The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-06-08
RIES PLEADS
mot GUILTY.

Special to the Glacier.
The Dalles, Or, June 6.-Frank
Ries, charged with the murder of
James Fosl of Mount Hood, appeared
before Judge Bradshaw this morning,
in custody of Sheriff Sexton, and en-
tered plea of not guilty. Ries was
accompanied by his attorneys, W. Ii.
Wilson of this city and A. A.Jayne Of
Hood River Rios WIS arranged last
week, and given until this morning to
plead,
VIII Sentence Williams Saturday.
Sentence will be passed Saturday
morning on Norman Williams, con
victed murder Of the Nesbitt women
in the upper Hood River valley. Last
week the Oregon supreme court handed
down a mandate affirming the judg.
ment of the lower court, directing
the judge of this court to enter judg-
ment according to the decision of the
supreme court. Saturday, the prose
cution will move for Judgment of the
mandate, and Williams will be resent
enced.
Will RecGnvene About June 10.
The date for reconvening court, or
rather recalling the jury as the court
is always in session, has not yet been
fixed. 1t will probably be week
from Monday, June 10.
Governor Stops a Theft.
Calvin, the man who was charged
with the larceny Of a diamond stud
from DR.. j. V. Morris of Lewiston,
was arranged this morning on direct
information fill ID by District Attorney
Menefee, entered plea of guilty and
was sentenced to three and one half
years in the ronitentiary.
This Is the Earty who took the dia-
mond from DR.. Morris on the speak
ers' stand at Cello While the speak
ing was in progress e was detect
ed in the act and Dr. Morris, Govern
or htmberlain aud Mr.. Ellis, private
secretary of the goSornor of Idaho,
took the diamond away from him on
the spot and detained him and turned
him over to Deputy Sheriff naight,
who happened to be present in the
crowd. Haight put his man on the
train returning to The Dalles and
when about two or three miles this
side of Cello, Calvin made an excuse
that he wanted to go to the toilet and
upon going there leaped through the
window from the moving train.
Ed Miller, brakeman on the train
who saw him jump from the window,
paused long enough to pull the bell
cord and stop the train then sprang
off after him and succeeded in over
hauling him few hundred yards from
the train. Upon overtaking him, Gal
vim opened his pocket knife and said
that no one could take him. Miller
armed himself with rocks and held
him at lay until Deputy Sheriff
Haight and Francis Sexton, a son Of
Sheriff Sexton, arrived on the scene
when he was olerpowered and brought
back to the train,
Pick Pocket Gets Two Years.
William Johuscn who was charged
with the larceny Of a pocket book
from on Il. j. Condra on the boat at
it pulled in to The Dalles Saturday
afternoon, entered a plea Of guilty
this morning on direct information
fled by District Attorney Menefee
and was sentenced by Judge Bradshaw
to two years in the penitentiary.
johnson, in the crowd and crush Of
the passengers getting off the boat,
took the pocket book from Condra's
hip pocket and Immediately proceeded
to be the first one to get off the boat.
Condra missed the pocket book al
once, and knowing this man stood
Just behind him and on account of his
hurry to get away, gave chase and
followed him up to the Baldwin saloon
where johnson had entered, went tC
the toilet and took the money from
the pocket book and threw it into the
sewer, whore it was afterward re,
covered.
Other Criminal Cases.
The only other criminal cases on the
docket are the cases of Ed Francisco,
charged with assault with a dangerous
weapon upon Al Nelson. This viii
either be disposed of by plea Of
guilty or tried out when the jury is
recalled.
In the case of the state OF Oregon
VS.. Frank Summers, charged with as
sanlt with a dangerous weapon upon
John Crate, no action will be taken
until Clate is entirely recovered.
Crate is nov able to be about the
house, and it is considered he is en-
tirely out Of drngcr.