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FARMERS IN TROUBLE.I»1PiAndrew* Spanjer. a tenant upon q*on*- of the Scully farms near (Wt-1bland, was arrested and arraigned leilt;*imabyesterday upon a warrant swornout by Orlando I.angles, a heighb*r. Spanjer is charged in tin*eomj»laint with assaulting Lang-lev October 4 last, with a pitchfork with intent to wound him.Span.jer pleaded not guilty to the charge and was released on bond in the sum of $500 w ith Virgil K. dohuson as surety. His hearing was set for November 2b♦A peculiar feature of the affair is the fact that the trouble occurred October 4 and it requiredalmost two months for Langley to I1I decide J hat t he man who, he alleges. made an effoi t to injure him should be prescribed for by the court..1ePII'iIIt appears that tin two men be-1 Ii1came involved in some sort of altercation while engaged in threshing upon the date mentioned above. Spanjer. who is a young man and no equal of Langley's in weight or fighting ability, explains that Langley rushed at him wit h one hand behind his hack. I !This, Spanjer savs, made it appear that Langley meant to deal him a blow with something, withthe result that he used the pitchfork in self defense.TtTXrTi/T AT n n A Anrrnnn » t
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Beatrice Daily Sun
Beatrice, Nebraska, US
Wed, Nov 24, 1909
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