Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-12
Sixty Cases Docketed For No.
vember Term of Franklin
County District Court
T. r. elLcHRlsT FOR MURDER
II is Predicted That He Will Never be
Found Guilty - Franklin County
Has Unique Record, No Man Ever
Having Been Convicted of Murder in
Its Courts = Other Cases. N
necial TO Times-Republican.

| tant legal matters. In the calendar just
issued by County Clerk McCrellis are
found sixty cases docketed, the larger
part Of which will come up for settle-
ment at this term. Undoubtedly the
most important case will be that Of
| the state of Iowa VS.. Truman j. Gill
christ for murder in the first degree.
| Since no attempt has been made to
prove Gilchrist insane and his actions
have for the past ten days been as
rational as anyone, it is expected by
| many that he will have q difficult thing
Of proving his insanity to the jury and
freeing himself from the charge Of
murder. Old timers say that he will
never be found guilty as it cannot be
done in Franklin county. No man was
ever convicted OF murder from this
county, altho there have been several
trials In which conviction could have
been had and no surprise would have
been expressed by the public generally
Gilchrist is still in the county Jail and
says little or nothing about the act
and what prompted him to do it.
| The state against John and Mary
| Cunningham is brought for their
threatening to shoot j. M. Snyder of
Hampton. He went to the farm where
they reside and they told him II he
came back they would shoot him. Sny-
der had them arrested and they will
be tried at this term of the court.
The case of Amends against Stack
house which was tried in the justice
court and resulted in a verdict against
Stackhouse will be tried at this term.
Stackhouse was the man who went
over to the Amends home, and pounded
Amends over the head with a club. He
was arrested for assault with attempt
to commit great bodily injury, was
bound over by Justice Coldren. On
the preliminary herring Stackhouse
was willing to enter a plea of guilty to
simple assault but not as to the re-
mainder of the charge.
| or the civil cases two of the most
important have been brought from the
Hardin county court for trial. They are
the cases of Mrs. Carrie Schmitt VS.. II.
S. Blydenburg and Albrook and Lundy
VS.. Hardin county. The first case is
for the value of an alleged promissory
note given by Blydenburgh to Mrs.
Schmitt which she claims was stolen
from her later by Blydenburgh. At
tachment was made upon certain prop
erty Of Blydenburgh's in Hardin county
and the case transferred to this county
because it was thought that an impair
| tial trial could not be had there.
| The case of Albrook and Lundy
against Hardin county is for their fee
| In the famous Blydenburgh case which
was tried in Eldora last winter.
w. r. Harris, a travelling salesman,
lis suing the Chicago and Rock Island
and Pacific Railway Company for dam
ages for ejecting him from freight
train near Abbott.
Henry Wolf is asking that guar
dian be appointed for Mrs. Eleanor
Church because it is alleged that she
Is about to dispose Of her property for
a valuation much less than its market
price. Mrs. Church is misery old
lady who inherited eighty acres of land
from her husband, Aaron Church about
a year ago. She lives upon the lana
which is situated about three miles
north of Hampton, but is unable to
transact the business necessary TO the
running Of the land. She was about TO
dispose of the land for much less than
its real value and Mr.. Wolf, neighbor,
asked for a guardian.
Gordon Allies against the limos
Central railway is suit brought for
80 900 damages Allies claims as re-
shit of being struck in the eye by a
piece of red hot iron while employed
in the shops of the railway company
at Waterloo.
The cases Of the stock shippers j.
II. Marken, Joseph Manifold ana w.
H. Harrison, against the Great west
ern railway, will all come up for trial.
The actions are brought to compel tne
company to make good for shortages,
caused by delay, in the shipment OF
livestock. The defendants are all
Franklin county farmers living near
Hansell.
N. A. christensen VS.. Borden Sher-
man is on land case where default
Of payment was made by christensen
and when foreclosure was attempted
by the sellers it was discovered by
christensen that the deed did not
show good title and he Immediately
began proceedings to rescind the con-
tract and recover the $1,000 he had
paid on the deal. Christensen was a
farmer of Franklin county but now re-
sides in North Dakota.
| +. D. Smith, cashier of the bank OF
Latimer, is suing the Lund Land Com
pany, to obtain possession of the
stock of hardware In Latimer which
formerly belonged to M. Lackey.
Smith bought the stock from Lackey
and afterwards discovered that prior
sale had been made to the Land Com
pany and Mackey had received piece
of northern land for it.
DR.. C. II. Tidd of Geneva is attempt
ing to hold the bondsmen of James
Quinn, contractor, because the con-
tractor failed to pay for the material
in the building Of Tidd's home at Cen
eva and they came in on Tidd for them.
He is Joining Quinn with the bondsmen
as defendants.
The probating of the Nal Mcdonald
will is set for this term. Mcdonald
was wealthy farmer of Hampton who
recently died IN Missouri. He left
the greater portion Of his estate to his
heirs, but gave ten acre tract of land
near the city to the Hillside Cemetery
Association, so the question may arise
as to whether or not they will take the
gift u5a that name. The value of
the La ia the cemetery is about 81
500. Az. nn,nns other people mentioned in
the -, Mrs. O'Connor and daugh-