Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-14
Iowa Supreme Decides For Vance,
Anderson aud Phillips,
FINDINGS HANDED DOWN WEDNESDAY
Two More Gases on Wapello County
Court Docket Against vance-oues-
iton of Cost in Anderson Case
Phillips Finally Freed.

The supreme court of Iowa weakness
day handed down three reversals in
cases that were, tried in the WapeNo
county district court, one before judge
Robert Sloan, one before Judge b. w.
Eichelberger and the third before
Judge g. W. Vermilion. The most inn
portant one is that of the state of Iowa
VS.. Mark Vance, which was tried be-
fore Judge Vermilion and which Gre
ated great deal of a sensation at the
time. DR.. Vance was tried on the
charge of lewdness and was found
guilty, but the case was appealed TO
the supreme court and the defendant
released after giving an appeal bond.
The decision of the supreme court re.
leases him entirely from the case at
hand, in which the main prosecuting
witness was little Inez Fields OF this
city. There are still two cases which
hayesnot been. tried, Captain w Il. 2.
Jaqhas and Attorney w. II. McElroy,
two sof DR.. Vance's attorneys, stated
today that though they haSe not yet
learned the grounds for reversal they
IRE of the opinion thst 1t was because
the court allowed the state to intro
duce the testimony of several little
girls not directly connected with the
case at hand, and Captain Jaques even
stated thatin his; opinion the grounds
held by sne supreme court are that the
eyiderce of the prosecution was in
sufficient to convict. The opinion is
by Judge Deener.
The Anderson Case.
il The reversal on Judge Sloans decision
has to do with the case of Walter Ander-
son, the Blakesburg youth, who is now
serving a sentence in the penitentiary at
TT. Madison for having caused the death
IT little Sylvia Angel. The case in the
main Is not affected by the reversal but
y point of law that came up In connection
With the bail bond is decided in the de-
Hiding near Batavia, was on Anderson s
bond and when the case was decided in
favor Of the state d. III. Emery, then pros
ecuting attorney, asked the court to set
aside out of the cash bail bond the amount
81 the costs, which had been assessed
against the defendant. The matter was
ESrgued at length. Captain Jaaues for the
defendant, taking the ground that the
court had not the right to appropriate the
money for this use, but Judge Sloan decid-
ed in favor Of Mr.. Emery. This reversal
annuls that decision and the county is out
about $475 The opinion was by Judge
Weaver.
4 Jack Phillips Case Reversed.
The case Of the State of Iowa VS.. Jack
Phillips, the Eldon man who was tried on
the charge of murder and was found guilty
Of manslaughter several years ago, was
yesterday reversed, after having been
through the supreme court once before and
the decision of Judge Elchelberger upheld
a re-hearing was secured and yesterday
the supreme court, through Judge Ladd
reversed the former finding. I. II. Tomlin
eon, Of Abba, formerly of Eldon,. was at
torrey for Phillips
In the Federal Court.
In the federal court at Cedar Rapids a
stipulation for dismissal of the case ot
Mortimer c. Heath of this city vs.. the
iowa Central Railway Co., has been filed
4 Mr.. Heath was haggageman on the Iowa
Central train that went into the ditch and
was wrecked near Mason City, and was
injured Mt that time. He has had dam
age case against the company pending fol
some time, and the filing of this stipula
ton indicates that the matter is settled
between the two parties.