Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-29
MUST SER Y E
Henry Mongoven Doomed by
Supreme Court.
MEMBER OF PASNAU GANG
Is Said to Have Taken Part in the
Trouble at Grips Barn April 11,1so1
HAS Been at Liberty on Bond
Since Trial.
Since Trial.

| According to a decision handed down
yesterday by the Iowa supreme court
sitting at Des Moines, the verdict of
| the jury in the district court case of
| the state against Charles Pasnau ct
al, affecting especially Henry Mon
goven, has been affirmed and Mon
| goven, who has been at liberty for a
year awaiting the decision of the
states highest tribunal, must now sur
render himself and serve three and
| one-half years in the penitentiary. He
is in this city, and has made no at
tempt to escape during the time he has
been out on bond. His bondsmen who
are now in a position to give him up
at any time, are Annie Chambers, John
I. Sullivan and B. F. Skinner. and
they have for the past year guaran-
teed his trustworthiness with a bail
bond of $1,000, while he walked about
as free as anyone who had no three
and one-haif years of penitentiary
looming up before him.
The. Pasnau Gang.
Thet trouble Which resulted in the
trial of Mongoven is still fresh in the
memory OF Ottulnwans. On April IL,
1901, a little more than thirteen
months ago, a crowd OF nine men. in
Gliding Charles, Robert and Fred Pas
nau, Lewis jones' Henry Mongoven
and others, are alleged to have Great
ed disturbance sat the Grips livery
barn on South Green street and as
result S. P. Strips, one OF the proprie-
tors of the establishment, and Bert
Houston. an employe. We're wounded
and both We're confined to their homes
| for some time.
Lewis Jones Tried.
| The first of the cases was not long
! in coming up in$distriet court Judge
FEE presided on the bench. and heard
1.-The testimony in the case of Lewis
Jones, who had been in the Pasnau
gang. The defense, while admitting
that the man was present at the time
of the trouble, claimed that he was in
Itoxicated and not responsible for his
actions. However, the jury looked at
| the matter differently, and so did
Judge Fee. Jones got five year SEN
tence and is now in the penitentiary
! at Ft Madison.
Moneoven Found Guilty.
Henry Mongoven was the next man
tried Practically the same evidence
was introduced in his case that was
brought out in the case against Jones,
but it appeared that Mongovcn's past
record had been better than thct of
Jones and that he had not taken so
active part in the fight at the livery
barn as had Jones. Consequently, al
though both We're found guilty on the
same charge, Judge Fee made Mon
governs sentence three and one-half
years instead of five, the time receiy-
ed by Jones.
The sentence was passed in the case
of Mongoyen on MAY Is, 1901 but he
Immediately filed notice of appeal On
[ June he filed all appeal bond in the
sum OF $1,000 signed by Annie Cham
bers, John T. Sullivan and B. Il. Skin
ner. and since that time he las been
at liberty in this city. AT the time the
| Courier goes to press he had not been
taken into custody although he doubt
less will be in a short time should
nothing take place to cause an extern
sion of time. The sentence has al
ready been passed and all that remains
is for the defendant to be taken to FIT!
! Madison.
A Model Prisoner.
A resident Of Ottumwa, who recent
ly returned from FIT. Madison where
he visited the state penitentiary said
today, in conversation with a Courier
representative that he had seen Jones
and Lewis Knapp, two of the prison,
ers sent to FIT. Madison from this city.
Both he was informed by the prison
authorities are model prisoners and
wear the uniform awarded to the first
class men Both of these men work
in the tailor department at the peni-
tertiary Knapp is TO be released in
short time. having served his full
| term for the robbery OF Fred Ding's
grocery store on June 10, 1901 the
| crime with which he was charged. 1t
will be rendered that he was shot
through the leg by Elmer Pack, who
was then on the police force, and who
called to Knapp before he shot. Lou
had heard that Pack wasn't good
shooter, so he didn't stop. but immed-
lately after the policeman's forty-four
had barkad he fell and was laid up
for some weeks On account of the in
jury.
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