Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1900-03-09
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Samson Murder Case Will Come Up for
Retrial on St. Patrick's Day,
in the Morning.
LIST OF PETIT JURORS
Stanley Pleads Not Guilty to the Charge
Of Incest Other Court Pro
ceedings Had.

Judge Frank Henry, the upright
jurist and impartial judge Of the
sixth judicial district, arrived from
Livingston Monday and proceeded
to convene the March term Of the dis
trict court in the afternoon. The
usual court officials, consisting Of
District Clerk Mushbach, County At
torney Reno and Sheriff Dunn and
his deputies, We're present, with ali
array Of legal talent, including the
Hon, o. T. Goddard of Billings, Fred
G. Woodward Of Gebo, W. Il. Meyer,
Sydney Fox, George w. Pierson, G.
H. Bailey and L. @. Caswe}l Of this
city to give tone to the court proceed
ings and maintain the equilibrium Of
the tribunal A short session was
held, the court adjourning on Tues
day until next Monday, when the jury
which was summoned will be on hand
to try the criminal and civil cases
which will be taken up at that time
When Charles Stanley was arraign-
ed on the information charging him
with the commission of the helnous
crime Of incest, alleged to have been
committed upon his own daughter,
only fourteen years old, on the night
Of the 26th Of January last, the defen-
dant was asked by the court why he
had not procured counsel for his
defense. Stanley started off to ex-
plain that he was possessed Of q
bunch Of cattle, about dozen head,
which he had turned over to his wife
to dispose Of as she saw fit, and said
that he wanted to leave rything
that he possessed to his wife and
family, which caused Judge Henry to
interrogate him as to whether he was
going to plead guilty Of the charge
against him. He vehemently ans
wered that his plea would be not
guilty. Attorney Fox informed the
court that the cattle were mort
gagged to their full value, whereupon
the court appointed L. Q. CaswelL as
attorney to defend the prisoner.
Stanley was brought before the court
Tuesday morning and entered a plea
of not guilty to the CRIME charged
against him. His trial was set for
Thursday of next week.
The case Of the state against Charles
Samson, charged with the murder Of
Fred Tibbett, in 1896, was set for next
Saturday and leave given the prosecu-
tion to endorse the names of I'll. j.
Calhoun and j. D. Amin on the in
dictment as witnesses for the state.
Jacob Sturkog was granted a di-
vorce from his wife, Hannah Sturkog.
It appeared from the evidence that
the couple had been married in 1895
in Finland and after about year of
life Hannah had concluded
that she didn't want to live with her
any longer and had packed
up her belongings and gone to live
with her parents.
The state against Willie St. Clair,
the half-breed Indian accused of the
THEFT Of a COW belonging to T. C.
was continued until next
term by agreement Of the counsel and
leave granted to take the dispositions
Of three witnesses who reside at Lam
der, Wyo. The defendant was on
hand to answer to the charge, having
ridden the 200 miles between Red
Lodge and Lander on horseback.
Andrew Anderson pleaded not
guilty to the charge Of having stabbed
G. i. Woodstock one morning during
last December and his case was set
for trial next Wednesday. Not hav-
ing any money with which to pay an
attorney, Sydney Fox was appointed
by the court to defend the prisoner.
The case against Joe Wolf for OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses
was dismissed at the instance Of the
county attorney, who stated to the
court that the evidence was insuffi-
cient to warrant conviction.
The following list Of persons was
drawn as jurors and they will be
summoned to appear next Monday:
George W. Devins, Charles Wilson,
J. G. Hunter, Timothy Lish, Joseph
4. Fowler, George Sproule, D. Sulli-
van and Thomas Early of Red Lodge;