Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-08
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,s4Iba and Clark. Convicted 9
| Forgery. are ssntsnc ed to
the Ref rmato tory.
| WALTER GREER GIFTS SIXTY DAYS.

the Jury IN Inc CdtS@ ~ ~ = $500 - -
against Gilbert Selba. charged with
forgery Ii the second degree, re-.
turned a verdict u about 5 o'clock !
Thursday afternoon II guilty az
charged 10 the indict ment. The
evidence sgainat sslba was Thought
~ many to Be very conclnsiv
Several mouths ago he presented g
cheek ut the store Of Barney Burton ton
ia payment 81 some articles pur-'
chased. The check was for ~, and
he received besides the articles pur-
chased about ~ in cash. The check
was made out In favor Of Oscar
johnson, and was supposed to have
been signed BY VIM. Long. then o.
Lincoln. The name 81 Oscar John Ohm.
con was endorsed on the back. It
was about i month after the check
was passed before II was discovered
u be q forgery. Burton did not
know Selba. but knew Tamarac
Tom, who was with him at the time
the check was. cashed. Sheriff Rider
and Burton went to Lincoln. and
there seen to men BY the name q y
Oscar j Johnson, but Mr.. Burton
knew that neither Of them was the
party who passed the check. He
then gave a description OF the man
and Lincoln parties stated that Gil
bert Selba was the man wanted, He
loft that locality with Tamarac
Tom, but was injured In some way
and: returned to his home there.
When arrested. Burton positively
identified him as the man who
passed the forged check.
In The Gaze OF Chas. w. Clark
charged with forgery in the second
degree. the work Of the jury was;
more prompt. A verdict q guilty |. as
was returned 10 twenty minutes after
tie case was given to tho Jury. The
prisoners were n ven into thecust.'dy
81 the sheriff and they were ordered
tobe broughtint court Friday morn
Ing to receive their sentences. Both
were sentenced to the reformatory
At st. Cloud. Ofcourse reforlnatory
sentences are for an indefinite period
and the length Of Their terms depends
largely upon their behavior.
waiter Greer, the yOnug bicycle
thssfs WI. brought into court that!
nissorning, He pleaded guilty to q
charge Of grand larceny IN the second
degree, and was sentenced TO the
county Jail Tor q term Of sixty days.
The Judge remarked later that he
did not wish to send babies to pris-
on. The Judge gave Greer some
good advice In regard to hts future
conduct. 3; Il &
At the conclusion OF the trial OF
Chas. W. Clark Thursday afternoon,
the civil action OF ] oseph Premier
against J Ohm stump, George Poser
and Peter 81. Meyer was called. This
Is an action brought to recover for
the 1895 crop OF grain on = piece Of
land then III dispute between Premier
and Meyer. Stumpf and Poser were
sureties ON q bond given by Meyers
to indemnity Premier. The case In
volvlng the title Of the land was de-
cided in Preiner's favor, but Meyers
took the crop. Preiner now sued to
recover from the bondsmen.
The Jury returned verdict in his
favor for $245.S8. -sS !.
Following the Premier case, which
was concluded at about ten o'clock
Friday forenoon, the case OF the state
vs.. VIM. Axel, charged with assault
in the second degree. Lizzie Miller Is
the complaining witness, She was
employed at Wendt's hotel at Swan
Vile, and claims that Axel assaulted
her with an knife, while she was
milking the COW in the barn about
two weeks agO., n 3s
& ffSide Tracked"
julie Walters and his company IN
aside Tracked" made quite hit
with their Little Falls audience at
the Gross opera house Thursday
evening, julie. w alters, as the tramp,
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