The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-19
H|bBON INDICTED
ON TWO COUNTS
Charged with Receiving Plov-
er Enroute to St. Louis.
GRAND JURY DISCHARGED
Fifteen Indictments Were Re-
turned Yesterday.
JURY DISCHARGED

w. D. Hibbon, local agent for the Wells
Fargo Express company, was indicted on
two counts in the United States court
yesterday morning for receiving plover
for shipment contrary to the game laws
of Kansas. He gave bond and a trial
will be held at the next term of court
1t will be remembered that Mr.. Hibbon
was arrested about six weeks ago by the
local authorities charged by several game
wardens of Wichita with having received
a box Of plover for shipment. The box
containing the game was found at the
Frisco passenger station billed to st.
Louis
Heretofore the game wardens have di-
rected the prosecution of such violations
against the company. From now on the
wardens have announced that whenever
similar circumstances are found the
agent at the station in whose charge the
birds are found will be arrested.
In all fifteen indictments were returned
yesterday morning by the grand jury.
Not all of them were made public be-
cause of the fact that several of the de-
PENDANTS have not been apprehended and
may make their escape if they should
learn that the officers were looking for
them. The following indictments were
made public yesterday morning:
A. c. Jenkins OF Norton, Norton county,
was charged with sending obscene read
ing matter through the mails and a true
bill was found against him by the grand
I'm 10 in
PENDANT brings his wife his own brother
and his father-in-law in, in a very un-
favorable light. He was released on
bond of $1,000 and his case will not be
taken up until the next term OF court.
Four true bills were found against
Kansas City wholesale liquor dealers on
the charge of retailing Intoxicating Ii
quorS in the state of Kansas without
license. The plan alleged to have been
followed by these men is well known and
is as follows: They send to some one
who they think will accept it. notice that
they have shipped to him a certain guam
uty of liquor. The letter to the con-
signee suggests that if he does not wish
TO take the liquor and to pay for it, he
may turn it over to some one whom he
names of the men were not made public
as they have not yet been located.
An indictment was returned against
Minnie Baker of this city. who is alleged
to have received mail at the postoff1ce
which she knew did not belong to her
and which was addressed to other per-
sons.
An Indictment was also returned
against Theo. Dice of Edison. Sherman
county, who is charged with stealing
stamps from the postofEice while the post
master was out. He has confessed to
the crime and it is thought that he will
be sent to the reform school
a. c. Richardson of Rush county is
charged with selling intoxicating liquors
without taking out special license. He
is in custody.
The remaining cases. which have not
been made public. are chiefly liquor cases
in which the defendants have not been
located. The results in these cases will
be announced later when the summonses
have been served.
After the indictments were returned
yesterday morning the grand jury was
for the term. and one of the
United States attorneys stated yester-
day that the jury had done good work
without using unnecessary time. Five
indictments were returned Thursday
and fifteen were returned yes
erday, making total of twenty. which
is an unusually large number for one
term of court in this district.
George Gallagher, Frank Sinclair and /
John Underhill were arraigned yesterday |
evening on the charge of breaking into /
the postoffice at Galva. Kan, In Novem- 4
Der. 1902. and stealing s1o6.1O. Their case |
will be heard today.