The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-13

 by the grand jury on the charge of larceny at He. Springs. The speci- ic charge is that he stole the sum of $500 in currency from a party on Sullivan creek ths same theft for connection in which Alice Tay- Tor is indicted. Fitzpatrick is at present in the Hot Springs tail, sery- ing a term fr yaGranCy. He will be brouEh. 10 Fairbanks by Deputy Marshal Hansen.
 The case of the United States vs. C. A Prescott was tri Il on Thursday before a jury and resulted in a yer dict of guilty Cf assault and battery as charged in the indictment" being rendered after a shgTt delihera'iOn. Prescott was charged with having, al Tofty GulCh. on November ;. fOrCi bly entered the cabin occupied by Mahle Bishop. against her protest. and struck her during the alterCa'i n which followed. In his defense he testified that he had r nted the cabin and fixed it up for his own use. af- ter which he turned it over 10 the Bishop woman On the night of the al,ercaticn he went to the cabin 10 get some papers and was deni d admittanCe.
 Three other indictments have been found against Prescott.
 An appeal was taken on Friday night in the case of Long vs. Becker. which was tried before Judge Lyons a year ago and the case will now go before the circuit court.
 The case of the Uni'ed States ys. Tom Patterson, in which the defen- dant is accused of the theft of dog belonging to Deputy Marshal Quiner. at Hot Springs. was called on Friday. The whole of the day and a portion of Saturday morning was taken up in the selection of a jury. a special venire having 10 be called on Saturday af'erno T. the government took the testimony of H. C Quiner. Mrs. Fred Howard. l.. F.. Anderson. Nose Gettins. Joseph Zimmerman and Albert Trndt. The case was then continued until lo o'clock this morning. The foll wing jury is trying the case: !, C. Nel- son. w. NJ. Van Wrinkle. C. A. Set tier. w. Canning. F. Jankc. o. Hoolie. J. s. Demon. H. Bucholz, Charles Hardin, A C. Eam-s. George Kinney and R A. Perkins.
 The court on Saturday extended he time in which the referee shall make his final rep-rt in the case of Harnott vs. Pedro, for a period of 60 days This action was taken because the taking of testimony has not been completed.
 In the case of the Dome City Bank vs. Louis Schmidt and r. J. Baker. the court signed an order on Saturday allowing the plaintiff to amend the complaint, the find ings of fact and the judgment.
 \. A. T. Johnny. the 19-year-old native of Fort Yukon on Friday, changed his plea to the indictment for forgery to one of guilty" He was sentenced to six months i'm prisonment in the deral jail here.
 On a charge If "endeavoring to procure and incite another to com init the crime of perjury an indict- ment was returned durine the week against George Hinton Henry, the editcr of the Hot Springs Echo Henry will be brought to Fairbanks for trial. The indictment recites hat on February 3 Henry endeavor- ed to get Benjamin Drurv, the agent and clerk of the x. C. Company. to commit perjury in the case of tn Uni'ed States vs Alice Tavlor lt is understood that Henry tried to get Drury to assert that h. had not sold liquor 10 the Taylor woman be- tween certain dates.