The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-11
UNITED STATES COURT.

/ The criminal docket of the United States
court viii be taken up next Monday and
! the important business of the term will
! commence. Up TO date no important
/ cases have been tried The grand jury is
| working hard and have found several i'm
/ portant indictments Last evening the
/ court dismissed them till Monday next
/ owing to the inability TO get certain wit
nesses from Oklahoma. 1t is said that
some startling indictments have been
/ found but as the Federal attorneys are
/ very guarded about them it has been
/ found impossible TO get even a pointer
concerning them.
! The first case on the criminal docket
which will be called up Monday is the case
of the United States against Bob Blair for
ENLIGHTENMENT. He viii plead guilty to
taking some funds that did not belong to
him while he was postmaster at Stafford.
TIE following is the assignment of the
docket so far as it has been completed.
The United States VS.. Joseph Nugent,
for larceny, March Il.
The United States VS.. Fl. Wilkerson for
assault with deadly weapon. March IL
The United States vs.. Acklin and Clark
for selling liquor without license,
March "A
The United States vs. Frank Scrutchfield
and Jack Boomer for selling whisky with
out a license, March IA.
The United States vs. Ransom, Harris
and Harris for larceny, March Il.
The United States VS.. Kenneth Camp
bell, March L. Campbell is charged with
the murder of Bob Wright at Guthrie
about two years ago.
The United States VS.. William Bond,
selling liquor without a license, March "A
The United States VS., ID. Ford, selling
liquor without license, March IA.
The United States VS.. Henry T. Fair,
perjury, March l6.
The United States vs.. jackson, ct al,
conspiracy, March To-
The United States VS.. Duncan Menzies,
perjury March 16.
The United States vs.. Hansaing, perjury,
March II
The United States VS.. Ross, larceny,
March 10.
The United States VS., Stanley and
Jacobs, March IA These two are charged
with the killing of Frank Brady at Ell
Reno two years ago last January. They
were tried here last year but the jury dis
agreed
The United States VS.. J. c. Adams,
March 81. Adams is charged with the
murder of Captain Couch at Oklahoma
City two years ago. He was convicted a
year ago and sentenced to be hung June
26 last, but he received a new trial. At
the trial about fifty witnesses will be ex-
amined and the case promises to be inter
esting
The United States vs.. Bryan, larceny, |
March 1G.
The United States Ys. j. J. Dobbs, per-
jury, March IA.
The United States VS.. Richard Lester, |
perjury, March IA.
The United States VS.. Joseph Merrett,
perjury, March IA.
The United States VS.. John Rogers, per- /
jury, March a.
The United States VS.. J. c. Spiker, per-
jury, March Is.
The United States VS.. Thos. Brown. sell |
ing liquor without license, March Is.
The United States VS.. NJ w. Granger, |
selling liquor without license, March is. |
The United States vs. Harvey Hawk, |
running an illicit dlstillery, March 10.
The United States VS.. Barry and Squires, /
perjury, March II.
The United States VS.. A. f. Cole, send
ing obscene matter through the mails,
March 10.
The United States VS.. B. f. Eau, send
ing obscene literature through the mails,
March Ii.
The United States VS.. p II. Loomis,
postoffice funds at Eminence,
Kan, March a.
The United States VS.. d. p Mckee, vio-
Iation of lottery law, March 16
The United States VS.. Fred Segerman,
perjury. March IS.
The United States VS.. TatgeDhorst, fall
ng to deface revenue stamps, March is.
All these cases, with three or four excep-
lions, are from Oklahoma.