The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-07-07
BAD CHECK MAN
GETS IS MONTHS
NO INDICTMENTS BY GRAND JURY
Two Divorces and Minor Civil Cases Make
Up Rest of Circuit Courts
Sitting.

bad checks aggregating nearly Sl0(
on local business men last January,
was convicted in the Circuit Cour
Tuesday of obtaining money undel
false pretenses and in the evening
Judge w. L. Bradshaw sentenced hin
to serve Is months in the Oregon peni
tentiary. The trial of Davis, who ha!
been in Jail at The Dalles since his
capture in Tacoma several months ago
was completed during Tuesday after
noon and when the jury gave the YER
dict of guilty after being out but {
few minutes the convicted man askeC
to be sentenced that evening instead Of
waiting until Thursday morning, the
time set by Judge Bradshaw.
The prosecution of the case was IL
the hands of District Attorney Free
H. Wilson, of The Dalles and his dep.
uty, +. H. Hartwig, while the defense
was conducted at the expense of the
state by F.. C. Smith. The following
jury tried the case: Rae E. Babson,
Harry M. Francis, A. l.. Carmichael,
Earl X. Bartmess, W. E. Dabney., K.
r. Manning, David Pyles, II. A. Gun.
ming, F-ank Caddy, John P. Cooper,
James Ingalls, and M. A. Noble. A
number of bankers and business mer
who had had dealings with Davis here
and cashed his checks were called in
as witnesses to tell of the transactions.
Drs. j. F. Watt and Malcolm Bronson
had made an examination of the de-
fendant Tuesday morning and they
both testified that ne was mentally
unbalanced at that time. Sher,.l Lou
Morse was also placed upon the stand
to testify as to the papers given him
by the Washington officers which had
been taken from Davis when arrested.
Davis was put on the stand and
told along rambling story of hard
luck and complicated financial affairs
which he believed justified him in
drawing the checks. He made pitt
full appearance on the stand, his hair
gray and his face twitching. He
seemed to be broken both physically
and mentally. He told that his
mother had been insane and the actions
of the accused man seemed to bear
out the opinions of the examining
physicians that he was little off. y
Just before being sentenced Davis
gave Judge Bradshaw pitiful letter
from his wife, who with their children
is being cared for in Seattle at public
expense, enclosing a 81 bill. In de-
livering the sentence the judge gave
the prisoner severe lecture and,
while the maximum punishment for
the offense is five years, he said that
in pity for the family the time would
be but l8 months. Davis was silent
at the passing of the sentence and
was taken to the city Jail to await
removal to the state prison.
One of the first things done in the
July term of the court was the i'm
paneling the grand jury Tuesday
morning. The members we've Noah
w. Bone, foreman, F. f. Jackon, c.
+. Glaze, Walter lsenberg, HI. Good
rich, G. j. Gessling and W. Farrell. A
very brief session was held and only a
few matters were brought to the at
tention of the investigating body. No
indictments resulted from the session
and Judge Bradshaw congratulated
Hood River county on the absence OF
crime in its borders.
There were two divorce suits
before Judge Bradshaw and both Of
them resulted in the decree being
granted Wednesday morning. Both OF
the legal separations were asked for
by the husband. A divorce was granted
Arthur Putnam from Ina l.. Putnam
Donckey j. Wilkes received a divorce
from his wife, Nettie T. Wilkes.
OF the large batch of minor civil
cases two were tried without jury.
S. ii. Splitter VS.. G. E. Lathrop re-
suited in a verdict for the plaintiff.
The case of the First National Bank,
Bay City, Mich, vs.. Charles 4. Ed
munds was tried and a motion for nom
SUIT submitted. The following cases
were continued: Middle Fork lrriga-
ting Co. VS.. W. l.. Huckaby; WlIhett
& Burr VS.. Mt. Hood railroad; Hood
River Irrigation District VS.. George
W. Mccoy; W. j. Baker VS. Walter
]. Hammond; M. F. Shaw VS.. Charles
Helmer ct al. ; 0. G. Dean VS.. Peter
Conver; S. A. Helmer VS.. William
Curry ct al. The court may sit during
September in dn adjourned session to
hear some of the cases which could
notbe brought to trial this week.
The following cases were passed: j.
H. Ferguson VS.. William Hull ct al.
Dougherty Bros. Tent & Awning Co..
VS.. f. +. Deem; Albert Whorlan VS..
Oregon Lumber Co., John Gavin VS..
Albert Hudson. The causes following
were settled out of court or dismissed.
r. Yasui VS.. A. C. Buck; j. II. He'll
bronner VS.. f. r. Neal; W. G. Pill
low VS.. W. T.. Diel ct al. A. b.
Combs VS.. Joseph Hess ct al. 5. ".
Stark VS.. J. A. Simonson; Pacific N.
Adjustment Co. VS.. Hartwig Flint
r. o. Scott VS.. Frank Milinquist.
In the following cases demurrers
were overruled and the defendants in
each case were given short period in
which to answer: George W. Brown
VS.. Peter D. Hinrichs; Mary E: Gal
Iigan VS.. Peter D. Hinrichs; Charles
VI. Wentz vs.. Hood River county
Kikalsu Kawamato VS.. Alfred Millard
Winans VS.. Hood River county ct al
Hood River laundering Co, vs.. Hood
River county The case of Laura
Batchelder VS.. the city Of Hood River
was referred to Mr.. Butler and the
case of G. A. Cass VS.. Hans Hersch-
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