The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-11-24
DISTRICT COURT IN SESSION
CRIMINAL CASES DISMISSED BY
CONSENT OF COURT.
F'rydendaH Boys Go Free - Their
Uncle Had Milk OF Human
Kindness in Him

The November term Of the district
court for Sherman county was con-
vened at the court house by Judge
Smith Tuesday at 1890 o'clock The
docket was gone over on call Of cases,
and motions for dismissal. postpone
ment or continuance were heard
The entire criminal docket Of three
cases was disposed Of by motion to
dismiss by attorneys for the Complain
ing witness The case Of the state OF
Kansas VS.. John and Lewis CuIins, on
the charge Of maintaining q gambling
resort. brought on complaint Of E +.
Murphy, was dismissed on motion Of
Mr. Murphy, and the costs were taxed
to the county County Attorney Cal
vert declined TO offer motion to dis
miss the case on the ground that he
did not bring the action and was not
consulted in the case. After Judge
Smith had satisfied his mind as TO
these facts, ne consented to the dis
missaL
The case Of the state Of Kansas vs..
Andrew and George Frydendau was
dismissed on motion Of the complain
ing witness, Louis Frydendau, the
uncle OF the boys. The charge was
sessed to complainant The particu-
these columns before, and suffice it to
say, that Andrew and George Fryden-
dali and their uncle, Louis Fryden-
dali, were, it seems, out for a good
time, and the uncle had a bunch Of
greenbacks that proved too great a
temptation TO the boys, when their
senior had gone to asleep The boys
were arrested and the greater part Of
the stolen money recovered. Their
uncle was the complaining witness
against them, but he afterward re-
pented Of his action, moved to such a
course by kinship and regard for the
boys.
The case Of the state Of Kansas VS..
James Hall, charged with assault up
on Ed G. Johnson, was dismissed upon
motion Of the complaining witness,
Johnson. The costs were assessed to
Hall
The Berry cases against the Deweys,
for damages for the killing of the
Berry family, were transferred on
pleas OF local prejudice" from the
jurisdiction Of the district court Of
this county, to the first division Of the
federal court at Topeka, the plain
tfff's, however, being allowed to make
a showing in opposition to the petition
and to have the cases remanded to
Sherman county for trial. Attorney
l. W. Colby Of Beatrice, Neb-, was
here this week in the interests Of his
clients,
Chauncey Dewey, the. defendant
has removed his residence from Man
haitian, Kan, to Chicago All suits be-
tween the citizens Of one state and the
citizens OF another state, come under
the Jurisdiction Of the federal courts.
If the court sustains the plea OF local
prejudice, these cases viii be tried
in the federal court, if not, the cases
will be remanded for trial This is
another instance Of the laws delay"
The Deweys have money and the
Berrys are poor, and hereby hangs the
tale.
Court action was taken on the ap-
plication Of Joseph Van DOnge, a HOl-
lander by birth, for admission to citi-
zenship, on his final papers He has
lived in this country twenty-five years,
and took out his first papers u years
ago. He lives in Iowa township, this
county.
The further proceedings Of the dis
trict court have to do with the quiet
ing Of titles to land and miscellaneous
civil cases, which will be reported in
this paper next week