Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-04
SHERWOOD CINCHED FOR NOT
oBEY1NG MANDATE OF IN
DIAN AGENT.
| SAYS he THOUGHT HE
HAD A RIGHT THERE.
Alleged Counterfeiter Will Probably
Have His Trial Next Monday
Other Matters in Court.

There were five criminal arralgnments
in the United States court this morning.
Two of the defendants pleaded guilty
and were sentenced: one Indictment was
dismissed and two cases We're set for
!. trial.
| George Sherwood admitted that he
was on the Crow reservation after he
| had been ordered to depart by the agent.
| He said in eXtenuation OF his oHense
| that he was working on the rlsht-of-
! way for the Burlington Missouri COM
| pany and supposed that he had right
| on the reservation. Some one brought
! some whisky on the reservation and he
| INDUCED freely and not wisely and his
| arrest followed He said that he had
| beeen taken all around the country and
had been so days in Jail. While he did
| not believe that he had offended JUS
| tice in any manner as he believed that
| he had a perfect right to be on the res
| ervation he said that he was there all
| right and was willing to take his medi-
| cine.
Judge Knowles. as medicine man. pre-
! scribed fine of 81 GOO but stated to the
, defendant that after he had been in
! Jail so days he could make affidavit
| that he had no money with which to pay
Pascal Antoine, an Indian. told the
Judge that he had given whisky to sew
eral Indians on the Grow reservation
| He said that the whisky had been
| brought on the reservation by another
/ man and he had allowed the others to
4 help themselves. They foolishey got
I drunk and he was arrested and that was
, all there was to it. Upon the motion
/ of Deputy United States Attorney Eng
| fish. three of the counts against the In
dian We're dismissed and he was found
! guilty on two others Judge Knowles
sentenced him to 80 days Imprisonment
! in the Lewis and Clarke county jail and
/ to pay a fine of 500 in eaci, case.
| Thomas NJ. Brady was arraigned on
/ a charge Of counterfeitins. but his at
torney took "a hours in which to enter
his Plea. Brady is the man who is charg-
ed vith flooding the city of Missoula
! with spurious s. and $40 gold pieces.
Several Of the counterfeit coins have
reached Butte and storekeepers are
! wondering at their i'll luck in getting
them. George F. Barnes. the successor
/ to Norris on West Park street. is one
of the victims. Brady will proba bly,
have his trial next Monday and will ex-
! plain to the court how he had so much
counterfeit money in his possession when
arrested.
Harry Buchanan was arraigned on a
| charge of being on the Grow Indian res
! ervation after he was instructed to get
| off by the agent. There was some err
| rOr in the Indictment and the defendant
! was released on his own recognizance in
| the sum of $500 to appear before the next
United States grand jury to be con-
| vened in Helena. The indictment against
! him was dismissed.
b. F. Neland was arraigned on a
charge Of taking whisky on the Crow
Indian reservation and entered a plea
of not guilty. Attorney Walls was an
pointed to defend him and his case was
set for March H.
Jesse 3. Roote and w. A. Clark. Jr,.
scored another victory in the United
States court last Saturday evening, the
jury in the case of William Brown VS.
/ the Gillette. Herzog Manufacturing com
| pany, bring in a verdict for the corpor-
alton. 1t was the second trial of the
case and the general opni4n was that
the plaintiff would get damages in some
amount lie was one of the unfortunates
who was injured in the accident DIR.
ing the construction of the building nov
occupied by the Hennessy Mercantile
company This morning the plaintiff,
in the damage case of Henry NJ. Mase,
, against the Gillette, Herzog compan,
dismissed the case at the costs of III,
plaintiff as it involved identically tn,
same points as the case of Brown.
The case of the Joshua Hendy NJachin,
works against John c. Bremen was con
tinued for the term in the United State
court this morning.