Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-31
4 FEW OFFENDERS.
Two of Them Got Thirty
day Sentences by JUS
tice Gaudet.
A Case of Petit Larceny
and Unpaid Board Bills
Were the Offences
Charged.
Thinks He Was Robbed.

Thinks He Was Robbed.
From Saturdays Daily.
A man named Ole Ul0n. who has
been emplo::ed in Jones 4 Hatcher's
logging camps at Lincoln. claims to
have lost some money Friday In
this city, and thinks he was robbed.
UlOn came to this city Friday
morning from the lumberwoo'is, and
had in his possession S. in cash and
a time check tor $36. He was not III
town but short time till he pro-
ceeded to ill himself up with liquor.
He made several purchases atJ. Bur-
tons store and received $40 in cash
hes,des for his time check. After this
transaction he still continued to
drink end ut last tell asleep, lie sup
poses, in some saloon, but he cannot
tell where, and while in that condi-
ton was "touched," for whatever
money he had left. in his opinion
about SIS.
Suspicion pOint s to a man wh"gave
the name Oi John Owen, aud said ne
had but recently come from Grand
Forks. Ulon and Owen net in one
Of the saloons, and the former
bought the latter several drinks and
then took him to n restaurant and
paid tor a meal for him, Owen claim
ing to BE- broke and to have been
d one time without having an OPP.
portunitv Of supplying the wants OF
the inner man. Owen also followed
the other around from one place to
another until he fell asleep. and
shortly afterward Owen was seen to
be spending money quite freely. He
bought himself suit Of clothes at
b. Burton's for which he paid Sc.
and was quite lavish In buying
drinks, in fact, 40 much 40, that ne,
too. succumbed to the effects OF an
overdose Of Jonathan Barleycorn.
and was asleep when the officers
found him. In his pockets were
found between SO and 81.
The authorities are now looking
up the additional evidence In the
cnse. and although there seems to be
little but the circumstances just re-
lated, he will in all probability he
prosecuted on a chnrge OF robbery,
with Il good chance for conviction.
1,om Tuesdays Daily
The case OF Thos. Owen, WHO was
charged with robbins Ole Ulon on
last Friday, and ha wing taken about
SIS or $16 from the person Of the lat
ter, while he was in a drunken
stuper or asleep. came up In the
Justice cour, before Justice Gaudet
at 10 O'Clock this morning.
The prisoner employed F. w.
Lyon to defend him, and a jury trial
vas asked for, which necessitated
IN adjournment until | O'Clock this
afternoon for the purpose Of secur-
,ing jury.
City Attorney Rhodes conducted
the prosecution. and the evidence
Introduced Ia substantially the same
al given before in these columns.
The prisoner was seen at various
times during that day In company
with the man who lost the money,
and according to his own sta tements
made at that time. and with other
jndica lions he was without money.
A few hours later. however, he had
q considerable SUN OF mOney, at least
sufficient t. purchase himself a new
suit of clothes and an enormous jag.
The evidence as will be seen. is purely
0ecumstantial. but the prosecution
Aas made quite q strong case OF the
evidence on hand.
! At this time the defendant is on
the stand testifying in Ills own be-
HALF, and it ia probable that the case
will not go to the jury before 6
o'clock this evening.
The case Of George Pion. charged
with defrauding Landlord H. s.
Clyde, of the Eau Claire house, out
of u board bill, was set for 2 O'Clock
this afternoon. before Justice Gaudet,
but owing to the delay in the Owen
case it was postponed until tomOr
row.