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CLYDE KINO AND D. H. CRONIN. EDITORS AND MANAGERS.
)LUME XV.
O’NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, JANUARY HI, 1895.
NUMBER 30.
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of Interest Told As They Are
Told to Us.
f AND HOW IT HAPPENED
[ippeningi Portrayed For General
Edification and Amueement.
Westfall, formerly of Butte,
r of Missouri, is in the city this
> Kinkaicl lias sold his interest in
t mid sheep ranch to Prank Em
Dickson arrived in the city Bat
tler an extended business tripin
theast.
Uigurs started for Iowa Saturday
g, where he will visit a few days
! family. ,
Hour, corn, bran and all kinds of
,10 the O'Neill Flour & Feed Co.,
ick Manager. 88-tf
Guih, of Valentine, was in the
i fore part of the week visiting
funder and family. ■
p Mathews, of, Butte, came up
5wii the road Friday night and
per Sunday in O’Neill.
eye for an eye, and a tooth for a
should be, and doubtless is, the
if the "would-be Uockshaws.”
ew J. Little departed this life
iday, at his home in this city,
literal occurred Tuesday at 2
urpcnter deacon of the church at
tv ho so greatly abhors secret so
ihould now give us his version of
lisappearatice.
ive.-months old baby of Mr. and
n Keys died last Sunday of bron*
The funeral occurred Tuesday
e Catholic church.
r Bartlett, of the Jackson Criter
e in the city last Friday. He was
the purpose of attending the
of Barrett Scott.
hn, L. U. Bruner and Bill Mosher,
loll'h, were in the city last Fri
imling the funeral of Barrett
bile in the city Mr. Boughn
t this office.
Auten went down to Randolph
. and while there purchased a
*hop, which he will take posses
in about two weeks. John is a
!s barber and we predict will
success of his business there.
higlin will furnish you all kinds
/ ‘n carload lots or in small
,tSl He can also furnish you
“1 oil and gasoline by the gallon
:1 Get his prices before buying
1 "ant an Overcoat. Fur Coat.
1,e"8 or Wool Boots, J. P. Mann
you cheaper than anybody, as
- joo many on hand to carry over
ft tlieal 8° at any reasonable
L"®e and investigate before
est 38 3 J. P. Mann.
e friends and neighbors
‘"led us during the sickn
11 l,cath of our husba
take this method of
heartfelt thanks.
Mns. JSllen
Tuos. Hainer
Kate IIainer
Viand Parker, died la
'" a lingering illness
fhe funeral occur
■°m the Presbyteria
was one of Holt co
“s and WRS great]
t of friends. Ue lea
rhl grown children
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Sheriff Uamilton, of Holt
visa's*in ,;<s
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Barrett Scott n V®8l'sation »nd
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Barrett Scott'i Funeral,
Barrett Scott was born July 19, 18o2,
and died January 31, 1894, aged 42 years
5 months and 12 days. He was married
to Miss Alice Darr in Randolph, Mo ,
January 20, 1874. To them two child
ren were born, but one of whom is now
living. Mr. Scott and wife came to
Holt county In 1878 and have resided
here since that time.
The funeral of Barrett Scott took place
last Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock, under
the auspices of the Odd Fellows’ lodge,
of which he was a member. They were
assisted by the Knights of Pythias, six
of whom in full uniform acted as pall
bearers. They were: H. C. McEvony,
John Hazelett, J. L. Hershiser, Fred
Pfunder, S. J. Weekes and Chas. Davis.
The casket bore the simple inscription :
“Barrett Scott,” and a floral heart of
white roses and immortelles.
The procession formed in front of the
Odd Fellows’ ball in the post office block
and marched to the Scott residence,
where the remains had lain since Thurs
day morning. From the house the pro
cession proceeded to the Methodist
church, where after an anthem by a mix
ed quartet, the Odd Fellows’ ritual was
read by Noble Grand Silas Smith and
Chaplain James Riggs of the local lodge,
and a brief discourse was delivered by
Rev. E. E. Hosman. The sermon was
from the text, "Whosoever Liveth and
Believeth in Me Shall NevetDie.” From
the church the cortege moved slowly
through the blinding snow storm to the
Protestant cemetery, where the remains
were interred. The services at the grave
were abbreviated as much as possible on
account of the inclemency of the
weather.
A large number were in from neigh
boring towns and surrounding country,
notwithstanding the severity of the
weather. A light snow had fallen the
night previous, and a cold northwest
wind agitated it into a blizzard; and thus
ended the earthly career of Barrett
Scott. "Man born of woman is of but
few da/s and full of misery. He riseth
up and is cut down like a flower; he
fleeth as it were a shadow andcontinu
eth not in one stay: in the midst of life
we are in death.” The quotation was
never more applicable to any case'. Scott
had been closely identified with Holt
county and its upbuilding since her in
fancy. He was no stranger to hardships
and vicissitudes of pioneer life. His life’s
history in Holt county is wothy of em
bellishment by the pen of a scholar and
adornment by the brush of an artist.
He cast his lot here in an early day, for
better or for worse. He was one of the
brave forerunners of a better day; be
followed the star of empire westward in
its flight and assisted in building up the
young empire that lias furnished him an
untimely grave. Here were spent the
best days of his life; here were bis chil
dren born and buried. To follow him
with pen down the years would be an
arduous task. To recite his history
would not be a pleasant duty, but well
done, it would read like a romance,
From the days when he freighted from
civilization to these then wild prairies,
to the time he met his death would All
volumes. To relate the character of the
man should be the office of a friend.
Barrett Scott, away down in the inner,
most cells of bis heart, was a good man,
undeserving the contumely that has been
heaped upon him. His one great fault
was his opeu-heartedness and sympathy
for suffering humanity. He could no
more refrain from dividing his last dol
lar with the needy than he could from
sharing with famine-stricken neighbors
his last pound of flour. In talking over
his treasurersblp shortage he one day
said to us that he could not stand behind
the counters of a bakery an 1 see starv
ing men pass by without giving them
bread. That was the spirit that ruled
him during his official career and led to
his death at the hands of men whom he
had not injured to the extent of $15.
each.
Perhaps the least said on an occasion
of this kind the better. The dead should
be permitted to rest in peace. The im
agination of our readers will be allowed
to supply what we have omitted to say.
They may paint on fancy's canvass' the
drama of his life and the tragedy of his
death: think, if they can, what
thoughts crowded into his brain when
torn from his family and carried away
to a spot where a deed of darkness might
be safely done: say to themselves what
he sa^d as the rope was adjusted to his
neck and the unmasked faces of his tor- J
mentors stood revealed: think again as
he thought when the cord tightened and
the blood hastened to fire his brain: see,
88 bis murderers saw, his last writhings,
and then tell us if you may that mot) law
is justifiable. Tell us that a band of a
dozen or an hundred men have the moral
right to appoint themselves guardians
or avengers for our county and convict
our citizens unheard, by the rule of mal
;c® *“d hatred and finally condemn and
« ~ 8 name of J"s'lce. Away
with such tribunals!
Scottie has been injured a thousand
urwwf lOTt nVery iDj"ry be ever inflicted
restltTpeaceT morUl' Mav hia b°ne8
Another Kan's Idea.
O’Neili,, Neb., J»n. 20, 1895.
Editors of Frontier—With your
I permission and the kind indulgence of
the public, I desire to refer very briefly
to his satanic majesty, the editor of the
Beacon Light in his last week’s issue.
"The Hockahaw detectivo association
are not coughing up many sensational
finds this week, and are sleeping with
their ears against the wall with alertness
of Australian bush rangers, while the
minds of the people are rapidly conform
ing to the belief that Barrett Scott is
alive and.well, and that the sweat-shop
inquisitors made d—a—of themselves."
Thus reads the first paragraph of a
long tirade of the sameness of a column
and upwards. It is seir evident from
the above that it voices the [sentiments
of not only the writer and editor but of
all his co-adiutors. Now Memo-*. «HI.
tors, as 1 sit here in my cosy little home,
thinking the Barrett Scott case over
from its very inception up to the present
time I am compelled to believe that his
dead body is the natural result, and was
the intention from the first of the edi
torials that have appeared from time to
time in the sheet above quoted. Not
that I believe he had hold of the rope
that was the means of ;the last torture
that was administered to Barrett Scott,
but that he and his cohorts secretly de
sired the results that subsequently trans
pired, cannot be successfully denied.
"He that sowetli to the wind shall reap
of the whirlwind,” has been demonstrat
ed in these later days in this county by
the ghastly remains that were taken from
the Niobrara river on January 20. Such
language and sentiments as have appeared
in the above paper since the beginning
of its present management would not be
tolerated in any of the countries of the
old world, and surely should not in the
highly cultivated civilization of the
United States.
“By their works shall ye know them,
and by their deeds shall they be judged,”
is one of the highest laws that mortal
man has ever received from an all-wise
Being, and the ablest jurist that the
world lias ever produced has been una
ble to give us anything on our statute
books to be compared with the divine
law. Do you wonder then in the light
of recent events, that this man should
parade our streets with his two hands
in his pockets (presumably holding weap
ons) and that his every movement should
be fraught with fear The trembling is
yet to come. Do you wonder that Holt
county has a bad name? If you do, just
let your mind revert to the corpse of
Barrett Scott and read the flies of this
foul sheet which was mainly instru
mental in inciting the crime?
Methinks I hear some one say "you
are too severe.” Ami? Lets see. Who
started the report that apparently gained
so much credence, that the friends of
this man had spirited him away to keep
him out of the penitentiary ? Who said
that this woman was not shot, and that
there were no marks of the same upon
her, and that the attending physician
was a liar? Who said Barrett Scott had
no bullet mark on his neck and ear, and
that there were no signs of blood upon
the inside of tho carriage? Who said
the " hole thing looks thinner and thin
ner as men view it from cause to effect?”
Who was it who asked why the bonds
men of Barrett Scott did not offer a re
ward for his return? Who is it that de
fies the people of O'Neill to harm a hair
of his head, and who says that in the
case of such an event the lives of a dozen
of our citizens would be rendered up in
expiation? Answer these interrogations
my kind reader, if you can, and if not,
kindly refer them to the poor forsaken
wretch, who is so universally despised
that no one worthy the name dare call
II I III II 1UIJU.
Read, kind friend what he says in re
gard to the business men who have been
his patrons and who have contributed
to the means for providing himself and
his children with bread: “It is now time
to draw the line. It is time that business
men be made to show their hands. It
is time to force every one of them to
either take the side of the gang of
thieves or else stand out and be counted
on the side of the people who have been
robbed, plundered and insulted, and pub
licly pass a resolution denouncing this
would-be Hocksbaw detective outfit of
lawless devils. Let every farmer pledge
himself that be will not buy another
dollars worth of goods front a business
man who is known to have taken an
active part in this outrage by the gang,
or one who will not openly condemn
their actions, or who patronizes the ad
vertising columns of the miserable pups
of editors who defended the thieves and
branded the populists as murderers. The
way to cook these fellows is to put them
on record.” Yes, draw the line, and let
it be drawn tightly. You have put your
own party on record; the “line" is about
your own neck and you are welcome to
get all the weight on the other end which
you possibly can. I do not for a mo
ment, Mr. Editor, want you or the pub
lie lo think that the populists, us a party,
murdered Barrett Scott, but I do think
that every member of that murderous
gang were populists, and from the mouth
ings of this man Kaulzman, an unbiased
poblic would be forced to believe that
the populist party wants to shield and
protect the murderers. Yes, Mr. Editor,
I say draw the Hue, every person in
business in O'Neill who has advertised
in that sheet should boycott him; go af
ter him hard; if wo encourage by our
patronage such a character to remain
in our midst we are but nursing a serpent
that will drive its poisonous fangs into
our vitals whenever the opoortunity of
ters. uur common welfare demands that
the head of this viper be crushed beneath
the iron heel of public sentiment. It
is an undeniable fact that this man has
done more to traduce the good name of
our county than all of her other draw
backs combined. Talk of irrigation!
What manner of men, may I be permit
ted to ask, would daro invest their capi
tal in a community where men’s lives are
not safe, to say nothing of their prop
erty V And yet, men of O’Neill and Holt
county, this very paper says you must
not help prosecute these red-handed as
sassins. You are called on to pass res
olutions condemning them as a gang of
thieves for standing up for law and jus
tice. Will you do it? My answer to
Kautzman, for you. is yes, but the reso
lutions will neither be written or dicta
ted by Kautzman, nor any of his ilk, nor
will they be at all flattering to him, Ch
you vile wretch of moral rottenness;
you cursed, and marked by the wrath
of God’s displeasure; you obnoxious
creature, selected to prove and reverse
the theories advocated by Darwin: you
leper of all that is virtuous, holy and
manly as created by the Master. Hie
yourself hence, and should you meet any
animate object, cry, as did the lepers of
old, "unclean I’’ “unclean 1” so that if
any being be polluted by coming in con
tact with your vile carcass you will not
be held accountable. May God have
mercy on your poor spirit, and that the
same may not be crying for tne moun
tains to fall upon it and thus hide it for
ever from the face of its creator is the
wish of Law and Okdbk.
Dress Goods Sale,
We have decided to give our custom
ers another chance to buy some cheap
goods in order to reduce our stock be
fote putting in our new stock. For two
weeks, beginning Satuiday, Feb. 2, we
will sell our entire line of Dress goods,
Silks and Trimmings at 20 per cent, dis
count. We will offer at the same time
several special lots. Kid Gloves at from
25 to 50 per cent, discount. This will be
a great chauce to buy kid gloves cheap,
but we are anxious to reduce our stock
in this line. On Cloaks, Shawls,
Blankets, etc , we are giving extraordi
nary discounts, as we are bound to sell
them. 28 2 J. P. Mann.
Some of the members of this so-called
Protective Association assert upon their
oath, that it was formed for the purpose
of “suppressing lawlessness, apprehend
ing criminals aul turning them over to
be dealt with according to law.” They
do not say whether their laws are taken
from the statutes of Nebraska or the bv
laws of their Protective Association, nor
whether they are to be applied by the
advocates of the one or the other. A
tolerably correct inference, however,
may be drawn by referring the reader to
the manner of law applied in the last two
cases taken into the jurisdiction of their
court. Their acts, too, appear to be just
a little inconsistent, when you take into
consideration the fact that the members
of this Association have not exerted
themselves to any appreciable extent in
order to apprehend the perpetrators of
the diabolical crime recently committed
upon the very threshold of the building
where their association meets. Well, we.
must confess that it would sound some
what peculier to hear that John Jones
nau caught himself committing a crime,
had appeared at the office of the nearest
magistrate, sworn out a warrant for his
own arrest and after serving the same
upon himself, grasped himself by (he ear
and started with himself for the purpose
of turning himself over to the authori
ties, and that while proceeding through
a dark and lonely spot he suddenly
sprang out upon himself and at the muz
zle of a winchester, and in the face of
dire threats.compelied himself to adjust a
rope about his own neck and hang him
self to a cottonwood tree until he was as
dead as the nroverbial doornail. Then,
to hide from himself all traaes of the
crime he gathers up his remains and
drops them into the cold cruel waters of
Niobrara river.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Cronin visited
relatives in Randolph, Sunday.
We have another car load of that One
ground wheat, also shorts, bran and oil
cake. See us when in need of any.
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Preliminary Hearing In the Scott
Caae Now On.
COMMENCED LAST MONDAY
The State Will Probably Beet Today. Mo
Mow Arreete Hade.
The preliminary bearing of Mulllhan,
Elliott, Roy and Harris for the murder
of Barrett Boot!, commenced last Mon
day morning before county judge
McCutcban.
The state was represented by Attorney
General Churchill, County Attorney
Murphy, H. M. Uttloy and R. R. Dick
son, wbllo the defense was looked after
by the Harrington Bros, and T. V. Gol
den. It looked a little peculiar, although
It is perhaps perfectly natural, that the
attorneys who so persistently followed
( Scott from the time of his second elec
tion should now be employed to defend
men accused of his murder. As we
beard one gentleman remark, "they are
after him yet.”
The original complaint, that is the one
upon which the defendents were ar
rested, was dismissed and a new one im
mediately filed. The new complaint
was drawn up in the light of full infor
mation regarding the tragedy and
charged the prisoners with murder and
conspiracy to murder. The prisoners
were ordered to stand and listen to the
reading of the complaint, which they
did, and when the proper time arrived
pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The men charged with the commission
of the crime did not exhibit any great
amount of uneasiness, unless it might
have been Mullihan, who appeared
slightly nervous and evinced a desire to
look at everybody in the court room
at the same time.
Dell Akin was the first witness for
the state. He recounted the long story
of the search and the finding of the body.
The examination was conducted by At
torney General Churchill, who required
Mr. Akin to narrate, in detail the par
ticulars of the three week’s search, the
condition of the body and its identifica
tion. His testimony did not disclose
anything new in the evse.
Dr. Gilligan was the next witness. He
was one of the physicians who held the
autopsy. It was his opinion and the
opinion of his co-workers that death
was caused by strangulation and not by
drowning. In other words life was ex
tinct before he was thrown in the river.
Clark Young and Mrs. Young then tes
tified, but their testimony elicited noth
ing new.
John McAllister was then called. He
said he was about a mile and a half from
Parker on December 31, betweed 3 and 8
o’clock and heaid shots fired. He did
not go to investigate and saw no one.
John Murphy was then called and tes
tified as to the condition of the buggy
and horses the morning after the assault.
John McLaughlin also testified as to the
condition of the horses and buggy and
the route traversed in their search.
He was followed by J. L. Hershiser
who testified as to the finding of the
body and the search that led up to it.
In company with Mark Erwin he found
a loaded shell for a number 10 shot gun.
It was given to Sheriff Hamilton.
Sheriff Hamilton then testified as to
having received a shell from Mr. Her
shiser wbioh shell was produced by the
sheriff. Mr. Hershiser said It looked
like the shell he had given the sheriff.
H. O. McEvony was the next witness.
His testimony was about the same as
the others in regard to the search and
nothing new was developed. Mark
Erwin then testified as to the finding of
the shell and said the one produced in
court was like It.
1 hen Adolph Peterson was called. He
said that a short time before Christmas
he loaned his shot gun to Fred Harris,
and gave him some shells, that it was
returned shortly after New Years. The
shell that was found by Uersbiser and
Erwin was like the shells he had given
Harris. He did not know whether Har
ris had brought back all the shells he
had given him or not. On cross exami
nation he said Harris had borrowed the
gun a couple of times before that. That
there were lots of shells of that kind and
several guns that it would fit.
The proceedings during the day were
very dull and it fell to the lot of the last
witness for the day, I. A. Polk, to liven
tilings up a little. Mr. Polk, by his wit
icism and answers to some of the ques
tions propounded to him by Attorney
Golden upon the cross examination
brought forth peais of laughter from the
attorneys, prisoners and spectators and
Judge McCutchan was compelled to rap
for order several times. The substance
of his evidence was as follows: On the
morning of December 31 he started for
Fred Harris’ with whom he had some
business. When about half way to Har
rlfT which was a mile from his place,
he saw a buggy leave the yard end itirt
In the direction or Parker. He then
ciiine to a gully in the road and upon
ngnln gaining the upland heiaw another
team hitched to what he thpught waa a '
><pring wagon, going in the eame direc
tion. In the meantime ho had got to
wlthiu 40 or SO rode of the houie and he
anw two men on boreeback atart in the
mine direction. He wu unable to reo- 1 '
ognlce any of them. He drove into the
yard and a man named Harry Stanton >, ■
was hitching up a team to a wagon with
a double bo*. He appeared to be in $ * ;
hurry and did not want to talk.-;‘afjjj&'A
dtove to the hay etack, threw in Jt
pie of forkfull* of hay, Jumped into the ■
wagon, whipped up the horaes and
started after the others In the dlreotlon
of Parker. The rigid cross examination
that he was subjected to failed to maMr
laliy change the evidence. Court than
adjourned until 0 o’clock Wednesday &
mnrnlnir Wi.
WEDNESDAY.
The taking of testimony was com*
menced shortly after 9 o'clock. John
Harvey testified that on the day of th«
crime the Niobrara river was open on
the Doyd county aide at Whiting’s
bridge.
Theo. Crawford and Sim Simonson
oliclted nothing new.
Mr. Girard said that he saw the teams
leave Harris' on the morning of Decern*
her SI and drive toward Parker. He
was not close enough to recognize any
of the parties. Harris asked him to
join the Protective Association Some
time ago.
J. L. Biddle testified that he was a
member of the Protective Association
and that they held meetings In the Scott*
ville school house. He said the organl*
/.ation was for the purpose of suppress
■ »g lawlessness, apprehending criminals
and turning them over to be dealt with
according to law, and if the law did not
punish them the organization would.
The court adjourned at 11:80 until 8
o'clock in order to enable the members
of the bar to attend the funeral of
ez-Judge Hyland Parker.
The most important witness upon the
stand so far in the examination was
Henry Schmidt, who was driving Scott’s
team at the time of the assault. Hp tea*,
tilled to the hold up and carrying them
away from Parker for about three miles
in a wagon, when the ladies were placed
in a buggy and driven away. They kept
them together until after dark, when an
old house or barn was reached. They
were then told to get out of the wagon,
and Smith was taken to the south side
of the building and was told that he
might go, and that a man would drive
him part way to O’Neill. The handker
chief that was placed over his eyes ne
kept working down until he could see
fairly well. He was taken In a cart and
driven off. The man driving had a mask
on when they started but took it off or
lost it during the ride. He was driven
between three and five milee then
told to get off and that he could
remove the handkerchief. He did so.
The moon, he said, was shining full i«
the face of the driver and he had a good
look at him. Upon being asked if he
had seen that man since, he said that he
had. Who is the man7 was the next
question. Mpse Elliott, he replied. I
cannot be mistaken; I am sure be wae
the man that drove me in the cart for I
had a good look at his face. Upon croaa
examination he said he would swear pos
itively that it was Mose Elliott. The
leader of the band at Parker be thought
was the same man that done the talking
to him at the place where he was parted
from Scott, and said he was very sorry
the girl was shot. This man he thought
was George Mullihan but he could not
swear to it, as he bad not seen his face.
The next witness that took the stand
was Dave Palmer. On Dec. 81, he was
on his way to O’Neill. Between Min*
eola and Parker he saw a team about
two and a half miles behind him. He
thought the team was Scott's. About 80
rods east of Parker a man passed him
going toward Mineola. He had never
seen the man before. He thought he
bad seen him since and thought it was
George Mullihan from his walk and gen
eral appearance, but could not swear
positively that it was him.
About the only thing obtained from
the other witnesses was that a party of
men were seen going from Parker but
no one was near enough to recognize
any of them.
THURSDAY MOBMINO.
Henry Schmidt, Jake Herahiaer, and
Dave Palmer were recalled by the
defense this morning, but nothing new
was obtained further than that Schmidt
said he was 29 years old and had served
six years in the German army in India.
John Weekes testified that he identi*
fled the buggy belonging to Roy, from .
the description given by Mrs. Scott, as
the one in which they were taken across
the prairie. That Schmidt recognized
Elliott as soon as he saw him as the man
that drove him in the cart. Also that
Elliott said that he. accompanied by
Mert Roy were hunting horses on that
day in the direction of Parker and had
seen no other persons there. He was
followed by C. E. Hall whose testimony
was about the same.
Mrs. Scott and Miss McWhorter will
testify this afternoon.
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