The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-02-13


venue by agreement from the court of
Justice o. L. V. Harper, before who Rowe
was brought, being arrested on the charge
of larceny on an Information filed by E.
E. King, OF Van Vert. King lost pocket
book containing SLIP about Jan. 18th and
it is alleged Rowe found the money ard
retained it which under the law con-
stitutes the crime of larceny. 1t seems
King suspicioned Rowe of having the
money and had him searched for conceal
ed weapons, and found a $50 bill in his
purse which it is claimed was part of the
lost money. The state was represented
by county attorney Olsen and Geo. w.
Baker represented Mr. Rowe. After
hearing the evidence Justice Harvey
bound the defendant over to appear before
the next grand jury under bonds of 500.
We give the evidence taken at the pre-
1iminary examination and until the case
is tried in the district court will refrain
from any comments.
E.E KING.
l reside at Van Vert, Iowa. Have lived
there four years next June. Am thirty.three
years old. Am carpenter and builder by oc
Walker ana John Collier. Between the morn
ing Of the nth of January lost u pocllet-book
containing SIP being IL fifty two ''twenticsn
a ten. two "fiyes'' and u two The pocket
book was a small. red one. meant for stamps,
about two and one half inches wide and four
inches long, On the morning of the 10Th was
working on the defendants house. Rowe,
Collier and Walker We're there. first discov-
cred my less on The morning of the 18th.
These men helped me hunt for the money.
We hunted between the hotel and the shop
and between the shop aud the building and
from the building back to the hotel Rowe
didn't hunt very long; the Others contin ued
the search. We hunted all day the l7th 18th,
10th and the goth until it showed. notified
the stores and bank of the loss giving them
the amounts and denominations of the bills
have seen some of this money since five
and the fifty. l got the Give in Steer s
Thompson's hardware store last Monday
evening about five O'Clock. Oscar Thompson
gave me the bill, 1T being silver certificate
No. ll53799O. Identify the bill as one l lost
by the way it is folded up the long way and
this red mark on it. The mark came from
carrying it in the red pocket book. had car
ried it at least Two months. After 1 got this
bill from Thompson / talked with Mr.. Rowe
about it and asked him to show me what
money he had. He said he didn't have any
and refused to show me. We then went to
the offiee OF Mr.. H3rper. justice of the peace
and there saw the $50 bill which he turned
over to Mr.. Harper. Iasked MIR. Harper to
search him for gun, which he did in the
presence of Mr.. Fuller and myself. He turned
his pockets out and noticed the poke, book
sticking down inside his pants. This was not
the book lost. 1t contained $50. There was
fifty, four "tives" and "ten''. The
''iifty which lost got fron the Van Vert
bank.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
The only means I have of identifying the
bii,is the way it is folded and the red mark
TWAS small red pocket book for stamps.
about four inches long and just wide enough
to go into your vest pocket. didn't get all
this money ut one time. When got the
other money unfolded this So bill and rolled
it around the other money. This was three
days before lost the money. The last l re-
member of having the money was on the NOR
ming of the 18th The evening before I had
been at my shop until $50; from 9:3D to l2
was in the hotel office, went to bed about
IL. carried the money in my pants pocket.
When went to bed put my pants under my
head. Walker. Rowe and Collier were work.
ing on the building with me. There was a
stranger there that day and talked to me.
o. L. HARPER.
Ireside at Van Vert and am Justice of the
peace for Longcreek township. 1t was in my
Office that the defendant turned over the
money to me. This was on the 4th day OF
February. The defendant turned his pockets
out, think there was nothing in them. Mr..
Fuller and MIR. King were present. 1 search
g 10 turp
ing his pockets wrong side out we found, I
think. on the right side pocket book stick
ing between two pair Of pants. MIR. King no
ticed it first and asked me 10 take the pocket
book. This refused to do without the con-
sent of Mr. Rowe. Mr.. Rowe then took the
pocket book out and threw it on the table and
opened it. He opened the side that the SIS
and 10's were in first. King asked him to
open the other side. AS Rowe was taking out
the receipts, King says. 'tdig down and get
that other BILL. The $50 bill was sticking
right against the side, There was $50 in cur.
rency in the pocket book L identify the $50
bill as the one taken from the defendant.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
There was no search warrant issued. We
were searching for gun The defendant gave
his consent and voluntarily opened the pocket
book.
f. T.. KING RECALLED.
identity the S53 bill No BT525O issued by
the Rock Island Nationa! Bank, us the one L
lost. received this bill from the Van Vert
Bank January 18th, 1909 1 looked to see if it
was % Fifty" but didn't notice the date of
issue or the bank.
J.w. COLLIER.
reside at Van Vert. Am u carpenter,
WORKING for Elmer King l am acquainted
with the defendant. On the 10th of January
was working for Mr.. King with Rowe and
Walter. On the following day helped search
for the money We went to the shop first and
Mr. King came in and told us that he had lost
sSll2. The defendant and myself were present
I've went to the house were building for
Rowe. thlnk Rowe and went together.
Cla!,e Walker came afterward. Rowe hunted
the south side awhile and then King and
tWaiker went 10 the other house to work. We
4 continued to hunt for awhile and then Rowe
said he had forgotten to leave the keys to the