The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18
WAS CHAMBERLAIN
MAN MURDERED?|
After Long Interval Attempts,
Being Made to Clear Up
Mystery.
WAS EMPLOYED BY MAYOR
Davis Secured Good Salary, and 1t ia,.
Thought He Was Killed for His
Money-Lookins for His
Relatives.

Chamberlain, S.. D., Oct. 15.-Believ-,
ing hat, L. j. Davis, formerly books
keeper for Mayor Sanford, of Cham,
berlain, was murdered, an effort is now
being made, after a lapse of nearly
three years, to unearth the crime and
If possible bring the perpetrators of.
the deed to justice.
! Davis, who was a young unmarried
man, lived here for two Or three years.
being in the employ of Mayor Sanford,
who, having extensive business inter-
'ests, paid him a good salary. The
young man va rot expensive in his
habits, owed nothing, and so far as his
friends know had no reason to leaveI
town or conceal his whereabouts, and
therefore rises the theory that he was
murdered for his money. His disap-,
pearance was sudden and mysterious
and nothing has been heard of him
since. 1t was reported at one times
that he was at Fountain City, Wis.
but prompt inquiry there failed to dis
close that any person of his name or
description had been there.
A short time after the disappearance
of Davis his sister came to Chamber
lain in search of trace OF the missing
man, but in place of getting the infor-
NATION she sought it is understood that
parties with Interior motives gave herr
to understand that Davis had conn.,
mitted some forgery or like crime and
had quilted the country, a fugitiveI
from justice. Believing these stories,
the sister left town hurriedly and MOI
word has been received from her orI
any of her people since. Investigation
shows, however, that no offense hadt
been committed hat could be CHARGE
able to Davis. and it is now believed
that the stories to the effect that Da-I
Wis had left tina country nr boJ haa,iM-
spirited away by supposed friends to-
escape the law We're f~abrications in
vented by parties who made away with
the young man for his boarded saw
ings.
The county authorities are now try,
ing to get into communication with the
relatives of the young man, who are
supposed to live in Missouri, near KAN
sas City, and every effort is being
made at this late day to clear up the
mystery surrounding his disappear-
ance.
MINE WILL SAVE 500 A DAY.
Lead, S. D., Oct. ia great UNDER
taking has been completed by the
Homestake Mining company. The pipe
line which has been building from both
this city and Central to Deadwood in
connection with the shines plant there,
has been finished, and water was run
through the pipes yesterday for the
first time. Two lines We're constructed,
one for the shines and. one for the clear
water for the solution.
Before the pipe lines could be laida
a road had to be hewed out through
the mountains and four tunnels from
fifty to 800 yards in length We're neces-
Eary. The sulches have been spanned
with strong steel work that precludesg
the possibility of a washout, and the
work has all been done with great care
md fhnrnl crh n nc ST. NH -1.-z-- 1.AA ,r;f X.
bring the shines from the mills at
Lead, Central n T~erraville to the new
plant which is being erected at a cost
Of half a million dollars in Deadwood,
md which afford to the company a saw
ing of probably something over $500 a
day.
The plant will be completed and in,
running order within the next few
weeks.
BUFFALO BILL GOES HUNTING.
Deadwood, S. D., Oct. 15.-"Buffaloi
Bill otherwise Colonel VIM. Cody, will
leave his hone at Cody, Wyo, on the
10Th OF this month for a four weeks
camping trip, OF which he will be ac-
by his friend, Mike Rus
sell, of this city. They will go out
into the wilds of Wyoming and into
which for SO man years was the ref
uge OF the great army of the law
less that congregated in that state.
1t is said that the country is full of
game, that elk, deer, bear and moun-
tain sheep abound in it's rocky passes,
and are wild enough to furnish gen
ulne sport for the most daring sports
man. The guide and general utility
man will be Chief Iron Tail, one of!
the few remaining old-time, imperious,
slient Sioux chiefs. He is now over
60 years of age, although he is as
1.-THE and active as most young men
of 80.
CRAZY OVER DAKOTA LAND.
Pierre, S. D., Oct. 15.-A Pierre land
rgency last spring advertised in sew.
eral papers, bringing one reply from
Clarlnda, Ia, signed by c.. w. TAFT
m in which he said he was one of
the attendants at the insane hospital
there, and asking for maps and litera-,
ture. These were sent.
Then Tattman wanted a special train
chartered that he might bring out all
the inmates of the asylum to file on
lands.
Now he wants the state to assist in
establishing a road from Fort Pierre
to Elm Springs to open UP the land,
Walch he says he and his friends have
fled on through the agency, but all
his communications have to pass
through the hands of the superintend-
tent and bring with them an explana-
ton. 1t developed that Tattman is an
inmate rather than an officer of the
asylum
FARMERS BUSY: ADJOURN COURT
Castlewood, S. d., Oct. 15.-Judge
Marquis, recognizing the rush of farm
work at this time owing to the rains
early Il the season, has adjourned the
fall term of court set for this week.
This is greatly appreciated by the
farmers, as it would nave been a great
hardship for them to have stopped work
now, many of them not having even
their t%hreshing done.