The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-10-07
54 NAMES DRAWN SECURE JURY FIRST MOOSE CASE EVER TRIED IN WRANGELL

two counts, Chester Moore on one count and w B. Harto acquitted by a jury which rendered its verdict at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning after deliberating seven hours following a game law violation case, involving for the first time in a Wrangell court. illegal taking of moose.
 Wigg was fined s150 and Moore S10O by [. s. Commissioner Richard Suratt and each given a 6O-day sus- pended jail sentence. Moore's boat and outboard motor, the meat of the two moose in question and the guns of both men were confiscated
 Wigg, Moore and Harto were ap- prehended on September IT by Wild life Agent Hosea Sarber while on d moose patrol of the lower Stilzine. At hearing held in Commissioner's Court three days later each defen- dant asked for a jury trial. The following Monday Walter p. King, secured as counsel for the defend ants, arrived here from Ketchikan but the case was postponed until the arrival of Assistant United States Attorney George Folta from Juneau who was unable to reach here before Friday night to prosecute the case for the government.
 54 Names Drawn
 The task of securing a jury occu- pied all day Saturday. Fifty-fouI names, drawn in three panels, and examination of 32 men and women were required before a jury was sworn in
 Of the 54 names drawn, 22 were of men out of town, or women who claimed exemption without cause as is provided they may do under the Alaska law which gives women the right and duty of jury service.
 The jury sworn in late Saturday Chisholm, Jorgen Roaming, Mrs. David Gay, Frank Bowman, Jack Wilson, Mrs. Karl Thiele, E. M. Campbell, J. L. Dolan, Mrs. Oscar Carlson, S. D. Grant, c. P. Mac Creary and Mrs. M. 0. Johnson.
 The defendants were tried on two counts, the first on possessing and transporting parts of a female moose The second on transporting into Al aska foreign wild animal.
 On Monday morning after the prosecuting attorney had made his opening statement to the jury and defense had waived making an open ing statement MT. Sarber was called to the stand where for two hours he gave his testimony and was sub jected to caustic cross examination by Mr. King. MT. Folta protected the case at all points and his ob- jections were sustained by the court about two to one over objections presented by MT. King.
 Game Patrol
 Sarber stated that he and his as- sistant, Robert N. Huntoon, were making a patrol of the Stikine in the interest of moose hunting us ing an outboard for the trip. They were stopping at all camps and pulled in to the bank at a camp on Cottonwood slough, tributary of the Stikine river at point about two miles below the Internatinal Boundary He found we'll equipped camp, consisting of two tents in cleared space, bedding, food, several guns against a tree and a dismem- bered moose lying in the grass near the camp.
 The moose was freshly killed there being no marks of it's having been hung up. On box were two tongues, two hearts and two flyers. The parts were so fresh, he said, that the covering membrane of the liver had not dried Examination of the moose quarters showed mutil- ation, all evidence of sex having been carefully cut away. No heads were in sight. He said he told Hun toon it was a COW moose and he had an investigation on his hands. Hear ing an outboard motor in the dis tance he decided to follow up the slough.
 Boundary Crossed
 About two miles up the slough, they crossed the boundary into Can ada. Sarber said he had never been to the boundary but it could not be mistaken There were fresh cuttings on each side of the bank, 25 or 30 feet wide, completely cleared and extending as far up the mountains as one could see.
 They crossed the boundary look ing for the boat, although the sound of the motor had ceased. Approxi- mately 800 yards beyond the boun- dary they saw the stern of a boat and outboard motor in a fringe of alders along the slough. Examin- ation disclosed blood and moose hair in the boat
 At that point alders and brush had been cut out and it could be seen where heavy bodies had been dragged to the edge fthe bank. Sarber and Huntoon followed a trail back from the slough about 15O yards where they found the remains of moose which had been butch