The Bismarck tribune., 1928-11-23
BISMARCK MEN
FACE TRIAL IN
DISTRICT COURT
Potter Indicted on First Degree
Charge of Numbering Oliver
Webb Here
WALLA HAS AZ COUNTS
Six Other Bismarck People In
dicted; No True Bills Re.
turned in Is Cases
WALLA HAS AZ COUNTS

indictments against Ray Potter,
on charge of murder in the first
degree in connection with the fatal
shooting of Oliver Webb Oct. 27.
and Eugene Merritt Walla. on
charges Of forgery, cmbezzlement.
and grand larceny, were announced
at noon today by the Burleigh coun-
ty grand jury.
The indictments were included in
a special report Of the jury, details
OF which are not completely dis
closed yet, pending routine work in
the Burleigh county district court,
Both men are being held in the
county Jail, and it is expected that
their trials will come before the De-
cember term of district court which
convenes Dec. 4.
District Judge J. A. Coffey,
Jamestown, will preside over the
December term.
Six others were made defendants
in other indictments and no true
bills were found in the Investigation
OF 16 other cases, according to the
report.
Several indictments made by the
jury have not yet been made public,
pending the arrest Of the indicted
persons.
The grand jury, which has been
In session 20 working days, has
probably another days work, ac-
cording to F. E. McCurdy, states
attorney.
WalIa Faces AZ Counts
Walla faces the forgery charge on
II counts besides Is counts each for
embezzlement ard grand larceny. II
was announced.
Other indictments returned fol-
Mrs. Claude RosSan. .Risnaarclc
engaging in liquor traffic! Il UeoffS
Miller. Bismarck, grand larceny; r.
E. Erickson, Bismarck, operating a
motor vehicle while intoxicated:
Claude Rossen, Bismarck, keeping
and maintaining a common nuisance
as a second offense; Johnnie Nav
Perkins, Bismarck, immortality in
the first degree; and Harold r.
Calkins, Bismarck, rape in the Sec
3nd degree.
No true bills were found by the
inry in the investigation Of minor
allegations against the following:
LOO Taxi company, Bismarck;
state board of administration; Otto
Nassif, Bismarck; Edward G. Pat
terson, Bisma.ck; Frank Gabel, jr.,
Bismarck; Reb -cca Hoffman, form
erly of Bismarck but now of Wash.
ourn; Philip Gabel, Bismarck; Le-
land Rhoades, Wing; Bill Blue,
Wing; Adam Silbernagel, Wing:
Homer Taylor, Bismarck; Fred b.
Riley. Bismarck; Johnnie May Perk-
ins, Bismarck; Steve Mossbrucker,
Bismarck; Eric especial, Menoken;
and Ray Sorenson, Howard Curtis,
Albert Quick, and Ralph Quick, ali
IF Cooperstown.
Webb Died Oct. %
That Oliver Webb came to his
death early on the morning of Oct.
% "from gunshot wounds apparent
ly from gun discharged by one Ray
Potter" 'etween 1880 p. m. and
midnight, Saturday, Oct. q, is the
decision reached by a coroner's in
quest held the Monday following
Webb's death.
Potter ;. s arrested the day of
Webb's death, and has been held in
the city and then the county Jail
since.
Efforts to have Fred Jansonius,
district Judge, fix bonds for Potter
failed shortly after the inquest.
Jansonius said the case would not
come before the district court until
after the proceedings were complet-
ed in justice court, and that he would
review the testimony given to the
coroner's jury before he decided
whether or not Potter would be re-
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