The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
PEOPLE IN TROUBLE.
Many Offences Are Aired in Police
Courts.


Barnes, was searched for liquors but
nothing was found. Mrs. Chris Ey-
ans came before the officers about 8
o'clock and stated that she had gone
to the place to get her 1S-year-old
daughter. She says that she found
the girl at the place in an intoxicated
condition and a man was holding her
so her head was thrown back and he
was pouring beer down her throat.
She tried to rescue the girl and was
put out of the house and the place
locked against her. Constables Geo.
Andrews and AL Jones found the
place deserted when they went to
search with warrant issued by Es-
quire Stanley.
Ownership of Log.
Fred Cleland and Herbert D.Smith,
of Pleasant Grove township,met with
some trouble over which they feel
decidedly worsted The boys hauled
a huge water elm" saw log to local
saw mill and were to have it convert
ed into lumber to use about their
farms. The log, it is claimed, had
been lying on the Cleland place dur
ing the past eighteen months and
Emmett Ferree, the owner, who
caused the boys arrest, had made no
effort to take it away since it had
been brought down onto the Cleland
place by the floods. The boys thought
they had right to it as abandoned
property, and hauled it to mill. Now
comes Ferree and claims the proper
ty and causes the boys to appear be
fore Stanley Sunday. The lads did
not make effort to disclaim the for
mer ownership Of the log, which Fer
rec valued at fifteen dollars, ana
good for thousand feet of lumber,
but they did disclaim any intention
of taking that which they did not
own. They admitted their position
and having made satisfactory explain
ations were discharged with the pay
idefff OF a fine and "a t srs
action against them The boys ask
ed permission to haul the log back to
its former resting place on the Gle
were caught with the log in their
possession again they were liable to
another arrest, and they concluded
to let 1T remain at the mill. But
they fail to see the equity in the mat
ter, or the joke, whichever 1t may be.
They belive they have been punished
for a thing in which, thy were inno-
cent of intended wrong-doing and the
log remains at the mill ready to be
sawed and free OF any labor or cost
Of transportation to the owner and
complainant against them.
Fined For Fish. s.
The arrest and filming of four fisher.
men charged with removing protect
ed fish from the waters of Skunk riv-
err Is causing some little comment.
have complained OF the action of
constable and court and think that
they have been unjustly treated. Con-
stable George Andrews, who was ap-
pointed a deputy game warden some
time ago, made the arrests. He
took no action toward making trouble
for guilty parties until ne received
definite instructions from the game
warden that action against offenders
must be taken. The fine against the
defendants was made light as posi-
BILE, when the statute provides that
heavy penalty may be opposed for
each fish removed. When it is
known that a large number of fish
were caught, amounting to several
hundred pounds. that the fish were
peddled about town and markets and
sold, and that the parties said to be
implicated might have been assessed
several hundred dollars on action for
each fish, the action against them ap-
pears rather lenient than otherwise.
1t was the intention of the court to
to visit the law upon parties guilty Of
violating it. 1t is yet possible for
action to be brought that will cause
any offenders to think that the Of
tense is very expensive pastime
Held to Grand Jury.
ne CIOIullS JdhSH rum Il street
peddler Saturday morning was iden-
tilted by a lady of the city as belong
ing to her The goods together with
other personal property had been TAX
en- from her home. Action was
brought against the offender in Els
quire Kendigs court and the defend
ant was bound over to the action of
the grand jury.
The Sd U. s. Infantry in which
Carl G.. Jones, of Knoxville, is lieu
tenant, has been ordered to Panama
to look after the interests of this
country during the time the tropical
republics are having their troubles.
While the small boys play marble
en- the streets, Blakeslee Bros are
playing havoc with their advance