Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-10-19
UNITED STATES COURT.
Proceedings for the Past
Week.
Thursday.

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same transaction.
Z The Martin jury has not yet
e reached a verdict.
! Bert Davis and John Custer,
two II year old boys, were SEN
fenced 10 five years each in the
Boonville reform school yesterday
+ by Judge Springer. Both the boys
are orphans and Davis Is nearly
fullblCod Cherokee.
Friday.
A man named Rowley was be-
fore Judge Springer's court yester-
day on plea Of guilty of the
charge Of selling mist at Lenapah.
He plead that he had been misled
by Louis Cohn, who claimed that
mist was an innocent summer
drink. The members OF the w. |
c. I. U. had first petitioned the
court to stop the sale of the stuff
in their town; then the same peo-
! pie, when one of their number was
about to be sent to the penitenti-
ary, again petitioGed the court to
be merciiul to the accused as he
was a good citizen" The court
gave him a year and a month and
in doing so took occasion to say
that the liquor laws would be en-
forced and the man who undertook
to override the law would find
trouble ahead OF him.
The Bert Lynch larceny case is
still on trial, but may be concluded
this evening.
The Martin jury came into court
yesterday for additional instruct
ions or to be enlightened on some
point and retired and is still out.
D. W. Hamer was admitted to
the bar yesterday, after an exam
ination.
Indians as well as others have
Hot failed to notice the interest
shown in the l. 5. courts by Judge
Springer and Judge Thomas, in
the fullblood Indians who come
before them to be sentenced to :
terms in the penitentiary. 1t is
the unvarying custom of the court
to mention to the Indian the nee
essity of getting some friend to see
after their allotment during their
absence.
Saturday.
The jury in the Jim Martin case
failed to agree upon verdict after
being out about a couple of days,
and were discharged by the court
this morning.
The case of Bert Lynch. on a
similar charge, was given 20 the
Jury last night at ten o'clock.
They returned a verdict of guilty
on the assembling of court this I
morning e
The Martin anG Lynch cases 1
have consumed more than a weeks a
time and have attracted much at I
tention locally. The history of c
the case Is: About thee years ago, /
or perhaps longer, Byron Dicker- S
son was indicted, tried and con- S
victed Of the larceny of two head |
Of cattle from J. A. Deshazo. C
Dickerson was pardoned out of the b
penitentiary and came home and a
testified againt Martin and Lynch, i
stating that Bert Lynch helped to Z
steal the cattle and that they were O
driven to Jim Martins in the
night. and that the brands were
changed and the ear of one of the {
COWS grubbed off close to the head. C
The evidence in each case was
practically the same. Jim Martin C
stands well in the estimation of g
those for whom he mas worked and {
they still seem to believe in his a
innocence. :
rIOnday. 2
George Taylor, a Cherokee boy, h
was put on trial today on a charge !
of selling whisky. At the conclu-
sion Of the testimony Tor the gov Z
ernment the prosecuting attorney 7
moved to dismiss the defendant
and suggested that TWO of the wit. +
nesses be held ior perjury. Tay-
l0r was sent to Jail six months ago /
on the testimony Of two Witnesses ?
who at the trial today swore pre-
cisely the opposite OF what they q
testified to before ,he commission G.
er.
The George WhIteturkey muir
der case was called today at , p.
M. There were about % witness
Is sworn and the case therefore
will occupy considerable time.
Whiteturkey is Delaware Indian 1
and killed a white man ct a picnic
in the western Part of the Chero-
kee nation last year. The govern
ment Is represented by District