Murder Victim: H.C. Mead

Grand jury called 1892, Mead murdered 1882, last previous grand jury in county 1872

Grand Jury: H.J. Teed, Hon. S.A. Phillips, Ole Hermanson, C.O. Hellestad (Hellestead), F. Thorson,

L.F. Shoemaker, Hans Benlick, J.M. Ware, John McFall, , Jas. Stanfield, A.S. McDonald

A.P. Davis, John A. Stewart, A.W. Jillson, Grat (G.A.) Murray, H.M. Darling, H.J. Perkins.

Grand Jury Deputy Sheriffs: Fred Parish, Dell Stafford

Ordered Grand Jury: Judge Webb

County Clerk: Hatch

Prosecution: District Attorney: Guernsey

Assisting: J.V. Quarles, Silas Bullard

Counsel for defense: Sanborn

Sheriff: Ed. O. Williams

Deputy Sheriff: Andrew Williams

Charged with murder: Sam Stout

Tab Pryor

Ed. Bronson

Charged with being accessory after the fact: Alf J. Poll

David Holmes

Alfred R. Lea

Rodney Chesley

Clarence "Kenny" Sherman

Listed bondsmen: Charles Churchill, J.H. Woodnorth, H.J. Stetson, C.J. Shearer, Page Knight,

H.W. Williams, D.C. Ware, Will Ware, W. Rutherford, Richard Lea, Frank Whipple, H.M. Lea,

C.R. Hoffmann, R.N. Roberts, Sam T. Oborn, A.G. Nelson, W.G. Packard. E.H. Palmer,

C. Larson, A.G. Nelson, W. Scott, E.B. Jeffers, Frank Stout, F. Brown, Will Pipe, W.O. Ware,

E.C. Ware, J. Nelson

Lea’s sureties: Richard Lea, Judge Winfield Scott

Poll’s sureties: Charles Churchill, A.M. Penney

Holmes’ sureties: J.H. Woodnorth, Oliver Brown, George Hanson, Fred Brown

Bronson’s sureties: Richard Lea, A.G. Nelson, C.J. Shearer

Stout’s sureties: R.N. Roberts, Will Rutherford, Frank Stout

Chesley’s sureties: J.A. Chesley, Ira Spencer, F.G. Barnum

Pryor’s sureties: Hans Olfson, Milo Clark, Charles Churchill, Page Knight

 

Persons or groups referred to in newspapers:

Barnum, Fred Gordon, Edsil E. Murray, Grat. A. Sherman, Kenny

Bronson, Ed Ham, Ad. Newsom, George Smith, A.D.

Bronson, Gus Herman, William Ogden, Judge Spencer, Ira

Chesley, Andrew Holmes, David Penney, A.M. Starks, Tim

Chesley, Gus Lea, Alfred R. Pinkerton detectives Stout, Sam

Chesley, Jas. A. Lord, Winthrop Poll, Alf. Vandercar, Alfred

Chesley, Rodney Manchester, Dr. Pryor, Tab Vosburg, Frank

Claussen, Nels Meiklejohn Raber, George Ware, D.C.

Collier, James Miller, N.C. Reed, Joe Williams, Andrew

Conroy, Lou Mooney & Boland Rutherford Williams, W.C.

 

WITNESSES

Balch, A.V. Guyant, Bert Murray, G.A. Weatherby, B.A.

Barnes, Abel Hanson, Mary McDonald, A.S. Whipple, Frank

Burbank, R.S. Hatch, J.M Stout, Frank Williams, Andrew

Chesley, Mark Hudson, C. Ripley Stout, Sam Williams, Ed.

Crane, W.W. Hudson, Joe Suhs, H.H.

Guernsey, F.M. Jensen, Nels Van Epps, James

 

STATE’S CASE

Goldberg, A.M. Gordon, Edsil E. Hatch, J.M. Williams, Andrew Williams, Ed

 

REBUTTAL

Guernsey, Penney, A.M.