The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-05-13
INDICTMENTS RETURNED
AGAINST LOCAL FIRM
INVOLVES ALLEGED VIOLATION OF INTERSTATE
COMMERCE RATES
In RELATION TO SHIPMENTS
Grand Jury Struggled All Day With Case and Reach
ed Conclusions This Evenng-Wright
Case Still Grinds

Ease y
At $40 tonight the federal gran,
jury reported to the court four in
dictments against the Mark p. Mile
Milling company and Mark P. Miller
one separate Indictment finding thre,
counts charging underbilIing as t.
weight and another Indictment finding
misbilIing as to commodity, both in
dictments alleged to be in violation 0i
the interstate commerce act. The in
dictments were found relative to ship.
ment from Moscow to points In the
w. l. & M. A bench warrant was
served on Mr.. Miller tonight. The
grand jury also returned no true
bill in favor of Milton 0. COckrell, a
liquor violation case. The court re-
cessed until 7:15 tonight to hear fur
ther evidence in the Wright case.
That the federal grand jury was
far from reaching final conclusions in
the interstate commerce commission
violation case which it has had under
consideration since yesterday became
evident this noon when it called for
a couple of the witnesses for further
testimony. The federal authorities
still maintain silence on the details
in connection with the case. The wit
nesses recalled this afternoon had
given their testimony and the. jury
took up the deliberation of the evidence
at 2:30 this afternoon. At that hour
there were indications that the jury
might report before o'clock.
In the meantime more than a dozen
witnesses are being held who will tes
tify before the grand jury on liquor
violations on the Indian reservation.
At the conclusion of the interstate
commerce case these cases will be
heard by the jury and it is expected to
complete it's work in Moscow by to-
morrow evening.
Still on Wright Case.
In the federal court before Judge |
Rudkin today the case of R. N. Wright |
ance company occupied the time of |
most of the day with the plaintiff on |
the stand in his own behalf. The case
seemed likely to occupy the time of /
the court through to Friday, however,
Judge Rudkin announced this morn
ing that it should be concluded on
that day as he had received advices
that Federal Judge Frank DIETRICH
would reach Moscow from Boise on
that day and be ready to relieve him.
Plaintiff on the Stand.
On the witness stand today the plain
tiff in the action gave testimony tend
ing to show the volume Of business
which he had done in behalf of the
during the period in which
he was the general agent for the de- |
fendant company in the Lewiston ter {
itory. At the noon recess of the court, l
Mr. Wright still occupied the stand +
being under cross examination. Mr. t
Wright testified that in 1912 he had \
done $5439.09 of business for the COM
pany During the cross examination Q
here were sharp clashes between OPP S
posing counsel relative to the char t
acter of the cross examination. Judge
Rudkin held that he would permit such h
material evidence to be evoked as r
night have bearing on the contract c.
between the plaintiff and defendant fr
MOx MOx Case Goes Over. Il
The case of the United States versus
rom Mox Mox, Nez Perce Indian, in
Iicted for introducing liquor on the
indian reservation, was to have been
eard this afternoon but will not be
card until the conclusion of the life
insurance case. Duncan ]. McKinzie, !"
indicted yesterday by the grand jury, 81
yas brought into court this morning -
nd entered a plea of not guilty of n
Introducing liquor on the reservation. ae
he court did not set the case for W
rial this morning. VI