The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-03-04
Wife Of Dead Man, Jointly
Charged With Son, Pleaded
Not Guilty
DEFENSE OF YOUNG MAN
WILL Be INSANITY PLEA
Minnesota Records Being Searched to
Find Evidence Of Hereditary In.
sanity-No Records Of Nolines
Found So Far.

Rugby. N. D.. March 4-Work Of
securing jury to try Charles Moline
on a charge Of numbering his father.
Frank Moline Of Barton. N. D., was
commenced in the district court of
Fierce county this morning. Up to
the noon adjournment three iurors
nad been Sc cured. and at the Dresent
rate the box Of twelve men will not
DO secured till about noon tomorrow.
Charles Moline and his mother. Ida
Moline, were arraigned IL the dis
trict court yesterday afternoon on q
JOINT Information charging murder in
the first degree. Both pleaded not
guilty and demanded separate trials.
which demand was granted and
Charles Molines case w. get for this
morning.
when the challenging Of jurors be.
gan this morning, the defense immedi-
ateiy began to examine the prospec.
tive Jurors as to their views ON the
conviction Of insane men of murder
This action is taken in view of the
fact that the defense throughout will
be insanity.
Charles Moline and his mother are
accused Of killing Frank Moline Of
Barton. The young man has already
admitted his guilt, but claims that his
mother concocted the scheme and
mixed the deadly poison. The reason
given for the crime is that Moline
and his wife were parted, and that
ne was paying considerable attention
to another woman, and the murder, it
is claimed, was done to prevent the
property from passing from their
hands.
For the defense, E. r. sinkler and
L.. N. Torson are appearing. while the
state Is represented by States Attor-
ney Schumann of Pierce county and
A. NJ. Christianson of Towner.
DAILY Witness.
One of the principal witnesses for
the state will be Jack Daily. who was
only released after having been a
prisoner in the county jail for several
months. DAILY has been confined with
Moline. and is said to be a very i'm
portant witness.
about twenty witnesses, while the de-
tense has secured iike number.
Can't Find Moline.
st. Peter. Mimi, March 4.-Records
of the st. Peter state hospital for the
insane fail to disclose the name of
Albert Moline, said to be an uncle of
Mrs. Moline. the alleged Rugby, N. D.,
murderess as having at any time been
patient at the institution.
The name Of Moline is not an un-
common one on the records, but no
one by that name has been committed
since 1881. No effort has yet been
made to establish relationship be.
tween these parents and the North
Dakota woman.
A special dispatch from Rugby, pub
lfshed yesterday, said that in order
to prove that Charles Moline, held in
Pierce county for the murder of his
father, Frank Moline. is insane, the
defense announced that it would ask
for continuance of the case. in or
der that evidence might be procured
at st. Peter, Mimi, and Tracy, Mimi,
bearing on the alleged insanity Of
the defendants uncle. Albert Moline.
Not at Tracy.
Tracy, Minn., March ALBERT Mo.
line. said to be an uncle of Mrs. Mo-
line. the alleged Rugby. N. D., mur-
deress, does not reside here, nor is It
known that she has any relatives
here. A family of that name moved
from here to North Dakota years ago.
WAR ON HOUSE FLY
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