Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-01-21
DISTRICT COURT ADJoURNS
WILL, RECoNvENE M0NDAY-THE
PAGE BOYS GET VERDICT

WILL RECCNVENE MONDAY-THE
PAGE BOYS GET VERDICT
B. =s.. ....: FOR $507
District court adjourned yesterday
afternoon at about o'clock, after the
Page will case was given to the jury,
and will not resume work until Mon
day afternoon at $3.50, when the case
of the State vs.. John Ryan, charged
with forgery, will be taken up: Judge
Nye has returned to his home in Moor
head and Court Reporter Vandersluis
has gone to Minneapolis.
The case of Warren Page, ct al. VS..
the estate Of Josiah Page, was taken
up Wednesday afternoon and did not
go to the jury until about 2:4O p. m.
yesterday At 5 p. m. a verdict for
:s5O7 was returned for the plain
tiffs. In this case the plaintiffs,
who are the sons of the late JOSIAH
PAGE. sued for the allowance of
a claim for $3.50 for the care. of their
invalid mother, which claim has been
protested by the citv of Little Falls
and the county of Morrison, as the
allowance of the claim would wipe out
any funds remaining in the estate, and
which, according to the provisions OF
the will, should 90 to city poor fund
and for a clock for the county court
house. As result of this the city
poor fund will be reduced to about
$500.
Truman Lanphere of Swanville was
. Yesterday morning sentenced to the St.
Cloud reformatory for an indetermin'
ate term, from one to FIVE years, Tor
assault in the second degree on the
person of Frank Giese of Swanville.
In a quarrel in saloon at Swanville
about a year ago Lanphere struck
Giese in the jaw, breaking it in two
places Giese was confined to nos
pital for seven weeks as result OF 1T.
Saturday afternoon the jury brought
in a verdict for the defendant in the
case of A. J. Green VS.. Robert Dunn
The plaintiff sued for damages to
horse, which, he alleged, was hired to
Dunn and was returned with a lame
leg.
On Monday Walter Hill and Jack
Rogers, who were indicted by the
grand hury on charge of assault in
the second degree, pleaded guilty to a
lesser charge and were sentenced Ito
spend 80 days in the county Jail, the
sentence being effective Immediately
All criminal cases remaining fo1
trial will be taken up next week. Ryan
who was indicted on two counts fol
forgery in the second degree, will be
tried on Monday. -,
Shortly. before noon Saturday the
grand jury made it's final report anc
was discharged. Seven indictments
were returned, two against John II
RYAN for forgery in the second de-
gree; one against Truman Lanphere OF
Swanville for assault in the second de
gree; one against R. B. Kick ant
against Roy Kick for grand larceny
IN. the second degree; two against Joh1
P1ekarskT FOR carnal knowledge anu
indecent assault and one against Wal
ter Hill and Jack Rogers for assault
in the second degree.
The grand jury failed to return in
dictments in three cases, one agalns'
NJ. H. Latta for selling apples without
a license at Royalton and two eases
which were brought before the jury
after it had begun work.
Ryan is charged with forging
check for 500 on Neil Mckay, OF Pills
bury, N. D., a former employer, ane
passing it at the F. H. Janski saloon
The Kick brothers are charged will
the theft of number Of head OF cattle
from the farm of J. B. McDermott o:
Burtrum. Walter Hill and Jack Rog
ers are charged with assault on tn!
person of Jos. Wachlarowicz, In an al
legged attempted holdup.
John Piekarski, who was charged
with having carnal knowledge of CIR
under 10 years of age and of indecen
assault, pleaded guilty to the latte
charge Saturday and was sentenced b.
Judge Nye to pay fine of 5000 an.
to spend SO days in the county jail
The other charge was continued. Pie
karski had been in Jail about tw'
months before court convened.
The first civil case was completed OF
Friday. This was the case Of Mar.
Dziuba vs.. Charlie Yourritzka, a dam
age suit for 1925 for alleged damage
to the plaintiffs land and crops "
the alleged negligence Of the defend
ant, who rented the farm. The jur,,
found for the defendant.
A Judgment for the amount of tn
suit was entered bv the court agains
H. Johann Held. Defendant failed t.
appear for the trial in the actio1
brought against him by Matthias Hesc
and Mary Hesch. The suit was fo
. the recovery Of $175 on note.
:. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ. Williams LET
a Wednesday on a trip to Cuba and othe
. foreign points. They will be gone al
winter.
Peter Schlichting OF this city ha
purchased the Royalton hotel bar fror
=. A. Hemberger. He took possesslo
the first of the week.
The Sunrise baseball club gave
very successful dance at the Moos
hall Wednesday evening, about s1xt
couples attending. Bastien's orche'