Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-01-12
OFFICE RcAMPs ON LEWIS TRAIL
Record Of South Dakota States At
torney.

oA aug 10, ISUG, stole sack contain
| ing $3.50 from the office of the &c
munds county treasurer. He has pei
severed until obstacles appearing al
most insurmountable4 have been over
come.
4. Lewis was cashier Of the First Stat
bank of Ipswich, and was requested b,
the Edmunds county treasurer t.
chack up his books. While workin.
upon the books alone he entered TIL,
vault, stole and hid the sack contain
ing the gold coins and in few day
went to Minneapolis, where he passet
large sums through the banks, gettint
paper in return. He was soon sus
pected and Pinkerton detective wht
was shadowing him caught him in tn,
act of changing the money, and in
| duced him to make confession HI
was put under bonds Of $1,50O to ap
| pear at the next term of court, bu
forfeited his bail and fed. Mr. Nc
Carter came into Office in January
1903, and last October learned tha
Lewis was in Edmonton, N. w. T.
On Oct. Is McCarter applied to Gov
Herreid for a requisition on the pres
ident and secretary of state at Wash
ington for their requisition in turn or
| the government of Great Britain fol
the arrest and surrender of Lewis. AL
the acquisitions were honored, and or
Nov IL formal requisition was made
OF the English government throug
| the embassy at Washington for the
surrender of Lewis. On Nov. 8 Lewis
was arrested at Edmonton. He was
given a hearing before Chief Justice
Sifton on Nov. "a and was committed
| for extradition. Mr.. McCarter an6
the crown attorney, G. D. Mcdonald
appeared on behalf of the United
| States.
On Dec. 81 the warrant of surrender
was issued by the minister of justice
of Canada and delivered to the agent
of the president of the United States
Sheriff Jerry Schlachter of Edmunds
county A writ of habeas corpus on
| behalf of Lewis was ordered before
Judge Scott at Edmonton on Dec. %
and five days later it was discharged
and Lewis retained in custody. Ar
appeal taken to the supreme court is
to be heard on Jan. 10.
Mr.. McCarter has fought the case
unaided except in the case mentioned
and has personally advanced the
funds in the proceedings from the be
ginning. He has enlisted, he says, fol
the full campaign, and confidently ex-
poets to bring Lewis to Edmunds
county for trial before jury of
his peers.
The case has attracted widespread
attention and the young prosecuting
officer is widely commended for the
extraordinary efforts he has made to
prevent the escape Of Lewis and to
secure the triumph of justice.
WINTER MEETING OF EDITORS.
Program Now in Hands Of Acting Sec
rotary Schlosser.
George Schlosser acting secretary
of the South Dakota Press associs-
ton, has received the program for the
regular mid-winter meeting, which
will be held the present month.
The program will be prepared by
N. G.. Nash, Editor of the Canton
News; E. S. Danforth Of the 'Vermil-
lion Republican, and c. r. Bruce Of
the Elk Point Courier. There is every
likelihood that Canton will be select
ed as the place for the meeting. The
progrsA provides for the following
papers:
Levi Wait, Armour Herald, Things
We Think After Thinking; or What
We Would Have Said If We Had Said
What We Ought to Have Said Instead
of Saying What Did Say"
g Gorge Il. ;att i;pitolne
"The Apprentice Problem; or How
Best to Manage the Devil"
H. M. Keene, Arlington Sun, "Can
the Editor of a Country Weekly Be
Thoroughly Impartial in Treating Lo.
cal News Items That Call for Com.
ment?"
j. K. Coe, Bryant News, "The News
paper and the Community; the Rela-
ton of One to the Other.''
Mrs. j. B. Gossage, Rapid City Jour
nal, ".Woman's Work in Journalism. y
G. M. Day, Sioux Falls Argus-Leade
er, Editorial Influence; Its Value Eth.
ically and in Dollars and Cents"
G. F. Hackett, Parker New Era
"The All-home Print Newspaper; Is 1t
More Remunerative to the Publisher
and More Pleasing to Subscribers
Than the Ordinary Patent Inside Pub
lication?"
F. L. Mease, Madison Daily Senti-
mel, "How to Make a Daily Newspaper
Pay in a Small Town.
H. A. Sturges, Beresford Republic
SIS s1.5O Week Paid for Excluding
Advertisements From Ready Prints
Well Expended?'
o. M. osbon, Howard Shield
SHOULD Editors Accept Advertise
ments From Outside Competitors Of
Local Firms?"
"The He'll Box" in charge Of the
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