Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-11-30
DISTRICT COURT.
Busy Day In the District court-klotz
Case Is Finished and Dietzman Case
Tried-Other Court Matters.

Case Is Finished and Dietzman Case
Tried-Other Court Matters.
In district court yesterday afternoon
the defense in the Klotz case rested.
The witnesses for the defense were
Klotz, the defendant, who denied any
intention of killing Hauser, and the
justice before whom the preliminary
examination was held and who test1-
fed to some Variations in Hauser's
testimony then and at this trial. This
the case went to the jury,
who" retired about ten o'clock.
A. J. Hedrix was arraigned yester
day afternoon on new information |
prepared by States Attorney Register
at the suggestion of the court. He'd
rix pleaded not guilty. A number of
witnesses have been subpoenaed by
the state and the case will probably
be called tomorrow.
In the case Of the State VS.. Gottlieb
Sievert of Goodrich, Mclean county,
charged with murder: Attorney Greth-
en- for the defense last night made a
motion that the witnesses for the de-
PENDANT be summoned at the expense
of the state. States Attorney Nc
Culloch objected to the granting Of
this motion on the showing made by
the defense. This morning the case
was called and jury ordered i'm
paneled Attorney Grethen stated to
the court that the defendant had not
been brought down from Mclean
county until Monday night and he had
not had sufficient opportunity to con-
suit with his client since then. He
asked for time to- prepare an affidavit
making showing for continuance.
The court granted until this afternoon
at the coming in of court.
Harry G. Adams was then arraigned
on a second charge of escaping from
the penitentiary. Adams was less
ferocious and violent than he appeared
yesterday morning when brought into
court. He still kept up his apparent
insanity and was unable to pay atten-
ton to the reading of the information
Notwithstanding the several admoni-
tons of the court. When the infor-
nation had been read and Judge
Winchester asked him how he plead
ed, he approached the court, and in a
confidential manner stated: 81 have
| not seen him this morning, Judge"
! Judge Winchester ordered plea of
not guilty entered and appointed At
torney R. N. Stevens to defend him.
Attorney Stevens said he did not want
to defend the man, but the court said
that although he appreciated the at
torney's position he did not see how
he could excuse him. Attorney G. F.
Dullam was appointed to defend
Adams in the first case. Neither at
torney was ready so the case was set
for tomorrow morning and Adams was
taken back to Jail. -....
The case of the State VS.. Ed Deitz-
man was then called. Deitzman is
charged with malicious. mischief in
the killing of two dogs belonging to
S. X. Hood of Frances. Attorney w.
f. Cochrane defends Deitzman. A
| jury was impaneled this morning for
the trial of this case. r,....> >.
This afternoon the Dietzman case
was finished and went to the jury.
The case Of Philbrick and Patterson
VS.. the Bismarck, Washburn and Great
Falls railway company came up. on
| the question Of an argument for the
1 postponement Of the case until one Of
the plaintiffs should arrive. After
some. discussion Of the matter, the
case went over until tomorrow after
noon, and both parties were ordered
Ito be ready for trial at that time.
The jury In the Klotz case was still
out at three O'Clock this afternoon.