-Each fined $100 and given 60-day jail sentence in federal court
-Indian held in contempt
-Cell his lot for appearing intoxicated before grand jury
At two sessions of the federal grand jury yesterday all the cases awaiting its action were passed upon with remarkable promptitude. Before noon true bills had been returned against 10 of the prisoners held in county jail, they had been arraigned before Federal Judge Frank H. Rankin. Each had pleaded guilty and had been sentenced to the county jail for 60 days and to pay a fine of $100 which practically meant 90 days in jail for each.
The prisoners whose cases were disposed of were: James McKinney, W.A. Snyder, Joseph Okem, Patrick Boden, George Ham, John Egan, Joseph LaFleur, John E. Sommers, John W. Pierce and B. Sorvienski, all charged with selling liquor to Indians or introducing it on an Indian reservation.
RELEASED ON OWN RECOGNIZANCE
Percy Wilson, an old soldier, charged with introducing liquor on the Colville Reservation during the Fourth of July celebration at Inchelium, against whom a true bill was also returned, was released on his own recognizance to appear for trial at the September term.
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