i i I ZIirillT - - THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT I M RICE EDITOR 100 Ter Year in Advance PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Entered at the Post office at Valentine Cherry county Nebraska as Second class matter This paper will be mailed regularly to its subBcribera until a definite order to discontinue is received and all ar ¬ rears are paid in full Some of our Republican friends are not willing to allow greenbacks to be circulated as money They say that there must be something back of it The national banks are willing to pay a premium on government bonds that draw interest and there is nothing back of the bonds any more than there is to the greenbacks The bonds are prom- ises ¬ to pay at some future time and drawing interest the debt becomes larger yet they sell at a premium No one doubts the ability of the govern- ment ¬ to pay nor questions what is back of the bonds Nor does any man ques- tion ¬ the ability of the government to pay the greenbacks but use foolishly as argument that there is nothing back of Jthe greenbacks Our government has stood for nearly i 24 years and has not yet repudiated a single debt while many national banks have gone down Although the Republican party is in full control of both houses of Congress their president to favor them also Republican speaker in the House of Representatives and president of the senate they all join in a howl that they cannot pass the amendment controlling the trusts without the aid of the Demo- crats ¬ But if you will give them another four years they will try to pass the amendment controlling trusts Why dont they do it now The war is not yet over in South Af ¬ rica On June 11 a British battalion was annihilated according to the World Herald 500 of the Derbyshire Regiment being killed wounded or captured by the Boers south of Pre ¬ toria Krueger intends to hold out and keep on fighting Rioting still goes on in St Louis Many more are killed and wounded The G O P would have you believe that because of such glorious prosperity the rioters have something to fight about Congress week ago adjourned Thursday a - Theres an opening for boxers in China CONVENTION CALLS Peoples Independent Party The Peoples Independent Party electors of Cherry County are requested to send delegates from their several precincts to meet in County Convention in Valentine Nebraska on Satur ¬ day June 30 1000 at 10 oclock A M for the purpose of electing seven delegates o the state convention to be held at Lincoln July n 1900 seven delegates to the congressional convention to b held at Broken Bow July 9 loot seven delegates to the senatorial and seven delegates to the lcpresenUitive conventions not yet called to place in nomination a candidate for County Attorney and to transact Mich other business as may properly come before the Con- vention ¬ The delegates from the First Commissioner District will also meet in convention Immedi ¬ ately after the adjournment of the county con--venti- ou and place in nomination a candidate for County Commissioner for the full term of three years and the delegates from the Third Com ¬ missioner District will meet in convention im mediately after the adjournment of the county convention and place m nomination a candidate for County Commissioner to fill vacancy for the term of one year The representation from the various precincts will be based upon the vote cast for lion Silas A Holcomb in the general election of 1899 one delegate being allowed for each ten votes and major fraction thereof and one delegate at large from each precinct which makes the fol lowing apportionment Buffalo Lake 3 Boiling Springs 4 Dewey Lake 3 Georgia a Irwin 3 Kennedy 3 Lavacca 4 Merriman 3 Nenzel 3 Sparks 3 Schlagel 3 Table 4 Woodlake Barley 2 Cleveland 3 Enlow Giilasple German 3 Kewanee 3 Loup 5 Minnechaduza 4 Mother jike Pleasant Hill Sharps Ranch Steen- - 2 Valentine n G It is recommeded that the precinct primaries be held at ihe voting place in each precinct Juno 23d 1900 at 2 oclock pm unless other- wise ¬ called by the precinct committeeman It is also recommended that no proxies be al ¬ lowed but that the delegates present cast the full vote of the precinct J W BURLEIGH A M MOPiBISSEY Secretary Chairman Democratic Party The Democratic electors of Cherry County are requested to send delegates from their several precincts to meet in County Convention in Val ¬ entine Nebraska on Saturday Juue 30th J900 at 10 oclock a m for the purpose of electing seven delegates to the state convention to be held at Lincoln July 11 I90u seven delegates to the congressional convention to be held at Broken Bow July atli J90O seven delegates to the senatorial and seven delegates Vi the repre ¬ sentative conventions not yet called to place in nomination a candidate lor county attorney And to transact sucn outer uusiness as ma properly come beforu the convention The delegates from the Mrst Commissioner District will also meet in convention immedi ¬ ately after the adjournment of the county con ¬ vention and lace in nomination a candidate for County Commissioner for the full term of three years and the delegates from the Third Com ¬ missioner District will meet in convention im- - mediately after the adjournment of the county convention and place in nomination a county commissioner to till vacancy for the term of one Wit The apportionment Is the same as that of the Peoples independent Party It is recommended that the precinct primaries be lielu at the voting place in each precinct Juue 23 I90uat2 oclock P Jl unless other ¬ wise called by the product committeeman iltis also recommended that no proxies be a iowed but that the delegates present cast the full vote of the precinct L 31 RICE w MARTIN CHRISTENSEN Secretary Cnalruian r r w si r j f r-v W f- - 2 4 I o 3 mmTm -- p-- -fs- -tiA -- - yy rggSjgS ZStprzZ MURDER IN THE Is in The March term of court convened in this city Monday morning June 11th The first case to come to trial was that of the State vs Cicero H felony it will be shot two sol- diers ¬ on the night of March 14 one of whom died from the effects a few days afterward Counsel lines up as follows For the County Attor- ney ¬ A M A G Fischer of Chadron Judge J W Tucker For the defenso Clark Tucker Ft M Walcott and M P Kinkaid of ONeill Judge J J Monday MONDAY was spent in selecting 3 jury Tnirty nme men were exuuimeu and 12 chosen to act in the case as fol- lows ¬ Wm Dunbar Cody J B Sweeney Pullman A 13 Kennedy Chas Deaver Wood Lake C D Ains lie Simeon B W Levee Wood Lake Wm Alder Merriman B Hunt Eli W Teeters A F Young Cody ER Brownlee F W Pool Steen precinct After the jury was the statement of tne case of the State vs Cicero H was outlined by County Attorney During the statement ex Judge Kinkaid one of the counsel for defense objected to some statements made which indicated the past character and habits of the de ¬ fendant with relation to the deceased and other parties which the state ex- pected ¬ to use as witnesses The coun- ty ¬ attorney was sustained in his state- ments ¬ by the court and again to outline the case but was though each time sustained by the court as keeping within legal bounds During the statements of Judge Kin ¬ kaid as to the outlines of the defense he was by County calling him to order for ar- guing ¬ the case at an time After cross tiring at each other Judge Kinkaid was finally per- mitted ¬ by the court to proceed but cau- tioned ¬ not to argue the case --at this time but to confine himself to the defense which he to make The Judge was called to order after this by the attorneys for the and each time was to con- fine ¬ himself to a statement of what he expected to prove in his line of defense The judge took very kindly to the ad monitions from the court and finally avowed tnat mere were a great niany things which were very to him to say but under the ¬ he would refrain from so doing lie then to call the jurys at- tention ¬ to an incident that while juror was being examined but at this juncture again objected to his entering into discussion of immaterial matters and the judge subsided TUESDAY Most oi the day was spent by counsel for the defense and in ar- guing ¬ as to what evidence should be to go to the jury during which time the jury was out in the care and charge of the bailiff At 220 pm the jury was called in and testi- mony ¬ of Aug Milliman was begun The witness testified that on the night of March 14 1900 he and Arthur London stood check at the Fort at 11 oclock p m and then came up town They went to the Owl Saloon Milli- man ¬ outside while London went in to see Witness was not allowed by the defense to tes- tify ¬ as to what passed between ¬ it being hearsay evi- dence ¬ J They next went to Joe Morri- sons ¬ restaurant awakened the cook and ordered to eat While there witness and London saw ¬ pass going south In about a half hour they followed going to ¬ house Arrived there thev knocked on the door and no response went to the north window rapped on it and called but received no response They then went to the depot and ask- ed ¬ the operator the time of night It was then about 2 oclock a m From there they went to the resort south of town but came back go ¬ ing to house and again rapping on the door calling for ¬ and again to the north window calling and rapping on the window with a silver dollar but receiyed no response They then went to the room called Thomp ¬ sons poker room broke open a box and took some poker chips about two cigar boxes full put them in their overcoat pockets and went back to v a a a MM SECOND house again rapping on DEGREE the Verdict Rendered hjr the Jury the Thompson Case adjourned Thompson Thompson remembered prosecution Morrissey Harrington McAlevy Chesterfield Vandegrift empaneled Thompson Morrissey proceeded repeatedly interrupted interrupted Attorney Morrissey improper considerable expected repeatedly prosecution instructed tempting circum- stances attempted happened Attorney Morrissey prosecution permitted standing Thompson Thomp- son andLondon something Thomp- son Thomp- sons receiving Thompson Thompson immediately Thompsons Thomp- son Thompson Thompson Thompsons the window London then said hes not here Shall we go door and I guess in Mil-- liman said I guess we micht as well Then putting their shoulders to the storm door they forced it open and when inside the storm shed put a broom against the door to hold it shut Then putting their shoulders to the in- ner ¬ door they forced that open and met Thompson face to face Thompson fired as Milliman had his foot on the threshold the bullet taking effect in the right cheek whereupon he Milli- man ¬ stepped back and crouched in the storm shed London turned to run and as he ran out of the storm shed door Thompson fired the bullet enter- ing ¬ the back part of the head and pas- sing ¬ through to the frontal bone as tes- tified ¬ to by the Post surgeon who ex- tracted ¬ it Then Thompson shot Milliman a sec- ond ¬ time the bullet entering the left cheek After this Thompson stepped outside past the witness and shot Lon- don ¬ twice more while he was lying on the ground struggling and kicking and crying Thompson Thompson Dont shoot Dont shoot The two last shots entered Londons head from the side Either shot would in ordinary circumstances prove fatal as was ad- duced ¬ by the testimony of the Post sur- geon ¬ The Post surgeon exhibited two of the bullets which were taken from Lon- dons ¬ head by him The other bullet being at the base of the nasal bone he refrained from taking it out because it would mar and disfigure the corpse A great deal of time was consumed by the lawyers in arguing what testi- mony ¬ to admit and what the jury should not hear Judge Harrington having so much to contend with as at times there their feet at once were four attorneys on raising an objection or pleading for a point of law that it was remarked by one in the audience that he ought to have some one to help him as he seemed to have the most to do WEDNESDAY The examination of Milliman took till 935 xV M J A Hooten testified that he was called by Thompson shortly after the shooting oenrred and that he was dressed in a brown suit of clothes Milliman was recalled by the defense to testify as to how he and London deceased were dressed on the night of March 14 He said they were dressed m their soldier blue with brown ulsters and caps on Sheriff Layporte testified that he saw London lying on the ground near Thompsons house and that he helped to carry him to Dr Holsclaws office examined his cloth- ing ¬ found no gun or revolver on his person but found the poker chips a watch and a deck of cards The re- volver ¬ with which Thompson shot was produced and put in evidence A W liarpar was sleeping in the office of Tilsons livery barn that night and was awakened by shooting and afterwards heard three distinct reports as of a gun Fred Vincent night op- erator ¬ at the depot said two sqldiers were at the depot and asked about houses of ill repute aside from the hog ranch One said Maybe Thompson has gone there referring to the latter place They left the depot After ¬ ward he heard two shots fired in the direction of Thompsons house and thinking someone was out on a drunken brawl did not go out of the depot to see about it Frank Shields said he knew Thomp- son ¬ since last year and was with London in Thompsons saloon Had been with London to defendants house while Thompson was there First night stayed until about 4 oclock a m Went there again a short time after- ward ¬ Went with Thompson from sa- loon ¬ the first night Sat around the stove and warmed While talking Thompson said he would fix the bed They went to bed all three sleeping in the same bed What then occurred will not be related nor other details of like character Wanting something to drink the soldiers asked Thompson to get up and go to the saloon but he re fused and told Shields to take the keys from his pocket and go down to the sa- loon ¬ which he did taking back six bottles of beer and four quarts of whis key They broke the necks off two bottles of beer Thompson drinking froln one Shields and London from the other Went back to bed for awhile and got up about four oclock leaving Thompson in bed London then took Thompsons watch and Shields took his money about 7 London asked for money and Thompson said he didnt have anv more as Shields had taken all he had with him They came back IHpjgptlfiMBWHBWaBMWi wp v Hm ith mini -- TsSrw again in about six days Thompson sent them to the house he coming af- ter ¬ closing the saloon They went through similar transactions except go- ing ¬ to the saloon as Thompson had a pint of whiskey This time they stay- ed ¬ until about 6 oclock am In leav ¬ ing London said he was going to take a couple of guns with him and about 400 poker chips Then asked for money Thompson said What the h 1 do you want Do you want all Pve got London said I dont care if I do get all youve got London took a silver watch When they got up to the school house Shields told London that the watch might be a pawned one and they returned rapped on the door which locked with a spring lock Thompson got up said he was glad they returned the watch as it had been pawned by some one living out in the country Thompson wrote a letter to Shields who went by the name of Mickey asking him to bring back those poker chips as half of them belonged to an- other ¬ man and he couldnt explain to him what had become of them He wanted them before the next night as they were going to have a game If he had put them up for anything let Thompson know and he wTould put up the money to get them out ne told him to be sure to come and bring his partner or to send his partner it he couldnt come or send the chips back Witness knew Milliman and talked to him about what passed between ThompsonXondon and himself while they were drinking of the four quarts of whiskey E Sparks banker said he knew Thompsons signature as defendant transacted business Avith him Gave as his opinion that the letter produced was written by defendant though only signed Thompson Testimony of Johnson and Eay was not allowed Sergeants and Neimeier knew London and recognized the watch as having been in the possession of de- ceased ¬ State rested D W Hilsmger Judge Towne W E Haley J W Burleigh M V Nich- olson ¬ E Sparks Geo Elliott Lew Brownell John Shores W S Barker G lX Crabb P Simons and O W Morey were called to testify as to the good reputation borne by the defend- ant ¬ Wm Francke said he knew of the poker room referred to and that he locked the door in leaving the night of the 14th That it was broken open on the morning of the loth W F A Meltendorff said he was in Thompsons saloon when London de- ceased ¬ came into saloon on night of March 14 He was talking with Thompson when London came in went to the bar and took a drink of some kind Didnt hear him talk to Thomp- son ¬ but looked at both of them and theysat him John G Maher testified that he took the testimony during preliminary ex- amination ¬ of Thompson for the shoot- ing ¬ of London and that it was correct J A Hooton called back by defense said he examined the door of Thomp- sons ¬ house early on morning of March 15 and found part of the lock bioken and latch holder with screws in it lying about center of room Layporte recalled said he went to the poker room in early morning of March 15 and neither lock -- nor door was broken THOMPSON TESTIFIES Thompson testified that he went home about the time the train was going west That about 20 minutes after he was asleep some one knocked on his door and hallowedJlThompson But he paid no attention as he thought it was somebody after whis key or something and that it was cus- tomary ¬ to have persons knock at his home for such things but he never paid any attention to them that some time afterward he was aroused from sleep by a crashing noise in as he thought the front room that the noise sounded to him as if a window came in or was smasnett in tnat ne immediately jumped out of bed and went to the front room that as soon as he got close to the front door the door was bursted in and some fellows came in against it that they seemed to be pushing against the door with violence as it came in with great force that he was frightened and alarmed and thought they were prob- ably ¬ coming in to take money away from him and supposed they were go- ing ¬ to kill him one of them came against his left hand and he put up his left hand as if to keep them out and commenced firing that at this time they were two or three feet in- side ¬ the door that he opened fire and emptied his revolver that he did not know who they were that it was too dark and that they had their coat col- lars ¬ turned up around their necks and that he thought they were mask- ed ¬ that he did not go out of his house that after he emptied his re- volver ¬ he got the stove poker and waited for a few moments to see if CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE P9V0WirK- r- I ODWYER PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Superintendent of a Private Hospital For the Treatment of Diseases All Kinds of Surgical Operations Successfully Performed VALENTINE DONT FOOL to a Specialist who your ence NEBRASKA Speaking About Eyes nway your money coiner is generally a fraud for ordinary trouble with your Eyes Get sves nitea Dy a man with experi who knows exactly how to fit you OW MOREY the Jeweler has had 22 years experience If you need a specialist he will tell you so J S ESTABKOOK COUNTY SURVEYOR All work executed with promptness and accuracy VALENTINE NEB A N OOMPTON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office at QuigleyB Drug Store Nights-TJpstairs-- Ked Front Valentine House J A HOOTON Prop Recently opened and newly furnished Not a restaurant but a hotel 100 PER DAY The best of viands and treatment given to our patrons First Door South of Bank of Valentine F M WALCOTT ATTORNEY AND ABSTRACTER Valentine Nebraska Practices in District Court and TJ S Land Office Eeal Estate and ltanch Property bought and sold Bonded Abstracter A M MORRISSEY ATTORNEY AT LAW VALENTINE NEB CM SAGESBE T ONSORIAL ART ST Hair cutting and shaving HOT AND GOLD BATHS wwwwvwvwywvyvwv pinnir I WATCH AND JEWELRY REPAIRING I AM NOW EEADY FOE BUSINESS With a nice se- lection ¬ of Watches ana Jewelry All kinds ot Repairing and Engraving done prompt- ly ¬ and warranted MAA F IXGAIjLS aws WORTH AAAAAAAMAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Taken Up About 6 miles north of Wood Lake 1 bay mare branded HD on left shoulder 1 sorrel mare no brands and 1 iron grav colt mare branded O on right hind leg F WELKE June 2 1900 20 A sallow jaundiced skin is a s nip tom of disordered liver as it springs from biliary poisons retained in the blood which destroy energy cheerfu- - npss sfrpnorfh vio nr Imnrnnpsst nnrl B -- 0 rx- - UV life Herbme will restore the natural functions of the liver Trice 50c Quigley Chapman druggists ttiffff-H-- k - v zzrSLxziv - Mt WWB DAN Postofllce address Harlan Nebraska On left side or hip horses branded same left shoulder Range between Nkr orara and Snake riv ers south of Merri ¬ man WEBSTER Allewara of be JgWKi to leading person for information final conviction of anyperson or person i nnoas with above Dranu B M FADDIS Postofflce address Nenzei Nebraska On either side of cat ¬ tle horses same JKange northeast or Nenzel CO vii Postofllce ALBERT NENZEL RICHARDS CAIRNES following Hyannls B Northwestern JSebrsska Address Baktiett Richauds Chadron- - I GEORGE Postofllce address Simeon Neb Branded on right side hip Also on left hip 19 Horses rightj t houlder on cut Range Gordon andl Snake shoulder RICHARDSON Postofllce address McCann Neb Branded on left side Range McCann Wright j ImMAL rtjwmzhmmi Peder Gordon Nebraska Cattle also branded on hip Horses and branded same cut left shoulder peisous Gordon Nebraska same left Gordon forty miles southeast of Gordon Breeder Hereford Wm Niobrara Brand reeiste ed Horses branded Range Niobrara river 12 aientiue N address Pass Neb Range North Loup River Cattle branded on any part animal also the brands n tne same Itango between Gordon on the FE VR R and on M RR in or on as DAVIS v C JENSEN ostofflce ardress Gallop Nebraska Left side private and rightside cattle heklrxpn alsogjj leftside held ori left side Horses CJon tet Range Eirht miles south of Gallop 31 right C E 1 - mules Range cattle miles I- - branded stock cattle VBKAy Cooper Nebr Brand registered 374 Brand anywhere right side F T Brackett Thorsen HO as on Riege Nebr Brand Reidstered Brand right side hip Horses same right shoulder Range Niobrara miles south Kilgore Gordon Nebraska right right hip enorse brand and right shoulder Also cattle branded leftside Range fowl miles south Irwin DuerfeMt Manager ran Kill ilBBBB JOO MtJEWARD will paid nnv per- son information leading the arrest and final conviction any oerson steal- ing cattle with the above braud W Chesnut Brand as cut hip head Creek of Ft Neb left bin east C of torses M nIK on on on of No on NO tOO or on of On side T on T on 3i s on of F C nt it iln Mi be to ¬ lor to or or ¬ S on of WA on oi 1 6 in I fm b J Alien I T Richardson Perch Nebr Some on left hip Sil worses on left a w fcMiSBfcaaa ml shoulder ib1KAYED Oil STOLEN Urom my ranch sometime in April -- 3900 one black mare branded S on wUVU1UC4tiJgUUaDont 100J jb auouu iu years old white trin nn -- woC rtuu uue aim maybe two white feet A liberal reward will be paid for information leading to the recovery of the above described mare L Latta Oasis ebr W - t r y3 y i
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ZIirillT - -
THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
I M RICE EDITOR
100 Ter Year in Advance
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Entered at the Post office at Valentine Cherrycounty Nebraska as Second class matter
This paper will be mailed regularlyto its subBcribera until a definite orderto discontinue is received and all ar¬
rears are paid in full
Some of our Republican friends arenot willing to allow greenbacks to becirculated as money They say thatthere must be something back of itThe national banks are willing to pay apremium on government bonds thatdraw interest and there is nothing backof the bonds any more than there is tothe greenbacks The bonds are prom-
ises
¬
to pay at some future time anddrawing interest the debt becomeslarger yet they sell at a premium Noone doubts the ability of the govern-
ment¬
to pay nor questions what is backof the bonds Nor does any man ques-
tion¬
the ability of the government topay the greenbacks but use foolishlyas argument that there is nothing backof Jthe greenbacks Our governmenthas stood for nearly i 24 years and hasnot yet repudiated a single debt whilemany national banks have gone down
Although the Republican party is infull control of both houses of Congresstheir president to favor them alsoRepublican speaker in the House ofRepresentatives and president of thesenate they all join in a howl that theycannot pass the amendment controllingthe trusts without the aid of the Demo-
crats¬
But if you will give themanother four years they will try to passthe amendment controlling trustsWhy dont they do it now
The war is not yet over in South Af¬
rica On June 11 a British battalionwas annihilated according to theWorld Herald 500 of the DerbyshireRegiment being killed wounded orcaptured by the Boers south of Pre ¬
toria Krueger intends to hold out andkeep on fighting
Rioting still goes on in St LouisMany more are killed and woundedThe G O P would have you believethat because of such glorious prosperitythe rioters have something to fightabout
Congressweek ago
adjourned Thursday a
- Theres an opening for boxers inChina
CONVENTION CALLSPeoples Independent Party
The Peoples Independent Party electors ofCherry County are requested to send delegatesfrom their several precincts to meet in CountyConvention in Valentine Nebraska on Satur ¬
day June 30 1000 at 10 oclock A M for thepurpose of electing seven delegates o the stateconvention to be held at Lincoln July n 1900seven delegates to the congressional conventionto b held at Broken Bow July 9 loot sevendelegates to the senatorial and seven delegatesto the lcpresenUitive conventions not yetcalled to place in nomination a candidate forCounty Attorney and to transact Mich otherbusiness as may properly come before the Con-vention
¬
The delegates from the First CommissionerDistrict will also meet in convention Immedi ¬
ately after the adjournment of the county con--venti- ou
and place in nomination a candidate forCounty Commissioner for the full term of threeyears and the delegates from the Third Com ¬
missioner District will meet in convention immediately after the adjournment of the countyconvention and place m nomination a candidatefor County Commissioner to fill vacancy for theterm of one year
The representation from the various precinctswill be based upon the vote cast for lion SilasA Holcomb in the general election of 1899 onedelegate being allowed for each ten votes andmajor fraction thereof and one delegate atlarge from each precinct which makes the following apportionmentBuffalo Lake 3Boiling Springs 4Dewey Lake 3
Georgia aIrwin 3Kennedy 3Lavacca 4Merriman 3Nenzel 3Sparks 3Schlagel 3Table 4
Woodlake
Barley 2Cleveland 3EnlowGiilaspleGerman 3Kewanee 3Loup 5Minnechaduza 4Mother jikePleasant HillSharps RanchSteen- - 2Valentine n
G
It is recommeded that the precinct primariesbe held at ihe voting place in each precinctJuno 23d 1900 at 2 oclock pm unless other-wise
¬
called by the precinct committeemanIt is also recommended that no proxies be al ¬
lowed but that the delegates present cast thefull vote of the precinctJ W BURLEIGH A M MOPiBISSEY
Secretary Chairman
Democratic PartyThe Democratic electors of Cherry County are
requested to send delegates from their severalprecincts to meet in County Convention in Val¬
entine Nebraska on Saturday Juue 30th J900at 10 oclock a m for the purpose of electingseven delegates to the state convention to beheld at Lincoln July 11 I90u seven delegates tothe congressional convention to be held atBroken Bow July atli J90O seven delegates tothe senatorial and seven delegates Vi the repre ¬
sentative conventions not yet called to place innomination a candidate lor county attorneyAnd to transact sucn outer uusiness as maproperly come beforu the convention
The delegates from the Mrst CommissionerDistrict will also meet in convention immedi ¬
ately after the adjournment of the county con ¬
vention and lace in nomination a candidate forCounty Commissioner for the full term of threeyears and the delegates from the Third Com¬
missioner District will meet in convention im- -mediately after the adjournment of the countyconvention and place in nomination a countycommissioner to till vacancy for the term of oneWit
The apportionment Is the same as that of thePeoples independent Party
It is recommended that the precinct primariesbe lielu at the voting place in each precinctJuue 23 I90uat2 oclock P Jl unless other ¬
wise called by the product committeemaniltis also recommended that no proxies be a
iowed but that the delegates present cast thefull vote of the precinct
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MURDER IN THE
Is in
The March term of court
convened in this city Monday morning
June 11th The first case to come to
trial was that of the State vs Cicero
H felonyit will be shot two sol-
diers
¬
on the night of March 14 one of
whom died from the effects a few days
afterwardCounsel lines up as follows
For the County Attor-
ney
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A M A G Fischer of
Chadron Judge J W TuckerFor the defenso Clark Tucker
Ft M Walcott and M P Kinkaid of
ONeillJudge J J
MondayMONDAY
was spent in selecting3
jury Tnirty nme men were exuuimeuand 12 chosen to act in the case as fol-
lows
¬
Wm Dunbar Cody J B SweeneyPullman A 13 KennedyChas Deaver Wood Lake C D Ainslie Simeon B W Levee Wood LakeWm Alder Merriman B Hunt EliW Teeters A F YoungCody E R Brownlee FW Pool Steen precinct
After the jury was thestatement of tne case of the State vs
Cicero H was outlined byCounty Attorney Duringthe statement ex Judge Kinkaid one of
the counsel for defense objected tosome statements made which indicatedthe past character and habits of the de ¬
fendant with relation to the deceasedand other parties which the state ex-
pected¬
to use as witnesses The coun-
ty¬
attorney was sustained in his state-
ments
¬
by the court and againto outline the case but was
though each time sustainedby the court as keeping within legalbounds
During the statements of Judge Kin ¬
kaid as to the outlines of the defense hewas by County
calling him to order for ar-
guing
¬
the case at an timeAfter cross tiring at eachother Judge Kinkaid was finally per-
mitted¬
by the court to proceed but cau-
tioned¬
not to argue the case --at this timebut to confine himself to the defensewhich he to make The Judgewas called to order after thisby the attorneys for theand each time was to con-
fine
¬
himself to a statement of what heexpected to prove in his line of defenseThe judge took very kindly to the admonitions from the court and finallyavowed tnat mere were a great nianythings which were very tohim to say but under the ¬
he would refrain from so doinglie then to call the jurys at-
tention¬
to an incident thatwhile juror was being examined butat this junctureagain objected to his entering intodiscussion of immaterial matters andthe judge subsided
TUESDAY
Most oi the day was spent by counselfor the defense and in ar-
guing¬
as to what evidence should beto go to the jury during
which time the jury was out in thecare and charge of the bailiff At 220pm the jury was called in and testi-mony
¬
of Aug Milliman was begunThe witness testified that on the
night of March 14 1900 he and ArthurLondon stood check at the Fort at 11
oclock p m and then came up townThey went to the Owl Saloon Milli-
man¬
outside while Londonwent in to see Witnesswas not allowed by the defense to tes-
tify¬
as to what passed between ¬
it being hearsay evi-
dence¬
J They next went to Joe Morri-sons
¬
restaurant awakened the cookand ordered to eat Whilethere witness and London saw ¬
pass going south In about a halfhour they followed going to ¬
house Arrived there thevknocked on the door and noresponse went to the north windowrapped on it and called
but received no responseThey then went to the depot and ask-
ed¬
the operator the time of night Itwas then about 2 oclock a m Fromthere they went to the resort south oftown but came back go ¬
ing to house and againrapping on the door calling for ¬
and again to the north windowcalling andrapping on the window with a silverdollar but receiyed no response Theythen went to the room called Thomp ¬
sons poker room broke open a box andtook some poker chips about two cigarboxes full put them in their overcoatpockets and went back to
v
a
a
a
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SECOND
house again rapping on
DEGREE
the Verdict Rendered hjr the Jury theThompson Case
adjourned
Thompson Thompsonremembered
prosecutionMorrissey
Harrington
McAlevy
ChesterfieldVandegrift
empaneled
ThompsonMorrissey
proceededrepeatedly
interrupted
interrupted AttorneyMorrissey
improperconsiderable
expectedrepeatedly
prosecutioninstructed
temptingcircum-
stancesattempted
happened
Attorney Morrissey
prosecution
permitted
standingThompson
Thomp-son andLondon
somethingThomp-
sonThomp-
sonsreceiving
ThompsonThompson
immediatelyThompsons
Thomp-son
Thompson Thompson
Thompsons
thewindow London then saidhes not here Shall we go
door andI guess
in Mil--
liman said I guess we micht as wellThen putting their shoulders to thestorm door they forced it open andwhen inside the storm shed put abroom against the door to hold it shutThen putting their shoulders to the in-
ner¬
door they forced that open and metThompson face to face Thompsonfired as Milliman had his foot on thethreshold the bullet taking effect inthe right cheek whereupon he Milli-
man¬
stepped back and crouched in thestorm shed London turned to runand as he ran out of the storm sheddoor Thompson fired the bullet enter-
ing¬
the back part of the head and pas-
sing¬
through to the frontal bone as tes-
tified
¬
to by the Post surgeon who ex-
tracted¬
itThen Thompson shot Milliman a sec-
ond¬
time the bullet entering the leftcheek After this Thompson steppedoutside past the witness and shot Lon-
don¬
twice more while he was lying onthe ground struggling and kicking andcrying Thompson Thompson Dontshoot Dont shoot The two lastshots entered Londons head from theside Either shot would in ordinarycircumstances prove fatal as was ad-
duced¬
by the testimony of the Post sur-
geon¬
The Post surgeon exhibited two ofthe bullets which were taken from Lon-
dons¬
head by him The other bulletbeing at the base of the nasal bone herefrained from taking it out because itwould mar and disfigure the corpse
A great deal of time was consumedby the lawyers in arguing what testi-
mony¬
to admit and what the juryshould not hear Judge Harringtonhaving so much to contend with as attimes theretheir feet at once
were four attorneys onraising an objection
or pleading for a point of law that itwas remarked by one in the audiencethat he ought to have some one to helphim as he seemed to have the most todo
WEDNESDAY
The examination of Milliman tooktill 935 xV M J A Hooten testifiedthat he was called by Thompsonshortly after the shooting oenrred andthat he was dressed in a brown suit ofclothes Milliman was recalled by thedefense to testify as to how he andLondon deceased were dressed on thenight of March 14 He said they weredressed m their soldier blue with brownulsters and caps on Sheriff Layportetestified that he saw London lying onthe ground near Thompsons houseand that he helped to carry him to DrHolsclaws office examined his cloth-
ing¬
found no gun or revolver on hisperson but found the poker chips awatch and a deck of cards The re-
volver¬
with which Thompson shotwas produced and put in evidence
A W liarpar was sleeping in theoffice of Tilsons livery barn that nightand was awakened by shooting andafterwards heard three distinct reportsas of a gun Fred Vincent night op-
erator¬
at the depot said two sqldierswere at the depot and asked abouthouses of ill repute aside from the hogranch One said Maybe Thompsonhas gone there referring to the latterplace They left the depot After ¬
ward he heard two shots fired in thedirection of Thompsons house andthinking someone was out on adrunken brawl did not go out of thedepot to see about it
Frank Shields said he knew Thomp-son
¬
since last year and was withLondon in Thompsons saloon Hadbeen with London to defendants housewhile Thompson was there Firstnight stayed until about 4 oclock a mWent there again a short time after-ward
¬
Went with Thompson from sa-
loon¬
the first night Sat around thestove and warmed While talkingThompson said he would fix the bedThey went to bed all three sleeping inthe same bed What then occurredwill not be related nor other details oflike character Wanting something todrink the soldiers asked Thompson toget up and go to the saloon but he refused and told Shields to take the keysfrom his pocket and go down to the sa-
loon¬
which he did taking back sixbottles of beer and four quarts of whiskey They broke the necks off twobottles of beer Thompson drinkingfroln one Shields and London from theother Went back to bed for awhileand got up about four oclock leavingThompson in bed London then tookThompsons watch and Shields tookhis money about 7 London askedfor money and Thompson said he didnthave anv more as Shields had taken allhe had with him They came back
IHpjgptlfiMBWHBWaBMWi wp v Hmith mini
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again in about six days Thompsonsent them to the house he coming af-
ter¬
closing the saloon They wentthrough similar transactions except go-
ing¬
to the saloon as Thompson had apint of whiskey This time they stay-
ed¬
until about 6 oclock am In leav¬
ing London said he was going to takea couple of guns with him and about400 poker chips Then asked formoney Thompson said What theh 1 do you want Do you want allPve got London said I dont careif I do get all youve got Londontook a silver watch When they gotup to the school house Shields toldLondon that the watch might be apawned one and they returned rappedon the door which locked with a springlock Thompson got up said he wasglad they returned the watch as it hadbeen pawned by some one living out inthe country
Thompson wrote a letter to Shieldswho went by the name of Mickeyasking him to bring back those pokerchips as half of them belonged to an-
other¬
man and he couldnt explain tohim what had become of them Hewanted them before the next night asthey were going to have a game Ifhe had put them up for anything letThompson know and he wTould put upthe money to get them out ne toldhim to be sure to come and bring hispartner or to send his partner it hecouldnt come or send the chips backWitness knew Milliman and talked tohim about what passed betweenThompsonXondon and himself whilethey were drinking of the four quartsof whiskey
E Sparks banker said he knewThompsons signature as defendanttransacted business Avith him Gaveas his opinion that the letter producedwas written by defendant though onlysigned Thompson
Testimony of Johnson and Eay wasnot allowed
Sergeants and Neimeier knewLondon and recognized the watch ashaving been in the possession of de-
ceased
¬
State rested
D W Hilsmger Judge Towne WE Haley J W Burleigh M V Nich-
olson
¬
E Sparks Geo Elliott LewBrownell John Shores W S BarkerG lX Crabb P Simons and O WMorey were called to testify as to thegood reputation borne by the defend-
ant¬
Wm Francke said he knew of thepoker room referred to and that helocked the door in leaving the night ofthe 14th That it was broken open onthe morning of the loth
W F A Meltendorff said he was inThompsons saloon when London de-
ceased
¬
came into saloon on night ofMarch 14 He was talking withThompson when London came in wentto the bar and took a drink of somekind Didnt hear him talk to Thomp-son
¬
but looked at both of them andtheysat him
John G Maher testified that he tookthe testimony during preliminary ex-
amination¬
of Thompson for the shoot-
ing
¬
of London and that it was correctJ A Hooton called back by defense
said he examined the door of Thomp-sons
¬
house early on morning of March15 and found part of the lock biokenand latch holder with screws in it lyingabout center of room
Layporte recalled said he went tothe poker room in early morning ofMarch 15 and neither lock -- nor doorwas broken
THOMPSON TESTIFIESThompson testified that he went
home about the time the train wasgoing west That about 20 minutesafter he was asleep some one knockedon his door and hallowedJlThompsonBut he paid no attention as hethought it was somebody after whiskey or something and that it was cus-
tomary¬
to have persons knock at hishome for such things but he neverpaid any attention to them thatsome time afterward he was arousedfrom sleep by a crashing noise in ashe thought the front room that thenoise sounded to him as if a windowcame in or was smasnett in tnat neimmediately jumped out of bed andwent to the front room that as soonas he got close to the front door thedoor was bursted in and some fellowscame in against it that they seemedto be pushing against the door withviolence as it came in with greatforce that he was frightened andalarmed and thought they were prob-
ably¬
coming in to take money awayfrom him and supposed they were go-
ing¬
to kill him one of them cameagainst his left hand and he put uphis left hand as if to keep them outand commenced firing that at thistime they were two or three feet in-
side
¬
the door that he opened fire andemptied his revolver that he did notknow who they were that it was toodark and that they had their coat col-
lars¬
turned up around their necksand that he thought they were mask-ed
¬
that he did not go out of hishouse that after he emptied his re-
volver¬
he got the stove poker andwaited for a few moments to see if
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
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Recently opened and newly furnishedNot a restaurant but a hotel
100 PER DAYThe best of viands and treatment given
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AND ABSTRACTERValentine Nebraska
Practices in District Court and TJ S LandOffice Eeal Estate and ltanch Propertybought and sold Bonded Abstracter
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