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Show IiOTED'LlUubiill CASE' . decu;, i;i okegg:, THI2 DALLES, dr., May 25. The trial of Norman JVllliama tna charge oof rour-, derlng Alma Nesbltt near Hood River, Or., on March S, 1900, was commenced yes-' ttrday afternoon. v The case ia, probably the most peculiar In the criminal ' history', of, "the Padflo Northwest. Almost five years ago, March S, 1900, Alma Nesbltt and her mother, Mrs. U. J. Nesbltt both from Omaha. Neb., were seen to get into a rig Just at nightfall night-fall with Norman Williams at Hood Rivet Ri-vet , Or., to gof to a homestead claim, which Williams had lnduce-1 .Alma te locate lo-cate upon some weeks previously. The three disappeared In the darkness, the two women, It Is said, never again to be sen. , Octobers, 1903. Williams Was Indicted at the l-stance of the Government, in the United States District court at Portland, on a chars of forging the name of Alma Nesbltt to a homestead re'ilnquismenfto the same claim for which Ins women and Williams had startsd th ight,of March 8, liuO. ;. I . The Associated Press account of the Indictment and an allusion to the almost forgotten disappearance of the two women wo-men was brought to the attention of George Nesbltt. the son and brother, at Omana, Neb., and he came to- Oregon to search for his lost relatives. The mother and sister were not -found; 'but evidence of their having met with foyl play was discovered, abundant enough to warrant the authorities causing Williams's ar-rest ar-rest on a charge of murder. The man was arrested at Belllngham, Wash., February , and brought to-this county to answer to the charge. A Jury was secured at U:06 tonight to try the Williams caaa. - |