The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1908-09-12
SHORT SESSION

September Term Opened Tuesday
Afternoon and Adjourne d
Wednesday Evening. One
Civil Case Heard. Dean Van
derwalker Pleaded Guilty to
Grand Larceny and was Sent
enced to Reform Sc h O |.
Thirty-seven applica nts Re-
ceive second papers.
Hon. W. H. Winches ter and Stenoe-
rapher George H. Schnepper arrived on
No. 8. September 9Th, and the Septem-
Der term of the ninth subdivision of the
Sixth Judicial District was opened at
the Stark county court house on the same
afternoon.
The first afternoon was taken up with
the naturalization of citizens and this,
work was continued on Wednesday. In
the forenoon Judge Winchester took time
to call the civil cases on the docket and
four criminal cases. where the defend
ants were in the county Jail, or were out
on bonds, and appeared in court for
trial. Pleas Of not guilty were entered
by three of the four and Dean Wander
walker, the 17-year-old boy, who was
charged with grand larceny. (stealing
horse owned by R. S. Brookings) pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to serve the
remainder of his minority in the reform
school at Mandan. Young Vanderwalker
claimed that he was II years old and
did not know whether his parents were
living or not. His parents separated
when he was only four years old and he
was taken in by one of the public insti-
tutions of Minnesota. where he received
what little education he has. For sew,
eral years he had been working for his
own living and had been in this state
about year. As no jury was drawn for
this term of court those who pleaded not
guilty were remanded to Jail or released
on bonds. 1t was upon the suggestion of
States Attorney, Mcbride that. these
criminal cases be taken up at this term,
giving parties charged with crimes, an
opportunity to plead guilty and start
serving their sentences. s.
One case, the N. P. Railway Co. vs..
S. S. Aas case to quite title. was
heard before the court on Wednesday
afternoon. Briefs were submitted and
the case is still under advisement. At
toney Watson, of the firm of Ball,
Watson, Young & Hardy of Fargo, ap-
peared for the N. P. and NJ A. Hildreth
of Fargo was attorney for the defendant.
Nearly so people appeared at this
court for their second papers and 81. of
the number were sworn in. Several
were not allowed their second papers
because they did not come under the
Jurisdiction of this court Other appli-
cants were denied their papers at this
term because of the lack of knowledge
as to our government. Some did not
know whether Theodore Roosevelt was
president of the United States or treas
mer of Stark county, or who makes the
laws, or whether Washington was the
capital of the United States or the coun-
ty seat of Billings county. Some who
knew that Roosevelt was president
thought that he alone made the laws to
govern the citizens of the United States.
Two candidates were put off at this
term because of the ignorance of their
witnesses one witness not even know
ing the name of the applicant, whom he
had previously sworn to have known for
five years.
Joseph Jilek, Sr., an aged man whose
physical condition was such that he had
to be carried on bed from distance
of 20 miles in the country. was one of
the applicants for his second papers.
MI. Jilek was carried into the court room
and was barely able to answer the ques-
tions in a whisper and when the oath
was administered his right hand was
held up by one of his friends. He is a
homesteader and the limit of time al
lowed by the government to make proof
on his quarter section of land will ex-
pire in short time.
The court adjourned Wednesday even
ing and Judge Winchester and his stem
ographer left on the following morning
on cross country drive to Schafer, to
hold court in Mckenzie county. !
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