East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-28

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sion of First Week of Courtroom
tcstants VIII Appcal-Van WinLle
Pleads Guiky TO Uttering Forgered
tTumcnts-McKenZie TO be Ar
raigned Tomorrow.
The trial of the case of William
Quinn, charged with inducing his
wife to convert their home at Her
miston into bawdy house, is being
conducted in the circuit court today.
At the request of District Attorney
Phelps, Attorney Will NJ. Peterson
is acting as the prosecutor in this
case. Being unfamiliar with the cir
cumstances a short recess was taken
after which the jury was impaneled
to allow Mr.. Peterson to consult with
the district attorney regarding 1t. AS
one of the states witnesses will not
arrive from Hermston until on the
afternoon train it is probable that
another recess will he declared before
the taking of testimony is completed.
1t is declared that the evidence Of
guilt against this man is conclusive
and the case is regarded as one of the
worst to come up for trial at this term
of court.
A verdict of $276S in favor of Mrs.
Elizabeth Taylor was brought in by
the jury at $3.50 Saturday night, thus
bringing to a close the first week Of
the fall term of court.
This was the result of the suit insti-
mer husband, Nose Taylor. in an eff
fort to COMPEL him to pay her about
$4,000 alleged to be due her. The ver-
dict was in the nature of compro-
mise.
The attorneys for the defense. how
ever, are not satisfied with the ver-
dict and Immediately announced that
it would be appealed on the ground
that the matter of property rights
between the two had been entirely
settled when the divorce was granted
some time ago.
The trial of the case occupied two
days and was hotly contested from
start to finish. From present indi-
cations it will be in the courts for
several months, if not years
Asa Van Wrinkle, the Pilot Rock
young man who is accused OF having
obtained money under false pretenses
entered a plea of guilty this morning
and Wednesday at 9 o'clock was fix
ed as the time for passing sentence.
His bonds were placed at $500.
Van Wrinkle is the young man who
induced merchants of his home town
to cash his personal checks, drawn on
the bank of Pilot Rock when it was
found he had no money in the bank
at the time. He then hired a horse
from a livery stable and riding south
toward the John Day country. cross |
ed the Blue mountains and made to-
ward Baker City. While yet a few
miles out of town he abandoned the
horse, leaving the animal saddled and
bridled, and walked in.
At Baker he took the train an went
on over into Idaho, being arrested at
Nampa, a few days later by Sheriff
Taylor.
Dan Mckenzie, indicted for assault
with attempt to commit rape, was ar
raigned this morning and given un-
til o'clock tomorrow morning to
plead Attorney James A. Fee has
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Attorney Dan p. Smythe, repre-
senting Virgil Wade, who was to have
entered a plea this morning to the
charge of assault and battery, filed
demurrer 70 the indictment, Dis
trict Attorney Phelps confessed the
demurrer and asked that the indict-
ment be resubmitted to the grand
jury, a mistake in the date having
been discovered. 1t seems the indict
ment specified that the crime was
committed one year earlier than it
was supposed to have been commit
ted.
The case of Jim Washington versus
Mark Patton was called this morn
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for trial 1t was specified that it
should be tried as soon after October
II as the court and the attorneys
could get ready for it, This is the
case in which Washington is endeav-
oring to recover from Patton the val
ue Of two diamonds which he alleges
he left with Patton for safekeeping.
D. w Bailey represents Washington,
while James A. Fee is defending Pat
ton.
Owing to the fact that District At
torney Phelps has been busy in the
grand jury room this forenoon the
motions in the case of Melvin Buck
and Guy Hayes were not taken up.
Buck was found guilty of cattle steal
ing and Hayes is the man jointly in
dicted with him by the grand jury.
The motion will probably be argued
Wednesday.
ONE GIN WAC E'NOITGH