Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-11-27
THE DISTRICT COURT.
SMALL CALENDAR BUT A. NUN.
Der OF IMPORTANT CRIMINAL
&c. 's~4. AND Civic
CASES TO BE TRIED--LAcH MUIR
DER CASE OF GREATEST
IMPORTANCE.

IMPORTANCE.
The fall term of the district court
convened with Judge Winchester pre-
siding and all in a happy frame of
mind until the court began a house
cleaning of the calendar and made the
attorneys get a lively move on them.
selves to get busy with the court bust
ness.
The criminal cases were first dis
posed of in their order.
William Kunze was .arnaigned and
pleaded not guilty to a charge of as
sault with dangerous weapon.
Harris Klein of Cromwell township,
pleaded not guilty to a charge of rape
on the person of Sarah Brown. Klein
had some difficulty in getting lawyer
and this promises to be one. of the
worst exposes of depravity yet tried
in this court.
Joseph Lach pleaded not guilty to
the charge of murder in the first de-
gree for the killing of John Muller
last summer.
Louis Alexander also pleaded not
guilty to an assault with a dangerous
weapon.
7 Wallace Stoddard, charged with
| blind pigging, was not in court but one
of the attorneys said he had expected
to be here and probably would arrive
on the next train from Menoken, so
the case was held in allegiance.
The civil calendar was then called
as follows:
Weymouth VS.. Weymouth, divorce
case, to be taken up on ten days notice
to the court. Chas. Splitter VS.. J. G.
Richie, to be argued on agreement.
VIM. Broderick VS.. J. C. Ritchey, to
be argued later. Mary L. Mclean VS.
Hattie r. Sprague ct al, to be taken
up later. r. W. Griffin VS.. Dennison
Land Co., set for argument in its turn
W. A. Falconer VS.. Florence Pearce, ct
al, defendant gave five days notice,
John Yegen VS.. N. P. Railway, at con.
venience of the attorneys. Fred Hoge
VS.. Pat Kelley, dismissed because
plaintiffs attorney was not present to
prosecute. s.. Jay Wilcox VS.. N. P. Rail
way, Judgment confessed for $25 and
costs by defendant and case dismissed
J. l. Case Threshing Machine Co., VS..
John W. Olson, continued over term
because court would not wait for one
of the attorneys to show up in court.
Mary L. Mclean VS.. John A. Mclean,
divorce case, continued over term.
William Hammond VS.. Pearl Ham
mond divorce case; passed for the
| time being.
On the peremptory call of the
calendar it became apparent that the
court was determined to clean up the
calendar in hurry and the attorneys
appeals for delay so as to get wit
nesses, etc., fell upon deaf ears. The
court stated that everything possible
must be cleaned up this week as an
| Important term of court was to begin
in Stark county next Monday. and
| there was a general scurrying of the
limbs of the law to get in shape to do
business when their cases were called.
Some of the attorneys who failed to
appear in court and some who bad
been there but had gone down town
got nipped by continuances or other
wise and some of them had to begin
their cases before they were really
ready for trial through the non pres
ences of material witnesses.
The case of Ben Cleveland, charged
with bastardy, was dismissed, he hav-
Ing complied with the statutes in max
Ing a settlement with complaint
This afternoon Harris Klein was
placed on trial on the charge of rape
on the person of Sarah Brown. now
Inc Wife of young farmer of the
same name in the Cromwell district
states Attorney Patterson is prose
cutting and Mockler G Johnson defend.
ing. AT $3.50 the following had been
secured as jurors out OF large mum.
per examined: Frank Titus, d. R.
Mcdonald, Louis Larson. &c. r. Porter.
Thomas McGowan, n Mcdonald,
George Anderson. The case Is likely
to last through tomorrow and the
testimony Is said to he Te.y sa lacious.