Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09
WARE CASE SET OVER A DAY
Trial Of Preacher Charged with Ls,d
Frauds Tuesday korniig,
GOVERNMENT HAS HOST OF WITNESSES
Motion to aussh Indictment Against
ware Has Been Filed aud viii
rake Up some More
Time.

continuance in the Rev George u.
Ware case has been granted until $3.50
o'clock Tuesday morning, because of the
fact that T. ]. Mahoney, the principal
attorney for the defense, is engaged in the
trial Of a case before the Douglas county
district court The jury was excused until
Tuesday morning.
The government is ready 20 proceed with
the trial and the host of witnesses already
reported indicates the trial will be one of
the most important of the land cases yet
before the federal court in this state There
is a possibility that the beginning of the
formal trial may be continued until later
In the week, a motion to quash the in
dictment against Ware has been filed by
the attorneys for the defense, and this WILL
in all probability. be followed by a plea in
abatement on the same general grounds Of
the motion to quash. The government will
strenuously fight the motion to quash
and will insist on a speedy trial.
witnesses for Government.
The witnesses for the government thus
far reporting are: NJ. NJ. Wheeler, Dead
wood; William Romine, St. Charles, Ia. !;
Albert ]. Zaelke, Ottumwa; Martin c. Stew
enson Council Bluffs: Reason Hudgell,
Liberty, Ia Martin Stapleton, New Vir-
GINA, Ia; George Baker Creston, Ia; c.
l.. Inman, IL L. Dawson, G. w. Dawson,
A. L. Dawson. Spencer, Neb.: Elias
Thomas. Ross Fleming. G. B. Lewis. J. B.
Lewis, Thomas r. Jones, George w. Pat
ten. Brownvile; II. NJ. Stevenson, Bloom
field; George Patton Rosedale. Kan; C. P.
Wiley. Carleton W. f Black, f. j.
Black, Thedford: r II. Hord, Cen
~ ard1
Francis c. Stevenson, Galloway; Orlin
II. Lemon. James Ledwick, James
Whitehead, A. ]. Robertson, Broken Bow;
John Kavinel, John J. Bum, Henry Lauer,
John C. Blue, Jacob F. schaber. Charles
McKibben. G. A. Rhodes. George W. Stead
man. Sanford B. Brown, Max NJ. Lentz,
Grand Island: William A. Downing, o. f.
Hamilton, f. N. Cudebec, II. Boyer r. w.
Mahaffey, ii. Il. Gardner, Eugene Crane, Z.
c. Hewett, John s. Neal, II. G. Lillard, l.
l.. Mercure. william Smith, Joseph Heelan,
T. D. Heelan, W. c. Heelan, S. T. Elwood,
NJ. r. Fessenden, f. NJ. Stiedly, w. Z.
Triester G. w. Fuller. Milton Phox, w. A.
Bedford. II. Hoffgard. r. II. schimmin, G.
X. Kramer, r. w. Boyer. II. c. Boyer, u.
X Boyer, II. J. Lowe, Mullen.
In addition to these. Harry Welsh and
Frank Lambert who also are under indict-
ment jointly with Rev. George G. Ware, and
who have pleaded guilty to the charge Of
conspiracy. will be witnesses for the gov
eminent.
In addition to the motion to quash the
indictment against Rev. George G. Ware,
in the matter of the land conspiracy frauds
charged against him, motion was filed
in the United States district court Monday
evening by Wares attorneys for an amend
ment of the plea of conspiracy in the
same case. The two motions are booked
for hearing before Judge Munger this
morning. The same general allegations APP
pear in the plea for abatement as occur
in the motion to quash, being on the in
sufricieucy OF the indictment, and that it
does not alege a criminal intent.