The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-12-11
THE GRAND JURY READY FOR
DISCHARGE.
II Visits the Poor Farm and Jail and
Will Present q Report Including
Several nOre Indictments - How
the Criminal Cases Are to Be Tried
SANDER Case on Today-Rush for
Citizenship Papers.

VS.. Oscar Hiner to recover $4,000 Tor
alleged SANDER was tried in the dis
trict court Wednes day. The plaintiff
claims that the defendent called him
a thief and accused him Of setting
fire to the defendants barn. G. o..
Daley is attorney for the plaintiff,
and Schmitt s. Wilson are the defend
ants attorneys. The plaintiff rested
shortly before noon, after having put
on the following witnesses: A. L..
Cummings, G. A. Ewing, Carl Stevens,
Clarence Borchart, VIM. Holzinger,
John Walker, and Eva Walker.
The defense was put on this after
noon, the arguments made and the
case sent to the jury.
The matter of the appeal of Esther
Griffith, executriX of the estate OF
Robt. Griffith, from the award of the
commissioners in the Omaha condem-
nation was not proceeded with yes
terday afternoon.
The appeal of VIM W. Davis Jr.
from the Omaha award was called
yesterday afternoon for trial and
again this morning, but there was no
appearance for the plaintiff and the
action was dismissed, in accordance
with the rule announced by Judge
Severance last week. This afternoon
Attorney B. c. Taylor, for the plain
tiff, appeared and asked to have the
case reinstated on the calendar. He
explained that he was out of the city
yesterday and thought that he had an
understanding with the other side as
to the taking up of the case. Attorney
Cray opposed reinstatement unless
Mr.. Davis paid the costs of subpenaing
the witnesses twice, which he de-
Clined to do. The defense had been
twice ready for trial with the witness
es present. The court took the mat
ter under consideration.
In the case of the state VS.. VIM.
Dennison, the attorneys went over a
motion to dismiss the appeal from the
.Amboy justice court.
The demand for second papers is
increasing as the fact that full citi-
zenship is necessary in voter be-
comes more widely known. The
clerk of court was beseiged this af-
ternoon by crowd who wanted Sec
ond papers. The following secured
their papers: Peter Dahien, G. Jacob
son, Sever Larson, Andrew Weldon,
Andrew A. Stills, Ole A. Moster,
John M. Mutland, John Dahlen, John
o. Johnson, Michael Flatley, Edward
J. Thomas, Joseph F. Schingle, Nels
Anderson, August Keller, VIM. H.
WaltZold.
The grand jury has about wound up
its business and expects to make it's
final report late this afternoon. 1t
visited the jail and poor farm this
forenoon. Only three indictments
have been brought in thus far, but it
is expected that batch of them will
be returned when the final report is
made.
1t is understood that the only mat
ter which the jury has looked in
to outside of the cases regularly bound
over to it was certain charge of
gambling in the case of man who is
a resident of the county outside of
the city. Whether any thing was
done will come out when the report is
made.
The trial of the criminal cases will
commence soon. County Attorney
Benedict will bring on several of the
minor cases first, and leave the
murder cases until later, as the trial
of the latter will be exhausting work
for those engaged in it. Balser's case
may come on next week, and will be
followed by Crooks case if there is
time