughter Grace have arrived in this city
to spend a few days. They were at Hot
Springs to review the state militia at the
annual encampment at Camp Eben Mar
tin
After another delay it Is now asserted
positively by S. W. Russell, president of
the worlds fair commission who left last
night for st. Louis, that the ore treating
plant will be started this week. The de-
lay was caused by the non arrival of the
Black Hills ore and by the failure Of the
power company to connect with the ma
chinery.
Late Mining Notes.
Preparations are being made for the
starting of the Deer Lick Mining & Devel-
oping company, which owns a large acre
age of ground on Iron creek, west of this
city. George Nash, formerly of Spearfish,
| who is vice president of the company, is
at Kirkvile, Mo, where he has interested
| a large amount of capital. The formation
of the ground is lime and bodies of ore
are fair grade and large in size.
The Capital Gold Mining company has
now completed a survey of it's ground
west of this city, and work is to be com
menced Immediately on an extensive scale
J. w. Wolfe Of Lincoln, Neb is president
of the company which has purchased {
large tract of ground from r. j. Freeman
an old timer in4 that district.
The annual meeting Of the Gold Eagle
Mining company was held in this city this
week. The officers elected are: G. Y
Smith, Lincoln Neb., president; John S
Sheppard, Jacksonville, ILL.,, vice president
| DR.. G. N. Smith, Lincoln, secretary ant
| treasurer. The officers with George
Wheeler, Sinclair, ILL.,, James Mahon ant
Luther Sheppard, Jacksonville, H., anC
j. c.. holland, Maitland, are the directors
The new hoist installed by the Custer
Peak Mining company on a property nine
miles south of this city is working sue
cessfully. The shaft is following down
strong vertical vein Of ore carrying golt
and copper. Pennsylvania capitalists are
! interested.