Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-05-24
A Case. Of Murder
John, Henry and Chas. w.
Dennis Charged with the
Murder of George Nor
rison in Southwest Part
of the County.

OF the County.
| George Morrison, who resided
in Wayne township in the ex-
IRENE southwest part of the
county was shot last Friday
afternoon by John Dennis, boy
in his eleventh year, from which
he died Saturday night follow.
ing. The trouble seems to have
been over a line fence which
Morrison was moving over a few
feet to correspond with a recent
survey.
1t appears from reports that
Chas. w. Dennis and his two
sons IL and Is respectively were
near, by and protested against
Morrison moving the fence. The
fence was only few rods from
Morrison's house and within
sight of the Dennis residence.
1t appears that the father occu-
pied position between the two
boys, both of whom had guns
and the younger boy did the
shooting which resulted fatally.
Sheriff Richardson brought the
boys to Broken Bow and Mr.. and
Mrs. Dennis drove over on the
same date to secure legal advice.
AS no warrants were issued for
the arrest of any of them they
were. detained here by the sheriff
until the county attorney return
ed, who had accompanied the
coroner to hold an inquest on the
corpse of Morrison.
On Tuesday complaint was
filed against John Dennis, charg-
ing him with the shooting and
against Chas. w. and Harvey
Dennis as accessories to the
crime.
They gave a bond of IS, 900 for
their appearance before county
Judge Humphrey, May 81, for
the preliminary examination.
N. II. Gadd and H. M. Sullivan
have been Employed on the de-
Tense.
The coroners inquest implicat-
ed the parties that were arrested.'
A Hot Ball Game.
A game of baseball has been
arranged for tomorrow, Friday,
afternoon at 4 o'clock between
the doctors on one side and a
combination of lawyers and
bankers (labor VS.. Capital) on
the other. This will prove an
interesting game and the attend
ance will undoubtedly be large
and betting lively. Following
is the line up:
Doctors: Bartholomew, Van
Antwerp, Beck, Willard, Poor,
Porter, Myers, Osborn, Leach.
= Lawyers and Bankers: w. A.
George, A. p. Johnson, r. D.
Pickett, n. II. Gadd, Hunting
ton, Kuhns, Kimberling, Dean
Holcomb, ]. E. Wilson.
Miller Institutes Suit to Get his Children
Theodore II. Miller, who ar
rived in The city Monday morn
ing, has instituted a suit to get
possession of his children, Ed
ward 7. and Anna E. Miller,
ages 5 and 2 respectively.
Mr.. Miller was formerly pub
Usher of the Merna Sun. While
at Merna he married Miss Susie
E. Gordon. Some six years ago
he left Merna accompanied by
his wife.
Something like a year and a
half ago his wife returned to her
mother at Merna, where she re-
manned until she died about
year ago.
Her children, Edward and
Anna, in the absence of their
father were taken in charge by
Mrs. VIM. H. Coulter, sister of
the deceased. Mrs. Coulter and
husband have made application
to adopt the children and make
them their legal heirs, as they
have no children of their own.
Mr.. Miller objects to having
them adopted, claiming that he
is capable of taking care of them
and that he has secured a good
home for them where they will
be brought up in the religion of
his church.
From the present outlook the
case will grow interesting before
it ends.
Judge Sullivan has been en-
ployed by the Coulters and N. II.
Gadd by Miller.
Commencement Exercises.