Year: 1875




Ed. SATURDAY CHRONICLE :-Sir:-
Charles Jagau was brought to my house
about ) o'clock in the afternoon. 1t
was abUnt one hour before he began to
talk much, and he was as sensible as
any man in the room. He told us tha:
he was pushed off the cars. He said
that they were on his track from
the time he left St. Joseph: that was his
trouble-he was afraid they would mur-
der him. He stated that they tried to-
hire him to leaYe the country, Sc that he
could not be a witness in the suit, for if
he did they would kill him, or re would
be dead man. He said that he prom
ised that he would say nothing about it.,
but he would be obliged to when he
come to the stand-then lie should tell
the truth let it hit where it would. He
was main witness against the whisky
ring His salary was $50 month He
wers to Chicago, 50 ne said, to see Il
LAWYER to know what to do concerning
the threats they had made against his
life. He told Us where his wife lived,
the street and the number. and also OF
his friend LichOw in Council Bluffs, to
whom he wished us to dispatch for him,
and we would have done so had he lived
until morning. He told us OF ali the
money he had with him, and showed Us
where it was sewed in the belt OF his
drawers. This amounted to $40 and
in addition he had in his pocket-book,
one Sj0-bill, one S20-bill and two fiyeS,
which All together amounted to S253, So
He told all about what he had to do with
the distilled liquors, and usings Oil
stamps again.


There was q young man came here il
my house and pretended he came to see
parties here and the parties We're in Chi
cagO, and he would take the mex; train
back TO Chicago to meet them there.
But we have aScertained to Il certainty
that he only went to Sterling, and then
returned TO Morrison to see whether the
man died or not That is only what ]
heard. but while he was here, he was
very uneasy abOHt the man. whether he
was going to die or not. While he was
in my house. had some talk in regard
TO the man getting off the cars. lie
asked ME what thought about it.
told him. from the many stories of the
affair in St. Joseph, that | could not
think anything but he was thrown OF
the cars some way, for Mr.. Jagau said
they put somethinGto his Nose which
made him feel numb and then threw
him out. | nOtiCed when told him this,
that he was very uneasy, and whenever
| expressed my belief that he was
thrown off the cars, he would color uD
il the face and attempt to change the
conversation. He left here about one
hour before train time and he seemed
to be very uneasy about The man, ,wheth-
er he was going to die or not He ask
ell the night watch what he thought OF
the man dying. two or three times be-
fore the train left. He told me he must
90 back Immediately to meet the party
he wanted to see before they left Chi
cago, and at the depot told the night
watch he guessed he would 60 no farth-
er than Sterling and lay over until the
next day.


All this is enough to convict him.
There were two other men on the cars,
that were recognized as liquor dealers.
1t is supposed they had hand in this
matter. The general opinion at Morri-
son is that Charles Jagau was thrown
or pushed off the cars in some way.


CHARLES You've.