The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-25
JUNE TERN COURT
OPENS THIS WEEK
Continued from Page II

w. HSCNCAS II. IL rTeQeT-
lckson, A. NJ. Scheytt, E. D. Hoadley.
n. z. Evans, Chas. Waterman, Barney
Werner, J.. V. McMurtrym, John
Railey and G. A. King.
Attorney James F. O'Connor, of
Livingston, and Attorney Hubert Bath !
OF BOzeman, r representing Mr..
Rlngling, while Attorney w. S. Hart
mar and c. E. Carlson, of Bozeman.
have been retained by Biering and
Cunningham. The trial has already
excited more than ordinary interest
throughout the state, and the daily
sessions at the court house are ex-
pected to be well attended by specta-
tors. The original setting of the case
was for June 19, but upon the set
ting out of court of the Roy Harrison
case, it was postponed until today.
Protest Attorneys Fee
A civil suit, brought by the admin
~lstratOrs and heirs of the estate Of
the late John E. Woodwork who re-
Gently died in California, leaving valu-
able property in that state, as we'll
as in Gallatin, Madison. Sanders ami
Beaverhead counties in Montana,
against Attorney Warren ". Good
man, of BOZeman, on the ground that
the fee Of $4,000 charged the estate
By the Bozeman attorney was ex-
cessive and all out Of proportion t.
the work involved in the settlement
Of the affairs of the estate, resulted
in a verdict in favor Of the local al,
torney being handed down in district
court on Monday by Judge James F.
Self, of Hamilton, who was sitting
on the bench in place Of Judge Law,
who had not yet returned to Bozemar.
Edgar P. Reid, county attorney of
Madison county, appeared for the
WOOlwOrth estate. Those Bozemar
lawyers who testified that the $4,000
fee demanded by their fellow at
tOrney. Mr.. Goodman, was not at al
excessive or exhorbitant, included W
S. Hartman. Walter Aitken, H. S. Far
ris, Frank NJ. Gray and George D
Pease.
Other Court Matters
Fred r. Baker, Of the Sedan coun
try, was granted an absolute divorc
from his wife, Hattie Becker, ne
Sinkler, whom he was alleged to hav
married con a dare" in Townsend
! October Is, 1922. The charge of de
s%ertion was preferred by Becker,
3 c~Ounter-charge for nOn-support
] brought by Mrs. Becker against he
husband, several weeks ago, havin
been withdrawn by mutual consen'
Mrs. Sinkler was a Divorce with tw
d small children when she took the daI
and consented to the ceremony whic
has been referred to as having bee
performed in haste while the partic
4 pants regretted at leisure.
4 A petition for the appointing Of
X receiver for the Home State bank
X Manhattan. which closed its doc
X May "a, 1924, on order of Bank E,
X aminer L. Q. SHELTON. was present'
X to the court Monday by County A
X torney Peterson. It is expected TIL
4 the court will appoint a receiver f
X the defunct institution by the first
4 the week. 1t is also thought mo
X than likely that Judge Law will al
r decide next week on the date for 4
X hanging of Seth Orrin Danner, co
X victed murderer who is confined
= the death cell in the county jail.
Three Sent to Deer Lodge
Three men, all residents of 9th
- states, were taken before Judge l.
yesterday, and after pleading gull
ot to the charges of burglary, were SCI
as enced to terms in the state penite
ed tiary. They will be taken to the De
ed Lodge institution tonight by Sher
* Jim Smith and Deputy Sheriff Rose
mt G. Holland.
ICE Two of the men are Jack and "
liam Wayne, aged 20 and Is yes
Oh respectively, who were travel
ad without funds eastward from Spoke
it'll and who b~urglarized a private CARA
lie at West End and stole therefrom
1ld automobile battery and some toe
yde after robbing the yards of the X
at yon-Noble Lumber company in t
: a city, of a quantity of gasoline, ov
in, coat and other articles of lesser val
nts The half-brothers were arrested
md Billings at the instance of Spec
de- Agent James F. Keown, of the Nor
ing ern Pacific. The boys were each sc
enced to serve indeterminate tel
of from one to three years.
The other self-confessed burg
for was William Parigeau, an Indian, '
eed pleaded guilty to the theft Of arti'
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