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

Sioux Falls. s. d., Oct. is.-The most
important term OF the United States
court TO be held In South Dakota this
year Is In session here. with Judge
John T.. Garland presiding. There are
between s.venty-five and eighty cases
10 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 the most important
held In the state this year for the 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 and
ranchers OF Stanley county, who are
charged with the illegal fencing OF
government land: Henry Schacht, VIII
Ian Cation. Floyd u. Heodlee. Oscar
T.. Lawrence. Mrs. Esther j. Currie.
George Perch, Albert Scovel. II. A.
Scovel. John Meeker. Charles Smith.
r. Edward Olney. Fred II. Sears. Rich
ard W. Mathicson. Cyrus II. Molyneux.
John H.. White. a similar case IL pend
ing against George Is. MCPHERSON, a
we'll known stcckmnn OF Pennington
county.
The cases were 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 OF the gen.
eral land office. who for more than a
year have been visiting all parts OF the
cedcd Sioux lands. bctwcen the Mis-
sour river and the Black Hills, In west
crn South Dakota, for the purpose or
49,. .saAlan.. aUWuNVgH Hhaaa NHhn
might be found with fences surround
ing land which belonged to the govern
ment.
IL H. understood that In the event
the government succeeds In securing
convictions In these eases thirty or
forty more cases of "A similar character
viii be- instituted by the United States
authorities for South Dakota. who
have strict instructions from the fed
crai authorities at Washington To put
a stop To the practice az fencing gov
crnmvnt land In the western part OF
South Dakota.
Anstacr interesting case u that
against Joseph Doody. who 10 charged
with perjury. The defendant made
homestead entry 80. 5OO2 at n United
States land office at Rapid city. He
submitted final proof on the entry, the
proof showing that Doody had resided
on n cultivated eighty acres of the
land. An investigation was made by
Special Agent W. &. Hintsc. 81 the
general land office. who made a report
to the effect hat Doody had re-
sided on the land and that he had no
cultivation.
There are two countergriIng cases
To be- disposed OF by IN" grand Jury.
In one Of them "a man giving his name
rs Andrew J. Sharp. ani who ls sup
posed To- have come To South Dakota
from some point In Iowa. T. the defend
ant. He was arrested by the United
states authorities at Iauktnr ~ The
charge Of passing spurious half dollar
silver coins.
The other Cuunterfeit!UE case IL
against Levi Clark. !. former resident
of Charles Mix county. who already
has served several terms in the Sioux
Falls "pcnItcntinry on the came charge.