Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-22
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good many hundred dollars but in
which in spite of the seriousness of
the charges, the defendants plead
guilty and received sentence.
Amanda Gomez, a Mexican who ran
amuck about a year ago in this city
and shot one man. in the back, an
other in the arm and who also took
a shot at a Mexican woman, all down
in Little Mexico near the roundhouse.
plead guilty to the charges against
him and received sentence Of few
years in the penitentiary.
o Terso Samudio, the young Mexican
who was indirectly responsible fer the
death of the young Russian at Ellin-
wood short time ago also received
sentence. He plead guilty to a charge
of assault with intent to kill upon
Fred Kaller and his sentence was CIV
en- accordingly. The young man who
was killed was in the Kaller home
while Terso and KalIer were fighting
outside the house. Terso's gun was
discharged and the man in the'house
killed. After the INCEST the Kallers
and all concerned skipped out pre-
sumably to escape arrest for bootleg
ging and there would have been few
witnesses against Terso had he fought
the case.
T. c. Campbell and Chas. Fries, Of
Dawson and Bartlesyille, Okla, plead
guilty to highway robbery and receiv'
ed a 1 to years sentence in the PEN
itentiary. During the harvest season
Campbell and Fries selected this city
as an easy place to, conduct those
games of chance which might separ-
ate the harvester from his hard earn
ed shekels and when they didn't ccme
fast enough they tried the gun play
with the victim at the muzzle of TIE
gun.
The William Brown case was d's-
posed of in short order. Tuesday ard
as a result William will have the dis
tinction of getting into the three foot
vein of trouble and out again with
less trouble than Amost any man in
the country. He will serve not more
than three years in the reform school.
William is the young negro who shot
a fellow laborer a few months ago
while the two were working in HOis-
ingtOn. The story of the case as it
will be remembered by those who
read of it when published in the coun
tv papers and as told by William to
Judge Banta is that William had
been gambling with the other negroes
ali of whom were living in the bunk
cars in the yard while working for the
Missouri Pacific. He won the money
OF the crowd. A few minutes later
two of the men started to cut a musk
melon and when William said some
thing to them about what they were
doing one man got into a row with
William which resulted in a hand to
hand fight. They were finally separ.
ated by other workmen in the shack
ard while still trying to get at each
other Brown, seeing a revolver on
table in the shack grabbed it and
Shot the other man four times, killing
him almost instantly. As a charge OI
murder in the first degree could not
be brought against Brown the attorn
eys in the case represented to tht
court that Brown would plead guilty
to a minor charge and the court fin
ally accepted a charge Of manslaugh
ter When asked what he desired t
plead Brown didn't know until his at
torney. explained the matter to hin
and he then plead guilty. Judge
Banta, in pronouncing the senetnee
observed that it would be useless t
send the boy to the penitentiary OF
account of the charge and his age, al
the penitentiary authorities would i'm
mediately send him to the state re
formatory at Hutchinson.
Phillip Ryan, the young man work
ing for Mike Hickey. at !0lmitz, VIII
was concerned in the fight betweel
himself and the Schugarts, and VIII
cut Will and Chas. Schugart with
knife in a prediction fight, plea
} guilty to assault and was fined 81
| and costs. At one time a more SER
l Gus charge was brought against Rya
when it was thought the Schugal
: boys were in danger, but on their n
! eovery that was dismissed.
J.'W. Turner of Hoisington, arres
ed in regard to a liquor case, plea
: not guilty and will get a jury trial.
Q Samuel Adams did not appear
court, for the case against him an
his bond was declared forfeite'