The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-20
on 4 CHARGE Of MIl|
THREE NEW ox TRIAL. 49,
KILLING OF SAN RonE~r
Most Important Crimsnsr g.
fore the Alaska Dfstriee e.. 3
sttka->fory of the rrf~
oaers Are Very Well C~>.

siThAs A-zska- May L~-prch.A,.
asoss important eriznlnal case Ia !.
at tas r-sSeaE term - the asz-r,.. -.
jast opened before Judge Johnson. /. \.
for murder aSa!rss JOHN -.
Henry Brooks AID Nra- orn4ss : ~
are charged with saving killed So
os EaceFszs = gambler, al Isve- -
Aarca- The taGs sass the ssexxsa N
good faEzs.1y cclascgs31S leads .asee.,s 8
tie trial.
Roberts sas running q gamhssnr Is.
a. DseA @;sA A-yaas - q cabin acro~ =
psAheaIaa street. from the gambling -
0fe nagAT ne called upon a frieaa /. :
ever 10 tse cabin with him when 49,
time came. Roberts tuoa taa ~ y
YER and gosd containing SONIA = = q.
drawing a revolver 70 pr~yersf ! p...Ss
attack. tle iva men prcceezsea 4. r
caaln. Roberts unlocked the ars,r -
handing the Rag OF money 30 hi. -
and stepped inside he door ard ssyuss
maEca- Instantly several shots w<rs -
and Roberts staggered cut and fen -
Ills friend fell on the steps aad TIA Is.
Of money fell On top OF Inn. st,m.sss
him The thieves got away xithous =.
booty.
An alarm was given at once. M :.
trace or the villains WAS found Hay g |
hour or leSs after tha shooting o..
went - the army surgeon ssassounA ].
Dyea with ballet hole in hsx she.ss1ss |
He said that he bad been shot hy
bullet IN the street. IL is s.iex>d r. |
upon closer inquiry ne tod ano.hsf ~
and this led 10 h.s srress- The men -.
chams and were regarded In Drs 3
hard Characters and we're all arreefee -
thrown into Jail The grad jary ysr~
day brought in a true bill against il
and the trial VIII begin Ia 4 few AN
and VIII be very warmly fought % IA
SIDES Prosecuting Attorney Burtoa i
Bennett and Assistant Daily appear for Is
government and the prisoners hars 4
hasf-dozen or 50 OF lawyers to dG3ul
them.
VIM Ester. charged with assault VA.
deadly weapon. has isss been coaxc,i
He came Up behind a man In Ssgka a
December and cut his throat.
Goldman Evans. who shot an Indian a
here and nearly killed her, has been q.
yicsed.
John Christensen has been eonvicfea 4
carrying on retail liquor business N
OFT having paiS the government tax q
Douglas. John Morgan. Of this pace uk
the same fate.
Frank Kane. for smuggling whisky r.
Alaska IN a sioop. was coav.csed.
Peter Nelson and Fred BoIkner Inn
been convicted OF violating the pruhlAl,p1
liquor law.
The grand jury has not yet acted IN
the charge OF murder against Ed n.
who is accused Of having killed Decnu
Marshal Rowan az Skagway last wintsE
The trial OF ketchhoon, an Indian, whs
was indicted &c. murder a year ara "a
be held a; this term.
Three-tingered-Charl who killed naa
here four years ago, Was coavscte6 -
and upon appeal TO the supreme coul
was granted new trial. VIII aiso n ~
at siis term.
Nearly all of the civiI sasee % u
calendar will go over for the segu. - thme
is only one jury case.
II was expected that thtFs wUuid b
hot fights between the diffsr<at trsn1ay
companies operating on the ChlIko0k trail
but the companies have about reached u
am.eabie settlement of their d!6efences om
OF court. The Dyes- Ksondke Ccmpnuy1
injunction against the Alaska ratuq
was dismissed amicabiy and tho applIct
ton for a temporary restraining order y
the Ch.lkoot Railway ard Transport c.
paay goes over until the arrival q ~
next mail boat. The application IT,
restraining order by the Alaska con55H
aga!ns. the chilkoot company was M
drawn pending negotiations for a -
ment In the meantime the Alaska -
pany has entered into an agrsefnest b
which the freight OF both companao \
being carried to the scales by the c.
koet company and TO the summit By II
Alaska company.
Judge Winn and Judge Delaney afEu1
a demurrer in the case OF Dav!daoa ~
Miller 4 Sons to-day. II involves . ~
liable fishing site n southeastern Ala6f4
the litigants being two very pores1
companies. Judge johnson took the G.
under aGvisement.
The temporary Injunction secured y
Barbridge and Moore. who recently n
strained the TresAwel company M
dumping sediment on isse shallow lard
front OF their large mill al Douglas -
been modified. permitting the work of n
mine and OF the excavation for the ~
stamp mills 20 go on. A novel point Z
law is raised In this suit Barbr!age -
Moore have staked placer claims on ~
tide lands in front OF the Treadwell ~
efty. The question = whether tide In
are open TO entry under the general ~
&. Ala