Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-15
JUDGE MUNGER ON THE BENCH
Opens the March Term Of the United States
Court,
GRAND JURY CALLED AND SET TO WORK
Kidd and Hiatt. Charged with Rob-
bling the P~ostoHice at Nilliscn,
Are Very Promptly
Indicted.
GRAND JURY CALLED AND SET TO WORK

In the absence of Judge Woolson the
March term of the United States district
court was convened yesterday morning by
Judge Munger of Nebraska, The grand jury
was impaneled with w. A. DeLashmutt
foreman and John NJ. Pussy clerk. The
members are: p. Hurd, w. H. Flick, II. X.
Forsyth, A. Spooner, John T. Christopher,
G. Il. Taylor. William Cooper, J. H. Mason,
c.. C. Kemmig, Charles Neff, Louis Atkins,
Walter Griffin, T. j. Morgan, II. NJ. Hollo-
way, ]. B. Russell, Charles Sheldon, Charles
Cleveland, o. H. Lucas and p. L. Harsh.
Shortly after being impaneled the jury re-
turned an indictment against Redmond Kidd
and William Hiatt on the charge of burglar
izing the postoffice at Villisca on the night
of January 8 last. Kidd and Hiatt, who
were arrested in Indiana, were brought back
to Des Moines where they are at present in
the Polk county Jail. The court issued an
order for their transfer here and two deputy
marshals left last evening for Des Moines
to bring them here. 1t Is expected that
they will be placed on trial at once.
Lorenzo u. Thomas and j. ID. Barley,
against whom an indictment had been pre-
viously returned on the charge of sending
unavailable matter through the mails, en-
tered a plea of guilty and were let off
with a fine of So and costs, making a total
Of $36.0S for each. They formerly con-
Quoted a collection agency at Atlantic, this
state, and in sending out dunning letters
marked their envelopes with a bright red
stamp to the effect that the letters. If not
delivered within SO many days. were to be
returned to the collection agency. The de-
vice used by the defendants, it was charged,
was in violation of Uncle Sans law inso-
much as it tended to seriously reflect upon
the character of the recipient of their
dunning letters.
One of the cases to come up at the present
term is that of T. J. Farnham and John
Wilson, charged with the robbing of the
postottice at Gray, Ia, on the night of
November 20 last. They are at present in
custody in the county Jail here.
Attorneys Frank Fisher and c. w.
Stuart of Clarinda were admitted to practice
in the federal court.
Owing to the absence of Judge Woolson
no civil cases will be tried at this term
and Judge Munger further announced yes
terdey that no criminal cases will be taken
UP in which the defendants are out on bail.
There are, however, about the usual number
OF bootlegging cases to be tried and Clerk
Steadman stated yesterday that he expected
the term would last about two weeks.
Two voluntary applications in bank
ruptcy were filed yesterday. Edward
J. Frye, a cigarmaker of Red Oak, SEIZED
uled his liabilities at $9O9. 25 and his assets,
all Of which he claimed as exempt, at $76.
He placed the value of the tools used in
his cigar making business at 81.
Elisha Dean Cullison of Clarinda puts
his liabilities at $40, 4O4.O 4. consisting for
the greater part Of promissory notes. His
assets, consisting of household furniture and
wearing apparel, he lists at the value OF
$3.50, all of which he claims as exempt. He
does not state his business.