The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-07-03
GRAND JURY REPORT.
Five Indictments by the United State,
Grand Sury.


Grand Sury.
The United States grand jury that was
empanelled week ago by Judge Knowles
and placed at work on pending cases
submitted it's final and only report to the
court Friday and was discharged. The
jury reported five indictments, four o1
which were made public.
The jury also reported that it did not
think the evidence presented in two
cases it considered would insure con
viction at the hands of trial jury and
it therefore recommended that the par
ties under suspicion be released. One
of these was the case of H. z. Austin
of this city, who refused to answer the
questions propounded to him by cen.
sus enumerator.
The report of the grand jury was as
follows:
I'VE, the United States grand jury
of the April term, 1900, most respectfully
report, that we have investigated all
cases which have been brought to our
notice wherein witnesses and necessary
papers could be procured. Where in.
dictments have been found we reported
the same to the court. In the following
cases we have found the evidence not
sufficient to find an indictment and
therefore respectfully recommend that
the. defendants be released from custody
and their bondsmen discharged:
United States VS.. Benjamin G. Bur
rows and Allen Webster, charged with
cutting timber on the public lands of
the United States.
United States VS.. H. z. Austin, re-
fusing to answer questions propounded
by census enumeration.
I'VE thank your honor and the off
GERS of the court for courtesies extend
ed to us while in session. Having no
further business we respectfully ask to
be discharged from further attendance
upon the court"
Of the indictments made public one
is against Peter Duphnias. charged
with selling or delivering whiskey to Jo-
seph Culbertson and Sam Bruguir, In
dians on the Fort Peck Indian reserva-
ton, Jan. 25, 1895. There are two counts
one charging the sale of the liquor to
the two Indians and the other separate
sales. The witnesses are Agent Scobey
and Culbertson and Bruguir.
Antoine, Flathead Indian is indicted
on the charge of breaking into the store
building of A. L. Demers at the st. Ig-
natius mission, Flathead reservation,
Jan. IL, 1900. The witnesses are Agent
Smead, A. L. Demers, Kootelspoo, Susan
John B. Finley, Louis Demers
and X. Fourmer.
The most important of the indictments
is against Ike B. Sheldon who is charged
with perjury alleged to have been COM
mitted before the Helena land office in
a land contest. Rosa A. Carr attacked
a pre-emption entry that Sheldon made
on Sept. Ia, 1895, for the south half of
the northeast quarter of section o. town.
ship 8, north range 10 west, Deer Lodge
county. A question at issue in contest
was whether Sheldon had not made
prior declaratory statement before the
Miles City land Office, July Is, 1882, for
OTIS l and 2, and the east half of the
northeast quarter of section 30, township
}, north range 48 east. Sheldon testified
hat he had not made such statement
'efofe the Miles City land Office. The
government contended that he had, hence
he indictment for perjury. The wit
lesses are G. F. Brill, N. Smith, James
)eering, G. ID. Greene, Rosa A. Carr,
JOhn NJ. Rhoades. Sheldon is here in
he county Jail in default of bail. The !