Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-21
WHAT WILL JURORS DO?
Were Given the Case Shortly After
Noon Today Attorneys Made Clos.
Ing Arguments This MornIns-crIm-
inal Cases on for Trial.
From Wednesdays Daily.

from Wednesday's Daily.
The destiny of George w. Halstead.
charged with assault with intent to
Kill, is in the hands of twelve Jurors.
who retired shortly after noon today.
The result Of the case Is anxiously
looked forward to by the many people
who have been watching this compli.
Gated affair. Yesterday afternoon the
hearing Of testimony was finished, and
this morning the attention of the court
was held by the closing arguments by
County Attorney w. w. Epps and the
counsel for the defense, A. w. Enoch.
The jury was addressed by the court
shortly before noon, and Immediately
upon the conclusion of Judge Vermil.
IONS remarks, the Jurors went out with
the case.
The interest in the case of Halstead
has been intense from the very begin
ming of the affair, which had its start
with the marriage Of John S. Farmer
and Miss Alora Halstead, December
20, 1904. The bride returned to the
home Of her parents, and after appris.
ing her parents of her marriage, she
was refused permission to return to
her husband. Farmer filed habeas
corpus proceedings which resulted in
Judge M. A. Roberts refusing Farm mer
the custody Of his wife. A week later
the girl joined her husband at the
house Of Mrs. Emma J. Pomeroy. three
miles south of town. Shortly after
this Halstead, armed with shotgun,
went to the Pomeroy home and fired
through a window into the upstairs,
where it was supposed Farmer and
his wife were hidden. Reloading his
gun Halstead went to the front of the
house and was met by Farmer, who
was also armed. Three shots were
fired and Farmer lost the sight of one
eye and was otherwise injured. The
grant jury indicted Halstead.
| Numerous cases have been filed by
Halstead in the justice courts, but the
case just sent to the jury has been the
one that claimed the most attention
The jurors In whose hands the fate
Of Halsted was left are as follows: l..
Dudgeon, J. A. Markwell, G. w. Mar
tin, ]. F. Wellman, P. Byrley, John
Criswell, Jacob Swenson, G. s. Cogs-
well, T. ]. Sinif, J. A. Slater, H. G..
Kirkhart and J. w. Jackson.
Criminal Gases.
I Frank Collingwood, George Cloyd,
w. s. Parks, George McSperron, Guy
Warner, Gurley Is. Baker, are defend
ants in state cases that will occupy
the attention Of the court this after
noon.
| New Cases Filed.
Jennie P. King and Edward L. King
VS.. A. w. Mahon and E. D. Mahon is
. the title Of case filed in the district
court yesterday. The plaintiffs
: claim that loan was received from
the defendants and that the same had
been paid back with interest. They
pray that the mortgage given in Sc
curity for the loan be cancelled and
set aside.
r =. s. Berry has filed petition to
quiet title to certain real estate in Or
} manville against Levi Orman ct al.
= Sheriff j. H. Cremer expects tc
/, leave tonight for Anamosa to
4 bring back Edward Greendahl
0 and John Johnson, who have
been declared of sound mind. The
former is charged with larceny while
Johnson will face q trial for assault
with intent to commit murder.