The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-04-07

B. ;Searle on the Bench.
Sawyer and Heldt Get Refornatory
Sentences, While Banker Goes
to the Pen for Year.
The April term of the district court
opened Monday with Hon. D. B. Searle
onsthe bench #.8
The calendar was taken up and a
|. large number of cases quickly disposed
OF, mostly by continuance. Those con-
tlln TIN led are A. J. Lane VS.. H. C. Head,
~. ga. Blrady ct al. VS.. Eastern Ry. Co.
OF Minnesota, seventeen of the fire
cases against the railroad company,
Anton Schuckweiler vs.. A. f. Howard
and an I: DO. Baker, A.. Rines. vs.. .Brum-
baugh, f. r. Clark. VS.. H. P. Clark,
||5Dysert VS.. VanRhee,. Miller, vs. Ger
manl--lAmeric Insurance company and
Mcclure VS.. Barrett & Campbell.
81 Judgment pursuant to stipulation was
entered in. the tax cases against the
I Great Northern and A. e. Johnson Co.
Mclean VS.. Claggett will be taken to
ST. Cloud. for trial and the Mile Laos
Lumber company's suit against Bar
.retts& Campbell has been settled. The
appeal OF. the Great Northern in the
village of Milaca case was dismissed as
we're the cases of Belle J. Rogers VS..
y. u. Galley and State VS.. Robbins.
The latter, case the court ruled was a
proper cause for civil suit but was not
for criminal action, and civil suit
will therefore be begun. 49,.
Theaappeals from the order, determ-
ination and award of damages by the
supervisors of the town of Princeton in
laying out a certain highway, made by
Jacob Ellenbaum and Frank Kronquist
resulted in. a reversal of the order and
proceedings and the work must be
done over. ...s
| Gus Heldt was indicted for stealing
horse and Joe Sawyer received like
recognition from the grand jury for his
recent act Of highway robbery.
Heidi and Sawyer we're both taken
before the court yesterday morning
and pleaded guilty. A motion for i'm
mediate sentence was made and after
thsnsaals formalities they were both
sentenced to the Minnesota reforma-
tory at St. Cloud. In passing the SEN
ftence, Judge Searle reminded them
that their troubles were brought about
by themselves. He would not take up
the time of the court with a long moral
lecture, but said that upon their con-
duct alone would depend the length of
their sentence and he doubted not that
under the instruction and care of the
officials at the reformatory they would
both see the error of their ways and
become better men.
Charles Banker, the accomplice of
Sawyer in the Foreston holdup, pleaded
guilty to first degree robbery yester-
day morning. In consideration of the
fact that he had aided in. securing the
conviction of Sawyer, he was allowed
to change his plea to guilty of third
degree robbery. He was too old to re.
ceive a reformatory sentence and was
therefore sent to Saltwater for one
year.
! Bartholomew John Moore, who with
John Anderson, was charged with the
larceny of travelling mans grip at
Milaca, was indicted yesterday morn
ling. He pleaded not guilty and will
stand trial. Anderson's case was
dropped by the grand jury and he was
given his liberty. 49, .
1 Annie Anderson found her matri.
monial bonds CALLING and applied tc
Judge Searle for relief. After hearing
the case the judge decided she was en-:
titled to divorce and so ordered it. !. :.
]. The grand jury finished its labors
yesterday afternoon and was
discharged with the compliments ..o1
the court. Some of the; defendants
against whom indictments were found
were notin custody SO the UNION is
unable to give the full amount Of theil
work. Three of those indicted have
already been convicted and sentenced
which speaks we'll for all concerned.
/ ,Croswell's suit against began for
4 damages, was taken up Wednesday
morning and occupied the courts at
ttention until afternoon. After being
tout. for a. short time the jury brought
in averdictfor the defendant. Il
i The State VS.. Moses S. Cone, the
famous bull case, came on next and re.
Isulted in an acquittal for Cone.
the attorneys present from
abroad were Geo. E. Budd and T. M;
Palmer, of St. Paul; J.. S. Snapp, Of
duluth; AT. Faber, of st. Cloud; c.
". Kent, of Milaca. {: rs +. *5 "