Emery County Progress | 1905-04-15 | Page 2 | Senator Mitchell Arraigned

benator aged oregon an pleads not guilty M three ind cements judge s court at port land ore was crowded tuesday when the time arrived for senator john H mitchell to plead to the four indictments found against him by the late federal grand jury in a plea in abatement senator mitchel challenges the act of the late federal grand jury by charging sped finally that jurors W robertson and carl phelps the original foreman and secretary respectively had been legally excused for the term pending the investigations that jurors frank Q buffum and george feebler had been sworn in some time after the grand jury had been empanelled that juror george gustin was not a citizen 0 the united states that jurors araut bolter and joseph essner were not taxpayers as required by law and that district attorney heney was dis d in many ways besides being poeju 1 ced alfred S bennett of the dalles aa attorney tor senator mitch ell announced that there was a ques alon of n oral turpitude involved in the case wl rein senator mitchell is ac aused of accepting 2000 from S A D puter and therefore he would waive all legal and be ready to proceed to trial without lay upon the issues at stake judge bennett entered a plea of not guilty for the senator in three of the cases against him two for conspiracy under section of the revised stat ates and one under section 1782 for accepting money while holding the po of united senator to ex title before the land ment