The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 18, 1926, Page 3

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1926 BARLY TRIAL “is'Comereren RROUESTED IN .. MURDER CASE Parents of Sahish Girl Who Killed ‘Nafus Endeavoring to Raise Bonds | 3 | “We're not asking for merey for th | boy. we are asking for justice. . The | defense does not want him to go to jail for a minute, Remember, if you brand him with the brand of a crim-' inal, he will be branded forever and nothing anyone can do will ever erase that brand.” Minot, N. D., Dec. 183—()—A spe- cial term of district court at Stanle in Mountrail county, may be reque ed for the month of January to try Miss Alice “Holst, 20-year-old farm _of first degree murder in ion with the slaying last Monday of William Nafys of Van Hook at Sanish, according to State’s Attorney ley, who is in Minot today. The defense as well as the prose- cution is anxious that the young de- fendant, who alleges that she killed Nafus to avenge a wrong, be given an early trial. She has waived pre- liminary examination and has been January, it probably will be convened about the 17th, as both | Judges John C, Lowe of Minot and George H. Mocliring of Williston will be at leisure aboyt that time. w of the two judges will try the has not been determined as yet. The next regular term of court. is not scheduled to be held until next) June at feiss ‘ixed at $5,000 Parents of the girl, who is held in| the custody qf Sheriff Odin Stray at} Stanley, are endeavoring to raise bonds | in the amount of $5,000 to give their daughter her liberty until her case/ is called for trial. Judge John C. Lowe has informed the girl's counsel, | F. F. Wyckoff of Stanley, that he will be willing to grant the girl her freedom pending trial, under satis- factory bonds of $5,000. Although the girl is in the custody of Sheriff Stray, she is not confined to the Mountrail county jail. ‘ sheriff is permitting :her to remain at a Stanley hotel under his super- vision, Former Congressman Langley Is Paroled “Washington, Dees 18—()—Sohn Langley,’ former congressman from Kentucky, paroled today after serving one year of a three year sentence imposed upon him for violation of the prohibition law. Attorney General Sargent approved the parole on recommendation of the department of justice parole board. No white house ‘action is required. Langley was convicted while serv- ing in the house. The charge against him was that of conspiracy in con- nection with liquor withdrawls and he began his senténce a year ago at Atlanta federal penitentiary. He was reelected after his conviction but resigned. His wife was elected in November to serve in his place in the house. Jury Declares Roy Turner Not Guilty Roy Turner, tried in district court here yesterday on a charge of engaging in the ee traffic, was found not guilty by the jury which returned a verdict at 1:30 this afternoon after having been out all night. The case was given to the jury at 3:15 yesterday aft- ernoon, At 11:25 this morning the jury requested information on a point of law. The desired information was obtained by telephone from Judge’ J. A. Coffey, who returned to his home at Jamestown last night. At shortly after 1 o'clock the verdict was. reached. Since no other cases were ready for trial today, court was ad- journed last night until 9:30 Tues- day morning, and jurors were ex- cused until that time. Tax Sale Proceeds Total $23,730.28 The annval delinquent tax ‘eate,| Pe which was cond: in the office of County Auditor Frank Johnson early ths week, netted the county $23,730.28, according to figures tabulated by County Treasurer G. L. Spear. Practically every piece sof property offered for sale was :disposed of, except that on which there wae | ball nity eyed a pecitias uliarity of the law it Becmhich Pa demnity is not con- sidered a tax, prospective buyers of delinquent tax property would not bid on such descriptions and they were bid in for the county. The tctal of the "ale were not as large as a year ' but this is due principally to the fact that a large,amaunt of the de- the sale, Elsie Janis Will Elsie Janis, ‘Gupported by a dra- and_an orchestra, will ,hour of entertainment to ‘listeners of the Gold Medal Station, ‘WCCO, at 8 p. m. Tuesday. Elsie Jangs’ will act as the mistress of ceremonies and wiil give many of her famous “hits and bi of former years with an appropriate back- ground furnished by the popular musical id dramtic group which appears ery yok at the same hour. had an exceptionally in- teresting reer ‘which began when she was a small child and first ap- aay! spot the boards, Her first jew York appearance. ‘was in vaude- ville at the old Casino Roof, she toured with = ny small mi nd arrived « at the “The Moyden" if “The Fai Together - with La Stone, neacered & ts 0 and recently st 0p r own produc! on apn Janus and ie any o! knee mr) oe fs img near Sanish, on a! common sense was given by Attorney C.F. Kelsch in his final N. Cottingham of Stan-! the absence of premeditati OA to the district court to! cial term is called for the | | ‘Just a minute, PM get you,” Mr inquent taxes were paid prior to THIS MORNING * (Conttiued from clared that Korsvick, betere | te time he was brought up for a preliminary hearing, had never even been given a chance to telephone his father. Tho objection, w fense counsi ich stuted that the de- ‘3 remark was not ac- | cording to evidence, was sustained by Judge Lembke after the two at- torneys hod had a short verbal tilt. Concluding his plea, Langer sa A strong plea for the exe plea for the prosecution. He went on to cite the story of the shooting and to substantiate the sta rea- sons for asking a conviction in the case. in the second degree, which means | eration on the commission of the crime,” said Mr. Kelsch. “We don’t charge him with inteat to kill.” The attorney went on to Prove tl the act was dangerous and evinced a deprived mind on the part of the defendunt by retelling the | story of the carousal held at Pa- haininen’s cabin and of the part Joe! took in it, “Pahaininen had been knocked un- conscious and his rifle taken away from him in his own home, yet the defense calls this man ‘just an inno- cent boy,’” said Mr. Kelsch. Had Chance to Retreat The fact thet Joe had a chance to} retreat in safety “half a dozen time was brought out by Mr. Kelsch w 0 | stated that if the boy did not take) * advantage of these opportunities, he had no further recourse to self-de- fense under the law. “The testimony of the preliminar: hearing does not show that Arvi just before Joe fired on him, said: Kelsch said, ussing the statement | on which Korsvick’s attorneys partly | based their contention of self-de- fense. “This case calls for common sens the state's attorney declared. | “We must judge men by what they do and | say. We are not trying the past life| of Joe Korsvick.” The state’s attorney ended his plea | just after 6 o'clock and the jury was | then exeused by Judge Lembke, who | | KFYR, Bismarck || told them to “go home and get a good | ke Wea sleep.” packed courtroom attended the! final Pression, with every seat taken) ‘ and with a number of people standing | up. In spite of the fact that Mr.| Kelsch’s and Mr. Langer’s pleas were | each nearly an hour and a half long, | there was no restlessness evinced by | spectators. Bank Held Liable For Travel Checks That Are Worthless; , Affirming a decision of the Mor- ton county trict court, the su- preme court has held that the Farm- ers and Merchants State Bank of New Salem is liable for the sale of travelers’ checks which later prove to_be worthless. Henry Leach purchased travelers checks issued by the bank for a firm engaged in that business. Later the firm responsible for the checks became insolvent and Leach was un- able to cash the check: The lower court held Salem bank was mag representations made b at the time he purchased the checks. Grange to Return to Picture Work For Winter Only Beaumont, Texas, ‘Deé, 18.—() Harold (Red) Grange will return to the movies, but only for the winter, he said here today in commenting on reports intimating he might desert the gridiron to devote all his time to the silver screen. He intends to continue his tour with the New York Yankee profes- sional football team which is to end in January. He then expects to ap- pear in perhaps two pictures filmed at Hollywood. Ice Will Not Be Cut Here Until January Cutting of the supply of ice which will be used by Bismarck ple dur- ing the next year probably will not start until after the helida; 8, offi- cia&s of the Wachter Transfer com- pany, in charge of the annual har- vesting of the ice, announced today. The ice ae taken from the main channel of the Missouri and since this has but reeyaily frozen over the ice is not yet sufficiently thick to be cut, 16 inches being the thickness required. ut little of last year's supply of ice remains in the company ice house and the new harvest will be expected to last through the next year. FINDS HIMSELF Racine, Wis.—Frank Revels of listed: as killed in the Instead. he was alive mat fag lost his memory through shock, He wandered about italy for years, but recently recover- his. Maney: Now he's on his way home agai Too Late To Classify FOR RENT—A modern four _ room cohipege and garage. 522 Second FOR RENT—Two room apt., large clothes closet and. pantry, every thing furnished except gas, plenty of heat and hot wj Call 503-W. STUDEBAKER touring car in good mechanical condition for sale cheap. 600 Tenth street. Phone 596-J. WORK WANTED—An experienced girl wants steady place to do Lae work. Excellent’ cook. Cart references. Call between 7 and. 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