The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-04-12
IN COUNCIL and COURT.
Proceedings Of The Local Law Takers
and Interpreters Of The Law.
REORGAIIzERS ARE PERSISTENT
The Jury Hangs I'm the Dec Myers
Cass-The city sewer Case Next
O. the Docket - Delays OF the
County CemmissIoners.


day with Judge Graves on the bench, and
Chas. Dodge and +. E. Butler as bailifis.
The day was given up to motions and
arguing law points, the jury not being
summoned to appear until the following
day. AZ impsnelled the jurors are L. d.
Lape, Alfred Chase, Geo. Finn, F. NJ.
Leach, Dno. F. Black, c. w. Badger,
David Harvey, ]. NJ. Baxter, S. ]. Cam
eron, ]. II. Conrad, Frank Jordan, W. +.
Jones, Frank jackson, w. F. Ford,
Walter Bates, L. j. Hackett and Scott
Kremer. The first case on the docket was
that Of Mrs. F. NJ. Tier and daughter
against Sheriff Simmons in suit to re-
cover the value of horses sold under an
execution issued in favor Of J. N. Baxter.
A verdict was rendered for the defendant.
An important case, and one which kept
the court room crowded from beginning
to end, was that OF the state vs.. ID. T.
Myers, on the charge Of grand larceny.
The prosecuting witness in the case was .
sheep herder known rs Hindoo John,
who has had quite an interesting history.
He was sergeant in the Indian army
and fought in the first Afghan war. For
two years he was one Of the body guard
OF the Khan OF Thibet and earned two
medals for bravery. He has shot tigers
with Englishmen in India, and was once
three-qusrters Of an hou, in the sea, after
being thrown from boat, before he was
picked up. s. J. Cameron, for whom he
has worked, says he is q splendid shot
and has killed as many AZ dozen bears
in Yakima, having at one time been
attacked by three and being mangled in
the breast before he killed the last one
with his dubbed gun.
Hindoo John claimed that on election
day in the fall Of last year he was robbed
by Mr.. Myers, in the closet attached to
the latter's saloon, Of 500 in eenbacks,
which he had slowed away in his inside
vest pocket. The Hindoo claims to have
made an outcry at the time charging
Myers with the theft and saying that he
would have him arrested If the money
was not returned. His main witness was
Officer Lille who testified that he heard
the Hindoo calling, but supposing him to
be drunk and that Myers was taking his
money for his protection, he paid no fur
ther attention to it until John commenced
crying out on the street and then he took
him to the lookup. Myers had numerous
witnesses showing his previous good char
acter, and testifying in his favor in vari-
GUS ways. showing the improbability Of
there being any truth in the charge. and
that the Hindoo had frequently on pre-
vious occasions claimed to have been
robbed, when he denied on the stand to
ever having been robbed before. Msssrs.
Snively, Vance and Englehart appeared
for the defendant, and Rockford and
Fulkerson for the state. 1t was hard
fought legal battle and the arguments be.
fore the jury were well made, and espe.
cially was that of Mr.. Vance highly conf
mended by all hearers. The jury was
out all night but failed to agree and will
probably be discharged this morning.
The most important case OF all. that Of
r. Schmidt vs. the City Of North Yakima,
is set for Friday. This is the sewer case,
and the indications are that it will last
week. Schmidt has retained F. II.
Rudkin and Ex-mayor J. T. Ronald, of
Seattle, as his attorneys, and the latter
gentleman, together with stenographer,
typewriter and several witnesses. arrived
In the city this morning. The attorneys
for the city are Messrs. Whitson & Parker
and Reavis & Milroy.
In the Myers case the court did not
seem to take much stock in the testimony
OF Charley Stone and the prosecuting at
torney was instructed to investigate with
view to instituting proceedings for per-
jury.