Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-04-26

torney Tor William Davis. who seeks to
have the title to a part of sections %
and 33, township II, range IL, quieted
in him as against the adverse claims
of the unknown Reirs Of j. o. Briscoe.
I A prominent citizen Of Chequest re-
ported to the police this morning that
he was, robbed of SAT while down in
the Smoky Row. district last night.
The police realize they have hopeless
task to locate the perpetrator of the
deed, and doubt very much if the
story told them is entirely true.
From Wednesdays Daily. .,..@s
The plaintiff in the personal damage
case, Of Jennie Norton VS.. the City Of
.Ottumwa today filed an amendment to
her original petition in which she says
that .fhe injury to her right side,,
spine, ribs, righS hip and shoulder in
'yolved her, right kidney which was
'ble; That she was made ils! very nervous,
that her lung was involved, producing
hemorrhage from which she has suffer-
ed great bodily pain and mental an
guish. Counsel for the city resists the
amendment and says thai no mention
was made of these injuries at the time
the petition was filed and wants time
to look up the history of plaintiff and
make. an investigation into the truth
fulness of the charge. The plaintiff
resisted the motion for a continuance
and Chief Williams also filed an affida-
Wit in which he states that he has
learned this morning that the plaintiff
was injured many years ago in stage
coach accident in Michigan and sus-
tanned injuries to her back and side;
that he has had no time to investigate
the truthfulness of the report. A con-
.tinuance is desired in order that time
might be had to inquire into it. AL
commission of physicians today report
ed that they had examined the plain
tiff and found that one Of her kidneys
had been injured, which gave rise to-
the amendment. - 'f't'-s
:, In the partition case of Emma A.
Ray ct al vs.. Margaret j. McCarty etl
al, James Gee, the referee, reported,
that he had made distribution of the,
moneys that came into his hands by
reason of the sale of real es1ate,sought
to be partitioned. He says that he;
has given their distributive share in
the sum of $119.61 each to the follow
ing: Emma A.. Ray, Samuel Z. War
rem, Eli S. Warren, A. L. Warren and
William Warren, and to Margaret j.
mccarthy the sum Of .$239.23.
In Squire Billiards. court today the
preliminary examination was had of
Ray Martz, charged with burglarizing
b. Kosman's house, few weeks ago.
Kosman resides about four miles south
of town and the defendant is resi-
dent of South Ottumwa. The court
found that there was not enough evil
dence to hold Martz on and he was re-
leased.
Several creditors of w. L. Saunders,
of Bloomfield, filed petition in bank
ruptcy asking that Saunders be adj
judged bankrupt. The petition
reached Referee Lewis yesterday.
Hessie Bayne, of Agency, has filed a
petition asking that she be adjudged
bankrupt. She schedules no assets
but says that her liabilities amount to
SCOOPS. She says that her occupa-
ton now is that of a housewife for
merly merchant.
The final reports of the guardians
of Cutter Robinson and Benjamin AL
derdice were approved yesterday by
the court, and the guardians in each
case discharged, each ward having at
tained his majority.
Martin Malone, alias George d. Rand,
is under arrest in Monmouth, Illinois,
charged with raising So bills to SIS and
passing them as genuine. Chief of Po-
lice II. C. Williams received a tele-
gram yesterday from A.. B. Holiday,
chief Of police OF Monmouth, asking
for Malone's record and stating the
fact of Malone's attempt to shove the
raised bills, Malone, alias Rand, which
latter name he went by here, is the
man who was indicted here on the
charge of grand larceny and acquitted
in district court recently.
Burglars forced an entrance to
Barnes & Wells grocery store about 1
O'Clock this morning, but were fright.
ened away by the arrival of Police
man Ninemier before they had secured
anything. The tools with which they
did the work were found near the
store this morning and were taken
from Withrow's blacksmith shop, to
which building entrance was gained by
forcing rear window.
Last evening about o'clock Sig
Quincy man, whose name could not he
learned, was badly cut on he wrist
by a negro, who ATTEMPTED to hold
him up near the oil mill. The 5Sigour-
ney man went to J.. w. Wilson's drug
store on West Second street, where
DIR. E. A. Sheafe and DIR. B. F. Hyatt
Sresxed the injury. 1t recurring eight