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Show i PELTIER GUILTY. I Pqltjor, the man who worked Sen- r,', ator Smoot, L. A. Doles, Flro Chief K Bywater and others out of money by rj representing himself as a postofllco inspector, sent hero by Senator Bur-j. Bur-j. rows to work up evidence In tho ! Smoot caso was found guilty in tho federal court Wednesday. Peltier was defended by Judge Powers, who had a hard caso, his cllont not going on tho stand and tho caso against him, according ac-cording to tho rulings of tho court and his charge t tho jury, being an especially clear ouo. Judgo Powers i rolled on tho construction of a stat ute to clear his man and at tho close of tho caso for tho plaintiff rested and moved to dismiss on tho ground that tho actions committed did not const!- '''' KpjB tuto an offense, which tho court denied. de-nied. Counsel then made a very ablo argument, and that it had somo impression im-pression on tho minds of tho jurors is evidenced by tho fact that tho twolvo good men and truo took about flvo hours debating it. Peltier Is a Jolly sort of chap and at ono time was an engineer In tho employ of the Burlington road, going there about tho tlmo of the strike in 1888. Ho mado several fast runs over tho track from Omaha to Lincoln and carries passes galore showing his former connection. Ho seemed to tako his situation very kindly. Tho result of his trial Is not very pleasing to tho Trlbuno, which expected expect-ed to make a fruity story out of It as relates to tho connection of Senator Smoot, although tho manager of the paper, who Is also the attorney for tho United States, did not appear as counsel, leaving that work to his assistant, as-sistant, Mr. Chcrrlngton, to whom belongs be-longs tho credit of tho conviction. A coincidence In tho case was tho presence In tho city of Bltner, tho man who was taken for Peltier by Bywater and Doles, last winter an account of which appeared in Truth at tho time. Bywater and Doles, accompanied by mother held up Bltner and It required re-quired tho united efforts of Frank James, tho clerk at tho Konyon and others to convince tho pair that Bltner Blt-ner was not tho man, and oven then thoy were hardly satisfied. |
