The Alaska citizen., 1917-04-02
GRAND JURY IS
 ABOUT THROUGH
 WITH BINDO\iZRS

W l l DIN ~ LIN From an authoritative source t is learned that the present grand j-ry has about completed it's labogs here. ss far as bindoyer cases are con cerned. That is, it has reported on all but two of the cases that arr supposed to be investigated and triol here The two yet remaining 10 be investigated by the grand jury are those of Stefan Trcmba charged with murder at Tanana, and Thomas Gal lagher. charged with the violation of Section 2O22. compiled laws of Alaska, at Panama.
 Counting the Tremba case and tn" case of Frank Cleary, bound over to the grand jury at Ruby on the charge of selling liquor to Indians, there were twenty-four cases on the list for grand jury investigation. ol these. four will be sent to Ruby. Eighteen have already been inyesti- gated here, with the exception Of those which were dismissed at the opening of the court term.
 Yesterday Was busy day in dis trict court. The Henry case, the first of this term, was tried, and ill addition number Of matters reIa- tive to indictments were disposed of by the court.
 CLAIR ARRAIGNED.
 Charles Clair. charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, was ar raigncd in court yesterday afternoon. He had appeared in the morning for arraignmcnt, but stated at that time that with the means he had at his command he was unable to procure the services of an attorney. The court, however. thought that he should be able to do so. and accord ingly gave him until the afternoon session to make arrangements. The indictment, as read to Clair by the clerk of court, recites that the dan gerous weapon in question was q toy pistol and that with it Clair destroyed the left eye of J. B. Tsamls on November 13, 1916. The witness. es whose names were read as signed to the indictment were Mrs. Ida NJ Kellum, Mrs Lilly C. Scanlon, J B. Tsamis and Frank C. Wisenan Clair is at liberty under bonds ol $500, He will plead to the indicJ ment this morning at 10 o'clock.
 GOYETTE PLEADS.
 Louis Goyette pleaded not guilty tc two indictments charging shooting with intent to kill, yesterday after noon. He is at libe,ty under bonds of $5,000 in each case. The bonds men in one case are Iartin knuppc and W. F. Kramer ani in the other Peter Lorentzen and J. II. Groves Those against whom Goyette is al leged to have committed the crimes in question are Richard Creighton and Martin Smith. The matter o1 the trial of Goyette for shooting Creighton has been set to folio" the Knezeyich case, which is set 1ol trial tomorrow morning, the trial O. the defendant in connection with tho alleged shooting at Smith being sci to follow that,
 eEDOFF ARRAiGNED.
 Mike Bedoff, charged with timbcl depredations on the public domain was arraigned yesterday afternoon He is represented by Attorney Lero. Tozier. The names of the witncsse: examined by the grand Jury, as reat from the indictments, are Frank K Andrews, William St. Louis and Johr C. Crook. Bedoff will plead at Il A. NJ. today. He is at liberty unde bonds of s250.
 HARJAkS PLEADS TODAY.
 John Harjaks' pleading time wa continued until tomorrow morning when he appeared in court this morn ing. lie IS luU4ClGu JOlAp! "i'' Michael Kostiuk on larceny. charge Kostiuk's time of pleading has als' been continued.
 OTHER MATTERS.
 When the petit jury came int court this morning all of it's mem bers answered roll call with the eS ception of Jack Mclean. The couT then announced that MT. McLeal had been excused until April 15 10 good and sufficient reasons. Thos Jurors who were excused for tn day yesterday during the Henry trla were ordered to report back in couE this morning at 10 o'clock.
 Owing to the fact that it reporte at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon an had not been in session since tha time. the grand jury made no repoi yesterday morning.
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