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Show COMPROMISE UP0NCASH Prosecutor Accepts $1000 for County and Drops Sensational Case. SIOUX CITY. Ia., April 9. By payment pay-ment of 11000 into the county treasury, George and John Scollard, who figured in a sensational Incident In a gambling-house gambling-house a few weeks ago, have been given their liberty. . . A man by the name of Rogers went Into the Scollard's place with the Intention In-tention of beating the house. The house believed It was beating a stranger stran-ger whom Rogers brought in. When the scheme was discovered the S col-lards. col-lards. It Is said, held the entire crowd up at the point of revolvers and demanded de-manded their money back. After their release on bonds they fled the country. George 8colIard was captured In Idaho. County Attorney Whitney believed all concerned In the affair culpable, and agreed to dismiss the prosecution upon payment of the sura mentioned into the county treasury. treas-ury. I |