The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-12-06
Grand Jury Met in Moscow

upon many crlmlnl charges tnat nau
been filed in the court Wednesday
returned it's report after having
been in session since Saturday morn
ing, and the jury was dismissed.
There were II members Of the jury,
Is having been called but one was
excused. They are:
Walt Mathews, Reubens; C. B.
Green, Moscow; Geo. N. Lamphere,
Moscow; A. K. Carlson, Kendrick;
Walter Driscoll, Troy; Blaine Sny-
der, Weippe; John Pearson, Dent;
John Harlan, Orotino; Fred Frazier:
Orotino; James j. Cox, Russell; R.
G. Grass, Mohler; William Ruble,
Kamiah; Arthur H. Diddock, Lew
iston; C. A. Blanchard, Lewiston;
Morgan L. Martin, Lweiston; Will
liam Turner, Winona: Frank Ranch,
Grangeville.
Indictments were found against
IA persons in 13 separate cases, ex-
elusive of the case of J. F. Wall,
disposed of Tuesday, when he plead
ed guilty and was sentenced to
three years for using the mails to
defraud.
"True Bills" were found against
T. A. CASTOR, nonpartisan league
organizer, who was arrested in
Spokane for alleged abuse of the
government, the Red Cross and op-
posing the sale of Liberty bonds,
was indicted and will be tried at
this term of court. The cases Of
two other nonpartisan league organ
izers was continued and will prob
ably come up at the March term of
court. Both are under bonds to ap-
pear before the grand jury when
called upon to do so. The case
against j. W. Brigham, former
state senator for this county, who
was held to the grand jury on a
charge of boarding food and abus-
ing the government, was not called
before this grand jury but will pro-
badly be called in March.
True Bills were found against
the following defendants: Carl
Thyr, of Troy, conducting still
and manufacturing liquor; I. A
CASTOR, nonpartisan league organ.
izer, dlsloyal utterance; Wintor
McKinsey and Dewey Farrer, intro
ducing liquor on an Indian reser
walton, Stephen Weller, Moscow
conducting a still for the manufac
ture of liquor in the basement Of
the Urquhart building on Thirc
street, Moscow; Fred T. Anderson
introducing liquor on an Indian re
servation; Thomas Banff, selling
liquor to indians; Andrew j. A
Nelson, farmer near Deary, hoard
ing food; Simon Mathews, Nez
perce. introducing liquor on an In
dian reservation; William Cotting
ham, alias coyote Bill" and Guy
Horner, selling liquor to an Indlal
at the carnival in Moscow; Josepl
R. Bell. introducing liquor on al
Indian reservation; Michael Tobin
same charge; Henry Herman, veal
thy farmer of Nezperce county, liv
t ing between Lewiston and Genesee
\ boarding food.
The trial of these cases will begi
at once. Judge Dietrich did no
start the trial of these cases unit
after the grand jury had finished it
work and been discharged in orde
: that the grand jury might have tn
: large court room instead of tn
e small and poorly ventilated jur
: room in which to hold its deilbel
S ations, because of danger of infiU
, enza in the smaller rooms. Th
following trial jurors have bee
called to try these cases:
VIM. D. Roth, Frank Nicely, A. |
Ransom, E. j. Armbruster, Moscow
y E. P. Atchison, Kendrick; O. T
;: Macpherson, Kendrick (excused)
:, R. F. Brown, Kendrick; Emil Gel
j.; ber, Viola; Ulrich Lienhard, Prir
u ceton; VIM. M. Conachen, Boville
:. Frank R. Roe, Nez Perce; N. l
y Agrell, Nez Perce; 7. O. Crosiel
l. Culdesac (excused: Edgar Booti
. Nez Perce; Samuel D. Olear, Levi
II ton; ]. b. Henry, Seattle Excused
l. A. Cole, Snow; R. B. Parks, Lelanc
r Jesse Hoffman, Leland; Lew
e Clark, Clifford; Thomas D. Bartol
Lapwai; James Surridge, Harpste
Frank z. Taylor, Whitebird; Wn
II Wagner, Cottonwood; H. A. Sprut
g Lapwai; ]. ]. Torbert, FEM
l. George Sly. Grangeville; Fred n
# Noyes, Grangeville; Wallace |. ia
- rett, Grangeville; VIM. G. Hanson