Show history OF THE BUSHNELL caa OUR MEADOW 1 ji J mm BENNETT SENDS THE HOWING fO STORY perhaps flie file anost sensational case that has beon been in our dist act court dipre in fillmor liaa ills just and tonight an all innocent nian clasps afa s wife and children to his bosom and they shudder to think how low near the hars bars of the prison cell closed up rii oll IDS his innocence had not tile the ram been caught in alio tit thicket tho the loving parents will go to their slumber tonight and wit with grateful hearts thank god that their innocent son is yet true to them and is not lot a criminal ng its soine borne tried to make inake believe but lit fatine of the accusers now bow b OW their heads in ill shame and dis appointment talk about gladdins Alad dins wonderful lamp tile the moors legacy or any of those fairy tales jaleh why they are not in it the plan laid was aa a most cun bingly luid pi alt it to to batell any one olie who lias has sticky fingers and tile the officers of the alie law lav are to be commended for carrying it out as aa long as they thought the accused was guilty but sonic some times po people aple get so set that they reject the truth I 1 tile story runn something QS as follows in ili december last I 1 mr fr frank bought of mr almon robison Kobi pon at his randi ranch below ono one red bull calf peculiarly marked witnesses were there to see gee tile transact transaction boll so BO they coull could be used later if Ile needed eded A little inter frank robison sheriff Sheri fl dorrity and ephraim brunson catell catch this calf peculiarly marked by nature ditl I 1 a dish face a 0 white spot about the size of a mans liand land in front of the Sero scrotum and u few white hairs on oil its naval and place an all allu tag with frank rob kob ilione address on oil and a eriv private ate mark on oil said button and place the same saine underneath the hide on oil the inside of the right front leg up near the body ephraim bruntson is hired to to take charge of this calf and allot know of its whereabouts oil dec alst lie took it to meadow and in tile long hours when all was silent turned it loose in in the streets to bo be picked up by the sticky fingered before tins this ernest bushnell ell had bought it a bunch of valves from joseph whittaker of lintton hatton anil and two red steer calves from robison also of hatton II atton A few days after Ephr ephriam iain brunson had turned this certain calf on oil tile the street lie looks for it and imagines lie sees it ial iy ernest Bush Busl nells inells butich bunch land and so reports to those concerned on oil jan earnest earliest aneli nall ell sold liis ilia bunch of calves to john 11 baker of richfield frank robison was with mr air baker at the time and saw aw mr air Bus bushinell linell turn the calves calved over to tile buyer next morning mr BuOi liell went to hinckley and tile same saine illy duy Sli eritt dorrity took ahn charge rge of the calf in ill lofnes ion at kan mr bushnell was lioti notified fled by phone and a little later sent bent mr baker it a check for tile the calf sheriff dorrity had taken from froin him mr bushnell Bush noll was finally arrested and stood trial on oil tile charge of grand larceny to which lie pleaded not guilty but bo be foro tins this Sh sharill crill lot mr 1 see BOO tile ca calf if and lie he said eaid that is one if tho the cal 4 ves vea I 1 bought front from hyrum rob bob ibon 11 the state represented by district attorney mr ryan and oo co attorney hing but on oil their witnesses frank robison arthur brunson Ephra iiii brunson Brims porter lintton and sherrill Slier rifF dor rity who all testified that tile calf taken front from mr Bush bushinell itell was lite identical calf bythe secret mark by the alio above witnesses all testified that it was ft a dark red bull cult culf with n peculiarly dished face white spots on oil its belly and a tag on oil its right front leg the amusing part is however that tile the calf tiley they had ad mistaken Illi staken was a steer calf not lot very antich dish faced and if it over ever had a tag haj had ha J lost it mr win 1141 iggins II wits was counsel COMM for the defense iise and tho the witnesses from hatton with one exception costive po stive man mail noali noah stoe testified that tile the calf in question appeared to ile bo tile the sold said to ernest bushnell by ily rum ruin robison and even honest hyrum bodison himself testified that lie believed it was the calf lie sold edward B bushinell Bus linell ex com I 1 ty commissioner testified that lie he biad ad found a certain red bull calf with liis his catti battlo 10 in ill till lie hold about tile fust first of this year aul a 1 I had ifft it delbert busa nells yard J delbert del herb bushnell testified to having caught this calf and found the tag in ill the right faunt leg and that tag had A F rob iann ison on oil it bu lie had it it really sounded like ft a fairy tale to walo did not lot know why lip lio lost it but the story is too long to toll tell in this issue martha Bus bushinell linell delbert Is wife testified to having see seen the button covered with blood utter after iier her husband hus bail imd find cut it irom broin tile leg and that it bad mr Ro name illic 01 on it jesse jcsse J bennett testified eliat tl at it was a red lull buff calf with becu lierly dish face spot on oil belly in front of scrotum tuni and white hairs on naval and also of the benr on oil the right aront leg ernest bushnell defendant testified concerning tile tho calf in question und claimed by frank robison that ile ho mr lr Hus linell had bought if f from toll hyrum robison etc meanwhile this tell talo bull calf had been bro brought tight front from meadow by howard the nic calf was examined in front of tile the court house by fra frank it k gobison bisoi bison SIe sheriff riff dorrity A ar rho thur elmr brunson Dr unson porter hatt hatic i and ephraim brunson frank fran c RObi robison sOll and arthur brunson took the wit witness chair again and testified that it wai wa i not at mr frank robison Robi fiona 18 calf ephrium brunson was not nob put on oil the stand again for very gool good reasons known to tile prosecution for wo we have lave learned froni from ilia his 0 own w it mouth in tile tho arese prese presence biele of witnesses told the above witnesses that that was the calf turned out and attorney king accused him of being bought over by tile the other side the jury then examined b both ott ell calves I 1 V e a at night both sides moles tit made ade their arguments to tile the jury mr ryan kyan whom we believe to be a very fair minded man mail laid stress on the uc tic hatt button would have been to the defendant saying bay ing that it was worth nore to hini him than a a precious jewel or tile mines of f king Solon solomon lon mr Ilig gilla made a very el plea pica for the defence repeatedly peat edly Odly calling the jurys attention to the red bull calf dish face etc which was nas not lot found ill tile the calf taley accused it mr r bushnell of stealing ilia his elonor judge joshua greenwood gave ilia his instructions to the jury Dorrity had said if the button could be produced lie would give in and mr ryan bad valued it so highly in ill tile alio edif evidence the alio meadow boys conclude gey would leave nothing undone to clear their fellow townsman I 1 so tuesday morning they inneo a search in ill delbert Bolli ert bush nells vell where lie had dropped the button and brought brou glit forth the precious jewel what now listen sherill Sli crill dorrity wits was asked to give liis his secret mark 01 on tile button bei fore ore being shown this one but blit lie coill not lot so both lie and frank tie denied nied the button saying t till did nofa t haac their secret mark on oil it ib oil consistency judge you thinking public can call you read between the lines s the meadow people need no interpreter listen listell again I 1 while tile tho jury was out hero here ennic rob kob two tuo boys bainer and leslie and allot clai claimed nied the calf air bushnell besline 11 had biad been accused of stealing as 08 being bein the calf their father sold to tho defend defendant at it hows that eliat A file jury remail ed cd out about four hours and brought in it a ver of not lot guilty mr bushnell feels that lie could have forgiven the boys for their testimony against liim him until lie produced t heir very calf with tile button tile identical identie red bull calf in liis his native condition peculiarly disliked dialler face white spots and scars where the alie tag tag was taken out if cilcy had acknowledged edged their mis tit tako it 0 their own witness and servant whom they hired to put tile calf in meadow testified boford witnesses that the bull calf is tile one lie turned out what better proof to do they want mr BoB bushnell linell is highly indignant over tile alio matter mid and ilia his townsmen are arc at liis ilia back here is at an innocent nian man with a family or of little children childre ii put to a great expense and by tile the testimony of tile the licen accusers sers would have been branded t alie ie mark of it a criminal and his po s bouhl i have gone through this world worl ad by false lie casion why vi iby dian didn t frank Ro bleon como cattle and say guy ernest I 1 was forgive tile and lot nio me help you foot tile lill bill licila ember gentlemen it is noyoko ila joke mr bushnell Jual mell lius has HIP two to culves in his yard and invited invite Ft ov ev cry body to conic and examine thein fur for themselves |