The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-07
BGAMY, ROBBERY, FORGERY
AND LARCENY ARE ALLEGED
Criminal Calendar at Hihhing Session Of
District Court Aeavy--WiII Take Whole
Month TO Dispose Of State Cases

sion of the district court is very
heavy and will probably take up the
whole OF this month and may run
over into March. There are - ap-
peal cases from. the municipal court
IN addition to the new indictments
that may be brought by the grand
jury.
The grand jury went into session
at the court house at Hibbing Tues
day morning. After Judge Martin
Hughes finished charging the grand
jury, Assistant County Attorney Ed
ward l.. Boyle took charge and went
into session for the consideration Of
criminal cases.
Among the charges that have al
ready been brought by the county at
torney's office on behalf of the state
are that Of assault in the first and
second degrees, bigamy, robbery in
the first degree, forgery, indecent as
sault and grand larceny.
Among the criminal cases to be
tried at the Hibbing session of the
grand jury is that of the state of
Minnesota VS.. John Maxi and Gus
Malta. Both men are being charged
with assault in the first degree. 1t
is claimed that the men had a quar-
Mo- III ,xyifo
other, Malta being hit in the stom-
ach, while Maxi received Malta S
bullet in his back.
MAXI brought Malta before the
grand jury last session on the
charge Of having improper relations
with Mrs. Maxi but no indictment
was brought against Malta. The
two men met subsequently in CHS
holm and the shooting took place.
Andrew Russell and Sam McNeish
are to be brought up on the charge
of robbery in the first degree al
legged to have been committed in
Virginia a month ago. The two men
met Severn Siverson in the Virginia
restaurant on January 2 and Siver-
son bought Russell a meal. Seeing
Siverson had considerable sum of
money Russell is said to have en-
ticed him down to the railroad yards
under the pretext of finding him a
room for the night and while there
it is alleged McNeish came up and
hit Siverson over the head with a
club. Then both men are said to
have jumped onto Siverson and taken
all his money amounting to about
$25.
Alex Tifer and Bert Thomas are
being held on the charge of being an
accessory to the crime d grand lar
ceny by hiding Frank S. Miller who
was recently convicted of embezzling
funds of the Duluth Winnipeg and
Pacific Railroad company. Miller
was allowed his freedom on suspend
ed sentence. Tifer and Thomas are
alleged to have hidden him and pro-
cured a livery rig and driven him
over to Mountain Iron with the in
tention of getting him out of the
state to avoid arrest.
Joe Burich is charged with assault
in the first degree. Burich is the
men who was arrested a few days
ago by the Hibbing police charged
with being the man who shot Mia
Workapich in the New Holland hotel
here three days after Christmas 1t
is said that the two men quarreled
over a lunch and that Burich shot
Workapich in the arm with his re-
volver.
1t cost Matt Paul just $24O to al
low his one time friend Matt Ticech
to sleep in his house, according to
the charge being brought against him
at the present session of the grand
jury in Hibbing. 1t is alleged that
some time ago and slept so badly
that he got up at somewhere around
4 o'clock in the morning and started
to leave the house and town with
$24O of Paul's money. Later Ticech
was arrested in Superior, Wis, with
$3.50 in his pocket.
Mike Zachevich of Bull is charg-
ed with indecent assault said to have
! been committed on January 6. 1t is
alleged that Mike went to the home
OF Mrs. Mary Burja in Bull and
started in to make things lively for
that lady but proved unsuccessful
and was captured and held to the
grand jury. Mr.. Burja was away
working at the time and Mrs. Burja
was said to have been alone in the
house.
For the first time since the Hib-
bling court house was built man
will this session he confronted. with
two living wives neither being d.