Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-05-14

he was indicted BY the grand jury ct the pres-j
Eent term Of the circuit court for wilful murder
and yesterday the trial begun, Smiths wife
and his daughter Mamie we're the only Wit.
nesses Of the killing. According to q prepen-s
derance Of testimony, Smith had driven Nc
Kenny and Nanny from the house, had at
tackled McKenny and stabbed him severely.
with . knife, before McKenny fired the shot
that sent Smith into eternity. Mamie has
been liyiying with McKenny since the killing,
and their former relations have been kept mp.
The trial excited consid erablc interest and at
tracted a largo crowd to the court house. The
Testimony closed this morning. and after the
ury had been instructed by the. court the re-.
gument Of counsel began. Defense begged
The jury to turn the boy loose and promised
that as fitting finale to the prosecution, vii
lam and Mamie should join hands and In the
Isolemnity Of matrlmeny, should promise life
long devotionIto each other: The jury, after
t:deliberation of about 90 minutes, returned 10
verdict OF not guilty. Immediately after VIII
lian and Mamie marched arm in arm into the
court house, and hating just outside the bar
in front Of the judges seat, Judge Mcclure
stepped In and in a few words pronounced
them man and wife. The occurrence caused
considerable sensation.
Senator Bayard's Deputy Marshals Bill.
I The following is the full text of the
bill introduced by Senator Bayard into the
Senate on the afternoon Of May 6, to regulate
the pay and appointment Of special deputy
marshals. It is understood to be the pur:
pose Of the Democratic leaders to pass this
measure through the Senate and House and
send 1t to the President for his signature as
early as possible next week. It differs from
the rider of the vetoed appropriation bill by
requiring appointments to be made annually
and by reason of several amendments designed
to obviate objections that have been urged
against the forms of expression and working
machinery of the original clause. "zt'3,
Be- i! enacted etc.-That from and after the
uty marshals for service in reference to any
election shall be IS for each day of actual ser
vice, and no more. ,-,.s..,, 1850, ssr:.
Sec. q All such special deputy marshals
shall be appointed by the circuit court of the
United States for the district in which such
malshals are to perform their duties in each
yeal at The term of court next preceding any
gress, but if from any cause there should be
no session of the circuit court in the States or
districts where such marshals are to be ap.
pointed, then and in that case the judges of
the district courts Of the United States are
hereby respectively authorized to cause their
courts to be open for tho purpose of appoint
ing such special deputy marshals, who shall
be appointed by such district judges, and all
officers SO appointed shall be in equal num-
bers from the different political parties, and
be we'll known citizens Of good moral charac-
ter and actual residents of the voting precincts
in which their duties are to be performed. u.s.,
Sec. 8. All laws and parts of laws inconsist
ent with this act are hereby repealed.
The bill was referred to the judiciary com
mittee, which holds its next regular meeting
Monday -