TITE OMAHA DAILY JiJCE: SVNDAY, IMAKCir 01, 15)01.
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NEMESIS ON TRAIL OF BOGGS
Former Nebraikan Spindi Fortm to Oon'
Tinct QoTtrsment of Hit Inoccsnct.
ACCUSED OF ROBBING THE MAILS
StrtiKKl?" nf (lie l'oitntnMer nt SlmtT-
net-, O. T., to Keep Out of (he I'm
I tent In r3' Tliomnx I.nvHailr
CoiifusxL'N to the Crime.
At Tecumseh, 0, T., there was a hearing
yesterday In a caso which for aggressive
prosecution and stubborn defense has no
parallel In the annals of jurisprudence In
tho west. The parties to tbo suit are per
sons who, until a few years ago, were
prominent In business nnd social circles of
eastern Nebraska, being well known In
Omaha and Dlalr.
Tho history of tho cnto reads like a ro
mancc, being a fair companion plcco for
aomo of tho masterpieces of Victor Hugo.
In 1S06 John W. Doggs was a resident of
Dlalr, N'eb., where he had lived for many
years. His brotner was the lato Qcorgo II
Boggs, a well-known capitalist of Omaha,
whoso name appears on tho plats of several
additions to tho cltiv A short time pro
vloua to 1S0G a citizen of Dlalr went to
Oklahoma and was Instrumental In cstab
llBhInK tho town of Shawnee. Ho succeeded
In bringing to tho new territory a number
of persons from Nebraska and among them
John W. Doggs.
After tho election of 1806 there was I
struggle to secure tho position of postmas
ter nt Shawnee. Qcorgo 0. Doggs, a nephew
and namcsako of tho Omaha capitalist, was
ono of the candidates. Ho was a stranger
in tho country, but tho record of the family
In Nebraska stood hlra in good stead
Through tho efforts of John M. Thurston,
J. C. Cow In and other prominent rcpub
Hcnns of tho state at that tlmo tho Nc
brnsku man wnc given tho place, entering
upon his duties In tho spring of 1837.
Everything went well with tho new post
master until November of tho samo year
On tho night of November 4 a registered
letter was mailed nt tho town of Tecum
seh, tho county scat of tho county, addressed
to Guthrie, 0. T. This letter contained USO,
represented by nlno $110 bills. Dy reason
of tho peculiar system of running trains It
was necessary that the sack containing the
registered mall for points east of Shawnee
be opened nt that place and that tho mall
be transferred to other pouches. Tho last
traco of tho registered letter was at Shaw
nee.
Trnerr U Sent Out.
A tracer Was sent out and a postofflco In
spector put to work on tho case. A day or
two afterward tho nlno J20 bills which were
contained In tho registered packago woro
fohud In an unoccupied building wrapped, In
a note nddrcssed to Ocorgo Ii. Uoirs, the
postmaster. Tho uuoccupied building had
been used as tho postodlce until a short
tlmo beforo the registered letter was stolen
and the nota stated that the person who had
opened tho letter had learned that the num
hers of the bills had been registered aud
thercforo no ono could pass them; that
therefore tho thief had taken this oppor
tunlty of returning tho funds to tho gov
ernment. Tho Inspector who worked on the
caso was John Dccbo, a man well-known In
iho service and considered ono of tho most
able Inspectors on tho force. Ho Invest!
Kated tho caso thoroughly, according to his
Idea, nnd aa a result of his discoveries ap
piled for a warrant for tho arrest of George
O. Doggs on tho chargo of rilling the regis
tered mall. Doggs was arrested nnd gave
tiond for his appearance. Tho caso was
tried in 1&99 and Doggs was convicted cn
four counts, being sentenced to tho peni
tentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., for a year
nd a day on ench count. An appeal was
taken to the supremo court of the territory
and the Judgment affirmed.
Ponding tho hearing of tho appeal tho at
torneys for tho defense received anonymous
letters stating that Doggs was Innocent of
tho crlmo and that for tho sum of J500 cvl
denco to provo his lunocenco would bo pro
duccd. This evidence, was not forthcoming
and tho trial proccded. Defore the case
was takcu to tho supremo court n man
named K. A. Jones of Teeumsch, O. T.,
went beforo a United States commissioner
for tho district and testified that Thomas
Lovclndy, a clerk In the Teeumsch post
otllcc, bad confessed to him that ho bad
stolen tho money at tho Teeumsch office. On
this evidence tho commissioner Issued a
warrant for the arrest of Lovclady and ho
was tukon Into custody. When tho warrant
with Its endorsements was seut to the office
of tho United States district attorney for
the territory that officer refused to rccognizo
it nnd wrote a letter to the commissioner
scoring him for issuing a warrant and say
ing that such proceedings should not bo per
tntttcd to enable tho defense to bolster Its
caso. Tho warrant being Ignored Lovclady
was released, and tho caso against Doggs
went to trial, resulting In his conviction, as
above stated. In his dofenso in the lower
court and In the appeal proceedings tho ro
sources of tho Doggs family were exhausted.
While out'on bond Gcorgo Doggs was In th
employ of tho Choctaw Railroad company
and his father and brother wero In com-
fortablo circumstances. Today they are
bankrupt.
When tho decision of the lower court was
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nmrmed Ooorgo Doggs surrendered to tho
UnlteJ States marshal and Is now In ebargo
of that officer, not having been taken to the
penitentiary.
Now comes the remarkable part of the
case. When the ncw3 of tho conviction of
Doggs reached Tecumseh Thomas Lovclady
was peculiarly affected. For days he was
moroso and sullen. Finally he went before
tho United States commissioner and sur
rendered himself.
In spite of the orders of the district at
torney the commissioner again Issued a
warrant for his arrest and ho la now In
Jail nt Tecumseh awaiting the action of tho
federal grand Jury.
Sutmtnnce of the CutifeKnlon,
In his confession Lovclady states that he
was a clerk lu tho postoflke at Tecumseh,
0. T In November, 1S97. His duties con
sisted principally of attending to tho money
order business, but that he frequently en
gaged In other work In connection with the
office. On tho night of November 4 ho made
up a registered packago of nine $20 bills for
transmission from the Tecumseh office to
Guthrlo, which' was tho office of deposit for
all of tho offices of tho territory. He made
out tho report In triplicate and signed it In
tho presence of a real estate dealer" of
Tecumseh nnd placed tho letter In tho
pouch, which was transmitted to Shawnee
In the regular manner on Its way to the ter
ritorial capital. Ho further said that tho
nrrlval of tbo registered socle at Shawnee
was nt such an hour that Its contents could
not be forwarded until the day after Its nr
rlval and thnt tho custom wns to keep tho
registered matter In the office for twenty
four hours. Ho then stated that on tho night
of November 5 ho wns In the office at
Tecumseh with tho postmaster when the
evening mall arrived and that tho pouches
when opened showed that apparently a large
amount of registered mall had arrived nt
tho office; that tho postmaster remained In
tho office until tho regular mnll was dis
tributed, but left beforo tho registered mall
had been handled; that after the postmas
ter left ho turned to tho registered mall
and found that one of the packages had been
sent by him to Shawneo tho night before,
tho postmaster at Shawneo having by mis
take sent It west In tho Tecumseh pouch,
Instead of In the Guthrlo pouch. Vh'.n ho
saw thf package ho Intended to 'put It In
tho safo until the next morning nnd again
send It to Shawnee, but his attention was
called to tho stump window. He went to
tho window nnd upon returning to the dis
tributing tnblo picked up what he sup
posed to bo another packago addressed to
Tocumsel) nnd cut It open. As soon as It
was opened he saw that he had tampered
with the packago addressed to Guthrlo and
bocumo alarmed nt tho consequence, ns tho
description had gono In by mnll of tho
money In the pnekage, nnd ho feared that
ho would bo raado to suffer for his careless
ness. Then ho resolved to destroy all trace
of tho mutilated packago and with that In
tention put all of tbo envelopes nnd ensh
Into tho stove.
Jlinii'r 1 Ilemnreil.
Deforo setting flro to It ho removed the
money, which ho burled In the renr of tho
office, nfterwnrd burning tho envelopes and
letter of advice. He then becamo alarmed
and decided to replaco tho money, but
where to replaco it ho did not know, After
debating the matter In his mind for somo
tlmo ho went to a livery stablo nnd hired a
rig, with which ho drove five miles to Shaw
nee, whero he wroto tho note nnd put the
money In tho old postofflco building, ns ho
could find no box to put It In at the new
office, tho offico being closed on account of
tho lateness of tho hour. Ho then con
fesses that ho resolved that Doggs should
not bo sent to tho penitentiary, but so long
as he kept clear of prison he would not con
fess to the crime. Tho conviction of Doggs
caused him to make public tho confession
which he had previously made to Jones and
to a woman living In the neighborhood.
This confession was not mado until early
In the present month, but the gist of It was
contained in tho Information furnished by
Jones several months ngo. When Jones
mado his chargo tho matter was taken to
Washington with tho Intention of having
tho charges against Doggs withdrawn. The
trial Judge In tbo district court, tho dis
trict attorney and tho postolllco Inspector
opposed tho former Nebraskan and averred
that tho testimony of Jones had been man
ufactured. They secured an affidavit from
tho postmaster at Tecumseh saying that
Lovolady had novor prepared a registered
letter from tho office during tho early days
of November. Then tho defense took a
hand. From tho records of tho offico at
Shawnee they secured records of registry
signed by Lovelady for tho postmaster at
Tecumseh on tho dnys menloned, but this
did not change the determination of the
prosecuting attorney nnd Inspector, aud
tho government refused to Interfere. Let
ters wero written to the Inspector to mako
further Investigation, and to them ho re
plied that to do that would, be a confes
sion of error on his part in the first in
stance. Tho defense offered to pay the oi-
penso of tho Investigation, but the local
representatives of tho government refused
to authorize it. In the mcantlmo a change
has been made In tbo offico of tho district
attorney, J. W. Scothorn, tho nppolnteo of
President Cleveland, has retired and Hornco
Speed, appointed by President McKlnley,
has taken charge of the offico. Mr. Speed
seems to bo fair In tho matter and will give
the friends of Doggs an opportunity to con
vict Lovclady of the crlmo on bis own con
fcsslon.
A few week3 ago It nppcared that the
caso of Doggs would havo to go by default,
ns tbo entire family was bankrupt and
could not raise money to pay court costs.
Friends In Nebraska were appealed to. The
wlfo of Georgo Doggs was formerly a Miss
Lawson of Dlalr. Her sisters still ltvo
there, one of them being tho wife of the
clerk of tno district court and another the
wlfo of a prominent attorney. Tho people
of Dlalr have been Interested in the caso
since Its Incoptlon and when Doggs re
quested asslstanco tho request root with
a hearty response Frank Castcttcr, a
banker at Dlalr, Instructed F. S. Howell,
an Omaha attorney who Is Interested In the
defenso, to push tho caso to tho highest
court and to draw on him for nil expense.
Thus restored to necessary funds, Doggs
will carry tho caso to tho supreme court
of tho United States, If necessary, to clear
himself In a caso whero n self-confessed
thief stnnds ready to tako tho punishment
which the law says shall bo meted out to
tho criminal.
So far ns known no such caso as this
has ever been tried In any court In the
United States nnd Nebraska people nro in
terested In tho outcome, particularly so
becauso another former Nebraskan, Judge
Hnlner, a brothor of ex-Congressman
Hnlner, Is ono of tho supreme court Judges
who passed upon the case In review. Judge
Hnlner and ono other Judge dissented from
the opinion of the court, being In favor
of overruling the trial Judge.
On Tuesday of last week a motion was
filed In the United States district court at
Oklahoma City nsklng for a new trial for
Hoggs. This motion has not been passed
upon as vet.
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men of Troy, Bradford county. Pa. While
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me ngnt wrist nnu nroke ofr. The wound
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had become oxidized and powdered, with tho
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consciousness, sho wns subjected to an In
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thousand needles. Some years ago Mrs.
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lived, ono for the dying woman, one for his
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tho work progressing cn her coffin. Her
husband measured her body for a fit, and
when the coffln was finished, to mako sure
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down In tho casket Just ns she would ro
cllne In death. Mrs. Humphrey, after set
tling her body down In thn coffin tried to
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that It was n little too Bnug. Her husband
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3768 Five-Gorod Skirt.
22 lo 30 in. waist.
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gray with trimming of point do Vcnlse en
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chcmlsetto and stock ot stitched taffctu.
With It nro worn a hat of rough strnw, rib
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lining that closes nt the center front. On
It aro arranged tho plastron nnd tho tucked
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shallow hip darts nnd the fullness nt the
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