The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-05-14
NOT A TRUE BILL
AGAINST WHITTIER
Grand Jury Docs Not Indict Boy Who
Shot RaymOnd---After Liquor
Sellers.

The grand jury found not
boy who shot and killed his brother
im.aw, Frank Raymond, in the
Whittier home in the Snake river
country last December. Raymond
was beating the boys mother at the
time. Young Whittier hurried to q
neighbor and gave himself up. He
was brought to Enterprise and put
under bonds. The action of the grand
Jury in freeing him was not unexpect-
ed.
No indictments were found against
Jidge II. Tippett or Scott Clark, who
We're Under bonds charged with
assault
True bills were returned Tuesday
against the four Joseph men charged
with gambling and John johnson on
charge OF assault with intent to COM
nit rape.
| Vim. Cottingham and Dan Clark of
the north end are indicted, the former
for giving away liquor aud the latter
for assault with dangerous weapon.
The grand jury is composed OF Wm.
CattrOn, w. g. Dorrance, +. A. Cross
Ter, j. w. Afford, IL. S. Brown, Robt.
Shinn, .. II. Prout. Robert Shinn il
foreman. They were empaneled Mon
day morning and Judge Crawford es-
pecially charged them to inquire into
the rumors in regard to violations of
the prohibition law. His charge was
specific and plain and is likely to bear
fruit.
| After reading the local option law to
the grand jury, the court said
"Gentlemen of tie grand jury, the
people of WalloNa county voted this
county 'dry" under this act of the legis-
lature by majority vote. This being
the law of this county the people have a
right to have the law enforced. 1t is
not Il mere perfunctory matter-the
courts reading this law to you. 1t is
a duty you owe the people to investigate
under this law, and if liquors are being
sold or given away in this county,
presen indictments against the parties
guilty of il. About year ago the
grad jury returned number of indict-
ments against parties for selling liquors
in this county-the parties for the most
part being those engaged in the business
and they pleaded guilty to number Of
Indictments The Court at that time
imposed severe fines against the partie:
engaged in the business upon one oi
two indictments, and the other indict
ments, that were standing against them
were continued for sentence or disposi.
tion, with the express statement by the
Court that if the parties needed the law
and afterwards refrained from further
selling or disposing of Intoxicating
liquors, that these standing indict-
ments, or indictments not disposed of
would be disposed of in such a manner,
as not to injure them but that If they
continued in the matter, they need not
expect any mercy at the hands Of the
Court. Some OF these parties have gone
out of business, ard the Court has di-
rected the dismissal OF those indict-
ments against them. Other of the
parties have conducted themselves in
such way, that there is strong sus.
picion that they have been eng, ged in
the business since that time. No
| judicial knowledge or evidence, Illegal
evidence to that effect has come to. the
knowledge of the Court. But rumor
has it, that they are engaged, and have
been engaged in that matter. On yes
terday morning one of the preachers of
this town announced it, that within the
last " eek or two six barrels of beer had
been shipped to Lostine. 1t is my duty to
call your attention to these facts, gentle.
men. 1t is the purpose of the Court to
enforce this law to the full extent, II it
can. and this law requires the Court to
enforce it. 1t is your duty 10 investi.
gate these matters, and help the Court
out in this matter. | hope you will
make thorough investigation OF this
matter, and as a result of your investi-
CATION, with the course that the Court
will take, it will make this county what
the majority of the voters want 1t to
be,--a 'dry" county in fact as well as
in theory"
| The jury returned Tuesday evening
the not true and true bills as above
stated, and another true bill Wednes.
day. 1t is still in session.