Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-14
RENO CAUGHT.
He Must Pay Costs in Criminal
Case.

Ease.
sFrcm Fridays Daily.2
Judge Sloan, in district court late
yesterday afternoon, made an order tic
the effect that F. M. Reno, who has
signed the appeal bond of So 900 in the
case of the state of Iowa vs. Walter
Anderson, will be released from his Ii
ability only when S47G has been turn
ed over to the clerk of the district
court by the defendant. Meanwhile
Anderson is in Jail and the court is
waiting for the cash to be placed in
Clerk H. w. Michael's hands before
he will release Reno from the bond in
accordance with Renos motion, he
having surrendered Anderson to Sher-
if Cremer.
While Walter Anderson, in charge
of Sheriff John Doner of Monroe coun
ty, was enroute to Ottumwa from Cali.
fornia, where he was arrested on the
charge of rape by the Monroe county
officer, his father, William Anderson
deposited as cash bail the sum of 81
500 with Clerk H. w. Michael. The
supreme court of Iowa has held that
such money, once deposited for such
a purpose, ceases on deposit to be the
property of the depositor, and has be-
come, in the eyes of the law, the prop
erty of the defendant himself and is
liable for money judgments. This is
what the holding of Judge Sloan is
T based upon.
When Anderson was found guilt,
End the costs of the case were as
sessed against him, County ATTORNEY
Emery made q motion asking that S47f
iof the $500 be turned over to the
county for the costs. Anderson's at.
torneyS asked that the whole sum be
returned to the defendant, as a new
appeal bond had been fixed. Before
Judge Sloan made a ruling on these
motions, however, Alto ~ 10 Jauues
secured z. M. Reno, who resides neal
Batavia, as bondsman Tor Anderson
and Reno filed bond in the sum OF
$4,000 few days ago.
Released and Surrendered.
When this bond was filed the defend
ant had a right, according to the law,
to the 81, 500, and the money was maid
over to Attorney Jauues by Clerk
Michael. Andersen was then released
by Sheriff Cremer from jail on the
bond signed by Reno. However he
was out Of jail only few hours and
soon after the money was obtained by
his attorneys he returned to the Jail
and was surrendered by Reno
Here is where County Attorney En-.
cry got on" He figured that the
whole proceeding was simply to get
| the money which had been deposited
1 by the father of young Anderson and
Iavoid paying the costs of the case. and
SO stated his case to Judge Sloan, ask
| ing that the defendants attorneys be
required to return S476, the costs in
| the case, to the clerk of the court be
fore the bondsmen should be released
| Yesterday Judge Sloan took the
matter up and heard Attorney Jaques
argument in his own favor Withou
waiting to hear the argument of the
county attorney the court made the
order calling upon the defense to re
turn to the clerk S476 before the bond
of Reno shall be released.
May Be Imprisoned Soon.
Anderson is still in Jail in this cay
but it is thought probable in court cir
cles that in short time he will be
ordered to Fit Madison by Judge
Sloan and will then begin the service
of his sixteen years sentence in the
state penitentiary for the crime OF
rape, on which charge he was tried
and convicted a short time ago.