The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-11-17
The Regular November Term
of the District Court Be
gins its Session.
HOLD-UPS GETTING COMMON
Two More Reports are Re-
ceived Of What Looks
Like Awkward Foot
pads Work.

Judge l.. StlllWell came up from
Erie Monday morning and called the
district court OF Allen county to order
at o'clock. He was the recipient
both on the street and 10 the court
room of many expressions of c0ngrat-
ulation on his successful campaign.
The forenoon, as usual was spent in
setting the time of hearing for the
various cases and the real business
was not taken up until the afternoon.
Henry Miller, the boy who stole the
team and buggy from Smock Bros,
of Moran and was captured near Bur
lington, was uncertain when brought
into court whether or not to plead
guilty or stand trial and the court APP.
pointed John Goshorn to look after
his case. Miller after consulting his
lawyer pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced to the Hutchinson reform
school for an indefinite period.
The following cases were taken up
and dismissed: State W. Geo. f.
Richeson, contempt; State vs ID. Wit
itch, Indictment; State VS. Jack Fer.
guson, alias warrant issued, he hav-
ing broken jail; State VS. J. Weiss,
rape, defendant went crazy; II. o.
Dieuis va w. ID. Saphar, appeal, set
tied. costs paid; &. II. Flake vs Lewis
Logan, appeal, settled and costs paid;
ID a
at plaintiffs costs; State Mortgage
Co. vs j. d. Moore, foreclosure, set
tied; f.. w. Krutsch vs II. +. Strick-
land, dismissed and costs paid Eta
Reynolds vs. Ambrose Reynolds, di-
vorce, settled and costs paid; j. NJ.
Spawr vs. NJ. l.. Daniels, suit on note,
stricken from docket; w. :. Green
Eek. vs George Hoile, confirmation,
settled.
Tuesday afternoon Jas. White
the young man who robbed the bar
Der shop of Gillihsn d DePuy last
summer, was brought to trial. AT
first he pleaded not guilty and jury
was impsnelled. When White saw
the jury his courage fled and he beg
ged and was accorded the privilege
of pleading guilty. He did. He was
sentenced to the penitentiary at hard
labor for period of one year.
"wednesday the State vs Lutte
like for selling liquor was called
like was permitted to file an amend
ed information and then pleaded
guilty and was fined 500 and costs,
he to stand committed to the county
Jail until both were paid.
Nesta f.. Cotter was granted di-
vorce from her husband, Edw ,rd T..
Cotter, and the custody of their one
child
The Des Moines Insurance Co. was
given judgment against NJ. Miller
in the sum of S54.l0, being claim for
damages.
A. M. Thornton was given judg.
ment against w. Nash ct al in the
sum of $l06l SO.
Addie Hart was granted divorce
from John Hart.
The district court was occupied
Thursday with the trial of VIM King
charged with picking pockets on the
occasion of Funston's reception in
lola. King was bound over by JUS
tice Gard to the district court. The
principal witness against him is VIM
Mangen, farmer living out in Elm
township. Mangen IS renter and
the day of the reception he went to
Humboldt, drew $500 from the bank
and paid out about $3.50 of 1t for bills
that he owed. With the other $40 he
came to lola and while in the crowd
at the Santa Fe depot claims his
pocket book, containing the money
was extracted from his pocket. He
saw the crowd of subjects arraigned
IN police court and claims he recog
niZed King as man he saw Just be-
court when MaDgeu identified King
the latter walked right up to him anc
looking him straight in the eye de
manded If he was sure and severa
witnesses will testify for the defense
that Mangen said ne did not Temem
Der him. The claim will also bC
made that the reason Mangen pickeC
on King was because when the latte
was searched about $50 was found OF
him, while the other prisoners wer,
lees richly endowed. King lis 9Th,
man whom Dan Brewer took at thu
evening Missouri Pacific freight jus
az it was pulling ont. King refused
to accompany him and Brewer strucl
him over the head in order to hurr,
his surrender. the train being i'm mo
ton when they alighted. A sister o
Kings is here from Kansas City anC