Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-03-04
The UNITED STATES COURT
March Term Of United States Court
Convened in the City by Judge
Amidon Today.
Several Hundred Witnesses, Jurors
and Attaches Of the Court are
in the City.
Indications are that the Business of
the Term Will Occupy About
Two Weeks.

Two Weeks.
The March term of the United States
court opened this morning at the
United States court rooms in the Nc
Kenzie block: Several hundred, COM
prising court officials, jurors, witnesses
and other attaches of the court came
in OF last nights train, the crowd tax
ing the hotel capacity of the city. The
halls of the United States court rooms
were crowded this morning before
court opened with witnesses, Jurors and
others awaiting the converting of the
court. Judge Amidon, Clerk Mont
gomery, U. S. Marshal Haggart, Chief
Deputy Shotwell. United States Attor-
ney p. H. Rourke, Deputy Attorney E.
S. Allen and the force of s%tenographers
arrived last night and all were at work
in their Offices this morning.
The United States grand jury for the
term was called this morning and will
soon be at work with the consideration
of cases to be brought before it. There
is a large number of cases., involving
trespass on government lands, and In
lian reservations, selling liquor to In
| dams, embezzlement of customs funds
and other offenses to be heard and
tried. The members of the U. S..
grand jury for the term are as follows:
Frank Hale, Fargo.
Cornelius Frank, Devils Lake.
Henry Heath, Gardner.
William ,Flemming, Lisbon.
Thos. Mccoy, Kelso.
o. P. N. Anderson, Starkweather.
James Wood, Hoople.
Peter Ehr, Minot.
Donald Mcconnell, Mimic.
F. W. Reynolds, Bathgate.
E. B. Kaufman, Minnewaukan.
J. D. Burke, Blanchard.
M. M. Morrison, Lawson.
W.. Won Steenburg, Oriska.
Myron, King, Starkweather.
L. N. Cornell, Gladstone.
J. g.. Bagstad, Hillsboro.
w. c.. Morrison, Arthur.
Lloyd Morton, Oriska.
Ed R. Bonney, Antelope.
Carl Witt, Hankinson.
NJ. R. Cleveland, Darlington.
In, addition to these grand jurors
about thirty petit jurors have been
summoned for the trial of cases. A
large number of these arrived last
night. Forty or fifty Indian witnesses
arrived on the night train to appear
before the U. S.. grand jury and Marshal
Haggart was kept busy finding quar-
tiers for them. Another delegation of
a hundred witnesses is expected on the
incoming train tonight.
Court was formally opened by Deputy
Marshal Shotwell at about IL o'clock,
and the roll of. the grand jurors was
called. All but two responded to
their names. and the charging Of the
grand jury was deferred until the af-
ternoon session. :
Several arrangements were then
moved. G. S. Farnsworth was ar
raigned on a charge of horse stealing
on the Standing Rock reservation, and
his attorney, e. c. Rice of Mandan,
asked for t~wenty-four hours in which
to plead, which was granted.
Gus Solberg and George Fetch were
arraigned on a charge of cutting tim
Der on government lands. Attorney
Rourke stated that he learned that
these men had only cut n load of
willow wood. and that. they did not
know it was in violation Of law. Judge
Amidon questioned the two men re-
J garding the matter, and said that in
consideration of the extenuating cir
cumstances he would impose a light
fine. and each man was fined So which
was paid.
Charles Reyes was arraigaeG on the
charge of cutting timber on govern
ment land and pleaded not guilty. The
case vas passed for the present. Court
then took a recess until the afternoon.
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