The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-06-01
FAINTs ON STAND.
Sam sonnesero, Ten Dennison's Lead
i,,p Witness, Gives Away Under
the Great Strain.

HE'D oak. Ia. May 3l.--sam Some
berg. an Omaha pawnbroker. who IN
ON. Of the principal witnesses for the
defence nt the Dennison trial. tainted
on the witness stand this morning. He
was giving his version Of the meeting
between Pollock. the diamond mcr-
chant. and Dennisun NJ his place of
business. when the great strain under
which everyone appears To be laboring
proved too much for him and he
swooned. He was revived with sonsid-
cradle effort and resumed his testi-
mony. He denied having had any Inn
proper relations with Dennison or Sher-
ciifie In handling diamonds.
There will he no trial tomorrow. Judge
Green having announced that he VIII
adjourn court for Memorial day. A
trhiI. wreck at Hebbard. he next sta
iioi, west OF Red Oak. delayed Denni-
sons arrival this morning. causing
postponcment of the opening OF court
until III a. IN. Dennlson had been spend
Ing Sunday with Ills wife and child at
his residence In Omaha.
The FIRST witness examined today was
Edward Doyle. a druggist at Ham
burg. He testified regarding his ac-
qunintancc with Sherciiffe and Denni-
SCI at the formers trial and said Dem
nlson's solicitude I'm Shercliffe's behalf
was not unreasonable.
W. w. Utnsted, Omaha manager for
the Western Union Telegraph company.
and G. q. Fuller. Omaha manager for
the Postal Telegraph company. testified
regarding transfers of money from
/ ennison to Shercliae In 1908. when
Shercliffc was nj cattle. n few months
after the Pollock diamond robbery.
Feeling Very Intense.
That the feeling In so Intense here
n n. H. II. A..
evidenced by the close scrutiny which
everyone keeps OF everyone else. Each
witnesses appear To fear u secret attack
The town IN filled with blacklegs and
ex-convicts. Many men carry arms.
The Oklahoma sheriff who came here
to get Shercliffc and was forbidden To
lay hands on him until he has requi-
sition warrant from Governor Cum
minis. carries "A great six-shootcr strap
ped to his belt Ia front where everyone
may see IL. lie appears TO seek to COW
sherclifle. Shcrciiffe was asked II he
wasn't afraid the sheriff. who is n
giant. would kIdnLp him.
what. that biz BUFFER" answered
Shercliffe. II Amt afraid OF no buffer.
IL he'd ever make n false move around
me I'd blow daylight through him be-
fore he could lift one OF his big fat
LFnds."
shereliFe Went Fishing.
Sabbath was n quiet day in Red
Oak following a week OF unusual In
tensity. Shercllffe. loyal to his natural
inchnations. observed the Sabbath 10y
going fishing la company with his
brother Morris and two or three kim
died spirits Part OF the counsel for
both the state and defendant went
home.
Several members % the jury gladly
nvailcd themselves OF the opportunity
afforded by Judge Green TO attend
church In charge OF bailiff. Denni-
sons counsel. not unmindful OF the Inn
portance OF the dramatic setting In n
sensational criminal trial. and the ease
with which sentiment I'm the average
juror may be played upon. see To IL nj
each session that Dennisons little
daughter In conspicuous. She IL n
handsome child, with regulation curls.
and easily wins her way into the good
VIII OF every one. Whether from Inn
pulse characteristic OF childish limo
cence or I'm accordance with the design
OF muturer minds--who shall say
she hesitates not To make goo-goo eyes
ut the jurors. and seldom fails TO be
rewarded with n friendly wink In re-
turn. Court room habitues are patient
~ awaiting the hour when counsel for
the defense viii face the jury and. with
more or less telling effect. exclaIm:
"Can the father Of such n child be as
black az the state would paint him."