The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-07-20
Jury FINDS.
THIRTEEN INDICTMENTS RE
TURNED 70 JUDGE woFFoRp.
W. A. TOWERS IS INDICTED
A Charge Against the cattiemsn Of
Borrowing $4,000 on Cattle AZ
ready M~ortgaeed.


KANSAS CITY. MOTTO grand
jury returned into court az 1850 Sat
urday afternoon thirteen Indictments.
None OF them was against members OF
the county court. city council or any
one connected with the gas or county
road cases.
Three indictments are against stock
yards weishmasters, who are charged
with conSpiring with stock yards
spectators to cheat In weights Of cat
tie. At least three more are said TO
be perjury eases from the stock yards.
all growing out Of the short weight
transactions. w. A. Towers, a stock
man. Is indicted, and A. j. Lddell. a
Justice OF the peace in Independence,
Is charged with oppression in office.
when Judge Gin. foreman Of the
grand jury. gave the papers to Judge
Wofford the judge examined them
carefully and then asked If the grand
jury had finished an OF It's work.
Judge Gin said il had not.
Adjourned for Six Weeks.
"Then." said the judge. you had
better adjourn yourselves until August
IS. ] am not feeling wen and viii go
away. II / am not back by August %
adjourn again until September :. will
surely be back by that time. You can
then begin your work where you leave
off now"
The most sensational indictment re
turned was that OF William A. Towers,
the live stock dealer. Mr.. Towers was
the partner OF George ". Casey, owner
OF the greatest herd OF Shorthorn cat
tie. Towers and Casey were owners
Of the Tobo Land company and another
ranch near Clinton, No. and other
ranches in the West. Casey failed
eighteen months ago and died a. few
months later. His son. Thomas
NJ. Casey was manager OF the Salmon
& Salmon bank in Clinton. No, which
failed recently.
The indictment against Towers sets
out that in April. 1908. he and George
NJ. Casey owned in Bent county. Colo
RADIO, a herd Of high grade Hereford
and Shorthorn cattle: that Towers
came "a Mrs. Annabel c. Abel, OF the
Abel Brokerage company. In this city.
and represented q her that he and
Casey had 1900 cattle in the Colo
RADIO herd. and that he wished to
borrow money upon them: that he
gave 10 the AbelI Brokerage com.
pauy a pretended first mortgage upon
the cattle and borrowed $4,000. The
Indictment states that the herd aid
not contain 1000 head OF cattle. but
that Il contained fewer han that and
the herd was already incumbcred by
a mortgage 10 the Phillips Investment
company where Towers pretended 10
give a first mortgage 20 the Abel
Brokerage company.
Another indictment was against
Carl H. Righumirc Bruce Relchelder.
Ter and Charles Virgins, welghmas-
ters NJ tho stock yards The indict
ment Is for obtaining money by false
preteuses. The indictment. which Is
a lengthy document. sets q that az
the stock yards were scales maintained
by the stock yards company and that
these three wcighmusters were IN
charge. and that buyers and sellers
OF cattle AZ the stock yards accepted
the weights declared by these men.
The indictment alleges that these
Westminster conspired with certain
.traders to defraud cattle dealers BY n
system Of underweights and ver
weights. and among the traders who
so conspircd with them were Cryus
Van. J. j. Miller. Henry Nichols. A.
J. Judy and George " Wright. part
ners under the firm name Of Van &
Wright.