The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-30
SEEKS
FOR MISSING Chief;
WOMAN IS ACCUSER
Telephone Operator Prefers
Charge Against Mount Who
Has Disappeared.

! slightest trace yet has been round OF
Bud" Mount, night chief of police in
Vermilion, who disappeared a few days
ago after serious charges had been
preferred against him by a young
woman, who formerly was employed
In the Vermilion telephone office and
Z who now is said to be in a hospital in
Sioux City.
b three weeks ago Mount ten
dered his resignation to the city COM
missioners Of Vermilion, but later re-
considered the matter and was con-
tinued in office. He had filed the po-
sition of night chief of police for sew
eral months. His record was fairly
good, except that he was criticised in
some quarters for alleged laxness in
discovering three fires which broke out
during his incumbency Of the office.
h first mixing his Vermilion
friends had that he was involved in
difficulty was when a Sioux City at
torney arrived in the city armed with
the necessary PAPER to Mounts
arrest. The complaint in the case was
made by the former Vermilion tele-
phone operator, who charged Mount
with a statutory %offense. News of the
arrival of he attorney must have
reached Mount, for when the prelim-
inaries had been attended to and an Of
fcer went to arrest him, he had dis
appeared. 1t is believed he boarded an
early morning train and departed for
parts unknown.
The young woman who made the
charge against the missing officer is
filed a complaint against Joseph Suth-
erland, another Clay county
charging him with attempted criminal
assault, alleged to have been commits.
ted last October. Why 50 long a period
should have been permitted to elapse
between the time of the alleged at
tempt and the filing of the complaint
is unknown.
At the time Of Mounts alleged Of
Tense the young woman was employed
as night telephone operator. According
to her complaint the first offense was
committed last July.
The Clay county authorities are
making every effort to locate Mount
so he may be brought back to South
Dakota for trial.
ABERDEEN-After an interesting con
test before County Judge G.. o. Newcoml
of the Brown county court, the will Of
the late Jens Harksen, a farmer who re.
sided near Westport in this county, was
admitted to probate. Harksen died abou,
five weeks ago, leaving about s15,0 GOO worth
Of property and several children. Two OF
the children, dissatisfied with their share
of the estate as left them in the will
fought a redistribution of the property
alleging mental incompetency of the de-
cedent, undue influence, and that the will
was Illegally drawn. Judge Newcomh
overruled all the objections made by the
contestants, and probated the will. The
attorneys for the dissatisfied heirs an
%nounced they would appeal to the state
| circuit court.
WATERTOWN-City Auditor Q. NJ.
Lane, a staunch adherent of Wilsonian
democracy, acted as a model today at the
city hall while Patrolman Al Wilson tried
out the latest wrinkle in handouts just
received by the police department. The
cuffs securely clamped on the wrists OF
the city official, while Mayor Henry Wag-
ner and Chief of Police Jones looked on,
! Wilson discovered that the key had been
left at the hardware store through which
the shackles were ordered; meanwhile
Lane sat manacled while a hasty trip was
made to obtain the key.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS w. Fait, a base
| ball player claiming to be signed by the
| Chicago White Sox for next year, who has
been in the county Jail for several weeks
i awaiting trial on a charge of having vio-
I lated the Mann white slave" law by
! bringing a young woman here from Mil
AGA, Mimi, for immoral purposes. is APP
| paTently insane, Physicians who have in
vestigated the case express the belief that
| Fait Is really insane and Is not shamming,
| and he will probably be taken to the fed
eral hospital for the criminal insane at
| Washington, D. c.
CLEAR LAKE-when A. T.. Fisher. a
farmer living west of this city, opened
| the door last evening in response to a rap.
! he found there an 1rishman with a moss
| agate mustache and Hibernian brogue.
| who requested accommodations for him
| self and two friends, who would willingly
/ clnaN IN tho harm Al Eichay prp,aaaaa
into the yard he discovered the friends"
| were his brothers and the freshman" his
| half-brother, all OF whom had been
| brought together for the first tine In Q:
l years.
WATERTOWN-The razing of one OF
the first business blocks of the city, now
occupied by the First National bank. the
| wealthiest banking institution here, will
begin early next spring to make room fol-
| a $4,000 banking building. The Original
building was erected in 1880 and occupied
by the Codington county bank, later the
First National. The new structure will
embody all the latest ideas in bank con.
| struction, with a terra Gotta exterior.
WENTWORTH - Preliminary arrange,
ments are being made for the annua
! farmers institute and short course. which
will be held In this city on February z
| and q. One of the features is expected
to be. an address or farm fertilizer D,
State Agricultural Agent Ward o. Os,
| trander, of Sioux Falls. one of the leaoins
ing farm experts Of tiae state.
RAPID CITY-The sheriff.s office IL
this city has been busy during the pasi
few days collecting delinquent taxes
Thus far Sheriff Baken and his assistants
have collected an aggregate OF about S10.uW
| OF these taxes. and the work Is being con.
tinued with thep prospect that several thou
sand dollars more will be collected.