Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-05-15
land FRAUDERS
SEEK DELAY
rauusel Will Resist Ever,
Movement Made For
Trial
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MOSCOW, Idaho. May 1S.-It is
.,,aant hat those indicted for land
...,as are not anxious to go to trial;
SNOW are not now making any boasts;
thew are apparently seeking delays
~ law points upon which to take
avceptions on which to base appeals.
Tna time has come and gone when
,nov are anxiaus to go to trial and
nroye to the world that they are
gltless a..
They evidently appreciate the fact
that thew cannot escape trial. they
..aaantI,, fear conviction and for
those reasons are seeking grounds for
onnea,s Time passes before appeals
oon no decided; and in the interim wat
nesses get scattered, and II is hard 10
rst them together again in case the
action is remanded for new trial,
That fact has been proven time ana
again. and acquittals have been
tnown to occur when conviction was
secured in the first instance.
The first day court opened the de-
tepse intimated that it would like TO
nave a continuance because Senator
Rerah could not be present. And
Yesterday the defense asked for q bill
Of ua~ticulars. The arguments on the
Mn consumed the entire afternoon,
Had not the bill been asked for the
A defendants would have been ar
ralgned yesterday afternoon on one
a the two indictments returned by
the grand Jury at Boise.
John Doe Indictments.
The indictments are out OF the
usual run. for besides making Kester
ana Kettenbach, Robnett, VIM. Dwyer
Attorney 1. N. Smith, and Attorney
]. 3. West defendants, they also in-
ciude 'John Doe, Richard Roe and
ether persons to this grand jury un-
kaown." In his argument yesterday
afternoon Attorney g. w. Tannehill
made q strong argument in favor OF
the Judge instructing the government
to diyulge the names of John Doe
Richard Roe and other persons 10
this grand jury unknown He also
wanted to know by what overt acts
the prosecution would attempt 10
prove the crimes Of conspiracy an1
what overt acts the government would
attempt TO prove for the purpose OF
proving attempt. In other words, the
defense demands that the govern
ment tell all that it knows.
Want Bill OF Particulars.
United States District Attorney
RuIck replied in substance that the
Indictment is sufficiently definite, anc
that the bill Of particulars is asked
for but move on the part Of the de-
fense to compel the prosecution &c
disclose It's evidence at this time.
The same attempt was made BY
the defense In the Haywood case q
Boise few days ago. but it failed
Judge Wood holding that the prose
eution did not have to reply to th'
bill unless It wanted to. And per
haps Judge DIETRICH may rule TN
same way in the conspiracy cases.
Clarence w. Robentt arrived yes
tefdav afternoon from Oregon. 30 al
the known defendeants to the tw'
Indictments are here. They are .
plead this morning at 10 O'clock !
diasarranged.
Time Lost in Parleying.
There Is not much going on "
here In the court line to make inter
esting reading. The court proceed
ings are more routine than anythin
else; the prosecution trying to &c
the cases to triad and the defens
eontending every inch OF the way
All that is probably according 7
HOyle, as the saying goes, but it
mighty uninteresting to those wh
want to hear the evidence which tn
government has to present.
The trial and grand Jurors are has
ing a slow time of it sitting aroun
.own doing nothing. The circus yel
.erday helped as a diversion, the tow
oetng nlled with strangers bent .
seeing the fat woman and the ell
pnants. but today IT Is the same ol
grind.
Secret Service Men Active.
me government is keeping wei
.%' 49, eye on everybody and ever
ing ing There is no telling how mar
'ret service men there are hez