The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-07-26
court proceeding..

Since the Till murder case, interest
in court proceedings has largely de-
creased. The verdict OF the jury in
that case is accepted with little criti.
cism. The feeling seems to be that
1t was an excellent jury, that they
considered the evidence very careful.
IL and the public seem very well salts
fed to accept their decision and leave
the responsibility with them. Till re.
ceived the verdict with GOODNESS, say
ing''Well it's all a lie, but must take
what comes" There Is some talk of
deporting Mrs. Miller to Hungary but
nothing is certainly known.
The case Of Thomas Glover for as
sault with dangerous weapon, went
to the jury, who brought in a verdict
of guilty Of assault only, and as old
Tom remarked to the jury when they
gave the verdict, CHATS easy"
However, it might not be as easy II
guilty to larceny, and senssnee--wso
suspended, should be brought up again.
In the case of state vs.. Ralph Fras.
er, considerable strong circumstan-
tlal evidence In the way of tracks
etc. was brought out to prove that he
had taken load of wheat from John
Campbell; but the defense claimed
that Fraser had taken the load from
bis own granary, that though he drove
a team with colt following, that the
colt tracks found, followed his natural
road to Neche, and were not found on
the short piece of road from Camp
BELLS granary to the main road, nor
about the granary. The fact that
Fraser drove in the night was proven
customary for every one 10 that To-
cality. The jury brought 10 verdict
Of not guilty.
The Neche tramps who burRlarIzedl
]. LaMoure's store were also tried
this week. -Four of them were tried
together, and strove TO put the crime
on the other two. by saying, that all
six went to the depot from their camp
along the river, about nine O'Clock or
later. Some other fellow came up and
proposed doing some stealing; the
vlrtuous four said, ii there is to be
stealing we will get out, and SO walk
ed Immediately to Gretna. In the
morning they were Joined there by
the other two, who they claimed had
come earlier in the night andsecreted
the stolen goods unknown to them.
This story was pretty well exploded
by the evidence of Marshal Jackson,
who had kept pretty close tab on them
the night before until about twelve
O'Clock, and the finding of stolen
goods on the persons. or close to the
prisoners, and notwithstanding a
vigorous defence by Attorney Stack,
who was appointed to defend them,
the Jury, brought them in gnllty Of
burglary in the 4th degree. The 9TH
er two by advice Of their attorney
pleaded guilty to the same offense.
Most of these men bear the appear
ance Of habitual criminals and Jail
birds. and are hard looking citizens.
One Of them however was q pitiful
physical wreck, upon clutches; his
body was covered with syphllitic
blotches and ulcers, and emitted an
odor which made his presence dis.
agreeable to persons In all parts Of the
court room. He claimed to be citi-
zen Of Canada and TO be on his way
to Banff Springs. Under the circum-
stances. and 1t being evident from his
condition that he was not an active
participant In the burglary, sentence
In his case was suspended, and he was
sent on his way to Banff Springs forth
with. He gave his name as Charles
Mayfield. The goods stolen were not
Of great monetary value, three clocks,
two cheap watches, and some wearing
apparel and canned goods were about
all missed, or found. The maximum
sentence Of burglary in the fourth
degree is three years, and it is not
probable that they will. get much less.
In the case Of State vs.. Laricheliere,
accused Of stealing several hundred
bushels Of wheat from o. II. johnson,
the prosecution had two men on the
stand who claimed they assisted La
richeliere to take the wheat, also Wet
or Charigot of BathRate, who testifi.