The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01
SENSATIONAL
 CRIMINAL TERM
 OF COURT OVER
ENDED WITH TRIAL OF CAMlRNO CASE CAMIRNO FOUND
 NOT GUILTY

HASulr llN iIlbHl NA'il@ ct lb4l'l N''l i'll of district court ever known in Fair banks came to an end For the Cam iInd case was the last up for trial on the criminal calendar
 The charges, including those To which pleas of guilty were entered were not many, but they covered d yariou, assortment cl crime from illegal voting down to rape There were no murder trials. but their absence from the calendar was not because there have been no murders for the mysteries of the death of both Mrs Harp and Mrs. Rowe are as yet unsolycd. although two men were held in jail for a long period ot time. or until they were freed by the grand jury on the latter charge
 The most sensational part of the term of course were the trials of the rape cases. For, affecting as they did some of the oldest of old timers in this community consider able interest was aroused.
 The following is list of those charged with crime. includin4 those who pleaded guilty and those who were found not guilty by the juries which sat on their trials
 GUILTY PLEAS.
 Cheechaco John. (native) rape. sentenced to 10 years in peniten- tiary
 Julius Miller, assault with dan gorous weapon sentenced to two years
 Harry Badger. simple assault. three counts sentenced to six months in jail and to pay fines aggregatng $75O
 Carl Sclberg, fIIegaI voting. ~ao- fenced to pay fine of $10o.
 Hal Bai1ey illegal voting. sc.r tenced to pay fine of $I00.
 VERDIcTs OF GUILTY.
 Charles E. Kincaid. assault With a dangerous weapon, sentenced to five years.
 (, Myers obtaining money and goods under false pretenses, sen fenced to an aggregate of five years.
 Carl Johanson, grand larceny, sen- tenced to serve eight months in the federal jail
 AIferd Sutton, assault with intent to commit rape, sentenced to one rror end day in tho neniten- tiary
 Julius Miller (same pleading guilty to assault with dangerous weapon) burglary, sentenced to two years
 w. H. Woodbridge, attempted rape. sentenced to serve six years in tho penitentiary. but is at liberty under bonds of $7,O00 pending appeal
 Dan Callahan, rape, sentenced to F years in the penitentiary J. P. Rose, rape, sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary | VERDlCTS NOT GUILTY. Sam Barber shooting with intent to kill.
 Robert Jones' rape.
 c. s. Williams, rape. i Edward Camirnd, rape. 1 Seven different men were charged with rape One of the same men, w II. Woodbridge was freed on the rape charge, but was convicted of an attempt to commit. The latter count in the indictment returned against him.
 The rape charge against Sutton was dismissed when he agreed to plead guilty to the charge of as sault with intent to commit rape. i Two indictments were returned against him, the alleged crimes hay ing been committed with two diff ferent girls
  1 ed Tuesday night, when the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. It was Camirnd's second trial the first l jury having disagreed. The jury, was out for a matter of two hours. l When the verdict was announced | in court number of Camirnd's 1 friends were on hand. They car ried him from the court house on their shoulders and put him in an automobile. finishing the night in celebrating his eXoneration on the charge.
 All of the men charged with rape were over 40 years of age. sOmee of them being nearly 60, The crimes were alleged to have been commit ted on girls under 16 years of age. The times of the alleged commission of the crimes dated from 1912 to 1 August, 1915.
 Tolovana Freight