The Anaconda standard., 1899-12-10
UNITED STATES COURT
The Grand Jury Has Returned
Ten Indictments.
TWO WERE MADE PUBLIC
Jaggers Sentenced to 18 Months for
Carving Counterfeit Money-A
Stipulation Filed In the E. Roll
Inns Morse Case.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.


: this afternoon and was discharged by the
court Ten Indictments were returned,
two of which were made public. The
eight placed in the secret docket are un-
derstood to be in mino- cases, chiefly for
vlolstions of laws for the government OF
Indian reservations. The jury reported
that it had Investigated these additional
cases and found the evidence did not war
rant indictments: Louis MiGetstead. SELL
ing liquor to Indians: Lizzie Anderson.
sending an obscene lettsr through the
mails; Anterne, stealing horses on the.
FIathead reservation: James Biggs, traf-
ticking in liquor on sc Indian reservation:
Pat Perry, carelessly leaving fire on the
public domain.
The jury thanked the court and court
officials for courtes!es extended, and hav-
ing no further business, asked to be dis
charged.
Judge knowles told the grand jury they
were to be commended for their eXpedi-
tous transaction of the work before
, them and said they were entitled to the
thanks of their country. The indictment
against Spokane Tom. an Indian, which
was one of those made public. was a true
bill to the effect that he had stolen
horse valued at 800 on the klathead IN
dian reservation belonging 10 Isaac Plant,
Nov. 10 last.
The names of W. H. Smead, the agent
Of the reservation, and Isaac Plant and
Albert Vincent were Endorsed upon the in
dictment as witnesses.
The other indictnent given out was
against George A. Fry, late postmaster at
Bynum. Teton county. This charged him
with having made a false report on
March 81 last of an amount of stamps
Cancelled for a certain period. He had re-
ported the amount at s167 .G2, when in fact.
tt,5t, oil So
considerably less. Indorsed upon the In
dlctment were the names of these wit
nesses: Perley r. Lance, c. H. Drake.
Carl Harris and j. M. Coffin. Fry Is out
on bail. He was arraigned and will plead
Monday morning. He is a well-known res
ident of Teton county
Spokane Tom, who is here in the county
jail. expressed a desire to have his trou-
bles over as soon as possible. After be-
ing arraigned he waived the usual time
and pleaded guilty. The court sentenced
him to six months in the county jail
Judge Knowles to-day sentenced James
X. Jaggers, convicted of carrying coun-
terfeit money and passing it with intent
to defraud, to IS months in the pen at
hard labor, and fined him s100 When Jag
gers was asked if he had anything to
say why sentence should not be passed
he expressed the hope that the court
would be merciful as ne was a married
Jaggers had not been himself for 10
years because Of excessive drinking still
the court thought he passed the spurious
money in Bannack last March with tho
view of getting rid of a lot Of it, and
stood ready to literally flood the COM
munity. The jury had recommended him
to the mercy OF the court, just why his
honor could not say. The maximum pun
ishment was sentence of 10 years and
fine of 5000. He would give him ono and
half years and fine him s1o0. Jaggers
made no comment upon the punishment.
He apparently considered that he got off
lucky
1t required but Is minutes for the jury
to whom was given the case of the Uni
ted States against Miller, charged with
sailing liquor to Indians on the Belknap
reservation. TO find him guilty. No de-
fense was offered. Afiller's attorney con-
tenting himself with motion to instruct
the jury for the defense which was over
ruled. Soon after the jury found Miller
guilty he was brought into the court to
be sentenced Judge Knowles said that
after the first Of the year ID would let no
one convicted of selling liquor to Indians
off for less than six nonths He would
fine Miller $500 and sentence him to SIX
months in the county jail. Miller paid
his fine and proceeded to the county jail
10 serve out his sentence.
A document that was filed in the United
States court ~o-day WILL no doubt. tend to
shorten the duration of the trial of the
mining case of E. Rollins Morse agains,
Me Montana Ore Purchasing company,
which will commence next Monday at 10
O'Clock. Respective counsel presen ted to
the court a stipulation as 10 the number
Of expert witnesses to be called to testi-
fy to geological facts, an agreement to
apide by the testimony adduced at the
trial in Butte as to the amount and value
Mt
tntnts as to the titles to the property in
volved. This stipulation was signed by
w. P. Dewitt, Forhia Evans and Will
liam Scallon for thE plaintiffs. and J. T.
Mediation, r. T. Corbett, J. V Vaila, c.
j. Hughes and j. w Cotter FOR the de-
Tense Those familiar with the previous
trial of the action say that the stipulation
will considerably abbraviata the big case,
Each side Is to be limited to five expert
witnesses as to geological testimony; two
of these on each side shall take all the
time they wish to tell what they know.
The remaining three will be limited to
two hours direct examination and
Three hours on cross examination, These
limitations will not apply 10 witnesses
that may be called TO testify as to the
correctness Of the models OF the under
ground workings. The same testimony
offered at the Butte trial il regard 10
the amount Of ores extracted and the
values will be used.
The agreements as to tho offer Of tes-
timony in regard to titles are Of equal i'm
portance 1t is agreed that tha patents OF
the Rarus, Johnstown and Michael Dewitt
may be introduced in evidence and that
The location notices of the said claims
with the statements that the patents wee
sssued on t1en, may also he introduced in
evidence, subject to such objections as
the parties may urge as to the legal eff
feet thereof: and it is then stipulated and
agreed that such titles as were acduir- 4
by such patents now rest IN the parties as
Foliows, to quote from the stipulation:
The Rarus title does nov, and dia at
the commencement of this action rest in
the defendant, the Montana Ore Purehas-
ing company.
THAT portion of the Johnstown claim
known as the decided portion does now,
and did at the commencement Of this ac-
tion. rest in the defendant, the Montana
Ore Purchasing company.
Five undivided sixths of the tits
granted by the patent of the Michael
Dewitt lode claim does now. and did at the