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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1882
Page
1
The Guiteau murder trial heard Reed urge the jury to avoid condemning a lunatic based on doctors opinions and to picture the gallows as a future infamy. Guiteau mockingly dismissed Reed while the court adjourned after the speech and interruptions.
A New York report details the Guiteau trial expenses including $5,000 each for Porter and Davidge, $1,468 jury fees, $2,213 hotel bills, $8,078 witness fees with mileage, $5,000 reporting and printing, $132 extra deputy marshals, and $10,000 sundries. Officials expect additional costs for expert reimbursements and consider Congress funding if the special attorney fund is unavailable.
Six prominent Minneapolis and St Paul capitalists including Windom Gillillen Bly Hobart have agreed with the Northern Pacific to build a standard gauge railroad from near the park to the Geysers and Yellowstone Park. Forty miles outside and forty miles inside the Government Park reservation at about twenty thousand dollars per mile with contingencies bringing total near two million. Each man to invest sixty thousand as earnest money, with the railway company financing the remainder and taking a mortgage. A large hotel is planned to accompany the line, with government assurance of a summer visitor influx.
The body of Senator Wagner was recovered after a collision that killed eight, with seven other victims identified among charred remains. Survivors described the horror as trains collided near Green Bush, while officials rushed to identify remains and a brakeman, George Melius, faced arrest for criminal negligence.
New York January 17 Frank Burr engineer of the Tarrytown train explains to Coroner Merkle that he was five minutes late leaving Tarrytown due to awaiting the Chicago express which passed at 6:35 p m and stopped at Spuyten Duyvil at 7 14 He describes the moment of impact reports signaling red lights and his attempts to stop the train before the collision. The dispatch includes other items from the same date about victims and courtroom remarks in a separate note on Scoville and related testimony.
The new chamber organized with J. I. Raymond elected president. General H. Fairchild, W. B. Watson, and W. A. Bentley named vice presidents. J. C. Rea named secretary and W. G. Snodgrass assistant secretary. Paris census shows 2,225,900 residents, up from 1,988,800 in 1876.
An old classified style listing touts Skinny Men health tonic for nervous debility and generative weakness at $1, and a four day cure for urinary and kidney issues also at $1. It promotes Rough On Rats pest killer with 15 cent boxes. D Dare druggist depot featured.
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