The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-27
HE STOLE THE CHILD
Insane Mike Koken Carries a Little
Fin to Arlington.
THE MARCH TERM OF COURT
Illicit Liquor Traffic on the Reser-
vationS and the Buck Los Are
Imbibing the Pure Old
Tanglefoot.

Great Falls, Feb. 26.--Three weeks
ago a man named Mike kekon was
brought from Sand Coulee and lodged
in Jail on account of displaying strong
symptoms of insanity. An examina-
tion brought out the fact that ne was
not exactly right mentally, but II was
thought that by sending him to the
hospital at the poor farm he woulc
recover. This was done and Koken's
condition improved to such an extent
that he was discharged from the hospi-
tai a few days ago and at once left for
Belt in search of employment. teie-
pr1one message from Belt this morning
states that Koken last evening grabbed
a little child belonging to family OF
Finlanders and struck across the coun-
try towards Sand Coulee with the little
one in his arms. An alarm was given
and a thorough search for the two in
augurated, but without success until
the searching party visited Arlington
this afternoon, where the child was
found in possession OF tamlly VINO
had taken 1t away from the abductor.
The little one was not injured and was
returned to its parents. Koken will be
brought to the poor house for treat
ment, and If he does not improve Will
be sent to the asylum.
The March term of district court,
which will convene next Monday, will
probably last two months. Aside from
the large number of criminal cases to
be tried, there are nearly 100 cases on
the civil calendar. The cases on the
criminal calendar have been set as fol-
lows: March 2, the state against Steve
Leyden, charged with murder; March
g. the state against j. r. and Anna
Raids, charged with resisting an off,
Ger and obstructing Constable Morgan
in the discharge of official duties;
March 8, the state against Olaf Ruikka,
charged with assault with intent to
kill; March 10, the state against +. s..
wilsey, charged with obtaining prop
erty under false pretenses; March IL,
the state against Hattie Shaw, a for
mer Casino theater woman, charged
with grand larceny, in gathering In
500 from George Seifred while the lat
ter was passing as a sport; March IL,
the state against William Ferry,
charged with burglary; March 10,
l.. Henry, charged with assault in the
second degree, in a row between de-
PENDANT and William Larkin, in which
the latter applied an unmentionable
name to all members of the A p. A.
The date has not been set for trial OF
John Sebastian, who is charged with
the murder of his wife, but the case
will be tried during the March term OF
court.
1t is current rumor that whiskey
traders have invaded the Blackfoot
Belknap and Peck reservations and are
engaged in trading whiskey to the In
dams, taking in exchange anything OF
value the braves can produce. The
traffic is carried on in a very cautious
way, the traders carrying their stock
in bottles concealed in saddle bags
with an occasional demijohn rolled UT
in a pair of blankets and strapped be-
hind the saddle on the horse they are
riding. With the liquor thus concealed
the traders ride over the reservation
ostensibly in search of stock. but in
reality for the purpose of meeting
young Indians with whom they car
trade.
agency is a pioneer of pioneers il
Montana and thoroughly familiar will
every method adopted by whiskey trad
ers to carry on the Illicit traffic. HI
has adopted stringent rules at tina
agency, and any one caught on thu
reservation will be rounded up by tn
Indian police and taken back to tn
majors headquarters, where a thor
ough investigation will follow. A Sc
we're penalty is attached to selling
whiskey to Indians anywhere, but /
caught on the reservation, traders o
this character will be prosecuted to tn
full extent of the law and given tn
maximum penalty. The average In
dian will sacrifice anything he ma,
possess to obtain liquor, and after h
secures ii becomes a dangerous char
acter on the reservation as well a
elsewhere.