Tim OMAHA- DAILY REE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1903.
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tanlel Freeman Beenres Wr't of Manlamof
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-NO OPINION IN THE REVENUE IAW CASE
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(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, No .-(Speclal.)-The Bible
1U not be rend In the school of district
Mo. 21 In Gage county, and neither will the
pupils mingle their volcea In singing the
good old songs from the Gospel Hymn or
from the Pentecostal Hymn book, as has
been their wont, for the cleric of the su
preme court today mailed to the directors
of the achool district a copy of a peremp
tory writ of mandamus to compel the
teacher to cut out all such. This Is In con
formity with an opinion handed down by
the court soma months ago, which during
the recent Judicial campaign became state
history, but which the directors down In
Oage county refused to respect or abide by.
Borne - time ago I)anlel Freeman, who
brought the original action, came again to
the supreme court in a brief and aaked for
a writ of mandamus to compel the teacher
to desist. This waa granted, and to make
aure that It la right that it should be fol
lowed the clerk also sent to the school
board a copy of the opinion, the syllabus
Jid the writ. The latter follows: "
Whereas, In an action pending In the su
preme court of the state of Nebraska,
wherein the state of Nebraska ex rel Daniel
Freeman, was plaintiff In error, and John
Bcheve, Henry Ij. Odell unil Matilda Col
lett, aa members of the district board of
school district No. 21 In the county of Oace
and state of Nebratika, were defendants
In error, Judgment was duly rendered by
aid -court at the September, 1SK2, term
thereof on the 8lh day of October, 1902, In
the words and figures following, to-wlt:
"Thla cause came on to be heard, was
taken up and argued by counsel, on con
sideration whereof the court rinds there Is
error apparent on the record In the pro
ceedings and Judgment of the district court.
It Is, therefore, considered by the court
that said Judgment bo and the same hereby
Is reversed; s,"d, It Is further ordered by
the court that peremptory writ of man
damus aa prayed Issue from this court
against the respondents and their aucoes
ore in office; that . plulntlff In error pay
the court costs Incurred herein by It, taxed
at t 1 and have and recover of the de
fiant In error- all of Its costs herein.
taxed at $ , for which execution Is hereby
awarded; that said defendants In error
pay their own routs, taxed at t ." .
Now, therefore, we command you. Im
mediately upon the- receipt of this writ,
that you cause and require the teacher
employed by you to teach the school in
aid district No. 21 in said Oage county.
Nebraska, to discontinue the practice and
refrain from engaging In exereclses con
sisting of reading passages from the Bible
to the pupils In said school, and singing
religious hymns; In said school from the
book called 'Gospel Hymns" and from the
book called the "Pentecostal Hymn Book"
and the offering of prayer to the Dlety In
said school during school hours; and that
this writ and the commands thereof be
Interpreted In the light of an opinion filed
In said cause on October 10, 1902, as stated
In the syllabus of said opinion, a certified
copy -whereof is attached hereto and made
a part hereof, and a subsequent opinion
filed by the court In said cause on January
21, 1903, a certified copy whereof Is at
tached hereto and made a part hereof.
And that you return this writ on or before
the iWth day of December, 1903, with your
certificate of having done as you are herein
commanded. Hereof fall not under the
penaity of the law.
No Heveaae Uir Decision.
Whether the revenue law will stand the
test of the supreme court commissioners
' la still unknown to the outside world. It
ma stated yesterday that the opinion
Would , surely be handed to the clerk of
the supreme court today, and would then
be ready for the public. But It waa not.
It will come down tomorrow, however,
without fall. It Is stated. Judge Duffle has
tbe opinion, and has notified the clerk of
the court that he will arrive In IJncoln at
U o'olock tomorrow morning, and that he
Will bring with him the opinion. The de
lay In handing It down has only served to
oaks the Interest more intense and specu
lation more rife.
In the meantime another law enacted by
the late legislature has gone glimmering
In the district court of Lancaster county.
tThla U the law compelling the mayor of
XJncola to appoint a plumbing Inspector.
Tbe mayor refused, and an applicant for
tbe plijce, who bad been Indorsed by the
Central Labor union, brought mandamus
proceedings to compel him to appoint.
The result was that Judge Holmes held
today that the law was unconstitutional,
being contrary to that'sectlon of the con
stitution which says that no bill shall con
tain more than one subject, and the same
. shall be clearly expressed In the title.
Call for Dank Statement.
Secretary Royce of the Banking board has
Issued a call for a statement' of the con
dition of state and savings banks at the
plga of business on November 17. And in
"iue meantime the action of the Insurance
eompanlea In threatening to refuse to In
Sure banks against burglaries in the small
towns, a member of the Banking board be
lieves, will result In the putting In of
burglar alarms, and that will be all. It
will not drive any bank out of business,
this member thought, because they will
be able to get tbe Insurance If the banks
are properly protected with the right kind
Ot alarms or burglar-proof safes.
Barred . Room for Mans,
Superintendent Johnson of the Feeble
Minded Institute at Beatrice waa here this
tornlng to see Governor Mickey, to dis
cuss with him what Is to be done with an
Inmate named Mason, who persists la In
sisting that he Is Insane, and acting that
tray, though the Insanity board of that
county declared him sane, and refused to
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eral to a bilious ttata of tha BTaitm.aiick as Dta
siuaee, Kum, Drowslnen, biatreaa after sating,
!mio in tta Side, Ac. While thnr Mirautv
able suocesa has bvrs ihowa la curing
8darh ,rt I'arttt'aUtUa liver Pill era squall)
aaiuabie la t'ooaiipaiioa, curing and frcv4iung
tbis aaaoylDg eumpiamt, hui tnrjr iIm eorracl
ad dtaordara of tha stomach, stimulate the liver
aud raguiaM the bowels. Ana If Ihijr only corad
Ache they would be l.uai pil- i l.va to those wee
euflrr from Ihis diiiraaaiuf, eoiuptaiiii; eat form
saialy thai' guodnaaa flora not red brra, sudlboae
r so once VJ mem will led Idas ix lie lulls vaua.
sola la so ataay aya Dial tor will not ba wu
toot vilueut them, bill alter all aic head
Tithe baa of to marjr lirea thai hew arherew
Ba,a our great eoti. Our ilia iwe a waUe
eibera do But.
l ate a Utile Uvac HI' a era verrtmallaad
TpVaaay to take. Hae or two pi.ls utaHaa doa
Xlri era irmly vriW at-d do enp or
purgo, bat by tbet fccnilff scuoa ili in all whe
waa taeta. la viala si J cmia; sva lot II, Cold
dreggiats avarya bite, w east by auaX
CJLKTIUl MEDICINE CO.,
Htw York Cltjs
send him te the asylum. After conferring
with the attorney genera, t was decided
that Dr. Johnson construct a special cell,
with steel bars on the windows. In which
to keep Mason. The letter's last escapade
happened a few days ago, when he escaped
from bis room minus his clothing and
went to the court house yard ' and there
spent the night There le no way that
Mason could get Into the asylum except
through the County Insane board or from
the penlten'lary, so he will have to re
main In the home.
Who pays the Freight f
In the near future probably the supreme
court will be asked to decide how tbe ex
penses of the junketing party sent out by
the Board of Public Lands and Buildings to
Inspect Insane asylums of other states are
to be paid. Inasmuch as Attorney Gen
eral Prout was one of the party he will not
hand down an opinion, but will ask the su
preme court to decide, the matter being laid
befcre the court, however, not in the na
ture of a cult.
During the summer, when the board took
tip the matter of the Insane asylum to be
built at NorfLlk, the Board of Public Lands
and Buildings sent Attorney General Trout,
Architect Tyler and Dr. Keams of Hact
Iners to Investigate the cottage plan In
ether states. Their1 expenses ranged from
108 to $120 or thereabouts and the board
then began to cast around for a way to
pay them. The auditor was Informed of
the board's dilemma and stated that he
thought It unlawful for the amount to be
paid out of the Incidental fund. The board
thinks otherwise and to decide the ques
tion when the board gets around to It the
supreme court will lie aaked to give an opin
ion In the matter.
CSats Oat Lithographing.
The action of th State Printing board In
rejecting the proposals for the printing of
a map of the state, Including the sena
torial, congressional and judicial districts
and the various lines of railroads, at the
request of the labor bureau, and the fur
ther fact that the labor commissioner has
filed with the board a second request with
specifications exactly like the first, with
the exception of the Insertion of the word
"lithographed" maps, has caused some
comment. By this Insertion there are only
two firms in the state that would be able to
bid on the work, these the State Journal
company of Lincoln and the Rees Printing
company of Omaha.
Thla matter was called to the attention
of the labor commissioner this morning by
the representative of a firm that would
like to do the job, but which could not bid
on the lithograph work.' When the clerk
of the board. Uw Frailer, was called upon
by this representative he was out of town,
and the specifications could not be found. A
representative of the labor bureau some
where dug up the specifications and the ob
noxious word was stricken out, which
leaves the work to be bid on the same as
the first specifications.
Supremo Coart Call.
These cases will be called for hearing
December 1:
Cllne against Stock, Hitchcock; Pettis
against Ureen River Asphalt company, Lan
caster: Settler against Chicago, Hock Is
land & Pacific Railway company, Cass;
Osborne against Missouri Pacific Railway
company, Douglas; McMahon arcainst State,
Boone; State against Culver. Boone; Hitch
cock county against Padget, Hitchcock;
Moss against Marks, Jetterson; Lavaru
agnlnst McNeny, Webster Brumbaugh
against Jones, Lancaster; Baker against
Omaha. Douglas: Tlldbail against Holyoke,
Lancaster; Woodruff agnlnst Welton. Lan
caster; Boden against Mler, Saline; Mc
Murty against Knglehardt. Lancaster;
Petty agnlnst Folsom, Douglas; Funteney
Mitchell Manufacturing company against
Northwall company, Douglas; McCormell
against Uggett, Webster: Omaha Gas com
pany against South Omaha, Douglas; Smith
against State,. Sheridan; Ford against
State,' Cherry; Schneider cgatnat Vogier.
Custer; ' Wents against Squires, Custer;
Henry against Dussell, Platte; Bradley
A Co. against Bower. Keith; Epley against
Lovell, Clay; Von Dohren against John
Doere Plow company, Douglas; Lincoln
against Bailey, Lancaster; Lincoln against
Shepherd. Lancaster; Lincoln against Alex
ander, ' Lancaster; Lincoln against Flts
gerald, .Iancaater; Lincoln against Busby,
Lancaater; Osgood against Fltxgerald, Lan
caster; Falksen against Falls City State
bank, Richardson; McConnell against Mc
Killip, Boone; dosriell against Webster,
Harlan; Zeigler against Sonner, Dodge;
Btate ex rel. McComb Against Chicago,
Burlington ft (Julncy Railway company,
mandamus; State, ex rel. Breckenrldge
sgalnst Fleming, mandumua; State ex rel.
Palmer against Fleming, mandumus; Sor
enson against Sorenson. Valley; State
against Scott, quo warranto; Menke
against State, Lancaster.
The following case will be called for
argument on motion for rehearing:
Woodmen Accident association against
Hamilton, Cedar.
TRACE OF ROBBERS AT HOOPER
Men Believed to Bo Lyons Baak Loot
ers Take the Trala at that
Polat.
HOOPER, N.eb., Nov. ao.-(Speclal.)-It is
almost a certainty - that the Lyons bank
robbers were visitors to Hooper on Tues
day morning. It was discovered yesterday
that the four robbers had taken the road
routh from Lyons and down to the Elkhorn
river bridge, about four miles east of
Hooper. Here they unhitched the team,
turned them Into a pasture of Mrs. William
Slebrasse and took the buggy Into the
woods. They built a fire to warm up and
then walked to. Hooper. Several farmers
along the road saw the four men shortly
after daybreak. Coming Into town they
went to the saloon of F. A. Tillman, where
the bartender recognized one of them.
After taking their drink they went over to
the Cepot, where they took the Omaha
passenger train east. The carriage and
horses were brought to Hooper this morn
ing and several empty money bags were
found In It.
The team was oovered with perspiration
when found by the Slerrasae boy on Tues
day morning, who, thinking It was a neigh
bor's team, drove them out Into the road,
and It Is supposed they have gone home.
Sheriff Bauman waa here yesterday and
ifti- scl:;s '.! tfcs ir.fcr
has started on their trail.
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Charity Ball at Fremont.
FREMONT. Neb.. Nov. 20. (Special. -The
annual ball of the Fremont Charity
club was given at Masonic hall last even
ing and was the social event of the season.
The attendance, both of 'those on the floor
and spectators,, waa large. The hall waa
tastefully decorated, the acheme being a
unique ono and very successfully carried
out. Bright hued Navajo blankets. Indian
burnt leather draperies and other Indian
decorations and palms arranged about the
hall and In front of the stage took the
place of the usual floral and similar designs.
The ball programs, which were of an
Indian design, were distributed by pages
wearing the costumes of the primitive red
man. Music was furnished by Hagenow's
orchestra of Lincoln. The grand march
was led by Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McN'lsh
or Wlsner and Mr. and Mrs. John Bchur
nian of thla city. The ball was one of the
moat successful financially ever given by
this club.
Table Bock teraiste Gather.
TABLK ROCK. Neb.. Nov. 30. (Special.)
The Woman's Suffrage association cele
brated the eighty-eighth anniversary of
the birth of Elisabeth Cady Stanton at
the realdance of Mrs. Elisabeth C. Fellers.
An Intesesttng program was rendered.
That Fatal Omm Agala.
8T. PAUL. Neb.. Nov. (Special.)
Amos Donaldson, a young man of Oage
Valley, accidentally shot and killed him
self while husking coru. He carried a
shotgun in the wagon and In lifting the
weapon out, discharged It Into tie body.
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TOM HORN EXPIATES CRIME
Former Boont and Cattle Detcotive ii
Hinged at Cheyenne.
NECK IS' BROKEN AT FALL OF TRAP
Denies Gnllt to Last and Bars At
teaapt Was Made te Get Him te
Kill Klekell, Wblcb He
Refaseel.
CHEYENNE. Wyo., Nov. 20. Tom Horn,
scout, Indian fighter and cattle detective,
went smiling today to the callows, where
he expiated the murder of Willie Nlckell.
aged 14, who was shot and killed, July IS,
1901, at Iron Mountain. The trap dropped
at 11:08, Horn's neck was broken and six
teen minutes later he was pronounced
dead by the physicians.
With almost his last words lie spoke to
his Intimate friend, Charles Irwin, a spec
tator at the execution. Horn denied that
he had confessed to the murder for which
he was to die. He made no speech on the
scaffold.
The condemned man was nm to the
last. Ten minutes before gains; to the
sallows he lay on his cot ' smoklna a
cigar. After leaving his cell he was per
mitted to shake hands with Charles and
Frank Irwin. Earlier In the day Horn had
sent for his old employer, John C. Coble,
manager of the Iron Mountain Cattle com
pany, and Coble was allowed to visit him
til his cell.
After the spectators, abou forty In num
ber, had been admitted to the jail and
Horn had come out of the cell, the execu
tion was delayed while Rev. George H.
Rafter prayed and Charles and Frank Ir
win sang the cowboy's old railroad song,
"Keep Your Hand Upon the Throttle and
Your Eye Upon the Rail,' bringing tears
to ths eyes of all listeners except tboB
of Horn himself. '
I'rces Hora to Die Oasae,
At the conclusion of the song came an
Interview between Horn and Irwin.
"Be game," said Irwin.'
"You bet I will, replied Horn, who then
assisted Under Sheriff Proctor and his as
sistant to adjust the straps, noose. anu
V Hi 1mI ft.itl v aifkcii tAJ
County Clerk Joseph Cahlll, who assisted
him to mount the trap door. They were:
"Ain't losing your nerve, are you, JoeT"
Soon after the trap fell the spectators
passed out, each one shaking hands with
Under Sheriff Proctor and congratulating
him on the faultless execution. All had
been searched for firearms before entering
and guards armed with rifles kept their
eyes fixed on Horn's friends throughout
the proceedings. Thousands of people were
congregated In the vicinity of the Jail and
the ml lit la remained on guard until the
execution wu over and the crowd had
dispersed. There waa no disorder.
In a letter to John C. Coble, Horn de
tails his movements In the Iron Mountain
country st the time of the Nlckell murder
and makes the sensational admission that
two men tried to have him kill Willie
Nlckell but he denied his alleged con
fession of the crime to Joseph Lafors,
which led to the arrest.
Ooveraer Deaf ta Appeals.
Governor Chatterton was aroused before
o'clock this morning by friends of Tom
Horn, who sgaln sought a reprieve for the
condemned murderer. The governor listened
to the arguments of Horn's friends for
srme time and then said emphatically:
"There is no use, gentlemen, this execu
tion will take place at the time set by the
law. I wll! not Interfere In the case. This
Id final."
No lees than a dosen attempts were made
during the afternoon of yesterday and last
night to have the governor delay the exe
cution for iren a few days. He had but
one answer for all and that was that the
U must take Its course.
Horn apparently was hopeful all along
tbat la some manner he would escape the
gallows, but last night he wrote a farewe:
letter to John C. Coble, manager of the Iroi
Mountain Cattle company, by which he was
employed for ten years, his business being
to prevent rustling or thefts of cattle.
"If I go, I want John to have this let
ter." hs said.
The letter was devoted to saying good
bye to Coble and making a few requests as
to what should be done with the personal
property he should leave.
Charles Irwin, the stockman who has
bten one of Horn's closest friends, renewed
his efforts to see the condemned man early
today, but admission to the jail or even to
the court house was denied him by the
sheriff.
Had an Invitation from Horn.
"I'll be down In time for the execution-,
however," . Irwin said. "I have an invita
tion from Horn."
It was reported that Irwin, falling In his
effort to see Horn alone, would ask him on
the gallows If he killed WUIle Nickel.
Sheriff Smalley said that he would not
permit any of the spectators to speak to
Horn while he was on the gallows.
John C. Coble, who csme to Cheyenne
last night, waa an early caller at the Jail.
He did not ask to see Horn, nor did he
speak to anyone of tho guards who were
standing In the doorway. He soon departed.
Police Captain Delaney of Denver mingled
among the police, sheriffs and militia at
the Jail. "I expected any moment to see
a riot started last night," he said. "I can't
understand the reasons for Horn's friends
not attacking the jail as planned. I guess
their Uaders decided that It would be only
courting death to attack the jail."
Adjutant General Stltier, after a confer
ence with Oovernor Chatterton this morn
ing, decided to place more members of the
militia around the jail. This was caused by
the early arrival of the crowd. Even be
ft re daylight persons came to the vicinity
of the jail snd took the best points of ob
servation. Every second brought additional
arrivals, until the vacant lots in the vicinity
were crowded.
Yields to Last Reqaest. '
Once more Charley ' Irwin came to the
Jail, thla time In answer to a hurried mes
sage. Horn had sent for Coble, saying he
wanted to talk to him before he died.
."I can't refuse him this lost request,"
said Jailer Proctor, "but anyone that enters
the jail will be searched and Coble must
tfllk to Horn In my pranenoo "
Irwin paMently waited for the arrival of
Coblu. "I will make John let me go In In
his place," he said. "He knows Tom will
tell me more than any other person. I
must talk to Tom Horn before lie ii-.
Remember, I do not think he Is guilty."
But when Coble arrived at tho jail hs
went on' In, remaining with Horn but a
moment.
"Goodbye. Tom." he said In a choked
voice. "Turn, I can't atay. I came to say
good bye. I'm sorry, Tom, but die like the
man I know you to be. Tom, fate's sgalnst
you. You must die. Goodbye, God bless
you. goodbye, Tom."
"Well, John." said Horn. "I'm glad you
came. Can't he shake hands?" pleaded
Horn of the keepers.
Sheriff Smalley hesitated, then opened
the door of the cell for the first time since
the death watch was placed. Coble and
Horn clasped hands In tne cell.
"Goodbye, John," Horn broke the spelL
Coble murmured a faint "Qoodbye" and
walked away.
Story of Horn's Sapposed Crime.
Tbe nature of the crime for which Horn
hanged was such as to leave little room
for sympathy. Willie Nickel, the unof
fending son of Kels P. nickel, waa shot
snd killed July 18. 1901. at the Nickel home
In the Iron Mountain district, not far from
Laramie. The senior Nickel was a sheep
man, offensive to tlie caflle barons, who
are alleged to have employed Horn months
previously to drive out all, sheepmen by
Intimidation and by deliberate destruction
If necessary, the salary for each murder
to tie 4600. First, Horn murdered old man
Lewis by shootins him In the back In
Lewis' cabin, whither Horn had been In
vited by bis unsuspecting host for ths saks
( lid-tlme friendship. The cattlemen
'anted Lewis' land.
Horn's next known victim was William
Powell, a one-armed man klued In his hay
Held at Brown Park. Colo.
Then the Mckel Tragedy.
Then came the Nickel tragedy. Horn se
creted himself In a pile of brush near the
Nickel home to pick off Kels Nickel on
his way to a watering place, but Willie,
the 10-year-old son, was the first to come
that path and chanced to detect Horn in
kls hiding place. Horn,, fearing that If he
allowed the boy to escape to the house a
general alarm would be sounded, or at
least the old man made so wary that Horn
could not carry out his object, shot the lad
on his horse. The boy wheeled about and,
with all bis ebbing strength, urged the
horse Into a gallop for the house, but Horn
shot again and this time with Immediately
fatal result.
There was much excitement and some
suspicion of Horn, but no arrest for some
time. Finally Victor Miller, an acquaint
ance of the Nickel boy, was charged with
the crime and went through a trial before
his Innocence was established.
l.emar Nickel Is Shot.
About two months later the senior Nickel
was shot, one Sunday afternoon. In
the .thigh and left arm. but not fatally,
and suspicion began to center In Horn.
After a wait so prolonged that it was com
monly supposed the whole matter had been
dropped Joe LaFors, a deputy United
States marshal, pretending warm friend
ship for Horn, got him Into the marshal's
attics one afternoon when Horn was quits
drunk, and there Horn, answering dexter
ous questions, admitted his murders, said
they had been committed for cattle men
under the guise of ridding the country of
rustlers and that he received 1600 per vic
tim, his method of Identifying h.s work
being the placing of a small white stone
under the chin of each man he murdered
and facing the body to the sun that decom
position might set in as rapidly as possible.
Also he said he burned empty cartridge
shells larger than the bora nf hia
defeat detection.
Stenographer at tho Crack.
While Horn was ininr h. hirn
Court Stenographer Onhauss lay on the
floor' of the adjoining room with his ear
to the crack below the door and tnnv inn,n
all that was said, while Deputy Sheriff Les-
iie aina lay at lim slue to hear and tn
guard Onhaurs. The arrest was not made
until some days afteiward, when Sheriff
Ed Smalley and Deouty Sheriff 8nn
caught Horn at an unguarded moment In
mo umce ot me inter Ocean hotel- at
Cheyenne. At the trial a desperate effort
was made to prevent the admission of the
confession as testimony, on the ground
that Horn was merely drunk and brag
ging, but the attempt was unsuccessful.
A few months ago Horn and another
prisoner escaped from the Cheyenne Jail,
but were recaptured in a very few minutes.
At that time Horn attempted to kill Jailer
Proctor, from whom he wrested a revolver,
tut the weapon had a catch trigger new
to Horn and Proctor's life was saved.
Tom Horn was born In Scotland county,
Missouri, November 21, I860. He was a cele
brated army scout. Indian fighter and cat
tle detective. He was the scout In charge
of the party that captured Geronimo and
was chief of scouts under General Miles In
his Porto Rico camDala-n.
In UOJ Horn participated In the raid
against the cattle rustlers of Johnson
county, Wyoming.
Horn was a self-educated man. He spoke
German, Spanish, Apache and a number of
Indian languages fluently. Last summer he
wrote a 160.000-word history of his career.
Thla book he left to his friend, John Coble
of Bosler, Wyo.
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sens there. When arrested letters were
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away" In Wyoming and of their organising
a "gang" to go to South America, and their
Identity was being investigated. They had
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though they had not taken these to the fields
with them In husking corn. They had IiVjO
In cash and a certificate of deposit on a
Broken Bow bank for l,3uo. Their attor
neys eiplaln the letters by stating that
the men got out of Wyoming In the man
ner they did tn order to evade some creditors.
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