The Coconino sun., 1924-02-15

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under the Mann act, and John Iskey,
Indian, for stealing horse on the
reservation near here.
Dollins was the bridegroom and
Langill the chauffeur arrested here
last fall while the former was elop-
ing with Vera, daughter of S. HI.
Bray, wealthy Kansas City hotel man,
in Mr.. Bray's Cadillac sedan. 1t will
be remembered that Vera left her
/ husband in jail here and went with
her uncle to Bakersfield, California,
and it is supposed she will soon seek
! divorce. Dollins posed as famous
movie star and played on the girls
desire also to star in moviedom to get
her to marry him and take dads car
for the jaunt to Hollywood. Langill,
! Dollin's chum, very we'll connected in
1 Chicago, came along to drive the car
Rudloff was arrested at Doney Park
last fall charged with bringing an
other mans wife to Flagstaff from
Nevada. The woman and her hus-
band are now living together here.
Rudolf was formerly deputy U. S.
marshal in Oklahoma. He has wood
en- leg. He claims to be able to cure
scrofula and other ailments and it is
said his success treating the woman
was what first won her regard.
Bowden is the Williams cow punch
er arrested last fall charged with a
horrible crime against a six-year-old
girl who was living with him and his
paramour. The latter, a Mrs. Nor
CISCO, was brought to Arizona by Bow
den from Texas, then taken to Los
Angeles and finally brought back to
Williams. He will go on trial in SUI
perior court here next month to an
swer for the alleged crime against the
child, but Sheriff Campbell asked for
his Indictment by the federal grand
jury so that in event of his getting
free on this charge the government
would have him under the Mann act.
The grand jury, which has been con-
tinuously in session since the early
part Of the week, made its first re-
port on Friday afternoon returning in
dictments against more than two
score offenders charged with the vio-
lation of practically every known law
in the category of crime.
The second and what is believed to
be the final report of the jury was
expected to be in court on Wednesday
of this week.
! Although no indictments returned
against violators of the prohibition
! law were made public the office of
the United States attorney gave out
the information that several of the
nine indictments not made public were
| for violation of the prohibition act.
1t was also stated from the office
of the United States attorney, that
prohibition cases, generally, are not
| presented to the grand jury unless
on the third offense and punishable
! by penitentiary sentences, and that
first offenses are charged in United
States court by information and not
by indictment, therefore such matters
are not brought before grand juries.
In addition to the five local cases
above mentioned, there were these in
| dictments announced:
| Edward NJ. Roberts under the Dyer
act; Jesse o. Smith, two indictments,
one the Mann act and the other to-
gether with co-defendants. Willie
| Barnes and John Ellis on the Dyer
act. E. J. Neill, alias Howard, alias
Dillinger, Mann act; Harry Cooper,
Mann act; Fred Allen Howard, Mann
act; Paul Ceros, perjury; George Ro-
der, Mann act; Louis Hines, Dyer act;
Louis Hines, Mann act; Martin Urena,
dealing in heroin and cocaine; Thomas
j. Brennan, Dyer act; George Side
botham, Jack Parker, ]. R. Douglas,
Dyer act; J. E. Ryan, larceny from
intersetate shipment of freight; Ar
thur Smith, selling smoking opium.
Ed Hoffman, charged with trans
porting whisky to the home of Windy
West and who entered plea of gull
ty on February 5, was assessed fine
of $500 for possession and $500 for
transporting. In the event of the
fines being unpaid they will revert to
a Jail sentence.
Several matters, additional to those
upon which indictments were returned
were investigated, but upon the grand
jury vote mo bills" the matters were
not made public.