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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1885
Page
1
Martin Collins, 23, manager of C. A. Moore's store and saloon, is killed in a drunken confrontation at Camp Clarke near Sidney. James Collins and James Shaw exchange gunfire after a poker game, leading to Martin Collins's fatal head wound and a coroner's inquest verdict of felonious assault. Shaw is arrested along with Jim Collins. preliminary county court examination pending.
Thomas Watson a painter from Valania Crawford county Pa. was killed by passenger train No 2 four miles west of Chappell. Coroner Moore and a six member jury investigated at the scene and in Chappell. The engineer Geo W Vroman testified the train was on a grade at about forty miles an hour and struck Watson as he lay on the track. Watson had a wife and two daughters and was found with letters including a Sacramento dated paper and a Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburg reference. The jury ruled death from being struck by the pilot of engine No 823, training No 2, and held Watson’s death due to lying too near the track. The body was brought to Sidney for burial and his wife notified.
Officials including Col. H B Burnham and Gen Howard issue a decision on the right to sell beer amid a pending appeal. The case Heap vs Der’r Platte, filed in Omaha November 18 1835, halts beer sales pending final ruling while territorial acts and Indian lands disputed shape the legal framework.
The post commander plans a rout house at $200 and a new Fort Sidney building for the Post Quartermaster Sergeant at $1,020. Lt Coutan is ill with fever, Lt Duncan acts as regimental adjutant, Col and Mrs Stone visit from Fort McKinney, and a post theatre dance draws officers, ladies, and townsfolk. A biweekly entertainment plan forms, with private theatricals and Christmas plays in the works.
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