East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-20

With n murder trial, three liquor
trials and four men to be tried ror
horse stealing as the leading feature
of the criminal docket, the fall term
of the circuit court for Umatilla coun-
ty was convened this morning. Fol-
lowing the poll of the men called Tor
jury duty Judge Bean directed the
clerk to draw the names OF seven men
who were to form the grand jury and
who will be continued in service until
the convening OF the next regular term
OF court. Though the jury Will find
little to do at the present time, owing
to the activity of the old jury, there
will probably be work for II before its
successor is drawn.
The Grand Jury.
The names drawn were J. C.. Nell,
laborer, Pendleton r. II. Wilcox, mer-
chant. Pendleton; NJ. II. Yates, car
penter, Pendleton; Sam Bannlsrer,
farmer. Weston; Dell Davis, farmer;
Swanty Anderson. farmer, Pendleton,
and ]. w. Keen, farmer. Athena. John
L. Carol was appointed grand jury
baliff
Ryan Murder Trial.
The murder case is that OF Michael
Ryan who was indicted for murder
in the first degree for the killing OF
Edward Dixon as the result OF quar-
rel over the use OF road running ac-
ross the Ryan farm, which is looted
in the foothills between Weston ana
Milton. The tragedy was enacted last
April. the indictment having been re-
turned by the grand jury at the last
term Of court.
Liquor Cases.
The three men who are 10 face trial |
on the charge of violating the local |
option law are w. a. Brown of the |
Hotel Pendleton, George Darveau OF |
the Hotel st. George and NJ. V. Town
send Of Freewater The first two
named were indicted by the grand |
jury Friday while Townsend was in
dicted a year ago for crime alleged
to have been committed two years pre-
vlous in the dry precinct OF Free
water. Inability to secure witnesses
was responsible for the laws delay in
this case
Morse Horscstealing Case.
The four men accused OF rustling
horses are Clarence Morse. his son
Harry Morse; the young mans father
in-law, John Pambrun and Roy Ellis
worth who makes his home on the
Morse ranch. They are accused OF
stealing four head OF horses, one each
belonging TO Will Jameson, Thomas
j. Thompson and r. c. Ha- !
ger. The horses we're taken from
their range in the Wenaha forest re-
serve on the upper Umatilla river and
were found in the Morse pasture on I't
Mckay creek. The crime is alleged
to have been committed June 90, OF
this year and the four men are In !
dicted on two counts each. The first
count charges them with the theft I
Of the animals and the second with v
driving domestic animals more than |
ZEN miles from their range
In addition to the two counts nam $
ID above, Harry Morse was indicted T
,n the sharge OF stealing a mare from o
Iotlieb Miller. June 10 Is the day i
named for this crime. The accused
men were arraigned this morning and .
given until tomorrow morning to
,lead. Their bail was fixed at $500
or each count which makes the total
amount of bail put up by three of
hem at $1,000 each while Harry
Morse was required to deposit $500.
The trial of these four men will
come at the conclusion of the
Ryan murder trial which is set for
donday, Sept. q. ei
Ferguson TO Defend Gay. Il
Attorney c. j. Ferguson was this al
morning appointed by the court to h
epresent Eugene Gay, the young man Il
Who was indicted by the frand jury OF
or the larceny OF span of horses
nd wagon belonging to Ernest a
1t will be remembered 81
hat Gay was working for the German 81
! the latter's ranch on the reservation n
nd that during the absence of the r
armer the hired man drove the horses "C
D Meacham where he abandoned the sc
utfit. He Is the same youth who two b.
ears ago stole the saddle horse from "
hief OF police of Walla Walla, rode m
he animal 20 this city and traded him OF
IT, As result of that escapade ne si
vas sent to the reform school at OF
!hehalis from which place he escaped n,
few months ago. W
Assault Trial on Today. bC