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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-02
MN BURIED ALIVE
TWO LABoRERs MEET DEATH
IN BOX CAR
SUSPICION OF MURDER At FIRST
Coroners Jury Exonerated Men for
the Lack of Convicting
Evidence
Evidence

Evidence
Monday morning about 2:30
a fatal fire occurred in the rail-
road yards. A bunk car used
by laborers Of the Milwaukee
was partially burned and with
it were burned two men whose
names are thought to be J.
Hanley and Homer Parrish.
The fire was first discovered
by night patrolman Parry. He
quidkly turned in an alarm and
soon the two fire departments
were at the scene. The burn
ing car was one Of a string Of
several other bunk and mess
cars and it was only the prompt
action Of the fremen that saved
the entire tram. Unable to inn
mediately get water they quick
ly cut the burning mass from
the train and hurried it further
down the track. Here the
flames were finally extinguished
before the car was totally de-
stroyed.
Charred Remains Discovered
On entering the car after the
fire Jack Parry and some of the
fremen were filled with horror
at the sight that met their
startled gaze. Lying on the
floor near the door burned be-
yond human recognition was a
CHASTITY corpse; while just be-
yond sitting with it's back
against one end of the car an
other lifeless humanform looked
at them from sightless eyes,
was a sight to make brave men
shudder to see this latter. There
was something so terribly signi-
ficant about the entire aspect of
the corpse as it sat there with
grinning mouth devoid of flesh
and with arms uplifted as if to
ward off some terrible blow
Those who beheld this picture
rendered thousand times more
wierd and gastly by the dim Ian
tern light will never forget it.
Sheriff Garfield removed the
bodies to Behren's undertaking
parlors where they were left te
await the inquest Of Monday
afternoon.
Suspects Murder.
Something about the genera
look Of the bodies led sheriff
Garfield to suspect perhaps tn,
men were dead before the fir
was started.
Immediately acting on thi
suspicion the sheriff soon ha'
three men who were dodgers il
the wrecked car, safely in tn
Rapid City tombs.
Further seluth work by tn
authorities in the early mornin
elected the information tha
there had been a drunken brav
in the car the evening befor
and that this might be a solr
ton to the supposed murder.
The Inquest.
After viewing the remain
Monday afternoon, the coroner
jury composed Of Dan Ferguson
N. E. Hargrave and B. B. Mu
ray adjourned to Justice scr;'
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-02

RAPID CITY, sc
he tried in vain to evade the
merciless examination of the at
torney. Time after time he
was tripped up. Time and
again he contradicted himself.
Finally after he had tangled his
testimony up into a hopeless
knot, after he had been places
he was not, and not at places
where he was, and there at
every time a different time, he
stated doggedly that he was too
drunk to know anything or to
remember anything that had
transpired the night before.
"And now do you mean to
tell this court that, after, sit
ting there for a half an hour re-
lating what happened last night,
you were "too drunk to remem-
ber," thundered Attorney
Gardner.
But the fellow steadfastly
stuck to his plea Of drunkenness
and was finally dismissed from
the stand.
DR.. Flick testified that it was his
private opinion, after a careful
examination Of the victims, that
they had met with foul play.
He based his opinion upon the
fact that the man who was
found agsinst the end Of the car
was not burned about the back.
This proven that from the time
the f:e had started he had not
moved. 1t would be impossible
for a man to become so intoxi-
Gated, the doctor thought, that
he would not move when he
was beng roasted to death.
DR.. Jackson who was the last
on the stand testified that he
had examined the bodies. He
was more conservative than his
brother physician stating that
as far as he could see, scientifi-
cally there was no investigation
that would show that the men
had been dead before the flames
reached them. He further said
that while one of the bodies was
found with a crushed skull
there was no evidence to show
conclusively that this was not
done by the FIRE. That is to
say that the bone had been
burned so that the skull fell in
as soon as the corpse was
moved.
After short discussion the
jury returned the following ver-
dict:
"We the jury called at an in
QUESTION, held at Rapid City in
Pennington county, South Da-
kota, upon the bodies ofHomer
Parrish and j. Hanley. before
S. J. Scriber, acting coroner,
say on our oath that we have
examined the bodies and heard
the evidence in said case and
find as follows: We find thai
the two men came to their deatE
by being burned in a car il
which they were sleeping. Tht
, cause of the fire being unknown
B. B. Murray,
N. E. Horgrave,
Dan Ferguson.
The Keeney Stock company
which has a weeks stand at Ii
brary Hall next week will OF
I Monday, the opening night
3 admit all ladies free, who ar
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-02
ers office where several witness

eS were examined.
Patrolman Parry was the
first witness. In response to
Attorney Gardners questions he
stated that he turned in the
alarm and assisted in getting the
hose carts to the scene of the
fire, north Of the Crouch depot.
Larey Scanlan, one of the
occupants of the car informed
the jury that there had been
more or less drinking going on
the night before and that dur
ing the evening more or less
fighting had been going on. He
further stated that he had
heard that one of the men had
set fire to a mattress.
The principal evidence given
by the next witness, William
Portell, who is a true son Of the
"auld sod," was that he was
awakened about three o'clock
Monday morning by someone
coming into the car and light
ing matches. He also stated
that he heard the man make
some threats about warming
the whole blankety, blank,
blank car up. Portell was
steadfast in maintaining, how
ever, that there had been no
serious row in the car the night
before. He said that there had
been more or less drinking but
that was about all. In trying
to elicit from him whether CT
not there had been any fight,
Judge Scriber asked of him:
CHOW Portell to the best of
your recollection do you renem-
ber if there was any pugilestic
demonstration in the car Sun
day evening""
For a moment the witness
hesitated as if to make sure of
the venerable Judges meaning.
Then all at once his face bright
ened up with intelligence and
and he responded:
| "No indade yer honor we
drank nary a drap Of anything
but just strate whiskey."
After the judge had raped
for "order in the court" Chris
Engler was called. He stated
that after the fire he had over
heard a conversation in a sa-
Iloon between three men who
were evidently from their par
TALLY clothed appearance, occu.
pants of the i'll fated car.
| The three men we're talking
excitedly among themselves
One of them had heard a mar
on entering the car about 3 a
m.' swear that he would warm
up the dash, dash, dashes.
Some important evidence was
given by Ralph Rogers, time
keeper for the Milwaukee. 1
was important in so far as h
, was unable to give the names o
, the victims.
Sheriff Garfield told interest
s|ingly of how the arrests of tn
! morning were made.
4 After the Sheriff, came th
9 man for a sight of whom ever
lone in the crowded room wer
9 anxiously waiting. The ma
81 was John Llddane. It was b
IL who had made the assertio
! about the warming up" Th
Ell entire court room was hushe
: as he took his seat and every
one waited breathlessly to hes
his testimony. Liddane is
ISL young man and while his fat
s bears marks of dissipation, /
/, does not look like a crimina
RI He was evidently under a gre'
-lstrain and his voice trembled
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-02
Old Timers Story

The suicide OF James Scott at
Payward a few days ago was the
sad end of an eyentful life. For
several days previous to his last
rash act, Jim had been drink
ing rather heavily, and to the
despondancy brought on by this
excessive drinking is attributed
the suicide. He had been in
the Hills from the time that the
first few white men intermingled
their boot prints with the tread
of the stealthy moccasin along
thepine clad hills. This long
sojourn had given him a wide
acquaintance throughout the
hills, and his death has ten
dency to provoke recollections
Of by gone days among the old
prospectors of the Hills.
For whenever ..any old timer
sinks beneath his burden and is
lost forever in that little, narrow
lost prospect hole, with a small
board slab above him to ask
the world to step lightly on his
bones, his many old friends
scattered about the Hills are
wont to linger longer about the
CRATE Of an evening and tell Of
the days OF '76 and 80. These
old friends are the dead pros
pectors monuments. They are
his historians.
It was one Of these remines-
cent moods that seizes the old
prospector when he learns Of the
death of an old comrade that
Jack Leary, Rapid City's trust
ed old nightwatchman, told us
the story of the explosion that
christened Jim, zone armed
Scott" 1t was the same un-
timely explosion Of giant pow
der that deprived Jack Of both
hands. Lighting his cigar with
remarkable dexterity for man
without the use of hands and
then watching the smoke for a
moment as it circled toward the
the grimy, print shop ceiling,
Jack began:
"Jim and me were partners.
Over around Custer we used to
spend many: a day together
roamin about searchin for placer
and quartz lodes. When we
made rich finds we were j.
Pierponts together and when we
were broke and without a grub
stake Wa went hungry together.
1t was in the Spring Of 1882,
the 18th of March, that this here
explosion happened that swiped
a few of our grub trans. jim
and me had kind Of quit pros
pectin and were doin our ten
hours day drillin and muckin
, at the old Grand Junction mine
| north Of Custer City.
"On one Of these cold, bleak
mornlns when the frost seems
to take hold Of the hills and use
them as so many north poles
Jim and me were getting ready
.Ato shoot a round Of holes. The
powder was froze soldier than {
mule at tpullin time. Me part
ner and me we're rollin of it be
tween our hands when the dar1
!, stuff suddenly and without
: word of warnin went off. What
l ever caused it to commence op
q erations premature that a way
d neither Jim nor me could neve
e figure. Off she went and whel
we came to and began to motto
i, places in the scenery again W
y found that considerable of u
q was missin. Several of ou
a grub trans had been plur
- - blown away.
"And this only goes to prov
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-02-08
SUES FOR DIVORCE
Countess de caatcllane lForrierly Miss
Anna Gould1 viii Be Rid OF The
Cav Count.

E.alLHE#W 9E4HH-# SNGS
Paris, FEB. 7.--Countess Boni de Gas.
~tellane, formerly Anna Gould, today en-
tered q plea for a divorce from lle1,
husband.
Representatives of Countess ana
Count de Castellane appeared before
the Judge, Who, according to Frer1cfs
law, endeavored to arrange a concilia-
zion before allowing n definite suit to
proceed. Il Is said the judges efforts
We're not successful, and that the suit
will proceed, but owing 10 the secrecy
in divorce proceedings here it is diff
cult to confirm this report.
Rumors that any further continua-l
was impossible, and her removal from
the Castellane residence TO the hotel in
the center OF Paris gave support to the
belief that she had finally decided to-
apply for a divorce.
Sensational reports have heen circn!-
ataa With reee:enea to tho eeaf4 Is con
duct, and the name of a prominent
society leader or Paris, who was a.
woman of very high standing has been.
mentioned IN connection With the af-'
fair. But the greatest reticence has
been maintained by all parties con-
cerned relative to the progress Of
negotiations looking to q conciliatfoni
and even this morning a favorable re-
suit was expected, especially as the
countess returned to her residence. Iii.
now appears all efforts of those inter-
ested in bringing about a settlement of
the differences between the countess
and count without appeal to the courts
have been unavailing. s
The count is said to be in southeast
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-02-08
ROOSEVELT MOULD
Be 4 U. S. SENATOR
VIM. s. Curtis Declares Thu
is the Presidents
Ambition.
TO TRAVEL BEFOREHAND
+ IA 81 -ran,, I'm
TO TRAVEL BEFOREHAND
Third Term Talk is DistastefuI to TN,
Executive, 1t Is said-WiIl Be
81 Years Old When
Term Expires.

Washington, Feb. 8. Ielegraphtna
his paper, the Chicago Rscord-Herald
William Z. Curtis, says:
Jacob Rfis may seek notoriety by
proclaiming q third term for the pres
ldent and others may hope and pray
for such 9 thing, but Theodore Roose-
Welt will not be betrayed or become en-
tangled by his fool friends. His des-
tiny is marked out for him and when
he has finished his presidential term
he hopes to get a Job at the other end
of the avenue.
In the meantime, he intends, il pos
sible to travel and DO a little shooting.
lie saw g good deal of Europe and Went
as far as Co~nstantinople during his coll
lege days, but that was a good While
ago, and things have changed since.
Re mas a great desire to go around the
world. He wants to visit India. China
and Japan and the Philippine islands
haY an irresistible attraction for him.
But that will he only q diversion. His
ambition rests upon a seal in the Unit
ed States senate.
When his term Of president expires
he will be only u few months past ST
years old, just at the prime Of manI
hood, and the period Of highest USE
fulness. TWo-thirds of our presidents
NCG oidei liliil lldC WllGl IlGy were
i~naugurated.
No Idea of Third Term.
He has not the slightest idea of a
thlrd term; he knows that such a thing
IS impossible and in violation of the
traQltlonS OF the country, and not only
q authorized no n to suggest such
a thing, but the talk is very offensive
10 him. He makes nc secret of his am
Dltlon TO come to the senate from the
state of New York.
"ItX-presidents ought to go to the
senate as representatives of the coun-
try at large. There ought to be a con-
stitutional amendment requiring them
to pass from the White House to the
senate Immediately upon the %inaugllra-
llon OF their successors, and to remain
there for life; first, because their ex-
pericnce and knowledge would be Of
the greatest benefit to the country;
second. they would be free from parti-
san and personal motives, and, third,
they Would be placed upon n pedestal
where their regulations could not DO
damaged or dignity soiled.
Ut would be very much mora Identified
for a man who has been president to-
enter the senate rs q right and an in
instead Of being elected after
q political contest. Somebody ought to
Introduce an amendment to the consti-
tuition. The subject has been discussed
frequently. Everybody is in favor Of
IT. just as everybody is in favor OF.
p~ostponipg Inauguration day to pleas
ant weather, but somehow or other the
change is not made"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-02-08
NO WAY 10 / IssD UT
Interstate Commerce Commission Goe.
Through Motion W Making Report on
Alleged Railroad Combine.

SlHtfiisSiof A~oG~a
Through Motion " Making Report ON
Alleged Railroad Combine.
Washington, e. q. Heb. sresidsnt
Roosevelt today transmitted to- the
house the report submitted 10 him by
the Interstate Commerce commission
in response to q resolution regarding
the alleged combination of the pennsyi-
Yania Railroad company, and certain
other roads named therein, in Violation
Of antitrust laws. Tic report says.
The only definite facts knowa to the
commission believed to have any bear
ing OH the subject matter of this res-
olution are those ~tppearing III the ans
nua1 reports filed by the companies
named in compliance with an act Id
regulate commerce, except as the same
facts o some of them have been dis
closed, from time to time. Ia proceed
before the commission From thai
latest OF these reports covering the
year ending June so. 1905, the following
figures and other data have been COM
piled.
Related Lines.
The Pennsylvania Railroad ccY,Yl,
pany has an authorized capital stock
of $doG.000s000, of which S302.513,30d
mas been issued and is now outstansl-
iilG. This company appears TO con-
troll Il Is understood to control all
lines embraced in the Pennsylvania
system, so called, having, an aggregate
mileage Of 1o,999 miles and gross earn
1ngs for wear named of $23S,1T33,0 O0,
The term Pennsylvania system as here
used includes the lines or the P~ennsyl-
wanna Railroad company, the Pennsyl-
wanna company, the Philadelphia, Bal
timore and Washington and the Month
ern Central, but docs not Include the
Baltimore and ONO. Norfolk and West,
erh or Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
companies.
1T is shown, However, that The COM
panies constituting the Pennsylvania
system control considerable stock m
the three last named companies, but III
no instance do they control or ogr, 4
majority Of the outstanding stock"
An Apparent Understanding.
In conclusion the report says:
From general knowledge ana infor-
nation OF the commission the furthen
is warranted that since the I'll
acquisition by the Pennsylvania. rail-
road and the companies controlled M
1t of the stock of the Baltimore ana
Ohio, the Norfolk and Western ana the
Chesapeake n Ohio the published
rates of the several railroads nan,ad
have been better maintained. ana ia
instances advanced, and that
there appears to be less competition In
rates between these lines than was for
lnerly the case, but this is also true Of
competitive rates generally in other
parts of the country.
AS to whether the facts hereinbe-
fore stated show or tend to show any
of the act of congress re-
ferred to in the resolution the commits
sion expresses no opinion, as IT ID
charged with no duty in connection
with that enactment, and has no au-.
thority to determine any question aris-
ing hereunder"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-02-08
FAV0RS IOWA MAN
President Roosevelt Said to-Waat :. {
Clark, Of Cedar Rapids, for Inter
state Commerce. commissioners

Washington, y. g.. Feb. Edward,
u, Clark, OF Cedar Rapids, la. head Of
the Order Of Railway Conductors, who
was q member Of the anthracite strike
commission, is reported to have been
practically determined upon by Presi-l
dent Roosevelt as one Of the new mem
hers of the Interstate Commerce COM
mission in case the rate measure passes
and carries with it the enlargement OF
the commission from flve to seven
members.
1t is stated by men who have conn.,
Seled with the president that he de-
sircs to add to the commission one renl
resentatiVe Of the railroads in their corr
pOIate and business capacity, prefer!
ably a skilled traffic man, and one
representative of organized railroad
labor. Mr.. Clark represents one Of tha
strongest organizations Of labor and
one Of the most conservative. The rep
ir~eSenLatiVc of the traffic department Isl
not understood to have been SO nearly
determined. Chief Statistician Peabodyii
OF the Atchison, was at one time prac-
tic&lly selected, but his appointments il
,saiG to have been rendered Impossible
because Of the AtcliSon rebate case and
d~GVelopmcntS. In this connection soma
other VIII have to be found.
Clark Opposes Rate Bill.
The radical advocates of Legislation.
do not feel particularly pleased AFT ma
possibility Of Clarll's selection as he haa
been a consistent opponent OF the mend,
ing legislation on the ground that III
would ondanger the present waoo
schedule of the railroad employees. ma
fear is entertained that he WouId No
too devoted Il railroad man. With Pea
body out Of serious consideration fha
possibility OF the appointment Of Con
&re&sman IiepDErn is taken seriously
people VINO are concerned about
tho rrHniIat iOD. pf fhc igr;a, -
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-02-08
answers We're demanded TO questions
without giving a chance for qualifying
Was t!earttly Denounced.

Mss Ee7rfiiy n.,o,u,caI
"yyhen this x~aninat;nn Noe ,var
the secretary pot off 4 dan1,nciaf;on ~
Inc, which was almost word for word
as it appeared later in The secretarv,s
published statement concerning nv
action. / asked the Secretary il he took
the position that I corld not RESIGN
when [ was in Il position from whieh
] could be discharged by cablegram
without a moments notice. He took
tlat View Of it and told him that L
would not permit him nor Mr.. Crom-I
wei 10 dictate my rights, as ! knew
lheln myself,
linen The secretary said that I
y haEe given q years notice, and
! f6plIed: Ihat IS a matter for dis
cuSsion and / think we should talk II
over, -Whereupon the secretary said:
ISL, A2H Slep 70 dtckef with YOU;
'tiaI W9Iltt ne dlckellh8
l tol9 S~eGret2fE Taft had an offer
! aiiool1 5lNe y accent ltlat would give
ne q compensation practically double
: +aia b geS5{s rom me soVeEnment.
80 Wy - - tL3.15lt me TaeSollallen's a.
80 -a,S - 'f5sat9 tt5 itliif1 tt1itt /
Of eaIa,L - - = ~ 5sL ~ Increase
~ cSin.SS ~ ~ oGGGpled we ihSh-
c y r1,+S(1S l4 ~. isLye | since. l tolQ the
wanna ~ 95t SSt7 4!1e re pllcs ttlat
.,,.Tr - HItS9S satisfactory
Iaa7ra ~, ~, pG liIauS loi me 70
80 Is NSttLl4eNt'
ShohEs Soufse Gritietsed.,
IN reply TO questions Mr. Wallace said
~ IsIL ne vas better fitted than Mr..
F9Lo1ltS Tor tFe actual direction Of tho
ctAa4 work, He criticised Chairman
SI1onts course N giving orders which Mr.,
'. a1laee sand had not been acted upon by
the commission.
"Ehat is one OF the questions 1 desired
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-02-08
WIDESPREAD CHILL
Cold Wave Appears to Ee Sweepiru Of,
to the Gulf-TweIve Below

Dcs Moines, FEB. 5.-The cold wave
III Iowa reached the maximum at
Charles City, where the mercury
dFopped TO y below. a high wind ac-
companied the cold wave, causing con
siderable suffering to stock.
Superior, Wis, Feb 5.-Straet Their
moHetcrs showed % TO 26. below zero
at o'clock this morning.
Lacrosse, Wis, Feb. bit was u
below zero here this morning.
st Paul, Mimi, Feb. 5.-The coolest
weather Of the winter prevails TODAY.
thermometers registered 10 to IS be-
low zero. The prospects are the cold
will moderate tonight.
Kansas City, Feb. 5.-The cold wave
central IN this part of the southwest
last night is moving toward the gulf,
Inc coolest point i'll this section TODAY
is at Springfield, Mo, where it was .
degrees below zero. AIoderating wealth
er IS predicted for the next twelve
lGurS.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-02-08
MRS. COREY is ILL.
Delayed en- FEoute to Reno, Where Sht
May Sue for Divorce.

Reno, New, I7eb. 7.-Mrs. ". Tlfa
Corey, wife OF the PittsDurg steel mag.
nate, is critically i'll at Salt Lake CITY.
The surprising news was received here
late as evening When she was ex-
pected here, and her friends had every-
thing in readiness to receive her. 1t
was only by the merest accident that
news Of her illness was made public
1t 0 develops that when Mrs. Corey
left her home in the east to go 10 her
new home in Reno she vas suffering
from u sever cold. y report 4 i she
will establish . residence here for me
purpose of suing for a divorce.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-02-08
WRECK I'M MONTANA

Butte, Mont, Feb. 6.-Passanecr
train No. 81 on the Northern Pacific
was struck by a freight train at the
Great Northern crossing. two miles
west of Helena. 1t is reported that the
freight plowcd its way through one of
h coaches, killing and wounding a
number Of persons. The cars burned.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-02-08
E3E3GEE2 INFORMATION.
Pennsylvania and Other Railroads VIII
arc Under Suspicion Are Re-
ported to President

Washington, Feb. 3.-The reply Of
the Interstate Commerce commission
to the house resolution calling on the
president for information regarding
the alleged merger Of the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad and other was
placed in the hands of the president to-
day. No intimation was given as to
It's nature or as to when the president
VIII transmit it to the house.