Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-28
Jury in steck-Pope Dog Case Re-
turn Verdict.
BERT RANDALL WAS NOT INDICTED
Jury Secured I'm District Court In the
Case of Equitable Loan Co. vs. FL
deity deposit Co., suit
ON Bond.
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Dash was worth $75 said the jury In
the Steck-Pope dog case last evening,
which has been on trial in the district
court for several days. This morning
the defendant filed motion for a
new trial, which if not granted will re-
suit in the case going to the supreme
court to determine whether or not the
ruling of this court on the ordinance
is correct. The case has been fought
very hard by both parties and present
indications are that the great tribunal
at Des Moines will be resorted to.
The plaintiff has filed a motion for
new trial in the case of the American.
Electric Fuse company VS.. the Ottum-
wa Telephone company, suit on ac-
count which was tried to the court last
week and decided in favor Of the de-
I PENDANT. !.
A jury was empaneled this morning
in the case of the Equitable Loan com
pany, of Ottumwa, VS.. the Fidelity and
Deposit company, and Philips, Ryan
& Ryan, of Des Moines, and e. E. Nc
\ Elroy, of this city; are attorneys for
! the defendant, and Work & Lewis and
McNett & Tisdale are for plaintiff.
The opening statement made to the
Jury this morning in the case, present
I'd the plaintiffs cause of action and it
shows, among other things, that Miss
Grace Israel, the local treasurer at Des
Moines for the Equitable Loan com
pany, the plaintiff, is defaulter, but
for what amount could not be learned.
The defendant, the Fidelity and Deposit
company, claims that the plaintiff had
y allowed the local treasurer to perform
acts not specified in her bond, and on
which the defendant is surety, and that
1T is not liable. 1t seems that Miss Is
sraeps father, II. M. Israel, Of Des
Moines, entered into the contract with
the plaintiff to solicit business for
them and was to receive per cent or
salary for his services. The plaintiff,
SO it is said, became dissatisfied and
wanted to avoid the contract, but Mr..
Israel objected. He continued working
for the plaintiff and it is claimed that
Miss Israel now holds in her hands
the money due her father for his ser
vices. The plaintiff says she is a de.
faulter and is suing her bondsmep,, to
recover the amount, which, it is claim.
ed, is being wrongfully withheld. Miss
Israel claims she is not concerned in
4 any wrong doing, but simply is holding
the amount due her father.
n Bert Randall, the man who shot and
1t is thought fatally injured George
Howard last Sunday evening, is free
man for the time being. The grand
jury last evening returned into court
the minutes of the evidence taken be.
fore them and ignored the charge but
should Howard die Randall may yet be
indicted on the charge of murder and
10, ~ 49, -
Z ton Of the grand jury will not oper.
ate as an acquittal. The defense, It is
said, is SO sure of an acquittal that
& they are willing that Randall should
be indicted to the end that he may be
declared innocent by a jury and thus
stop any action by any subsequent
grand jury.
The charge against Henry Myers
charged with the crime of rape com,
+ mitted upon the person of Belle Car
4 yer, of Agency, as the minutes of the
evidence before Esquire Humber,
show, was ignored by the grand jury
The balance of the trial jury not en-
gagged on the case now being tried ii
district court, were discharged today BY
Judge Eichelberger until Dec. 4. Tht
grand jury also adjourned, having fin
ished their labors for this term.
Police Court.
The eyes this morning Ia polio,
court were black instead OF blue, al
is usually the case, but it is not to b,
inferred that the color was du,
ito punishment. Out of the eight mel
before the bar of justice, but tire,
possessed blue eyes, and the statistic
ian's calculations were consequently
little out of gear. John Mccormick
was blue-eyed, however, and he sat ii
court this morning with his head ties
up in cotton and his fingers cut, hi
appearance indicating that something
had happened. Last evening abou
1880 Mccormick, who lives nine mile
northeast OF the city, came into the po
lice station, it is said, ia an intoxicated
condition and wanted the police t,
find his team, which he said was no
in the place he had left it. He went GU