The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-02-06
MhRTIN THRICE ARRESTED
His Wife Makes Three Complaints
Against Him but With
draws One.
julius Hopp and Mike GoblirsCh
Are Held to the Grand
Jury.

Jul
Nathaniel Martin and wife have
been CONSPICUOUS figures around the
police court during the past week.
1t appears that after The GAZETTE
went to press last week Nat. Martin
was arraigned before Justice Long
bottom of Vail township, on the charge
of adultery. This was afterwards
withdrawn and the charge of disorder
ly conduct substituted. On this
charge Martin plead guilty and was
fined $50. The woman, Victoria
French, was also found by the Vail
constable, and was fined $50 on being
found guilty of the same charge. Nat.
Martin borrowed 500 and sufficient
more money to pay the costs, OF bis
wife, handed it over to Squire Long
bottom, and with Victoria, went his
way rejoicing. On Thursday evening
last it appears that Martin went up to
where his wife was living and abused
her, stricking her mildly once or twice.
She came to town Friday morning
and swore out warrant for his arrest
on the charge of assault and battery
The warrant was not served until Sat-
urday. On that day Martin was
brought into town. Shortly after his
arrival here he got his wife's ear and
induced her to withdraw the COM
plant. The result was that no trial
was held.
On Sunday evening, it appears, Mar
tin made another assault upon his
wife. At least, on Monday she came
to town, and swore out warrant for
his arrest, informing Judge Baldwin
that all she wanted was to have Mar
tin placed under bond to keep the
peace. Martin was placed under such
bond yesterday.
Martin resides in half under
ground house. A few rods north of
him resides his aged father, who has
attempted to have his son brace up
and act manly towards his wife. 1t
appears that his efforts have been
without success. When the trouble
between Nat. and Mrs. Martin became
puplic property the elder Martin at
tempted to purchase Mats interest in
the farm, which the latter has pur-
chased on the contract plan. Nat. re-
fused to sell, however.
In the police court Tuesday and a
part of yesterday Julius Hopp and
Mike Goblirsch were on trial charged
with the alleged larceny of over 4OO
from the Mccormick Harvesting Ma
chine Co. The two men form the in
solvent firm of Julius Hopp & Co. OF
Morgan, where they have been in the
machine business and where they
have acted as agent for the Mccormick
people. It appears that they sold
machinery valued at the above amount
and pocketed the money. A warrant
was issued some time ago. County
Attorney Clague conducted the prose-
cution and w. j. Mcleod appeared
for the defense. The latter attempted
to knock out the complaint on techi-
cality yesterday morning but the
Judge denied the motion and held the
two men to the grand jury.
F. F. Fathers, who was arrested in
a dance hall at Ortonville in Novem-
ber last on the charge Of having ran
off with property on which New
Ulm party held mortgage, gave bail
for his appearance at the May term OF
the district court, last Tuesday. His
bondsmen are Fred. J. Looney and H.
G. Nelson. Fathers has been confined
in the Redwood county Jail ever since
his arrest. The grand jury failed to
indict him for some reason at the No
vember term.