Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-16
THAT'S THE WAY
THE MONEY GOES
4
How Attorney Carow Wisely Expend-
ed ST. 80 OF County Money
unWisely Expended

Bill Mcpherson has gone to ElPasco,
Texas. He left couple of weeks ago
That is not a very long story nor of So
very much Importance, but the manner
of his leaving is a matter worthy of
note.
Mcpherson is the man who was beat
en- up at Weyerhauser by Joseph Sibin-
ski, who is serving five months in the
county Jail for the assault. He was
held as witness for the state, and un-
able to give bond, was confined in the
county Jail awaiting the late term of
circuit court The charge against Sib
inski of assault with intent to kill''
was changed to plain assault, )" to-
which he plead guilty and Mcpherson,
who had been held for ninty days as a
witness, was discharged. Of course, he
was ''broke," and District Attorney
Andersen offered him $40 if he would
leave the county.
1t dawned upon Nc that if he was
entitled to $40, he was entitled to
more. Someone told him that he could
collect $1.50 per day. The district
attorney refusing to pay him that
amount, he placed the claim in the
hands of Attorney ]. w. Carow, who
insisted however that Mcpherson, being
an irresponsible party, assign the en-
tire amount to him, which he did.
Of course, Carow collected the claim,
$136.28. He knew what would become
of McPherson's share if he ever got
hold of it, so he determined not to let
him have it except as it was needed.
Instead, he took him to a clothier and
had him fitted out from head to foot
with new suit. Nc got so stuck on
himself when he was dressed sup that
he wanted to go to Weyerhauser to
show some of his old friends" make
a splash as he said. Carow gave him
So and bought him ticket. Nc is one
of those fellows who have large num-
Der of friends, not of the sort to go his
bond to keep him out of Jail. but who
are the best of fellows as long as his
money would hold out. They noted his
new togs and naturally supposed that
he had got his money. Some of these
human vultures which hang around sal
oOns met him at the depot, even got
him off the train and began pouring
whiskey into him in the freight room.
CarOw got him on the train, however,
and he visited Weyerhanser for the
day The next day was Sunday and
Nc contracted many debts by borrow
ing money on the strength of what he
had coming (Where he spent it we
don't know, as saloons are closed on
Sunday.) He reported to his self-con-
stituted guardian his condition the next
clothes, and was informed that the
treasury was becoming rapidly de-
pleted. He expressed the wish that he
might get to his old home in ElPaso,
Tex. Complying with his request,
Carow gave him 10 cents to get shaved,
got him into his new togs again, looked
up the route, bought him ticket and
put him on the train. He gave the
ticket to the conductor with instruct
ions to put Nc on the right train at St.
Paul, gave him a dollar to buy Mes
dinner and supper and paid him dol
for his trouble. Mcpherson left for
Texan without a cent in his pocket.
The conductor had the balance of his
money, which he turned over to him
with his ticket as his train pulled out
of st. Paul bound for ElPaso.
1t is unusual to find sheep in wolf S
clothing (but Carow has been styled a
"Goat''), although perhaps the lawyers
are not all the heartless sort that they
are generally held to be. Of course the
$136 goes into the column of necessary
expenses of the county.
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