The Alaska citizen., 1911-05-22
DO|NCS IN DISTRICT COURT

The selection of jury was com menccd on Monday to try the case of the United States vs. Conrad Ol- son, who is charged with murder
 The specific charge against Olson is that he struck David Nagel over the head with a silver snuff box during an altercatiGn at OlneS cn September L.. from the effects of which blow Nagel died two months later Besides the regular panel :,1 additional talesmen were sum mOncd before the jury was compleI- ed on Wednesday afternoon.
 The jury finally selected is com posed as follows ] Miller, N O'Neill F P. Mclean. F.. N Price, II. <. Lawrence. ], Mock. C. Warm bold. C w Smith. F. Wackwirz. l.. M Rice R F. Cooley and NJ Coeney.
 The first witness called on Thurs day morning was ]. T. Morgan, in whose poolroom al Oines the fracas Occurr q Morgan testified that he could moi see with what Olson struck Nagel He threw q hofrl" al Olson to make him dcsist ill his attack on Nagel
 A story of the fight was also re counted hy Andrew Knowles. who was present. and Walter Fisher and Alexander Niemi gave similar evi- Gence.
 On Friday ur Danforrh of Chata- nika told of attending to Nagel'S wound and Dr. Sutherland told th" medical history of the case after NaEel was brought lo Fairbanks.
 The prosccurion'r ,nsc was couclud- ed on Saturday morning. when Dr Mrtallum was recalled to give fur ther testimony The defense but Wal ter Iiowscu, the stcuoGrapher who took the testimony al the pr"limin ary hearing, on The stand ill an ell dtavor to show that some of the witnesses had testified differently al that time to the evidence they had given at the present trial fhr phy- Sicians Werc also recalled and ques toned closely as 10 the possibility of q fatal wound being inflicted with the snul1boX. and Commissioner Dill lon and Deputy Marshal Charles were also called and testified to having seen the snuffbGX before the lid was lost Knowles one If the witnesses recalled. testified positively that the snufboX was not the thing Olson had at the time Cf the fracas from which Nagle met his death. It is probable that the case will be con cluded today and get to the jury some time this afternoon.
 On Monday William Reagan. found guilty of the charge Cf rape com mitted on the person of Violet Mey- CTS. was before the court for sen tence The prisoner was looking pale and emaciated. following an attack of rheumatism. He was sentenced to twelve years in the penitentiary at McNeils island.
 Asking for a temporary restraining order against the defendants. An drew Nelson, individually and as of the estate of Ed Newirth. deceased, Tom King, Jim Carney and AL Wigand, on Wednes- day brought suit against the Do- minion Commercial company and H. K Love. United States marshal.
 The complaint sets forth that on August 9, 1909. for a valuable con John Olson and sam Me Leod conveyed all of their interest in Nnr ahnra Dnlrn trnnly to Andrew Nelson. August Huck, Wigand Ed Newirth Fred Angel Tom King and Carl Jacobsen. The plaintiffs in the suit afterWard ac- quired the interests of the other parties, but at no time since August 9, 1909, have Olson X Mcleod had any interest ill the property.
 On April 19, 1911, judgment was rendered against Olson X Mcleod in the district court in favor of the Dominion Commercial company fer the sum of $l,031.91, and on April 22nd an attachment was taken out upon the supposed interest of John Olson in and above Pedro.
 The sale of this supposed inter- est is fixed fir May 3lst. and hence the plaintiff asks that temporary injunction against the sale be made until proofs of the title can be shown. when il be made permanent.
 A suit to quiet title to an inter- est in 1 below Pedro creek was commenced on Tuesday by Herman BockhorSt against Fritz Block. The plaintiff alleges that on May 21. 1907. he was the owner and in possession of this interest and that on that date he gave the defendant his note for 5000, securing it with a mortgage on a half interest in the upper half of i below Pedro. The note, according to the complaint. was paid August 26. 1907. and it was returned cancelled. but the de- fendant failed to return the mortgage or to make an entry in the record ing oitiCt to the effect rtlat it had been satisfied The court is asked to decree the mortgage has been can celed and that the title of the plain tiff is clear,
 The temporary restraining order in the case of Charles l.. Thompson and O. NJ. Johnson vs. Walter King. Erie Overstad. J. T. Adams and Charles Reed was granted by the court on