The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-10-19
WESTERN CATTLE
l. MEN BEFORE COURT
A Large Number Of South Da-
kotans Charged With
illegal Fencing.
BUSY FEDERAL COURT
Over Seventy Five Cases viii Come
Before u in Session AT Sioux Falls
Two Hundred Witnesses
Have Been Summoned.

Sioux Falls. y. d., Oct. is.-The most
important term OF the United States
u to be held I'm South Dakota this
year Is In session here. with Judge
John Il. Garland presiding. There are
between seventy-ive and eighty cases
TO be disposed Of during the term.
which promises TO last for several
weeks. About 200 witnesses have been
summoned to testify In the various
cases.
The term will be tbs most important
held I'm the state this tear FOR h rea-
son that not since the April term In
this city has n federal grand jury been
summoned.
Perhaps the most important cases to
come before the grand jury are those
against the following cattlemen u
ranchers OF Stanley county. who are
charged with the Illegal fencing OF
government land: Henry Schacht. VII
liam Cation. Floyd ID. Heodlee. Oscar
+. Lawrence. Mrs. Esther J. CuTrie.
George Porch. Albert Scovel. N. A.
Scovel, John Meeker. Charles Smith,
+. Edward Olney. Fred II. Sears, Rich
ard w. Mathicson. Cyrus II. Molyneux.
John H.. White. A similar ease IN pend
Ing agains: George II. MCPHERSON. a
well known stcckman 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 painstaking efforts ON
the part OF special agents W the ge.i-
eral land office. who fer more tina a
year have been visiting all parts OF the
coded Sioux lands. between b Mis-
souri, river and the Black HdiE. In west
crn south Dakota. for the purpose ~
securing evidence against those who
might he found with fences surround
ing land which belonged To the govern
rent.
IL is understood that in the event
the government succeeds In securing
convictions I'm these cases thirty or
forty more cases OF a similar character
will be instituted by the United States
authorities for South Dakota. who
have strict Instructions from the fed
cral authorities at Washington To put
n stop TO The practice OF fencing gov
eminent land I'm h western part OF
South Dakota.
Ansther interesting case L. that
against Joseph Doody. who IL charged
with perjury. The defendant made
homestead entry No. 50O2 Ht the United
States land office at Rapid city. He
submitted final proof on the entry. the
proof showing that Doody had resided
on and cultivated eighty acres OF the
land. An investigation waS made by
Special Agent W. &. Hintzc. of the
general land office. who mnds a report
To the effect that Doody had never re-
sided on the land and that he had no
cultivation.
There are two counterfeitJng cases
to be- disposed OF by the grand jury.
In one OF them "A man giving his name
as Andrew ]. Sharp. ~ who Is sup
posed to have come to South Dakota
from some point In Town. l. the defend
ant. He was arrested by the United
States authorities at Yankton on the
charge OF passing spurious half dollar
silver coins.
The other counterfeii!rg case Is
against Levi Clark. u former resident
OF Charles Mix county. who already
has served several terms In the a.
Falls ~penitentiary or the same charge.