Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-06
Pinkertons Are Looking for the
Ottunwa Man.
SAID TO BE WANTED AS A WITNESS,
State Files Motion for Continuance
in the Richie Case on Account of
Dodd's Absence--ls Star Witness
Other Court News.
From Wednesdays daily.

:
Pinkerton detectives are looking
for Dick Dodd, and when they find
him, if they do, he will be placed I'M
der arrest and brought to Ottumwa.
II he is found outside the state of
Iowa, requisition will be asked for
his return, all because it is supposed
he has left in order to be relieved of
testifying against Samuel Richie, the
man recently captured in Baltimore.
charged with completely in the Eldon
bank robbery. Dodd was also in
dicted, as Ottumwa people we'll know,
but it was understood that a tacit
promise had been made him by the
prosecution that he would not be
placed on trial if he testified against
those who were caught. Yesterday J.
@. Mitchell, one of the attorneys for
the prosecution, filed motion ask
ing for a continuance of the case on
the grounds of the non-appearance of
Dodd, and also attached to his motion
a subpoena returned by the sheriff in
which that official said he could not
find the witness. The affidavit of A.
w. EnOch, county attorney is also at
tached and recites that Dodd is ma
terial witness in the case and was a
4
in five weeks ago when he left for
parts unknown. At this time, how
ever, the authorities were not aware
that he intended to stay away and
are not sure of it yet, altho they have
set the machinery of big detective
agency in motion to find him. The
county attorney in his affidavit fur
Their states that Dodd had told per-
sons that he intended to testify in
the case against Richie, hence the
state did not think it necessary to
file motion for a continuance on
the grounds of his being absent. Now
they cannot get into communication
with him, and the affidavit states that
the Pinkerton National Detective
agency is trying to locate him; that
when found, if found outside the state,
he will be arrested on the charge
contained in the Indictment against
him, charging him with completely
in the Eldon bank robbery and a
requisition asked of the governor.
The affidavit states that the state ex-
pected that Dodd will testify against
Richie the same as he did against
Murray, who is now So ing a term
at Ft. Madison, and lnscript of
that evidence is also attached to the
motion.
Jaques & Jaques, attorneys for
Richie, have filed motion in re-
sistance to the motion for a continu.
ance and say they are ready for trial.
They further state that Richie has
been in Jail since May and
ought to have a trial. The mo-
ton has not been argued but
will be between now and Monday, the
day on which the case is set for trial.
1t is whispered that the recent visit
OF Mrs. Richie to this city may have
had something to do with Dodd leav-
ing, either by threats or otherwise.
There are people who connect the
2 two together and say that she is
smooth enough to do this and do it in
such a way that even as nervy man
as Dodd would think twice before he
testified.
The state has worked hard to keen
Dodd in line for this trial and having
patted him on the back for so long
they will now use force and, if neces-
sary, will try him on the charge on
which he is indicted in order to force
him to testify against his alleged part
z ner in crime.