The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-19
REEVE AND BLUDENlcK PLEAD
GUILTY IN DISTRICT COURT.
GETS DIVORCE
Fox Takes Action ia Civil and
Criminal Cases and Few Probate
Matters-Forty-Eiaht Men Called.
for Jury Service. 8S#

months at hard labor in the state pen
itentiary by Judge Fox in the district
court yesterday morning after he
plead guilty to q charge OF forgery.
Reeve made a statement in his own
behalf and took his sentence philos-
ophically.
Although the information against
Reeve charged him with forging but
one check, it is said that he had sew
eral victims. He has previously
served time in the county jail on a
charge Of obtaining one under
false %pretenses BY issuing bogus
checks.
Pete Bludenick plead guilty to a
charge Of burglarizing a junk ware
house belonging to "A. Feferman and
stealing therefrom a ton Or more 81
brass and rubber. Judge Fox sen
fenced him to one year. His alleged.
accomplish, Dan Donnelly, took the
statutory time to plead and asked that
counsel be appointed by the court to
advise him. H.#C. Crippen was ap-
pointed Al his attorney and he was
given until this morning to enter a.
plea.
Hughes Case Set for Trial.
After Bludenick and Donnelly were
arrested, the police claimed that both
confessed to the crime. The burglary
was perpetrated last Sunday night.
and Monday both defendants waived
preliminary examination and informa-
tons were filed IN the district court
the same day.
The case in which Nick Hughes, a
local contractor, was fined 800 for
violating the eight-hour law and which
was appealed from justice court, was
set for hearing June 10.
Besides taking action in criminal
cases, Judge Fox handled a number Of
civil suits and probate matters. He
ordered 48 names drawn for jury SER
vice, the jurors to report June l..
Wallace e. Huson was granted a
divorce from his wife, Emma Huson,
by Judge Fox after he had heard proof
in the case. Besides the testimony OF
the plaintiff the amdavits of Sophia
boyle and Elizabeth Park were intro.
duced. 1
Allegations Of cruelty, threats and
attempts to kill, contained in the com
plant, were testified to both by the
plaintiff and by the af1ants.
Suit Dismissed.
Sitting in the cases in which Yegen
Bros. are suing the city Of Billings
and two contractors who have sewer
contracts, asking for an injunction re-
%straining interference with the waters
Of a certain creek, was vacated by con.
sent of counsel. ~
The case in which Calvin D. Young
was suing Cothron & Todd for dam
ages for personal injuries was dis
missed as settled on motion Of the
[plaintiff.
The suit to legalize a marriage con-
tract brought by Florence Reardon
against Timothy Reardon, was con-
tinued by agreement.
Trial in the suit of the North Real
Estate, Loans& Title company against
Meta Keusch for claim and delivery
v-on co+ for +~sci T,-. eEf8ga@G%
Names Of Jurors.
The following names were drawn
for jury service:
A.sC. Tompkins, John Staffek, IS. F.
Smith, Fred slauden, j. R. Conway.
August Werdman, W. F. Snyder, A: H,
Becker, j. B. Creek, M. G. Coon, p
R. st. John, James Douglas, Edward
JGrossman, A. @. Logan, q. w. Craw
ford, George w. Harvey, D. e. Wolf
son, G. o. Robertson, A. Cederholm
Thomas Smith, w. S. Haythorne, JET
", Brewer, T. f. Moore, r. G. Sebold
! j.. G. Galloway, Andrew skaufle, F. L
Hall, Nels Nelson, Sam p. Wemstett
Fred "a. Staples, Peter Van lyle, ]. @
Barker, William Thomas, e. +. Slack
John McVey, Edward Schwartz, ]. W
s~tearnes, Charles Spear, W. ". Long
S. F. Rawls. Thomas sayles, G. H
Smith, G. S.. Mason, ]. a.. Miller, F
B. Connolly and Ed o'Donnell.
ST. JOHN SELLS HOUSE.