The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-11-14
District Court
Is In Session
ONE MURDER TRIAL ON DOCKET
Several important Civil Cases To Be Heard
Jury Reports Thursday Morning

The November term OF the dis
trict court for this county opened
in this city Monday with Judge
r. N. Dunn of Occur d'Alene pre-
siding. There are SO cases on
the calendar, 9 on the criminal |
calendar, 10 on the civil law
calendar, 9 on the civil trial !
calendar, 4 on the equity calen-
dar and 4 on the divorce calendar.
or the criminal cases one is a
murder case and the other eight |
are liquor cases. Seven of the
LIQUOR cases are for the illegal
possession Of liquor and one,
that of the State vs.. ID. w. Burke,
is for the unlawful transporta-
ton of liquor. The defendants
in the former cases are Otto
Gano. Christine Gregory, George
Collins. C. E. Deskin, N. f. Cross,
Hugh Martin and Barney Tooker.
By far the most important case
To be tried at this term is that OF
the State VS.. Mileto Milacich, who
il charged with the murder OF
Charles N. Bolin. Milacich shot
Bolin at Blackwelrs camp II,
near Fernwood, on the 18th day
Of last July
The men, who had been work
ing together, had been quarrel
ing during the forenoon and when
they came in at noon the quarrel
was renewed. Milacich went to
his bunk, got his gun, came back
and fired two shots at Bolin, both
OF which took effect, one break
ing his leg and the other enter
ing his back, passing through the
body and coming out near the
heart. Bolin was put into an
automobile and started for this
city but died on the way about
an hour and a half after the al
fray took place. Milacich es-
eaped into the woods but came
back to the camp that night and
war arrested.
The two most important cases
on the civil law calendar are
those of the Washington Water
Power Co. VS.. Benewah County
and E. w. Trueman ct al, trus-
tees. VS.. William Dollar. In the
first case the Washington Water
Power company is trying to have
the taxes assessed against lts
easements to overflow lands II
this county set aside. Gray q
.McNaughton are attorneys 1ol
the Washington Water Power 20
and the county is represented b!
Prosecutor Ed. S. Elder. In thu
second case the trustees OF th'
eKootenai County state Bank ar
suing Dollar on a promissor'
note for 100000 Taylor
Hull are attorneys for the ban
and C. H. Potts represents MI
Dollar. Both cases are pendln
on demurrers.
Another important action O.
the civil law calendar is that q
Oscar Samuelson vs.. St. Marie
Hospital Association, in whlc
the plaintiff is suing for S2iS
for alleged negligent medic'
treatment. Norris & Yates al
attorneys for the plaintiff an
Black & Wernette for the dc
dendant. The action is pendin
on demurrer.
The city of st. Maries is Dc
fendant in two cases oG the civ
trial calendar. These are II
cases in which Geo. LashbroC
and Andrew Ajdukovic ct al a
trying TO recover damages fro
the city for injury to their pro-
critics by reason of the gradiI
OF Main avenue. f. C. Higl
smith appears for the plaintiff
and Taylor & Hull for the defen
ants in these two cases.
Another case Of much local i
terest is that Of Albert H. Fe
rell against William Steele a
his bonding company for dan
ages for false arrest. R. B. No
ris is attorney for the plant
and William ID. KeetOn represeI