East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-16


minutes after they had left the court
room, the jury in the case of John
Price, charged with horsestealing
reached u verdict OF guilty. BY their
quick action In the case the jury es-
tablished a record for the local court
is not for the northwest.
At 1850 this forenoon, Judge Bean
finished his instructions to the jury
and the 12 men fetired. A minute
later they sent by the bailiff a re-
quest that the judge remain for a
short time. At three minutes of IL
a rap was heard on the jury door and
Il was announced that a verdict had
been reached. The participants in
the trial were summoned and while
the jury was being polled by the
clerk the court house clock struck
-.
After retiring the jury had chosen
Z. F. Straughan as foreman and the
first ballot convicted Price.
The following is the personnel OF
the Jury; Z. f. Straughan, foreman;
w. r. Meiners. j. X. Graham, ]. S.
Richoy. F, E. King, F. II. Richmond.
c. A. Winn, o. +. Steele, w. H.
Bond, Isaac Hagen, Frank Greer and
II. Lorenzen.
At the beginning of testimony in
the Price case today another of the
Hascall brothers was placed on the
stand by District Attorney Phelps. He
was the one who had gone TO Baker
City to recover the band OF horses
after they had been located there.
He said he had gotten them from
Connolly, who ran feed yard, and
had driven them back home, arriving
in the night time.
Connolly, the Baker City feed yard
man. was then called and said he
recognized Connell as one who had
sold him horse during the summer.
He also told of the stolen band of
horses being left at his place by a
deputy sheriff and the chief of police
of Baker City.
Jacobsen of North Powder, told of
his dealings with Connell and Price.
He said Price had come to his place
and asked him to look at the band of
horses. He did so and bought them
for $3.50. giving Connel a check for
that amount. From Paul, he then
learned that something was wrong
with Smith, the name by which Price !
was going. was not his true name. HA
then stopped payment on the check |
and told Connell to come and take I
his horses. The latter did so and left /
with them In the direction of Baker |
City.
f. e. Larson, who owned one of |
the horses stolen, then gave brief
testimony and at the conclusion of
the same the district attorney an
nounced, "That's our case, your hon.
or"
Boomerang for Pruitt.
Before taking up the testimony for
the defense Attorney Pruitt asked to
be allowed to recall Roy Connell for
further oss-examination. Connell
was put on the stand and the first
question proved decided boomerang
for Prultt.
"While In the county Jail during
the past week didn't you say to Mike
McCarty, Borton or others that you
were to get off with one year for tes-
tifying as you did yesterday" was
the query.
After some parleying Connell was
allowed to answer and he said:
"John told me to say that and 80
did you"
lawyer caused a pronounced sensa- !
Lion throughout the court room and
caused the cross examination to be
abruptly terminated.
For the Defense.
When the defense's inning arrived (
this forenoon. but one man was call r
ed to the witness stand. 1t was Price 1
himself, and he told a story which IL :
true would make liars out of all the
others who had testified during the =
case. He maintained that he had :.
been merely hired by Roy Connell to ,
help him drive the horses and was
yulltless of any evlldoing.
The arguments by the attorneys
we're very brief and among those who
had listened throughout the trial, I
here was a general sentiment that a II
conviction would result. n
Pruitt Denies Allegation. s
That he had never asked Roy Con- q
hell to claim that he had been offer r
I'd lighter punishment to testify 8