Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-04
MORTON COUNTY
TO Have BIG TERN
Large Number of Criminal
Cases Demand Attention
of District Court.

Mandan. n. D., Dec. 4.-Perhaps
the longest criminal calendar In the
history Of Morton county Is scheduled
to begin on Monday.
The first case to be taken up will
be rape case on which q change of
venue has been taken from Dunn
county. States Attorney Gaines will
prosecute and Attorney L. A. Simp-
!. son defend.
The second is another rape case
brought here on a change Of venue
from Hettinger county. One WAL
frang is the defendant and will be
prosecuted by States Attorney j. K
Murray and Congressman P. D. Nor
ton. while Attorney l.. A. Simpson Will
defend.
Rustler Case.
One Morton county case will be
taken to Bismarck. It Is that in
which Jack Guyer, Sam MeGregor and
G. e. Mccullough are charged by the
zimmerman company with running
off cattle from the reservation. The
defendants are each charged with
grand larceny. Assistant States At
torney LANCER will prosecute and will
be assisted by Judge Carpenter Of
Mobridge.
Attorney LANCER will also prosecute
all Of the criminal cases on the local
criminal calendar with the exception
of that which may be called on De-
cenber 10. when the trial of former
Chief of Police George Fortune. Police
Magistrate w. s. Casselman and Pa
will be taken up before Judge Nuessle
in district court at Bismarck.
Long List up.
The list Of criminal cases ie a long
one. and will be increased before the
term convenes. for Sheriff Charles
Mcdonald now has twelve additional
warrants to serve. all on charges Of
blindpigging.
So far seven are charged with SELL
ing liquor and breaking the North Da-
kota prohibition laws.
One alleged blind pigger up for trial
II proven to be such, lives up to the
name. for he is blind-a blind blind
pigger. He is Frank Durachek Of
Glen Ullin. The. others up for main
tanning common nuisances are Victor
Schaff of Thinner. Jacob Schaff Of
Fort Rice. Arthur Owens of Mandan.
Charles Packard Of Elgin. Herman
Quashnick Of Elgin and Finley Rose
Of New Leipzig.
Y Martin Schwendling will face trial
for assault and battery on a charge
preferred by John Hedt: Raymond
Kautzzman Of Solen is also up on an
assault charge. preferred against him
by Fred PatZZack.
Maurice Tracy Of Worms will face
trial on a. rape charge.
F. S. Scofield will be tried on the
charge of grand larceny. He is al
legged to have stolen IA head Of horses
from the A. Boley farm.
Gustaf A. Falk Of Glen Ullin will
face trial OH a perjury charge, the
Offense alleged to have been commit
ted when he served as a witness In a
61fnd mig case against a German So
ctety at Glen Ullin.
Arthur Owens Of Mandan will be
tried for carrying concealed weapons
w. S. Mcdonald Of Mandan will
face trial for cohabitation and for
grand larceny. The latter charge is
that he. entered the Arthur Owens
home, stealing a watch and other val
uables.
William Netzer and John Welsh
will be tried for malicious mischief.
1t is alleged they broke up farm ma
chinery on the place Of John Herner
south Of Glen Ullin.
Embezzlement Cases.
Edward H. McHugh. former cashier
of the Farmers and Merchants bank,
will face trial on three separate charg-
es of embezzlement.
l.. H. Price and Edward Gross Of
Glen Ullin face trial for highway rob-
berry, alleged to have been committed
on George Reynolds.
Many Witnesses.
Up to date Sheriff Charles McDon-
aid has subpoenaed 100 witnesses for
the various criminal and civil cases.
hands of the sheriff to serve and
there will undoubtedly be about fifty
more witnesses called before court
is over.