The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-02
BIG CASES
CALENDAR FOR
DECEMBER TERM
HaZeltOn Riot Indictments to Be
Tried Here on Change
of Venue
BRIBERY FROM M'LEAN
DOgden Murder Case Recalled in
Charge Against Princi-
pals Brother
BRIBERY FROM M'LEAN

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most interesting criminal calendars
tried in this district will be called
Tuesday morning, with the opening ot
the December term of the BurlelgI,
county district court. Ju Ice Craw.
ford OF Dickinson has exchanged seats
for the opening Of the term with Judge
YNuessle, who is disqualified in a
DrIbery case from Mclean county,
growing out Of the Dogden murder in
which August Kovlin and his daughter
weer tried for the Staying of neigh.
Dor. Judge Nuessle is also disuuali.
fled in the Hazelton riot cases, thir.
teen In number, resulting from indict.
ments returned recently BY the EN-
mons county grand jury which inves.
tigated the wheat boarding" riot ut
Hazelton last March, in which Mrs. e.
l.. Perras was killed by il revolver
shot.
Cecil Pennington, who is charged
with having fired the shot which
killed Mrs. Perras, will be arraigned
Tor murder in the first degree. He
has been held in the county Jail here
since the day of the killing Other
principal defendants are Charles Arm
strong, z. ]. Ba'bcock and Louis Tork-
elson, prominent citizens Of Hazelton
and vicinity, who were indicted for
riot, rout and unlawful assembly. In
dictments charging riot or rout or un
lawful assembly or malicious mischief
were returned against 10 others al.
legged to have been implicated in the
Hazelton affair. All filed affidavits Of
prejudice against Judge Nuessle, pre-
siding in Emmons county, in order to
obtain a change Of venue to Burleigh
county. Attorney General LANCER
will assist Scott Cameron. states at
torney Of Emmons county, in the pros.
ecution of these cases. Attorney
John F.. Sullivan of Mandan will rep
resent the principal defendants.
Karl Koylin, defendant in the brio
cry case brought here on a change Of
venue from Mclean county, is charged
with having attempted to buy i'm
munity for his brother, Anton Kovlin,
and the latters daughter, from States
Attorney Williams and Sheriff Hen
bricks of Mclean county. The Kov-
Inns were charged with killing a neigh
bor at Dogden in an alteration over
some farm matters.
Aside from these imported cases,
Burleigh county has a very small
criminal calendar, but theer is an un
usually large civil docket. including
a number of cases of exceptionally
wide interest, one of which at least
will result in the reopening of an i'm
portant criminal case tried year
ago.
The Jurors.
The jury panel for the term is as
follows:
E. w. Wakefield. Driscoll.
Grant Brooks, Brittin.
Earl Nixon, Baldwin.
John ;Maikkula, Wing.
Frank Blake. Wing.
Frank Brooks, Menoken
w. J. Prater. city.
w. X. Mccormick, city
D. ]. McGillis, city.
Carl Bertsch, city.
Hugo 'Solberg, Bismarck.
e. E. Morris, city.
Paul Kramer, Regan.
J. J. Brosse, Arena.
Thos. Miners. Mckenzie.
A. R. Amundson, city.
M. Wolf, city.
Chas. w. Waumbaugh, city.
Henry Schonert. city.
J. K. Doran. city.
W. H. Ebeling, city.
G. o. Kettleson, Wing.
Carl Eliason, city.
F. E. Young, city.
James Walters, Wing.
Chas. Spitzer city.
Carl Peterson, city.
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