The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-26
NEWS OF AFFAIRS
IN NEARBY TOWNS
INFORMATIONS FILED AGAINST
MATKIN AND TIMMONS

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County Attorney Erickson appeared
before Judge Conner Saturday morn
ing, January 14th, and filed informa
tons with the court charging County
Commissioner Jud Matkin and Elk
Commissioner Jake Timmons of SEQ
hey, with asking and agreeing tc
receive and receiving a bride of $500
for allowing a claim of the Progress
sive Farmers Club, for sale of three
thousand bushels of flax to Sheridan
couney at the price of 97.75 per
bushel when the market price of flax
was much lower and to which claim
an allowance of Is per cent was
added"
Court Files Information
Judge Conner received the infor-
nations and allowed them to be filed
but did not issue a bench warrant for
the arrest of Mr.. Timmons and Mr..
Watkins, but requested that Paul
Babcock, their private Attor-
ney, notify them that the informa-
tions had been filed and request them
to be in court Monday at three o.
clock to enter their pleas and give
bonds, the court assuring the county
attorney that if the defendants did
not appear of their own volition in
response to the request of the court,
that the court would then issue bench
xyo ..,.o nfc and icc11n tho ~ 1@ronfc not
later than Monday afternoon, in or
der that the trial might occur at the
February term of court.
Matkin and Timmons Appear
Monday both Mr.. Matkin and Mr.
appeared and were arraign-
ed and entered pleas of "Not Guilty."
Attorney Paul Babcock appearing at
their attorney. Bonds were set by
the court in the sum of $1,000 which
were furnished to Jake Timmons by
Stevens and Sid Bennett of
Scobey, and to Jud Matkin by Fred
Gave and Edie Matkin, wife of the
defendant. The cases were entered
On the calendar for trial at the next
Second Information Filed
Monday about noon the county at
,orney again appeared in court and
lied another information against
10Th Commissioner Matkin and Ex-
Commissioner Timmons, charging
10Th of them with asking and agree
ng to receive and receiving a bride
rom c. ]. Beiseker, equal to three
3er cent of the face value of all
county warrants issued by Sheridan
county, Montana, for the purchase
# seed grain, in the spring of 1920,
.rawn on the special relief fund, for
lowing and approving claims against
County, Montana, to which t
Iaims were to be added an amount
quail to fifteen per cent of the f
greed purchase price at which said {
ED grain was to be sold to Sheridan \
.ounty, Montana" T
Defendants Notified U
County Commissioner Matkln was v
Immediately by his attorney, v
.ul Babcock, of the filing of the
.cond information against him and Fl
opeared Immediately to plea, and en- a
red a plea of mot Guilty" and was r
leased on a bond in the sum of r.
300, which was signed by Joe Dolin N
litor of the Pioneer Press, and by W
die Matkin, the wife of Jud Matkin. "
he case was then entered upon the
,cket for trial at the next term of n,
turt, which is to set in February. le
Timmons Did Not Plead in
Jake Timmons has already return a
to his home at Scobey, together k,
tn his bondsmen when the second h,
against him was filed, tx
t he was notified of the filing of p
e same by his attorney, Paul Bah ca
ok, but as Judge Conner was going fir
Poplar on official business Tues al
V morning, Mr.. Timmons was mott ia
d not to appear for arrangement ne
til Friday, but as Judge Conner was w,
lied Immediately to Scobey on ur- br
Mt business caused by an error in ha
2 calling of the ensuing term of
lrt in Daniels county, Mr.. Tim
ms was notified to wait until a
date to plea and furnish bonds.
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