The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-07-03
THE COY ETs.
Circuit Court,

;,,-,rs ;r brou yht TO an end, the jury tiiHIs
t,r the June term of the Circuit Court Will
he over BY a previous arrangement no
civil trials have been disposed Of ana IiN'
gants who have rights to be Determined ~
,vo,ve Of their peers will have to wait until
no Sar,ombcr term Of the Court. By hard
work on the part Of the bench ana oar Tue
Jackets are being cleared and in short
while cases can be taken up and disposed Of
,r;,hopt more than q terms delay after the
commencement.
During the past two weeks States Attor'
new Molouey has been busily engaged IN DIS
oborc;nc the duties Of his Office, and in the
majority of the cases tried has secured con
v;ct;ons A number Of the convicted will do
otae state some service at Joliet, and others
wil, rest through the hot days of summer in
luxurious idleness at the county bastll''
Promptly at two o'clock on Monday Court
convened and the case of
The Pe2pie Sc, .. Fritz Ton DoA,
indicted for ,the murder of John Barton at
Streator in April last, was called In the
prosecution the states Attorney was assisted
by Mr.. William II. Stead, and the defendant
W represented by Mr.. W. \. Funk ana
Wizard Gentleman. The trial in no man
per attracted attention, aud outside Of the few
witnesses who we're present from Streator, the
attendance upon it was very light Won
Doll, the defendant, j. liollander, having
been born in Amsterdam about 30 years ago
and come to this country two years ana
half since to work in the coal mines OF John
KaDcley at Streator. lie is an iuotienslve
looking man, who appears more stupid than
vicous-one who would probably be very
maudlin when filled with liquor. The de
&c ed, John Barton was a one-armed brush
saloon keeper, keeping resort out Of the
corporation limits Of Strcator Upon the
trial it was developed that Won Doll, having
received the money due him for his labor in
the mines on Thursday the 18th Of April,
went over to Barton's place, and having
p.id portion Of small account owing
Barton, proceeded in company with some
friends to spend the balance Of his money.
By one o'clock Friday morning he was in
su,h q condition that lie was as he claims,
thrown out by Barton pounded about the
head and beat and cut across the face, though
the evidence presented by him was very
weak on the point. 1t was during this scuf-
A. that the assault upon Barton was made by
the defendant. who cut him with knife on
the outside Of the left arm, between the
shoulder and elbow, the cut being about half
an inch in depth and inches in length, and
though at the time not thought to be fatal
Barton died two days after receiving il. The
,,uiant denied upon the stand all knowl-
edge of having assaulted Barton and al, knOwl
e'ye of what occurred at the saloon. After
listening for two days to the tssimony-the
time being prolonged by the examination Of
German witnesses through an interpreter,
Mr. Xwuuug, Of the HroH, the arguments
we're entered upon and Wednesday evening
the case was giyon to the jury, who retired
and after being out five hours returned a
verdict Of guilty Of manslaugher, and fixing
HE .cntencc at confinement in the pcniten.
ti,ry for ten years. Judge Blanchard Mt
once sentenced the prisoner, who, during the
whole proceeding, never once changed coun-
ienNnCe.
Tile People, &c., .. Peter Horard,
indicted for assault with intent to commit |
rape. On Thursday afternoon the trial of
p, Howard, Of Strcator, charged with at
tempting to commit rape on ANNE Edmonds,
little girl Of that city, eleven years Of age
The testimony was very brief and after ar
Enmcnts by States Attorney Moloncy for
: "eopc AMI Geo. ". w. Blake for the de-
tense, the jury retired yesterday morning
and after remaining out three hours returned
a verdict Of guilty, fixing the penalty at one
year in the renitentiary. The jury having
found Howard guilty should have sent him
for the full term. After the verdict in the
Howard case, Judge Blanchard dismissed
thr iary for the term
NEW CASES.
, Nathan Strauss V. VIM. Ca(lighan
Appeal.
Uyias Myers, adm, &c. V. Thomas ii.
"a horne. Attachment.
Claacerg Mary Jane You v Sam You
Iig,.ce. Residence, Ottawa. 1t will be re.
membered that Mrs. You married Sam, a
Chinese laundry man, in this city in 1879.
She now seeks divorce, because for the
past We years Sam has been too much ad
dietei TO the use Of opium and gambling to
support her, and, furthermore, because her
almonleyei leige lord has left the United
States and sought the delights of the GLOW
cry Kingdom, and therefore she prays to
he -2,casel from the bonds Of mltrimony and
90 lake her MAIDEN name, Mary Jane Reese.
My.oAey s Stead file the bill.
MI We'll has been this week shipping
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