The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-19

NEWMAN MURDER TRIAL
TO Be BITTER CONTEST
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Forum to correct a rumor that had
gone abroad, that Newman was a
graduate of Carlisle Indian school. Mr..
Hoffman stated Newman had not at
tended Carlisle and furthermore to his
best knowledge he was not a grad
uate Of any other Indian school or
college.
James Eagle who is the chief of
the police Of the Indian reservation.
arrested Newman when he came back
to the vicinity OF his home. Eagle.
whose Indian nam eisoungEaglhd ca.
whose Indian name is Young Eagle,
had with him a rife. as he had been
given to understand that Newman
was heavily armed.
The murder case against Sam New
man, in u. S. court promises to be a
bitter battle.
Before the court was adjourned Sat-
urday afternoon the panel was ex-
hausted. u. s. Marshal Shea was
called upon to secure further jurors
and he served papers upon a number
of Fargo men, who were examined by
the attorneys, and as a result three
Fargo men who were not on the ORR
ginal jury panel win assist in decid-
| ing the case.
1t will be noticed that over half of
the jurors are from Cass county, only
five Of the twelve being from other
parts of the state. However the en-
tire body represent the eastern half
Of the state and none of the men come
from the west where the Indians are
numerous. Four of the seven Cass
county men come from Fargo. The
reason for this is that when the panel
ran out 1t was necessary to get new
| jurors at once, and the court could not
wait until papers were served on men
in other parts of the state.
The dropping out of so many of the
/ jurymen was due to the fact that many
of them were of the opinion that the
fact that a man had been arrested
imprisoned and indicted by grand
jury Of the u. s. court and brought
into court charged with a crime, would
make some impression with them. OF
course this impression would not be
favorable to the defendant. Two ex-
pressed themselves as being opposed
TO capital punishment, while number
of men stated to the examining at
torneys that they were prejudice6
against Indians as a race.
/ One of the men called told or a tale
of frontier life He stated that some
OF the members Of his own family had
been picked off by the Indians in the
days Of hostility. which would oi
course make him feel bitter toward the
red man.
But one witness was on the stand
Saturday. Miss Mary Mckee, the gov
eminent physician on the reservation
testified for the prosecution Saturday
afternoon, but her testimony did not
reveal anything Of a startling nature
She told of her examination of Roscoe
Conklin, the murdered man, after the
accident and stated that he had suffer-
ed death from a bullet wound, which
was made in the chest She Unidentified
clothing which was on the person OF
Conklln, when she examined the body
after the alleged murder. Miss Mckee
finished her testimony Saturday after
noon before the court adjourned.
This morning Judge Barnett, for the
prosecution, opened the case with short
| talk of explanation to the jury. He
went over the incidents relative to the
alleged murder and gave the story OF
the affair in substance. He explained
to the jury what the government would
attempt to show In its testimony and
opened the case by calling on Charles
L. Hoffman, the government superin-
tendent of Indian affairs at the Fort
Berthold reservation, where the shoot
ing fray took place.