The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-25
FOUND 70 GUILTY

FOUND NOT GUILTY.
Jury Acquts Alleged PurlosMers Of
Marsh's Outfit.
From Saturdays Daily Gazette.
Three criminal were dispos-
ed of in the district court yesterday.
In two instances the defendants
pleaded guilty, while in the third =
lengthy trial ensued.
From Thursday night all the jurors
were excused until Friday moring at
9 O'Clock, except Henry Struck. Frank
Kellett and L. I. Hammond, who
excused for the term.
Geo. Smith pleaded guilty to the
charge OF burglary in the second de-
gree, wheretpon the court sentenced
him to six months Imprisonment in
the state nenitentiary.
Smith entered the room of a guest
at the Boykin house, about three
weeks ago, while the latter was at
dinner. When the occupant went up
to his room shortly after he noticed
that aome one had visited 1t, by the
disarIangement OF his clothes, which
hung In the closet. He also found q
handkerchief and q pair Of suspend
ers were missing. ON investigating
he found Smith hiding under the bed.
Smith was arrested and on his pre-
limimary hearing in the justice court
pleaded guilty to the charge Of burg.
larry In the second degree.
a0hn Holm, charged with grand
larceny. entered q Plea Of guilty and
WEES sentenced to one years impris-
omment in the statD sp~enitentiary.
Holm was arrested less than a week
ago ,on the complaint of one VIM. +.
Muann, who charged him with hav-
ing stolen q watch IT the value Of
5000 from him. The theft took place in
q aaoshh side saloon. The informa-
tiom against Holm was filed direct
In the district court, the prisoner be-
ing aarstisnad Thursday and given un.
til yestar6ay to plead.
The following jury was secured in
the trfaa Of William Ku1nuro and
Charles Burg, charged with grand
larceny: W. C. Hinshaw, Nick Kloss,
=. d. Mccormick, John McCmrdy, w.
G. Williams, Henry Haid, John Nc
Way, D. A. Ramp, ]. w. Cole. John
M. M0ots. W. g. Bayerd and A. Nc
Cormick. The case occupied the at
tention OF the court throughout the
entire day. Counsel for both sides
completed their arguments at 6
o'clock last evening when the case
was given to the Jury.
The Jury returned a verdict at 9
o'clock last night, finding the defen'
dants not guilty. and by order of the
court they were discharged.
The defendants were arrested about
a month ago near the Yellowstone
park on the complaint of Hiram
s@Aarsh, who charged them with hav'
ing stolen a team Of mules and spring
wagon from him on or about the 9th
Of May last. After being arrested
and while on the way to this city in
charge OF Under Sheriff Sayles the
men told different stories as to the
alleged robbery. Kukuro claimed
that he thought the team belonged to
Burg, while the latter said the former
was the one who had put up the job
to get away with the outfit.
From the testimony given in the
case yesterday it seems that Marsh.
who is a freighter and was plying be
tween Crow Agency and st. Xavier,
came to Billings with the intention
of going to the Yellowstone park to
look for work. He fell in with Ku'
kuro and Burg, with whom he had
formed an acquaintance on the Grow
reservation; and Marsh proceeded to
get on a big drunk. While in this
condition the defense claimed that
Marsh told Kukuro to take the outfit
and 60 on to the park and II he found
work to write Marsh and he would
follow. It was very evident that
Marsh remembers but very little Of
what transpired for several days after
he reached this city, for the states
witnesses testified to his having beer
on what is termed a dead drunk
Kukuro is we'll known throughout
this section of the state and espec
tally along the line of the Burlington
railroad to Grow Agency. He was fol
a time employed as section foreman
at Fort Custer. Burg is the man who
got into an alteration with a fellow