The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-01
Witness Before Senate Com.
mittee Required to Answer.
A BROKER LOSES HIS APPEAL.
United states supreme Court Rules
That Chapman Was Guilty of
caasamacy Two Years Axc-Hc
VIII Try Again ON = Writ OF
Habezs Cerpus-A Decision That
Pleasant Draper. Who Killed His
sweeth~art In Montana. Was
Wrensfuiiiy Tried Before the
United States Ceurt.

Washington. Nov. cN-The supreme
court has dismissed the writ Of error in
the case OF Eavertan r. Chapman. the
New York broker VI no refused 10 ans wer
the questions pat BY the senate inveStsga-
ton committee two years axe.
This makes Il necessary Tor Chapman TO
serve bis sentence. AT least technically.
he viii promptly be- surrendered hy Ills
bondsmen and the case again carried 70
the supreme court on haheas corpus pro-
ceeSlings 20 question the constItnsionaltSy
OF the act on which the prosecution is
based.
The solicitor moved 10 advance on tho
docket the Las Vegas land grant case on
the plea that IL was likely TO ahate by
the retirement from Office OF Commissioner
l-amoreAux. OF the general land office.
The motion was taken under aaylsemens
The case involves 4ssi acres Of land.
The case Of Emma ]. Goaiaze rs. r. w.
French 81 al. appealed srofn the supreme
court OF the territory OF Arizona involved
the title TO the tcwnsi;e of the town OF
Flagstaff. Mrs. Gcnlaxe claims the land
under pre-emption entry. bat her claim
was not sustained by the Arizona court.
and the United States supreme court to-
day affirmed the decision
Justice White delivered the opinion OF
the court in the case OF Pleasant Draper
vs. the United States. This case gnvolvesi
TIC question or jurisdiction OF the state
courts Of Montana over crime committed
by persons not Indians in the Indian rsSer-
vations In the state of Montana. Draper
who Is a negro. was convicted in the
United States circuit court for the Mon
tana district for the murder OF another
negro in the Crow Indian reservation. He
brought the case to the supreme court
on writ OF error. alleging want of juris-
diction on the part of The Federal court.
The supreme court sustained this view OF
the case. reversed the decision Of the cir
cult court. and remanded the case TO
the state courts for prosecution. Tho
prosecution In the Federal courts re-
lied upon the clause in the Montana en-
ahling act providing that Indian lands
shall remain under the absolute inris1ic-
tior and control OF the congress OF she
United States" but Justice White said Il
was clear IL was not intended this pro-
vision should operate TO deprive the state
OF power 20 punish crimes committed nn
an Indian reservation by others than In
dians.
The district court for the southern dis
trict of Iowa vas reversed BY the United
States supreme court today ia the case OF
A. A. Eafingtcn because tho court had
refused % accept the evidence Of the good
character OF defendant, who Was accused
of perjury IN pension case In delivering
the opinion Justice Shiras said:
Whatever may have besn said In some
of the earlier cases. the decided weight
of authority now Is that good character.
when considered IN connection with the
other evidence In a case. may generate a
reasonable doubt"