The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-24
UNITED STATES COURT
It Adjourns to Meet in Butte
Next February.
CASE AGAINST MANY GUNS
His Attorney Attacked the Indictment
and the Demurrer Was Sustained.
Humbert Was Also Acquitted
on Instructions.
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Helena, Dec. 2S.-The November term
of the United States court for this dis
trict closed this afternoon and court has
adjourned to meet in Butte some time in
February Judge Knowles will go 10
Missoula to spend Christmas and enjoy
~ rest preparatory to sitting upon the
circuit court Of appeals at san FRAN
cisco. He expects TO leave Montana
about Dec. % and will remain in san
Francisco about a month. The expenses
of the term Of court for witnesses before
the grand and petit juries We're $5.5S0,l
while the grand and petit Jurymen drew
81, 100.
"a, Two more people who were indicted
by the grand jury are happy tonight.
One of them is Edward Many Guns, the
Piegan Indian who was indicted for an
assault with deadly weapon upon an
Indian or breed on the Blackfoot
reservation. The other is Eugene Hum
bert of Missoula, indicted for returning
to the Flathead reservation after hav-
iEg been ordered off. Many Guns case
never came to trial, j.. &. Russell, his
attorney, attacked the indictment by fill
ing a demurrer, which the court sus-
tanned. Russell set up in the demurrer
J that there is no mention in the statutes
of an assault committed by an Indian
against an Indian upon reservation
within the state. The court said the
! point was well taken and sustained the
demurrer The district attorney said
that he would have Many Guns rear
rested and held on a complaint charging
him with an assault upon white man.
Later in the day he changed his mind
and reported to the court that he would
drop the matter. Many Guns, who has
been confined in the county Jail here.
was accordingly liberated. His attorney
endeavored to have Uncle Sam provide
for the Indians transportation back to
: the reservation, but this was not al
lowed. An effort will be made to in
duce Agent Mclaughlin to furnish the
Indian transportation back to the res
ervation. Many Guns assaulted fam
lily by the name of Sherman living on
the reservation. Sherman is n white
imam married to a squaw. Their half
breed son was wounded by the Indian
and Sherman was also shot.
The case of the United States VS..
Humbert was the last criminal case.
Two hours were devoted to taking testi-
mony, but as the governments case was
decidedly weak one, the district at
Torney moved to dismiss il. Ii. c. Stiff
of Missoula, attorney for Humbert, de-
sired the jury to bring in a verdict of
acquittal which the II men did under
instructions from the court.
Olive Gebau. Baptiste Mott and Peter
Finley, three half-breed F'lathead reser-
NdLlOn pOllCBHen, VINO were SuillilbIlGtl
as witnesses in the Humbert case, had
to be brought TO Helena on bench war
rants. They We're purged of contempt
and liberated, after showing to the court
that they endeavored to obey the sum-
mons.
The court denied the injunctions
sought by the Murphy Cattle company
and the Hardin Cattle company against
County Treasurer Truscott Of Custer
county. involving two tax cases
ri The various attorneys interested in the
foreclosure proceedings of the Boston
Safe Deposit & Trust company ct al. VS.
the Helena Consolidated Water com
pany ct al, presented a stipulation &c
the court ordering Receiver NJ Is (
disburse from the funds on hand about
$4,000 for the expenses of the fore
closure, the services of the trustees OF
fhe Eastern concern. the fees of the re-
spective attorneys and the receivers
salary up to to-day. The court granted
the order Several we'll known atter
neys came in for pretty good sized fees
c. II. Tyler of Boston and w. A. Under
wood of New York received the larges
fees. Among the Montana attorney,
who through to-day's order will he abb,
10 buy Christmas presents are William
Wallace. j. b. Clayberg, Il. p. Carpen
ter, T. II. Carter n. w. Mcconnell anC
NJ. S. Gum. Matters are about adjuste,
for the sale of the property at maste
in chancerys sale. This will probabl,
occur in about two weeks.
w. S. Hartman of BoZeman was ad
united to practice in the United State
court to-day.