Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1901-07-04
COURT IN SESSION.
Regular Term of the District Court
is BeinQ Held at Court
House.
Case Against Brown for Selling Liq.
uor in Courtenay Dis
missed.
Pfaff, the Alleged Slayer of q Cow,
Gets off Without Trial
Also.
(From Mondays daily,)

(From Mondays day)
GDistrict court session began Monday
morning at the court house. A num-
Der of Jurors were excused for various
reasons.
Judge Rose, county attorney, stated
that in the case of the State VS.. L. 3.
Brown, formerly 500 agent at Court
enay, he would move a dismissal.
Brown was accused Of selling liquor
without a license and his case has been
put off from time to time. The wit
nesses against Brown cannot be found
and the county attorney expressed
the opinion that his conviction would
be an impossibility., Mr.. Rose had
been informed that the beer alleged
to have been sold had been frozen and
spoiled. Judge Glaspell ordered that
the case be dismissed.
In the case Of Phillip Pfaff of Mel
vile who is accused Of killing and
manning his neighbor's COW States
Attorney moved dismissed. Adam
Smith the owner of the COW, alleged
to have been murdered, has left the
state and Mr.. Rose thought the con-
yiction OF defendant would be i'm
possible on the evidence of the other
witnesses. Judge Glaspell ordered
the dismissal of the case.
Jacob Brosch accused of the lar
ceny of wagon, valued at S75 from
Christian Wolf was arraigned and was
given time to plead. Geo. Thompson
failed to respond when his name was
called. Geo. Case, accused of striking
w. W. Morgan with monkey wrench
was arraigned.
A jury was secured in the case Of
the State VS.. Joe Miller and trial be-
gun. Miller is accused OF puncturing
the abdomen of Adolph Brucker with
knife. The fracas occurred year
and one-half ago but Miller's trial has
been put off from time to time.
News of the disappearance Of Adolph
Brucker, the principal witness against
Joe Miller, created quite stir in the
court room in the afternoon. Brucker
had been overlooked and had not been
subpenaed as a witness. When Sher-
itf Eddy appeared at Wyard's butcher
shop where Brucker is employed he
was informed by Wyard that Brucker
had asked for $40 and left. 1T didn't
matter where . Brucker told Wyard.
Baliff Geo. Masters said he had told
Brucker to appear in the court room
at 2 O'Clock to testify in the case.
Judge Glaspell granted the motion
of States Attorney Rose for continu-
ance in the case until Tuesday and
said the case would be continued from
day to day until Brucker was found
s'He will be found and the case will be
tried with him here, /" said the Judge
with some asperity. "We will find
him. Thereupon the Judge ordered
Clerk of Court Weber to issue a bench
warrant for Bruckers arrest.
While the sheriff was looking for
Brucker, Cary Draper was put on the
witness stand and testified regarding
what he knew of the alleged scrap be-
tween Brucker and Miller, in which it
was alleged that Miller had done the
carving. Draper said he was work
ing In Hofacker & Smiths billiard
parlors. About midnight Of Decem-
Der %, 1899, he observed that Brucker
and Miller were sitting by the stove.
Later they got up and stood by the
counter. Draper noticed that they
were talking about the feeding of a
horse and Miller accused Brucker Of
, having beaten Loomis out Of feed
bill for his horse. Brucker replied
that either Loomis or Miller were
liars. They were not talking angrily
but Draper stepped between them.
He did not notice Miller reach around
but Brucker was cut about this time.
AS soon as it was discovered that cut
ting had been done, Draper told
Brucker to go and get doctor.
Brucker was taken to his room, where
later DR.. Baldwin attended him.
CIVIL CASES.
The case of Samuel X. McGinnis VS..
Stutsman county had been referred.
The case of Red River Valley Mu-
tual Hail Insurance Co., VS.. seven
Stutsman county farmers was called.
There being no appearance for de-
PENDANTS judgment was rendered in