, 1924-12-04

ing his Thanksgiving dinner at home.
Senator Carey went on Friday and
was accompanied by Robert c. Nor
ris who will act as his private secre-
tary.
Kinch Mckinney, a cattle thief
bold with all the dips, angles, spurs
and crevices OF the regulation Ne
braska range pirate, was lodged In
the county Jail yesterday afternoon.
He was brought in by Sheriff byal'
the quiet, determined executive Of
fcer Of SCOTS Bluff county. Their
are seven indictments against the
prisoner and he Is supposed to have
accompanied Kingren on several
raids. Mckinney was brought into
court last evening and told that he
would be arraigned tomorrow morn
ing on the charge of grand larceny.
He Is a man about medium heighth,
broad shouldered and deep chested
with a close black mustache, tanned
and bearing marks of a recent en-
counter.
There are blood stains On the re-
quisition under which Byal acted. 1t
was spatted in the course Of a little
scrimmage incident to the capture
of the thief. Mckinney knew the
officers were after him and laid low.
He prowled around armed to the
teeth and sent word that he would
not be taken alive. But the retiring
Byal is a man proof against bluff
and he proceeded with the business
in hand. Mckinney wanted to prove
papers at night. The clerk refused
county clerk $50 to make out the
papers at night. The clerk refused
and gave his friend the sheriff the
tip and the latter made all necessary
arrangements.
The fugitive walked into the trap
laid for him like n lamb led to the
slaughter, only different. He came
to the county clerks office at Ger
ing, Tuesday morning and performed
his part of the ceremony with a
cooked s%ix-shooter in his hand and
another In his belt.
Byal had two good deputies at
his call and knew the clerk was a
good man in an emergency and about
the time Mckinney was deposing as
to the complete reclamation on his
sand hill farm, the fun began. Action
was precipitated by the sherin's en-
trance. when Mckinney brought his
six-shooter into play. The clerk
dropped his pen and seized the thief's
arm from the rear. One OF the as
sistants swatted Mac with a As and
Deputy Walker placed the wristlets.
The bullet inflicted a flesh wound
on Bval and mussed the requisition.
Mckinney went into n frenzy OF rage,
made awful threats and said he would
sooner be shot than stand trial. Dep
uties Walker and Hoffman came
along with Byal as guards. There
were grounded fears OF an attempt
to rescue the prisoner between Ger
ing and Kimball, the railway sta
tons.
Bill Watkins. who sells stolen beef
at Alliance, Is still at large. but It
Is thought recent arrests will make
him cautious. Kingren. the thief
captured by Billy Lykins. will have
. trial next week.-Sun.
On account Of the sickness of a
member OF the Ladies' Guild, the So
cial that was to have been held at
the residence OF Mrs. A. F. Thode
a been indefinitely postponed.
Representative Hittle was plucked
In the Inter Ocean yesterday. A hotel
acquaintance volunteered to assist
him on with HIS overcoat and while
performing the Kindness lifted the
purse OF the handsome Carbon coun-
~ %lerislator from his hip pocket. Mr..
Hittle discovered the loss at once and
followed him Town stairs but failed
to overtake him. He knows the fell
low and has given the Officers q de-
seription. The latter says the pick
pocket Il = railway po~tai clerk.
Hittle's loss VA 3l3. An hour be-
fore he placed $50 In the hotel vault
for safe keeping.
No work has been done on the city
we'll during the past week. The con-
tractors are still patiently awaiting
tho casing.
Mrs. Homer Merrell returned from
her visit TO New York state Sunday
evening. The Judge went down the
road as far ~ Cheyenne to meet her.
Dame Rumor says that another at
torney will shortly locate In our
midst. Every lawyer makes more
business they sny. 80 it's more than
likely no one will object.
Justice BENEFITS court was &C.
eupicd awhile tho first OF the week
with the case. Shcrd vs.. Shcrd. II
seems that each had threatened tho
lie or the other. for which each
wanted the other to answe
Miss Fay Donnel received n hand
some prize for securing 3s subscrib-
crs for the Cheyenne Weekly Leader.
Her prize was n encyclopedia Of Ma
turai History" and Swedish Fairy
Tales"
Dillon IN working quito n force OF
mon Mt his coal mine md IL supply
Ing a large part OF the home demand.
A II has TO be freighted by team