The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-19
WESTERN CATTLE
men BEFORE COURT
a Large Number Of South Da-
kotans Charged With
illegal Fencing,
BUSY FEDERAL COURT
Over Seventy Five Cases viii Como
Before 1t in Session at Sioux Falls
Two Hundred Witnesses
Have Been Summoned.
BUSY FEDERAL COURT

Sioux Fails, s. ID, oct. lS,-The most
important term OF the United States
court TO be held in South Dakota this
year is in session here, with Judge
John E. Garland presiding. There are
between s~eventy-hye and eighty cases
to be disposed Of during the term,
which promises to last for several
weeks. About 2GQ witnesses have been
summoned TO testify in the various
cases,
The term will he the most important
held in the state This year for the rea-
son that not since The April term in
this city has i federal grand jury been
summoned.
Perhaps the most important cases 10
come before the grand jury are those
against the following cattlemen and
ranchers of Stanley county. who are
charged with the illegal fencing OF
government land: Henry Schacht, VIII
liam Cation. Floyd u. Headlee. Oscar
T. Lawrence. Mrs. Esther j. Currie,
George Porch, Albert Scovel. h. a.
Scovel. John Meeker. Charles Smith,
T. Edward Glney, Fred II. Sears, Rich
ard ". Mathieson. CYRUS II. MoiyneuZ,
John H. White. y similar case is pend
ing agains. George Is. MCPHERSON. q
we'll known stockIlan OF Pennington
county.
The cases We're instituted in the ma
ture OF tests OF the law prohibiting the
illegal fencing of government land, and
are the result of painslaking efforts on
the part o. special agents OF The gen
eral land office, who for more thar i
year have been visiting all parts of the
coded Sioux lands, between the Mis-
souri, river and the Black Hills. in west
ern South Dakota. for the purpose of
securing evidence against those who
might be found with fences surround
ing land which belonged TO the govern
Ilent.
1t is understood that in the went
the government succeeds in securing
convictions in these cases thirty or
forty more cases of 4 similar character
viii be Instituted by the United States
authorities for South Dakota, who
have strict instructions from the fed
eral authorities at Washington to put
a stop to the practice of fencing gov
ernInant land in the western part OF
South Dakota,
An.ther interesting case is that
against Joseph Dcody. who is charged
with perjury. The defendant made
homestead entry No. 5000 at the United
StItes land office at Rapid City. He
submitted final proof on the entry, the
proof showing nat Doody had resided
on and cultivated eighty acres of the
land. An investigation was made by
Special Agent W. C. Hintze, of the
general liant office, who made L report
TO the effect that Doody had never re-
sized CT the land and that he had no
cultivation.
There are two cou1terfeit;ng cases
10 be disposed of by the grand jury.
In one of them a man giving his 3ame
as Andrew j. Sharp, ana who is sup
posed to have come to South Dakota
from ono point in Iowa. is the defend
ant. He WAS arrested by the United
States authorities at Yankton OH the
charge q passing spurious half dollar
silver ccils.
The other couaserfeiting case is
against Levi Clark, :, former resident
OF Charles Mix county, who already
has served several terms in the Sioux
Falls penitenIiary on the same charge.