The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-04-06
UNITED STATES OuRT.
Number of Important Gases viii 3,
Tried This Session.

Sioux Falls. S. D.. April "a NUM-
Der of case of unusual interest are to
be disposed of during a regular term
of the United States court, which con-
Nened in this city today. Judge John
e. Garland, of Sioux Falls. is presid-
ing.
The case of Warren H. Williams. an
old railway clerk on the Tracy-Pierre
line of the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad, is the most important TO come
before the grand jury. He is accused
at having distracted from the mails
a registered letter containing the sum
of $1,000 in cash While it wa in tran
sit through the mails between Brook
lngs and DeSmet. The registered let
ter containing the $1,000 : mailed
october 81, 1908. by the First National
bank, of ~Brookings, to the G]erlnaniu
State bank, of DeSmet.
Stole $4,000 in Cash.
Various postofice inspectors worked
on the case for months prior 70 he
arrest of Williams. For a period of
two months or more inspectors George
II. Drake, of Minneapolis, and d. A.
eollie2. of Aberdeen, worked on the
case. NJ. G. Fosnes. inspector in
charge OF the st. Paul division. also
gave he case his personal attention..
Upon the instructions of himself and
inspectors Collier and Drake the arrest
OF Williams was made.
The accused was the mail clerk the
day OF the robbery on his run between
Tracy and Pierre. He is a married
nan having Il Wife and four children,
VINO reside at Tracy, MINI. He was
appointed to the railway mail service
ABOUT seventeen years ago from Pierre.
during which time he has run between
tracy and Pierre and Tracy and Wa
ser5oWn- In the event that an indict-
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pc defended by Coe l.. Crawford of
Huron.
The case against Mr.. Williams is
based purely upon circumstantial evil
dence, and il indicted ne will make Il
vigorous defense in the hone of being
acquitted.
Sent an Objectionable Letter.
a case of an unusual character. ant
which contains numerous sensational
is that of Sadie Ford, assist
ant postlnistress at Hill Citv. in the
Black Hills. who is charged with send
ing an Objectionable letter through the
United States mails. The alleged OBJ
lectlonabte letter was mailed to a Hill
G1ty business man. The assistant
postmlstress is also charged with hay
ing opened letters written by an Oma-
woman to d Hill City business man.
Two business men of Hill City are in
volved in the case, and if an indict-
ment is returned against the assistant
postmistress the trial of the case will.
be n of the most sensational inathe
history OF the United States court Of
South Dakota.
old Liquor to indians.
Another case of some Importance TO
come before the grand jury is that OF
John Dugan, mayor of Burke, one of
the new towns in the coded portion of
The Rosebud Indian reservation. who
Is charged With selling liquor q In
dians belonging on the Rosebud reser-
walton. The principal witness against
Dugan is Deputy United States Mar.
shall Lamb of Sioux Falls, who alleges
that he caught Dugan in the act of sell
liquor to Indians while he was in
Burke on official business.
The grand jury will be required to
dispose of the cas- against Moses An
net, a we'll known resident of Mon
roe, who Is charged with the UNIQUE
oifense of destroying a rural mai box.
The act, 1t is said, vas committed while
Annet was under the influence of liouor.
but this fact, of course, does not eS-
cuse him under the law. This Is the.
flrst case of the kind to be instituted
by h United States authorities 81
South Dakota.
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The Farnha4n Murder Trial.