The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-17
GREAT FALLS NEWS
Parcels Of This and That Picked Up
From All Quarters.
JUST A LITTLE LITIGATION
What the People Are Doing and
How II Is Done = Pick-Ups
From the Clty-Notes
and Personals.

Great Falls. April 1s-sheriff Dwyer
left last night for Spokane. He will
bring back with him H. j. Seymour,
who was arrested there several days
ago at the request of Sheriff Baldwin
of Flathead county, who wanted him
for an offense committed at Kalispell
some time ago. Seymour is wanted for
the embezzlement of about 81 900 from
the Singer Sewing Machine company,
of which he was agent here. Seymour
has said he was willing to return with
out the formality of getting out requi-
sition papers.
The jury in the r-Knudson
PENDANTS were guilty as charged and
the jury fixed the fines at $500 for
Whitaker and 500 for Knudson. Both
are still out on bonds and have been
given until Saturday to raise the
money to pay their fines.
The case of the state against H. Dou-
gan was finished early this afternoon
and went to the jury about o'clock.
The charge was larceny and the Jury
returned verdict of not guilty.
James Barker was brought into court
this morning and sentenced to one
year at Deer Lodge in conformity with
the verdict of the jury. The case will
be appealed. as Barker thinks the Jury
let him off very lightly.
Papers have been filed in the case Of
Loberg and Davis VS.. the Great Falls
Water Power & Light company. This
suit is an old one and comes to Cas-
cade ON al motion for a change of venue
from Lewis and Clarke county, where
1t has been since 1889. The case is a
suit on contract, the plaintiff claiming
a balance due of $50 and s1,106 for
tools, while the defendant acknowl-
edges only SIS due, which has been Of
fered.
The present term of the district court
has been the longest and most expen-
sive ON record in this county. 1t has
lasted seven weeks and the cost to the
county for jurors and witnesses is now
very near $1,000. The appropriation of
$4,000 is small and very little will be
left of II.
Grant Graves. a rancher living near
Choteau, went violently insane last
night while waiting for his wife at
Collins, small station on the Great
Falls and Canada line. Mrs. Graves
went away, last fall and was expected
to arrive at Collins yesterday The
train, however. was late into Great
Falls, and Mrs. Graves and her two
children were obliged to wait over a
day here. A little while after Mr.
Graves arrived at Collins he saw a
friend from Great Falls who told him
that he had not seen Mrs. Graves. This
seemed to prey upon his mind and
shortly afterwards he borrowed a jack
knife from friend who was with him
and drew the open blade across his
throat, making a frightful cash, Just
missing the jugular vein. Before the
knife could be taken away from him
he inflicted on himself several severe
dC. h.
tack ON Station Agent Dean and began
breaking the windows and station fur
niture.
Graves was severely cut by the brok-
en- glass, and the loss of blood from
his bleeding wounds weakened him so
that he was finally overpowered and
taken to a room where he was confined
DIR. Drake of Choteau was summoned
and arrived at Collins at 2 o'clock this
morning Tonight Graves is reported
as much better and regaining his mind
His wounds, while serious, are not con-
sidered fatal Mrs. Graves was in
formed by the sheriff that her husband
was sick, but the complete details of
the affair were kept from her. She left
ON the first train for home.
The Great Falls Rod and Gun club
was temporarily organized last nigt.
and is making preparations for its first
has rendered the club the use of the
fair grounds and the club will probably
accept his offer. At present the club
has is members, who are: ]. L. En-
right, NJ. F. Henderson, Jack Jackman,
c. c. Kelley, d. u. S. Frazier, Frank
Atkinson, j. NJ. Bridges, A. Metzmier,
A. Z. Reichiel, James Meter. III. f.
Benner. c. f. Irvine, William Johnston,
c. c. Chapman and It. w. Enright. At
ter the shoot Sunday the organization
Will be perfected by the election of a
captain and necessary officers 1t is
proposed to give medals for the best
records.
Andy ]. Weight called at the Great
Falls Office of the Standard this even
ing to deny the report that he had been
arrested at Marysville on a charge of
stealing cattle. He also characterized
as a falsehood the assertion that he
had acted dishonesty in disposing of a
carload of potatoes at Glasgow, owned
by a North Dakota farmer, for whom
he was an agent. Both stories, il is
said. originated with and were first
published by a Glasgow paper and the
articles subsequently appeared i'm sew
eral newspapers of the state. Mr..
Weight said: II have not been in or
near Marysville for 10 years. I resided
at Glasgow for some time. leaving there
last fall with my own team. but never
defrauded anyone there or from North
Dakota out of one dollar The stories
regarding my alleged crookedness or
iginated and were first published by a
personal enemy at Glasgow. who has
since left the state for reasons best
known 10 himself and those Immediate
ly concerned in his departure. / am
now a resident of Arlington. and IL
any one desires 10 find me they can
easily do 81 by visiting that place. The
Standard viii confer a favor by giving
my version Of the affair to the pulic. in
order to set me right with my friends"