The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-01
FIVE NOT TRUE
 AND THREE TRUE
 BILLS RETURNED

The grand jury which has been in session now for two weeks turn eI in three true bills last week and five not true bills. The week be. rc four true bills were report si ali scfcn frue bills were found 5u, one of the indictments. tha; of John Wigger, which was return ci during the first weeks session "aS faulty and was reoonsidere last week
 st"r considering the case against Frank (. Wiseman. chief Of police ef Fairbanks, the grand jury found not true" bill and exonerated he chief oa the charge of assault with dangerous weapon The chief 5as held the jury for hitting fritz schmidt over the head with th" butt of a revolver during the aviation meet at the Exposition
 ark last July. At the time the oiteeSe is alleged to hape been com H.t-el the eh!ee was pa,rollng out -tje of the grounds to keep the
 rr45!s from breaking through the tyter and as they failed to heed his warning he used f rec to make the people obey his commands. The jury evidently holds that the chief x action was justified in the dis
 harge of his duty.
 Another not true" bill was ren- sered in the ease of L. S. vs. H '. Rool of To,ovana who was aaargod with the wan,on destruo. ion 0. animals.
 true bill' was und against Nick Gust, a young Indian who is +ot yet of age and who was ar rested in Fairbanks last summer and held to the grand jury on the charge of larceny in dwelling house The native .vas arrested by eita. officials at first but when the anormity of the offense was learned he wlS turned over to the federal authorities. He was charged with stealing several small articles valu-
 i 1T about $s1 from the cabin Of William Gorham. When Gust was arratgned in court he pleaded guilty and as he asked to be sentenced Immediately he was given years Imprisonment in the federal jail In passing sentence Judge Fuller considered the previous good rec ord of the defendant and also his age and was given light sen Tn and saved from a peniten- tiary term.
 In the case of '. s. vs. Frank Al5ani true bill" was also ren. F red and the accused is being held on the charge of murder in the first 3caree. He is accused cf having 'tEh#i Sta.a BOrossco to death at thatanika several months ago. As the defendant is not acquainted With th" English language an in 'erpTeter was obtained and when 7rraigned ia court he asked 10 be -ivcn time to obtain an attorney aud was given permission to obtain tlnds which he stated he had in the cid country. He was given q day Q secure an attorney but as tho attorney had not been secured bv that time he "as given until today 10 secure the attorney. He will be brought up in the district court at h o'clock this morning and it is expected that he will plead to the indictment at that time.
 Wednesday morning the grand jury reported that in three cases mot true bills had been found, and qc- cordingly the actions against Will
 1H FeIriA, John Campbell and Conrad Olson were dismissed and their bondsmen released. Terrill was held to the grand jury for assault with dangerous weapon upon William Matthison, which of fense is alleged to have taken place in 1912. John Campbell was charg ed with having burglarized the house of Norah Burke, a resident
 Fourth Avenue. Conrad Olsor Was bound over to the grand jur> by Commissioner Weiss of Chatanl- ka on the charge of having entered a cabin on Chatanika flats ar, malicious'y destroying it's contents.
 As the demurrers to the indict- ment previously found against John Wigger were sustained by the court. the grand jury again to-k up the matter and found another indict- ment similar to the original one oXcCpt that the crimes charged were more specifically described. Wigger will be arraigned in the district court today and will plead to the indictment
 No other reports were turned in h. the grand jury Saturday but it is known that there are still quite a few cases to come before the