Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-10-06
INDICTMENTS FILLED
FIRST GRAND JURY IN q YEARS
FINDS SIX TRUE BILLS
ATTORNEY INDICTED ON WHAT
HE CLAIMS TO BE AN ATTEMPT
TO COLLECT CIVIL CLAIM.
COUNTY TREASURER, TAYLOR,
INDICTED FOR FAILING TO
CREDIT MONEY PAID HIM.

Six indictments We're returned by
the grand jury against Wilson Butt
ner, attorney of Aberdeen, recently
appointed to defend John klingen-
berg, on charge of grand larceny;
II. {. MONEY. of Gr2ys HarbOr City,
on charge OF dynamting the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. AdOlph Icager; C..
Minklcr and Frank Moe on Il charge
of killing steer two years ago, the
property Of Charles Mcintyre, a pio-
neer OF North Beach. and j. &. Tay-
lOr, county treasurer. on charge Of
misfeasauce in office.
The other two are kept secret, and
1t is believed me partoS are cut OF
the state. No warrants have YET been
issued, and probably viii not be un-
til the return Of Judge Irwin from
Olympia, where he is holding court
in pace OF Judge MitcAell, VINO is
hearing the contested election cases.
The charge against wilson Buttner
is based on tie result of a dealing
with Ethel O'Brien, for whom he act
ed as counsel for some time. Miss
OBrien says that on September A.,
1899 Buttner told her that he could
loan $500 OF her money at II per
cent. interest on an Improvement i'll
Aberdeen. He said the security was
good and received the money fIom
her; that he latter admitted to her he
had put the money in logging busi-
ness and refused to pay it back to
her
The grand jury had but the testi-
mony of Miss OBren, and Attorney
Buttner tells an entirely different
story. He says the woman invested
the $500 in a logging scheme with him
and others, and they all lost money;
that she received a note from the own
er of the timber, and that when she
became uneasy about her money he
gave her an order on N. G. Kaufman,
which she accepted, and which was
accepted by Mr. Kaufman.
Moxley was arrested three months
ago on charge of attempting to
dynamite the home of Yeager, and
when given a preliminary hearing be-
fore Justice w. M. Lamb, OF HOquiam
was discharged for lack of evidence.
1t is alleged that he placed several
sticks of dynamite on the roof of the
Yeager chicken house, which eXplOd-
ed and destroyed the building.
Minkler and Moe are said to have
killed a steer some time ago, which
they salted and used for food. Both
men are clam diggers, living four
miles west of Hoquiam, the former
having a family of seven children.
County Treasurer Taylor is indict-
ed as the result of failure to credit
money sent him for taxes on piece
of land in Aberdeen, the taxes going
delinquent and the property being
later sold for taxes.
County Treasurer Taylor admits the
neglect to credit the taxes sent him
by Mr.. Kelly, and that through this
neglect his property which was ac-
quired by parties in close touch with
the treasurer's office, but says it was
through inadvertence and with no
criminal intent. Speaking of the mat
ter, Mr.. TaylorS5s quoted as saying:
"Whenever | make mistake, my
bondsmen are responsible for it. The
public Will not lose. This matter was
a civil action and | am of the opin-
ion that it was not one on which
should have been indicted
This may be true in cases where
the county loses by those mistakes,
but the ability of Mr.. Kelly to secure
the value of his lost property through
a suit against the bondsmen is too
remote to be of much comfort to that
party.
In it's report the grand jury says
the most important ofIenses COM
planned of to them had been outlaw
ed, and they expressed hope that
such juries would be called more fire.
quently in the future.
The county commissioners on Tues
day showed their antipathy to the
grand jury when they rejected bill
of $50 for automobile hire. presented
in the name of Emil Pfund. The bill
was for the use of three autos, owned
by members of the jury and used on
official business, and the amount
charged was the sum fixed by the pro-