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Show ROMANCEAND REALTY The Bouillard Sisters File Suit Against a Well-Known Real Estate Broker. HE.DEOPPED HIS NEMESIS. And Draws One Year in the. Penitentiary Aotor Lindsay Sues for .. Danwges. John Jacli, of Tooele county, stood up before Judge Andorson this morning morn-ing lar sentence for shooting a rival sheep herder some three months ago, Jacli was the name he gave, lie was herding his Hock when a rival shepherd made his appearance on the ground. There had been several interviews when Jacli resorted to Winchester and despatched a bullet that tore through the rival's arm. This morning the case was called for trial. The accused withdrew his original plea of not guilty and entered one of guilty. Appreciating Ap-preciating the distilled illiteracy of 11)0 prisoner anil taking into consideration the fact that he has been on Lhn sick list in the penitentiary. Judge Anderson Ander-son imposed the lightest penally under the law ond gave him one year in the penitentiary. Sh Invested III Lots. . Maria Ilouillard and Leonin Bortillard vs. J. W. Haiuin is the title of a document docu-ment that landed id Clerk McMillan's office this morning. The complaint Sk ts up that in St. Paul, in August, 18S), th. plaintiffs made the acquaintance ot llamm and association. Tho sisters, who are now exhibiting the wax figures nt Wonderland had accumulated about '.'000 in ca.sh, and wanted a "judicious "judi-cious investment. " Hamm was consulted. They purchased live lots for which " they paid $2000. This, the complainant sets up, was on the assurance that in two years the investment in-vestment would double itself. The earnings, however, never came and the lots disappeared under tho sheriff's merciless hammer. Hamm, it is alleged, alleg-ed, made an ostensible sale of the lots to one C. 11. Grundy at UUOOO. Ou tho same day another sale was recorded and tho lots were transferred to the Pouillard sisters for $'.'000 spot cash. It was represented by Hamm that they were free of encumbrances. When asked for the abstract, it is alleged, the defendant informed his clients that it was customary for the broker to hold that instrument in anticipation an-ticipation of quick sale3rj'and large profit. On Jan.. U. 1WI0, the shuritl of Dakota county, Minn., went ou to the lots that were six miles out from the haunts of fashionable society and they were knocked oil' to the highest high-est bidder to satisfy a mortgage which the complaint says Hamm himself had slapped on them. Since that time the Misses P.ouillard have been trailing the broker whom they have overtaken in .ion. Auks for Dnmagoa. The case of Actor Lindsay against the Western L'nion Telegraph company was called this morning and passed to a later hour. Mr. Lindsay is the tragedian trage-dian who interprets such difficult roles as Ingomar, the llarbarian, and was recently seen at the theater in this city. Some months ago he entered into telegraphic tele-graphic con municnion with the management man-agement of .ho Helena opera house and quoted figures tor an engagement. In the transmission of the message a figure is said to have been lost. In the loss of the figure Mr. Lindsay alleges that he sustained a loss of several hundred hun-dred dollars, aud tho actiou is to recover re-cover this. Probata Court; The business this morning was as follows: Estate of Win. L. Morris, deceased; case continued to May 5 at request of attorney. Instate of F.inma Lettice Carlisle, deceased; de-ceased; commissioners appointed as prayed for. Judge liartch will deliver bis decision in the Kramer will caso tomorrow morning. Court Not... Judge Powers is still in California, whither he went to seek the elixer of that atmosphere. Time in which to file tho bill of exceptions ex-ceptions on a motion for appeal in the Diamond case has been evtended to May 10. Assistant United States Attorney John M. Zane is still suffering fiom rheumatism although he manages to make his regular appearance before the bar. Charles I. eland the convict who made his escape some time ago was apprehended appre-hended in Portland and brought back to the city by Deputy United States Marshal Doyle. Charles L. Hlazer will remain in confinement con-finement until tho grand jury has again inquired into his ollense and returned a new indictment. A fatal Haw in the origiual necessitated this- Court Stenographer Mcflurrin who has been sojourning in California that he might rid himself of pulmonary annoyances, an-noyances, is reported somewhat im- j proved although still unable to renew I his professional tasks. I The trial of Donald MeFheroon, j charged with the mrrder of Luther C. I Palmer in March last was iicgun yesterday yes-terday before Judge Rlackburn. John M. Zane appeared for the prosecution and Judge Sutherland for the accused. The grand jury that reconvenes on May 2.1th will take the case of the people peo-ple aeaiust Alder, the sneak thief, under un-der consideration. The I'nitcd States attorney regards it as an oll'ens that should appeal to that body for reproof, notwithstanding that it has been passed upon by the lower courts. |