Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-30

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hence no trustee was elected.
Squire Billiards. Court.
James Hopp was placed under ar
rest yesterday by Constable Camp
bell. charged with the larceny of
bicycle belonging to G. M. Monroe,
of this city. The wheel had been
missing for some time and was final
ly located, it is said, in Hopp's pos
session. The defendant will be ar.
raigned next Monday.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Four indictments were returned by
the grand jury today, one of which
was not made public. G. Giles, Frank
Noble and William Miller, the last the
alias OF young man, the son of q
prominent Ottumwa family were in
dicted on the charge of burglarizing
William Watson's saloon the night O!
July IL.
Jim Burton, colored. was indictei
on the charge OF assault with intent
to kill by shooting William Riley, a
white man, during the progress of al,
alleged drunken brawl, July u. The
affair happened down on Smoky Row.
and for a time it was thought that
Fileys injuries would result fatally.
1t is said that Riley has left town.
but doubtless can be produced when
the time comes.
John Allen was indicted on the
charge of seducing Anna Helmig, a
young woman of this city, and he to
gether with William Miller, one of the
| defendants in the first Indictment, are
out on bonds. The others are in Jail
| Matt Carroll Released.
A bent and crippled colored man is
at the county jail awaiting transporta,
| ton to the county farm where he de
sires to be taken. His name is Matt
| Carroll and he was released from the
penitentiary yesterday, where he was
sent in November 1896, on the charge
of incest, for five years. The indict
ment against him alleged that his re
| lations with his daughter were moi
of a character that would be allowed
in any community Now, Carroll is
crippled, bent and worn, and ha;
come home to end his days. His wife
has secured divorce from him, and
had remarked since his incarceration
Plead Not Guilty.
Pete Coleman, a young man about
town, who was indicted on the charge
OF robbing his foster sister of $40
was brought into court this morning
and plead not guilty. His attorney IL
l.. c. Hendershott.
Divorce Granted.
| Henry Robinson was granted a di
vorce from his wife, Estella Robin
son, yesterday, by Judge Sloan
Mitchell and Hunter were attorneys
for the plaintiff
Chancery Assignment.
This morning the court made anoth-
er chancery assignment for next week,
which follows:
Monday. +. Bier VS.. Flora Bier;
George F. Hall ct al executors, vs..
Hannah Beaver ct al.
Tuesday-Eldon Loan & Building
association VS.. H. M. Hughes ct al; A.
c. Leighton VS.. o. L. Webb; Alois
Schafer VS.. o. L. Campbell; John B.
Watts VS.. Jackson Watts.
Wednesday, Ostdiek VS.. City
of Ottumwa ct al; Amelia Hahn VS.
John Hahn.
Thursday-Jehu Young ct al VS.. Ell
len Stocker ct al; E. D. Mahon VS.. AL
| ester Thompson ct al.
| Divorce Petition Filed.
Ethel Downey by her attorney, B
| w. Scott, filed q petition in the clerk S
office today against her husband, Jo'
seph A. Downey, in which tale OF
brutality and domestic infelicity is
told. Mrs. Downey alleges that she
and her husband were married Sep
TENDER 9, 1897, in this city. That 9
few months after the nuptials he be
gan to treat her cruelty and at one
time threw piece of chair at he
which she lodged. She further al
leges that she contracted loathsom'
disease from him which endangers he,
lire and should she be compelled tt
consort with him would result in he
death. She says that he deserted he
several weeks ago and left her and thu
child, girl, to the care of her parents
where she now is with only their kind
ness between them and starvation
She asks for divorce and the custod.
CT the child.
Brady Case Still On.
The case of Wapello County VS.. Pat
rick Brady, to subject certain proper
ty to the payment of judgment, il
still on trial before Judge Sloan.
Probate.
The final report of the executor Q
administrator in the following estate
has been approved by Judge Sloa
since the beginning of the term, tn
executor or administrator discharged
and the sureties on his bond exor
Grated:
John Hieronimus, Harriet Stephe1
son, Martha Sumner, c. B. Castle
Elizabeth Devin, j. w. Lewis, Nelli
Harp, j. B. Pitcher Celia McHugh,
wv. Gilbert, Sarah A. Galland, R. I
Goodwin, Charles l.. Harlan, JOSEF
Foreman, A. A Mintonye, Frank
Cowley, M. B. Root, Rebecca P. joe
, Ign, Emma F. Hughes, Joseph J
Mutchler, l.. A. Stevens, Phillip Kei