The Alaska citizen., 1916-02-21

. court Saturday morning tive ss- cret indictments were handed in. And through District Attorney Roth tie grand jury requested that they be allowed to report again ycster- day afternoon at 4,3O when the third indictment, also secret was given to the court.
 It is known that the two indict- ments of Saturday morning were against Woodbridge and Robert Jones, the latter of Ester creek Woodbridge was taken into custody shortly after noon Saturday, Depu- ty Marshal Jack Wood making the arrest of Jones on Ester creek dur ing the afternoon. Under the in dictment returned al the afternoon session of court, Dan Callahan was taken into custody shortly before ! o'clock Saturday afternoon.
 Woo dridge Arraigned.
 At the afternoon session of court Woodbridge was araigned There are two counts in the indictment as it was read. the first being that the defendant committed the crime of rape on the person of Laura Herrington. 3 female child of the age of 13 years, on December 13, 1914. The second count charges that the defendant made an attempt to commit the same crime on the same girl or February IA. 1916, by inducing her to agree to meet him at the shop of J. P, Rose on Lacey street The indictment. however sets forth that the defendant failed in the commission of the crime, but that his acts betokencd his in tentions. The witnesses named in the indictment as read were George Harrington, Mrs George Herring ton, J P. Rose, Ed Hall, Laura Herrington and Deputy Marshal ] H Miller
 Just before Woodbridge Was ar raigned his wife and daughter ap- peared in the court room, and he was visibly nervous as he noticed their presence The mother and child were accompanied by Attor- ney w. H. Adams, whom, it is un- derstood will assist Attorney Bion ir lo fense. MT. Dodge appeared for the defendant for the purposes Of ar raignment and, after the indictment was read, he requested the court to allow his client until next We'd nesday morning to plead or other wise move against the indictment
 Jones Arrested.
 Not until the news of the arrest of Robert Jones on Ester creek was phoned to town were the contents of the other secret indictments rc turned at the morning session oi court Satur5ay made public. The indictment charges Jones with un- lawfully and feloniously ravishins and carnally knowing Laura Her rington, female child under Is years of age, to wit, II years of age. The crime is alleged to have been committed on June 1, 1915, at Ester city The witnesses named in the indictment against Jones were George Harrington. Mary Mo rency, Al Bottles Ed Hall, James Duffy and Laura Harrington.
 Callahan Taken.
 The contents of the third secret indictment returned Saturday be came known when Dan Callahan was taken into custody shortly af ter the indictment was returned at 4:30 D. m. The indictment ac- cuses the defendant of carnally know, ing and abusing Grace Carey, a child 15 years of age. The crime is alleged to have been committed on June 25, 1915. Th2 witnesses examined by the grand jury, ac- cording to the indictment, were Joe Mock. Marion Carey, Grace Carey, Laura Harrington and Deputy Mar shal Joseph H. Miller.
 Held Without Bail.
 The crimes alleged in the indict ments returned Saturday are un- bailable. That is, the statutes do not allow the court to admit the defendants to bail Under the laws governing Alaska there are three crimes for the commission of which the defendants must be committed to jail without hail. They are the crime of which Callahan, Wool dridge and Jones stand accused, murder in the first degree and high treason
 The Rape Penalty.
 The law says that defendants found guilty of the crime of rape can be sentenced to the peniten-