Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-02
DISTRICT COURT WILL
CONVENE NEXT MONDAY
The Murder Cases to Be Tried This Term Will
Be the First in Nez Perez County
in Nine Years

Judge Edgar g. steele has announced
that district court viii be convened in
this city next Monday morning. This
week Judge steele Is engaged in hold
ing court in Idaho county. The Nez
Perez county term will end May a. but
it is believed that the criminal and
civil calendar will be disposed of long
before that time.
Up TO the present time nine Grim
inal cases have been filed. 1t is OK
pected that "A number Of other cases
will be filed before court convenes
There is now on the civil calendar
thirty cases which were laid over from
the October term Of court but num-
Der of these cases will in all proba-
bility be stricken from the docket. Up
to noon today twenty-five new civil
cases were filed and will probably be
placed on the calendar tomorrow.
Court Deputy Geo. f. Erb is now
engaged in preparing the calendar and
expects to have completed the civil
cases tonight.
The prosecuting attorney, Miles S.
johnson, has not as yet filed the in
formation in the alleged murder case
of the State VS.. Harry Thompson who
was held in the county Jail without
bonds on the alleged charge of murder
ing S. T. Luper near Clifford last
Thanksgiving. 1t is presumed that Mr..
johnson will file the information before
court convenes. This case and the case
against Andrew Fogarty who is out on
bonds for the alleged murder on an In
dian two years ago on the reservation
are the first murder cases to be tried
since the famous GODDARD trial which
was held here in 1896.
The Thompson case will excite con-
siderable interest in view of the youth
fulness of the defendant in the action
and IL has been stated that the case
viii be bitterly fought. Judge r. S.
Anderson will represent the defendant
and Miles s. Johnson the state.
The story of the killing of Luper
created considerable excitement at the
time and young Thompson, who is the
son of a widow living in the Clifford
section, apparently showed no feeling
or repentance when he learned that his
victim had died.
The killing occurred at the King
schoolhouse near Clifford where a dance
baI
Mr. Luper the victim was engaged in
furnishing the music for the dance.
Lupers young son and young Thomp-
son were on the outside of the build
ing and 1t is alleged that Thompson
abused Luper's boy with the result that
Luper went outside and upbraided
Thompson for attacking II boy younger
than himself Luper turned to go into
the schoohouse again when Thompson
stabbed him in the back with a pocket
knife. Luper died few days later and
a coroner's jury held Thompson re-
sponsihle.
Thompson was tried i'm Lewiston and
bound over to the district court with
out bonds to answer to the charge of
murder i'm the first degree.
The Fogarty case is one of long
standing and has been continued from
time to time owing to sickness of wit
nesses and other matters. Fogarty was
held for killing an Indian named
Brown. The facts in the case are that
Brown alleged that Fogarty killed some
of his cattle and went to Fogarty's
house where the men engaged in an al
tercation over the matter. 1t Is al
legged that Brown pulled a gun on Fog
arty and a general mixup ensued in
which Fogarty secured possession OF
the gun. 1t is claimed by Fogarty tina t
the gun went off accidentally killing
Brown, q. w Tannahin will represent
Fogarty in the case and Miles S, John
son the state.
The following cases on the criminal
calendar We're filed up to noon today:
state of Idaho VS.. Andrew Fogarty.
Prosecuting attorney, Geo. w Tanna
hill
State OF Idaho VS., James Gibson.
Prosecuting attorney. Geo, w Tanna-
hill.
State of Idaho VS.. Louis and Fred
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