Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-06
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
j. D. Ferree Charged With Obtain
ing Money By False Pretenses.
GIVES BOND FOR $500 TO-DAY
Three Indictments Were Found Against
Former Secretary of Loan and Build
ing Associations in October and
Warrants Were Served Today.
From Mondays Daily,

From Mondays Daily.
After having been away from Ottum-
wa for several months, and after his af-
fairs had been investigated to the ex-
tent that three indictments had been
found against him on the charges of
obtaining money under false pretenses.
J. D. Ferree, formerly prominent
in business circles here as secretary
of the Ottumwa and other loan land
building associations, returned to this
city last night, and this morning while
Sheriff ]. H. Cremer was serving a
warrant Of arrest upon him, w. H. G.
Jaques. Mr.. Ferree's attorney, was at
the court house filing a bail bond in the
sum of $4,000. The bond is signed by
w. E. Jones of this city.
Indictments Found in October.
The finding of the Ferree indict-
ments was part of the first work of the
grand jury during the October term
of the Wapello county district court
The fact that they had been found was
known to only the court officials and
negotiations were at once COM
menced to secure requisition papers
These papers arrived in Ottumwa
only today, having been delayed by the
illness and death of the wife of Gov
Dockery of Missouri.
Returns to ottumwa.
The papers had hardly reached this
city, however, when Sheriff Cremer
learned that Mr.. Ferree was in Ottum.
wa. He proceeded at once to the Office
of Jaques & Jaques, where he found
Mr.. Ferree and read the warrant for
his arrest, but the news of the indict-
ments had beaten the sheriff to Mr.
Ferree's presence, and even while the
officer was doing his work, Clerk H
w. Michael. at the court house was re.
cording the bail bond which was fur.
nished by Captain Jacques.
The Charges.
There are three indictments. The
charge on each is that of obtaining
money under false pretenses. 1t is al
legged that Mr.. Ferree defrauded Geo.
A. Miller of this city, a brother of
Chris Miller, who is engaged in the
hardware business here, of money to
Tie amount of $4,000. 1t is charged by
Mr.. Miller that on January 4, 1901, he
loaned to Mr.. Ferree this amount in
cash for the Ottumwa Loan and Build
ing Association, taking that institu-
tons note for the amount for one
year. He claims that Mr.. Ferree told
him the association was as good as a
bank and that he would get his money
promptly at the end of the year. He
alleges, further, however, that at the
time of telling him this Mr.. Ferree
knew that the company was insolvent
and could not pay the obligation, and
says that although the note is now two
years old he has never received any
of the money to which it is supposed
to entitle him. The bond required in
this case is $1,000.
Two Mortgages.
The second indictment charges Mr.
Ferree with the same crime and al
leges that onSept "a, 1900, he Undue.
ed Henry Adcoek OF Ottumwa, to pur
chase lot 26 in Robinson's first addi-
ton to the city of Ottumwa, and to
pay off a mortgage on that lot fol
$780,. telling him that this mortgage
which was held by the Ottumwa
Loan. Building G Savings association
was the only lien against the property
and that after the payment of the
money, $S40, the title was clear.
MI. Adcock claims, however, that