The Bismarck tribune., 1931-04-11
GRAND JURY l,DlCIS
. TWO BISMARCK men
ON LIQUOR CHARGES
Oscar Schneider and William
Weinstein Accused Of Trans
porting Booze
Al PERSONS ARE INDICTED
A. T. Olson, Former Van Hook
Bank Cashier, Charged With
Embezzlement

Fargo, N. D., April 11.-tR)-Names
OF Al persons indicted by federal
grand jury which ended its session In
Fargo Friday and who have been ar
rested and released under bona were
announced Saturday.
Twenty-Five are charged with vio.
lation Of the national prohibition act
Oscar Schneider and william Vein
stein, Bismarck, who are alleged to
have been involved In liquor hijack-
ing In q Bismarck garage last Sept
l6, which resulted In q shooting af-
fray during which Schneider was
shot, presumably by hijackers. were
indicted on charges Of Transporting
liquor. Both have been arrested and
released on bond pending the next
term Of federal court in Bismarck.
Arthur T. Olson, former cashier of
the First National Bank Of Van Hook.
N. D.. was indicted on a charge Of en-
bezzlement. He is alleged tD have
embezzled approximately $35, 900 from
the institution. He is at libery under
$4,000 bond.
Wallace Thwaits. Moose Jaw. Sask.,
who Is held in Minneapolis following
Indictment there on second degree
robbery charge. was indicted on two
charges, illegal entry into the United
States and violation Of the Mann act.
Thwaits, who escaped from the Grand
Forks county Jail, was arrested In
Minneapolis after he, is alleged to
have snatched 4 womai1's purse.
Gordon Allen Baker. Toronto. Can
ada, alleged to have been Thwaits'
accomplice and companion piio to
Ais escape at Grand Forks, also was
indicted on two charges. illegal entry
and under the Mann act. Baker
pleaded guilty Friday before Federal
Judge Andrew Miller on the illegal
entry charge and was sentenced to 10
days in the Grand Forks county Jail
from where he will be depol ted to
Canada.
Mrs. Ida Griffith, Minot. was in
dicted on a charge of embezzling
funds from the Lansford postoffice,
Of which she was clerk.
Hugh Alexander Quinn pleaded
guilty before Judge Miller to illegal
entry and was sentenced to 10 days.
Others charged with violation Of the
national prohibition act besides Wein-
stein and Schneider are:
Harry Parker, Glenfield: John
Peterson, Rolette: Mrs. Oscar Hallge,
Minot; Oscar Reynolds. Mandan; Ben
Horwitz. Bismarck: Lutd Haas, New
Rockford: Frank Rothschiller. Man.
dan: Martin Berzol. Gladstone: Got
tleib and Gottfried Dobler. Ashley:
John F1eck, Mandan: John Schlosser,
Mandan: John 6troh. Judd: Joe
Osterlyck. Hebron; Peter Sanity, Man
dan; William Mechler, Dickinson:
Vernon Gardner, Mandan: Jack Jack
son, Mandan; Emil Geier, Flasher;
Dean Holland. Flasher; Henry Nor
;on, Mandan; w. n. Mccormick, Man
dan: Henry e. Smith, Mandar.
Those charged with introducing
liquor on an Indian reservation who
have been arrested and are out on
bond are: Clarence Sager. Rolla; Fred
Assure, Patrice Des Frombos. Sam
Standing Chief. White Cloud Bolanger,
L. r. Lough. Calvin Kelley and Tom
James Santrizos, former Fargo cafe
owner, was indicted on charges OF
making false oaths in bankruptcy pro-
,eedings. He was arrested some time
ago on an information and was re-
eased on $4,000 bond pending the next
;erm Of court In Fargo.