Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-10

:: charged with killing Adelbert =:
: Stone Grove in Bowman county. ::
:. September 20, 1910. ::
:: !:
= ATTORNEYS FOR STATE :
:. Senator w. E. Purce' Of Wah ::
= eton; Assistant Attorney Cen ::
= cral Zu:er of Bismarck, States ::
:. Attorney TCttsn of Bowman ::
: county. (:
:: ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENSE :
:: Henry Frawley of Deadwood ::
: South Dakota: T. R. Mockler Of (:
= Bismarck; Attorney Illness OF :
:: Marmarth; Secretary of State p. ::
:. D. Norton of Hettinger i:
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| Hettinger Record: What promises
to be one CT the biggest and hardest
fought cases that has ever been tried
in this secuon of the state was begun
last evening when Laben and Denver
Woods of Marmarth were arragned
before Judge Crawford of the Tenth
judicial district, state of North Dakota,
on the charge of causing the death OF
Adelbert Stone Grove at his farm in
Bowman county on September %,
1910. Defendants were given until
Thursday evening at Sis and 5:oJ
a'clock to plead. Just what the next
step will be Is not definitely known
but it is probable the trial will not
be in full swing much before Monday
as the defense may ask for time and
the jurors have not yet been selected.
| Details Of the Case.
Adelbert Stone Grove was shot.
dying almost instantly. at his farm,
thirty miles southwest of Bowman on
September %. Denver Woods admit.
ted firing the shot and gave himself
up to the authorities next day. Laben
Woods, Fred Hickey and Henry r.
Mills, who it is alleged were with Den
yer Woods at the time of the shooting
were subsequently apprehended.
| Hickey and Mills were bound over
to the district court in the sum of
$4,000 each and their cases will vOme
up for trial at the next term of the
district court for Bowman county.
Denver and Laben Woods had their
cases transferred to Adams county
and have been confined in the Bow
man county Jail since the tragedy was
enacted. The trouble came about
over disagreement as to the owner
ship of horse.
The attorneys in the case are Sena-
tor w. E. Purcell of Wahpeton; AS
sistant Attorney General Zuger, and
States Attorney Totten of Bowman
county for the state, and Henry Fraw
ley of Deadwood; 7. R. Mockler OF
Bismarck, Attorney Illness of Mar
marth. and p. D. Norton of Hettinger,
for the defense.
Henry Frawley of Deadwood, South
Dakota, one Of South Dakota's great
est criminal lawyers, is in the city
as one of the attorneys for the de-
tense in the Woods cases. Attorney
Frawley was graduated from the Uni.
versity of Wisconsin law department
in ia. In 1877 he began the prac-
tice of law in Deadwood, where he has
practiced continuously ever since and
has won fame as a criminal lawyer.
In his thirty.four years of practice he
has had the defense in many famous
murder cases, including the notorious
Wyoming sheep-cattle war case. He
is reported to EN- there with the goods.
Attorney T. X. Mockler of Bismarck, |
one of the attorneys for the defense in
the Woods cases, is in the city this |
week. Mr. Mockler is not only an
attorney of note but an interesting |
and entertaining talker IS well. He
can, if he desires, place his heels on
the Record stove during his entire
stay in the city.
Assistant Attorney General Zuger,
who will assist the prosecution in the
Woods cases, has been in the city
since Tuesday
Hettinger is entertaining among its
guests during this week one of the
famous men of the state, namely Elk.
Senator w. e. Purcell, of Wahpeton.
Senator Purcell, one of the pioneers
of the state, homesteaded near Wah-
peton in the early eighties, was ap-
pointed U. s. district attorney by
President Cleveland during his first
administration in 1887, while North
Dakota was still part of Dakota Ter.
ritOry; was delegate to the consul
tutional convention in 1889; was a
of the state legislature as
senator during the sessions of 1907
and 1909. A year ago this past win
ter he was appointed to fill the place
made vacant by the death of M. N.
Johnson and the resignation of Foun-
tain L. Thompson in the U. S. senate.
In the United States sente it is uni
versally conceded that w. E. Purcell
filed the place assigned to him with
credit as we'll to himself as to the
state He represented. He was men,
Der of several important committees
notably the Ballinger investigation
While at Hettinger he
will act as one of the attorneys Of the
state in the case against Denver
Woods, icing called in by Bowman
county.
SEED WHEAT.