Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-11-12
MODERN YOUNG
L0CH|NYAR, IS
IN TOUCH LUCK
Repines in Jail in Spite Of Favor.
able Supreme Court Action
on Writ
RELUCTANT FATHER
1N.LAW IS TO BLAME
Parent of Girl with Whom Chance
Sought to Elope Presses
... -. Charge

Neer did Lochinvar ride out of the
west into tougher run Of luck than
has logged the course Of Myron H.
Chance since he sought to elope with
sixteen.years-old Mary Ritne, daugh
ter of prominent farmer residing six.
teen miles south of Dawson, in the re-
luctant pap.in-law-to-be's automobile.
The latest slap Of fate was admin.
istered yesterday, when the supreme
court Of North Dakota granted the
writ Of habeas corpus applied for by
Chances attorney, but at the same
time ordered that Chance be remand
ed to the custody of Sheriff T. A. Price
Of Kidder county, who is required to
produce his prisoner before Hon. W. L.
Nuessle, Judge of the Sixth judicial
district, who is requested to take juris-
diction over the case and to give
Chance hearing. ~
Chances first application for writ
OF habeas corpus to procure his release
was hard by Judge J. NJ. Hanley, sit
ting at Washburn on Thursday in
place of and at the request of Judge
Nuessle. The writ was denied, and
Friday night Chance made application
through his attorneys to Chief Justice
Fisk Of the supreme court, who issued
an order requiring the sheriff and his
prisoner to appear yesterday. AS the
case stands, Chance has won a techni-
cal victory, but not his liberty, as yet.
and the girl bride-to-be, once more un
der the parental roof, is suffering all
the pangs of present day Juliet
whose Romeo would If he could but
cannot.
The Defendants story.
The defendants story as tsld by his
attorney yesterday Is that Chance,
whose home is in Minneapolis, .eloped
from the Rittle farm with sixteen.
years-old Mary Rittle October II,
while the father was in Dawson. In
order to make time, Chance took the
Rittle automobile without consent of
its owner, and drove with his prospec.
tive bride to Medina, where they were
apprehended and Chance arrested on
warrant charging grand larceny and
issued by Justice Smith of Steele.
Chance and Miss Rittle escaped from
the officers at Medina and proceeded
to jamestown, where Chance was
again arrested while endeavoring to
procure tickets for himself and his
companion. Miss Rittle, who was not
with her sutton at the time, eluded
the officers and made her way to Min
neapolis, where she was discovered
later by Sheriff Price and her father.
AS they were leaving Minneapolis
with the girl, Price and Rittle, J0r.
genson alleges, we're served with a
writ of habeas corpus requesting them
to appear before a judge in the Mill
City with Miss Rittle. This writ, Jor-
censor claims, was disregarded, and
the following morning, no appearance
having been made, the jurist issued a
bench warrant for their arrest.
In the meantime, October %,
Chance was brought before Justice OF
the Peace Smith at Steele for his pre-.
liminary hearing. Although objection
was made by the defendant to the
sufticiency of the evidence to hold him
on the Charge of grand larceny, he was
bound over for trial at the next ses.
sion of the district court, which will
convene in January.
.. @Ta The Present Status.
Chance now stands remanded by the
supreme court to the custody Of Sher-
if Price of Kidder county, under a
bond of $1,000, and his fourth prelim-
mary hearing will be given by Judge
as soon as possible.
Harold K. Chance and John A. Jor-
genson are attorneys for the defend.
ant, while Sheriff T. A. Price is re-.
presented by r. C. Eastwood and At
torney General H. J. Linde.