Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-13
FORCER GOES Up FOR A YEAR
II, A, Grantz Sentenced for Securing Fifty
Dollars in that Manner.
GROWS OUT or A PRoTRACTEO DRUNK
Mikes n Heroic Effort to Remain
sober, but Domestic In-cIicity
Finally Drives Him to ObiiNion
I'm the Cup that Cheers.

II. 4. Grantz was sentenced to years
imprisonment in the Fort Madison peni-
tentiary and to pay a $50 fine by Judge
Macy yesterday in the district court.
Grantz, while on a~spree during the sum
mer, forged receipt on lumber firm in
Nicola and secured about $50 from Mrs. VIII
lis Downs for whom he was building a
house. lie was indicted on this charge and
for obtaining money under false pretenses.
on the forgery charge he was sentenced
and the other was dismissed by the state.
a petition signed by nearly every resident
/ OF Nicola was presented to the court, ask
| ing for ClemcnCy In the case. II was set
out that Grantz had made heroic effort to
overcome the drink habit and had succeeds
| In doing so for several years until his fam
lily troubles again drove him to the old
habits Since Grantz was arrested w. C.
Hafcr has been indicted on the charge of
undue intimacy with his wife This ap-
preaching disgrace is given as reason for
Grant, getting on the spree that resulted
In sending him to the peniteutiary for
year yesterday. Sherin Morgan left with
his prisoner last evening for Fort Madison
Fred Duncan. charged with seduction was
to have been tried in the district court yes
terday afternoon. but his attorneys man
aged to get a continuance. Considerable
| interest was manifested I'm the outcome and
the court room was well filled. The at
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number OF witnesses from out OF town.
Judge Macy overruled their motion for
continuance, bat later, with the consent Of
Prosecuting Attorney Saunders. let the
case 20 over
William Ringer charged with stealing
bundle OF hides from the Union Pacific
freight depot, pleaded guilty yesterday. The
| hldes were the property OF Mcdonald &
Co of this city. His time for sentence
was fixed for tomorrow
The case against John Jonescheit and
julius Craft for cutting timber on the land
belonging to James Coyle below Lake
Manawa, was dismissed II was shown that
one OF the Coyles had given the men per
mission TO help themselves to the timber.
The case against w NJ. Gayhart of Under
wood, charged with uttering a forged re-
ccipt was continued.
Judge Macy continued a number of law
cases yesterday. They were as follows
Town Of Lake Manawa against Lake Man
ava Railroad company, b. w. Williams
against John T. Hazen, Lininger-
Mctcalf company against Herman
Huelsdonk and others. Lavina NJ
Park against Masonic Benevolent Loan as
soclation, c. b. Boatwright against George
W. Schicketanz, Anheuser- Busch Brewing
company against j. J. Grove.
The case Of Il. Reinhart against John
OConnor was dismissed by the plaintiff
at his costs without prejudice.
In the guardianship Of Adolph and John
Jesse Busse an order was entered to sell
tho undivided interest in two-thirds of the
real estate OF the estate of John Busse
deceased. The property consists of l7G
acres in Keg Creek township. Rasmus
Campbell. w. u. Weke and Detlef Miller
were appointed appraisers.
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