Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-29
MURDER IS CHARGED
Colored Man Must Stand Trial for
That Offense.
GRAND JURY INDICTS ]. BRADSHAW
Four Other True Bills Found Among
Them Being That of Lewis Knapp
Charged With BursIary-other Bus
mess in District Court.

mess in District Court.
The grand jury today made another
report, returning five indictments and
ignoring the charge against two men.
After making it's report the grand jury
retired to it's room and again began
taking testimony. The jury will not
be in session tomorrow, but will make
the regular visit to the county farm.
1t will return tomorrow evening and
the present intention is for it to be
in session Saturday. County Attor-
ney Emery hopes to get all business
before that body completed early next
week, when it is probable that the
grand jury will be discharged for the
term.
John Bradshaw Indicted.
The most important Indictment re-
turned today was that against John
Bradshaw, the South Side colored man
whom it is alleged struck the blow
that killed young Court Musgrove in
front of Hendricks saloon on South
Market street about midnight, June
IL. He is indicted on the charge Of
murder in the second degree. Judge
Sloan today fixed his bail at $4,000
The negro is in jail
Lewis Knapp Charged With Burglary.
An Indictment was returned against
Lewis Knapp charing him with burg
larry. Knapp is charged with having
entered the store of j. F. Dings on the
night of July Is and stealing some
bacon and other articles. He was
discovered by Officer Pack with the
alleged stolen goods in his possession,
and on his refusal to halt when order
ed to do so, the officer shot him in the
foot. He was laid up in the hospital
for some time, but was later removed
to Jail where he now is. His bond
was fixed at $1,000.
A Serious Charge.
Fred Pryor was indicted on the
charge Of assault with intent to muir
der Harry Booth. Booth is a Burling.
ton brakeman and Pryor, in company
with two confederates, is charged with
having attacked him at Shocks sid
ing, and fractured his skull with a
piece of ballast. Pryor is out on bond
| furnished at the time of his prelimin,
airy hearing. Judge Sloan fixed his
new bond at $1,000
Ernest Jones Caught.
| An indictment was returned against
Ernest Jones on the charge of rob
berry. He is charged with having held
up Barney Kruger July 20, and rob
bing him of sum of money. His
bonds were fixed at $1,000 and he is
also in jail. aa
Man and Woman Indicted.
Rose Kelly, colored, and H. E. Mot
to, white, were indicted on charge
of robbery They are charged with
having robbed Louis McAvoy, Davis
county farmer, August 6, while the
latter was seeing the sights of Smoky
Row. Their bonds were fixed at 81,
500 each and in default of which they
are confined in the county Jail.
Evidence all In.
The evidence in the long drawn out
| Perkins-Ward case was all in wher
the noon recess was taken today
and the arguments began when courI
convened this afternoon. The case
is expected to be finished in a shor
time.
Gets Divorce.
Judge Sloan today granted Rem;
Phillips a divorce from Isaac Phillips
on the grounds of cruel and inhuma1
treatment. The parties are from
Eldon.
Fixed Up Their Troubles.
An order was entered today in tn,
case of Alice Wilder VS.. William Wild
er in which the plaintiff wanted a di
vorce from the defendant The orde
says the case was settled and dismiss
ed in vacation.
Allen and Stoddard Dismissed.
i The grand jury today dismissed tn,
charge against William Allen and viii
liam Stoddard, who were charged witt
forgery. The men who had been con
fined in the county Jail were immedi
ately ordered released by the court.
Married Life Failure.
Frank E. Schamp, through his al
torney, B. w. Scott. today filed pet
ton for divorce from his wife, Ann
NJ. Schamp, who he alleges, treate
him in cruel and inhuman manner
and that she associated with wome
of the town, and that two years ag
she deserted him, and went to Daver
port where she has since been Twin
with another man. He says the
we're married in Burlington in June
1897.
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