Show MEn EX BEASTO SCOTT braskas nebraskan Ne I 1 famous case adds a chapter CAUGHT BY MASKED MEN af after t er rina defaulting eff au 1 t 1 n g holdin holding officio A 9 s t force 0 r c e night flight to mexico extradition imprisonment and aad release the tha notorious Oili official cial Is abducted and has not been heard of since joked the jailer st louis jan L A special to the tha republic from oneill ONel ll neb says bays the defaulting treasurer of if holt county bardelt scott Is supposed to have been hanged by a molo mob last night lie he was captured about midnight in a part of 01 tho the county lie ile was returning u with ith his wife baby hired man named john schmidt and a bliss from a trip to relatives about thirteen miles from oneill ONel ll when six masked men sprang from froin the roadside where they had been concealed and covering the carriage with winchesters Win chesters ordered scott to surrender scott seized the reins and attempted to drive over th men the masked nien men then bred into the tha carriage killing tile the horses and deboo shooting scott in the tha neck and wounding miss though not seriously the party was then joined by a larger force watch had been placed across the road further on to intercept tho the carriage had bad it escaped the first volley scott and schmidt were taken from the iha vehicle I 1 blindfolded and thrown into a wagon and the ladles were told to go on today to day returned ho he had been taken to a house in the north west part of the county with scott schmidt was released with the injunction to get out of 0 the county it la Is believed that scott has been hanged as the ane farmers or of the tha county are terribly incensed over r his work A sensational CASE scotts defalcation as treasurer of 0 holt county his night flight to mexico hla subsequent arrest the strong fight made against his extradition his return in irons incarceration trial con coa 1 tion sentence appeal arid and release on bonds two weeks ago have been told at length from time to time since a year ago last august when the discovery ot of ills criminality was first made public scotts troubles began tn in january at the close of his first terra term when he was asked to therom the commissioners ners to see the cash that thai his books showed to be in his hands scott did not have the money on hand liand there thera being but in the vault when the i he commissioners made their first alt ault vult they then save gave scott ten days daye in which to make toe tae showing ard and the money was tast secured from lo bior r that pup 1 pobe ace 7 A REMOVED 01 D FROM OSTICE when vie e borrowed money I 1 was shipped out the rhe next dagand day and uie elie board learned of it and that oa 05 was wad paid tot for the use of it an investigation was started and scott was removed from office it was ascertained by the commissioners ners in june of that year some time alter after the beginning of Ittig atan that a number of sureties on scotts bonds were transferring their property und and he was notified that he must secure additional bond this lie he failed to do when lien the board met again it declared the office vacant and appointed R J hayes a republican to take the tha place in june isa scott refused to surrender and hayes began mandamus prace proceedings edings to get posses possession slon of 0 the of acice ice but bui the case went to the district court where whereat reIt it was hung up tor for a year awaiting the decision of the supreme court in hi the case and it was not definitely denni tely acted on until after scott had gone to mexico LANDED I 1 IN 4 JAIL judge marshall of the fremont district was invited vy by judge 1 incan In cad to pass upon it and he be declared scott removed from office practically conal an ing the voluntary abdication of the defaulter after the holt county 13 bank A failed on oil june 13 19 scott asserted that there wast was about of the tha countes coun tys funds tied up them but after statements stalo ments were made by the bank lie he gradually modified tho the amount to ohp statements of the bank examiner and receiver wera to the effect that tho the surn sum was but tuomo and of this amount MOO was d deposited by scott to his private account after scott had been jailed at ON occil ell legal mac machinery hillery was set in motion to affect his release ha beas corpus proceedings proceed ings failed ufa hia ball was r as originally fixed at but wa was later raised by jud cudse e to this amount was asserted to be excessive but the court refused to lower it recourse to the supreme court gave cave no relief and li nally after scott had been nominally in jall jail for or several months he was liberated Ibra tea on ball bail his case was taken to antelope county on a change of venue and the trial last september resulted in his tion and sentence to lo live years empris 31 benl pending endl ns an appeal his bond was fixed at this thia ho be could not and ue U e matter was taken to the state stale supreme court 0 on 11 dt M ber ath that body decided that the bond was excessive and reduced the amount from rom to in i a I 1 day or two scott secured the necessary I 1 bondsmen and was released on ball upon cupon his release scott returned to holt county |