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Gains a Point in Fight for | Rights Under Indian Al- !lotment Law; !Sioux Falls. S. D.. July 23.—The first round in the United Stares court in this ; city tn the fight for possession of about 10.000 acres of land, valued at approxl- j mately $125,000. has been won by Mrs. ; Mary Sully, widow of “Jack Sully, the famous desperado and sooalled j King of Cattle Rustlers,” who was j shot and killed a few years ago during ; a running fight wiih the deputy l’nlte.1 j States marshal and members of his j j posse, and 22 other descendants and i j heirs of the dead outlaw. iI Mrs. Sully and other plaintiffs in tht? I suit seek to have the land allotted tc ; them as Indians under acts of congress* ; I she being a mixed blood Sioux India*, woman. The land involved in the suli 1 Is situated west of the Missouri river it j the south central portion of the state j Judge Carland. of the federal court j has overruled the demurrers of thlt;; United Stntes government and John H Scriven, allotting agent, to the bill oi complaint of Mrs. Sully and other plaintiffs, and has granted a temporary writ of injunction, as prayed for by the plaintiffs, preventing Allotting ; Agent Scriven certifying any of the land involved In this suit to Indians other than the plaintiffs during the time the present suit is pending. Judge j Carland has ordered that bonds uggre-. gating $2,000 meat be furnished by the ! plaintiffs before the Injunction shall Is*] sue. The United States government and Allotting Agent Scriven have been given until the September rule day, otherwise the first Monday In September. to file their answer to the bill of complaint of Mrs. Sully and the other t plaintiffs.
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Kingsbury County Independent
De Smet, South Dakota, US
Fri, Jul 31, 1908
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