Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-01-09
Three Persons, Arraigned and
Counsel Appointed to
Defend Them.
How Prisoners FlShed for Bot
tied Beer. Wet Goods at
Court House..
A Vacancy i'm School Board
Filled.-SChOOl At
tendance.

eleven continued and seven new cases
on the calendar. In the county jail are
six prisoners, all but one OF which are
awaiting the opening of court. Thos.
O'Flyn will answer will answer for shoot
ing at and holding up Express Messen-
ger NJ. II. Elvidge; Thos. Daley and Jas.
D. Wallin for holding up and attempting
to rob P. Barnard; and Fl. M. Smith for
the alleged disposal of mortgaged prop
erty-some horses. Chas. Bartlett is
serving out sentence for completely in
the We'll burglsry-his pal went to the
state penitentlary-and George LaVelle
is serving out his second sentence.
Three persons were arraigned, Thos.
O'Flynn on the charge of assault
with dangerous weapon. Being
unable to procure counsel S. E.
Ellsworth was appointed by the
court to defend him. J. D. WallIn
den and Jas. Daley were also without
counsel and unable to procure It. R. A.
Bill was appointed to defend them.
These cases we're set to be heard to-
morrow.
The jury panel was called and
special venire of 10 ordered.
The application of Peter Haas for re-
lease of his building on Front street,
now in charge of the sheriff-on of the
liquor cases-was made. The judge
being desirous Of saving unnecessary
expenses to the owner of the building
will take action in the matter as soon as
possible to look up certain points IN de-
cisions bearing On the case.
Among the attorneys from abroad were
W. F. Ball of Fargo, who is here on rail
road business and Seth Newman who on
statements made to the court, obtains the
release Of Herbert Root Of Valley City
until the case can be heard by the su-
preme court, where it has been appealed.
In the sentence Root was not disbsrred
from practice, but sentence as to this
suspended for future action.
COURT NOTES.
A new hardwood floor is being laid in
the court house hallway.
It is expected that the court can
finish it's business in week.
In the corridors of the jail about
thousand dollars worth of wet goods are
stored awaiting the orders Of court for
final disposition. The remaining fixtures
secured in the late raid, the tables, chairs,
glasses, bars and back bars and billiard
tables have been invoiced but will not
be removed until so ordered by the
court. The fixtures taken are worth
considerably more than $1,000. It is not
known whether the cases will be tried at
this term Of court or not. Some of the
defendents have not employed attorneys
and will not do so until compelled to by
the nature OF the proceedings.
The liquors that were confscated from
the b. p's last week were stored in the
corridors OF the court house Jail, in such
a way as to be seen by the prisoners
from the cells, and-they admired, they
coveted, they enjoyed. A piece of wood
torn from one of the hunks was lashed
to the broom handle with pieces OF
blanket torn IN strips, a slip moose ad
justed at the end and bottle of cold
beer was pulled out of case and drawn
to the bottom of the cell door as neatly
as Bob Wallace ever landed a pickerel
from Spiritwood lake. This may also
account for the disappearance of certain
long necked bottles from former seiz-
ures. After tickling their palates with |
the amber fluid second bottle was
hooked by the prisoners but before it
could be landed guard made his ap- |
pearance and the piscatorial sport was
stopped. In the sheriff's Office the fish
ing outfit, attached to an empty bottle,
is on exhl bition.
The City Schools.
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