The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-05-15
Bauer .. Kendig ct al.-Iyuaction.

On Saturday morning Judge Blanchard
took up the injunction proceeding of WIN
Bauer against J F. Kendig ct al, commenced
on Friday by his attorneys, Messrs. Bull
Strawn & Ruger, to enjoin defendants from
running their steam printing engine in the
room in Cameron's block above Baucrs sa-
loon. The ground Of the complaint was that
the leakage of water from the engine was
such az TO ruin the ceiling of the rooms be
low Affidavis were presented TO sustain
the motion made, by Vim, Bauer, John +.
Reed, L. +. Bull and others, and counter
affidavts by j. +. Kendig, Lester A. Rose,
John W. Taylor and others. After listening
to arguments by f. F. Bull and Messrs. Rich
olson and Gentleman, the Court took the
matter under advsement and. on Tuesday
morning rendered an opinion the force of
which was to allow the motion to stand un-
decided until it was determined whether the
dripping of water complained of would not
he stopped by defendants
BY an arrangement made between Judge
Blanchard and States Attorney Mooney, at
the opening of the March term, it was de-
termined that as much of the civil
business Of the court should be dis
posed Of before taking up the criminal
calendar as possible, and with this under
standing nothing was done with criminal
cases until Monday afternoon, when the
states attorney appeared in court with his
cases arranged for trial, the calendar pre-
pared by him showing the first case to be
taken up to be that Of The People
Uram Sears, for murder, and the last, No.
46 TIE People v Ed,odrd \ idnn0gdn for at
tempt to murder. But three of the cases on
the calendar are on indictments found by the
last grand jury. The balance date back
from six months to four years having been
through such period continued from term TO
term The first case called was that of
Tito People, &c., Hiram Sedrs.-.Nyder.
The facts in the Sears case have heretofore
appeared in the FREE TRADER, but for the
benefit of some who have not read them they
will be briefly restated. The murder was
committed on Saturday, February goth, at
the home Of Hiram Sears, .r,, at Troy Grove,
by Hiram Sears, sr, man aged eighty-tour
years, who assaulted his wife, n woman of
sixty.fvc, with a saw at about four o clock
in the afternoon, cutting her in such man.
ncr as to cause her death three hours later,
Sears was the same evening arrested and
on Monday brought to the county jail, where
oner was arraigned for trial, Immediately
after the finding of the indictment against
him, Henry Mayo was assigned as his coun-
sell and AZ such appeared for him at the trial
which commenced Monday at = o'clock p. NJ,
4 jury was impaneled during the after.
noon, and on Tuesday morning the states
attorney made his opening statement, fol
lowed by defendants counsel, Mr. Mayo
who set up rs the ground Of defense insanity
Bur three witnesses were callcd-Drs Dyer
and Hathaway, of this city, and DR.. Everett
Of Troy Grove, all Of whom sworc that sears
was insane now and must have been at the
time the murder was committed 1t was
learned from Dr. Everett that on three diff
crent occasions prior to the numbering of his
wife, Sears had consulted him, complaining
Of pain in the pit Of his stomach which h,
said arose from the witchcraft practiced up
on him by his wife who had been bewitche,
10y priest and by resident Of Troy Grow
by the name of Moloney. Two Of such con
situations were held in the afternoon and on
AT two o'clock in the morning After Ia
physicians were examined the case was give
10 the jury without argument, and they a
once returned verdict that defendant wa
insane at the time the murder was committe
aud was still insane. Sears was remande
to the care Of the sheriff. lie will be take
10 kankskee in short while. lie is
broken down, ignorant old man, who has bC
come insane upon religious matters, incurt
bly, so, and the few remaining years of hi
life will PROBABLY be spent in an insane asl
lnm.
Immediately on the reconvening Of III
court after the noon adjournment, the trii
Of the case of The People v anton Rossak ".
entered upon.
The Ptopie. &C., Anton Rossak .-Aaenpt
Commit Murder.
A jury was obtained in the case with Ii
tie or no difficulty, and the opening stat
ments made by counse. for the people al
for the defense. The cause OF complaint,
told from the witness stOni by the complain
ing witness. Thomas Cassidy, who keeps
livery stsble at La Sale, was that on SUI