Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-03
SAMMONS ON TRIAL
YOUNG MAN CHARGED WITH
CRIMINAL ASSAULT ON is
YEAR OLD GIRL
Charles s. ReIrce Claims $4,000 Dam
ages for Alleged Shortage Of Land
Under Real Estate contraet-saIoon
keepers Plead Not Guilty.

from Thursdays Daily.
| A jury was impanelled in the dis
trict court today to try the case Of the
state VS.. George Sammons, the young
man charged with a criminal assault
on 15-year-old Myrtle Kershner,
The assault is alleged to have &C.
Cured on public road in Adams
township while the girl was on her
way to school, Wednesday morning
February z.
The selecting of a Jury occupied
about two hours after which the at
| torneys made their opening state
ments to the jury. 1t was nearly noon
when Myrtle Kershner, the first wit
ness for the state, took the stand.
The attorneys In the case are County
Attorney w. w. Epps for the state
and B. w. Scott for the defense. Fol
lowing are the names Of the jurors:
| w. s. Sage, John Mitchell, g. p.
Isreal, T. B. Gephart, G. T.. Areingdale,
w. B. Turner, 3. R. Du Bots, Charles
Primer, W.. T. Rhodes, George Canny,
E. B. Hill and W. e. Utecht.
Plead Not Guilty.
/ The twenty-four saloon keepers In
dicted by the grand jury last week.
charged with maintaining nuisances,
pleaded not guilty before Judge M. A.
Roberts this morning. It Is intimated
that the question Of the validity Of
the indictments will be brought up.
i Claims Damages.
Alleging a shortage Of land under
q real estate contract and deed, Chas.
8. Bierce has filed . petition with
Clerk Of the District Court Edwin
DUNCAN, claiming damages to the
amount of $4,000, against Frank Koht,
John Wilson, and Rebecca j. Wilson.
i He alleges that he sold stock of
merchandise in Eldon to Koht and as
part consideration accepted land in
Blackhawk county which the plaintiffs
represented to contain 760 acres but
| which he claims actually contained
only 6S8 acres, a shortage Of sixty
eight acres, which he values at $50 an
/ w. Whitmore are the attorneys for
the plaintiff
Sue Railway Company.
Alleging that five carloads of horses
shipped by them from Denver over
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail
road and billed to Burlington, were In
4 tured by being kept on the road con
tinuously for thirty three hours with
.sSout food or water Blair & Chismar
have brought suit against the railroad
company for $345. It is claimed tina,
one Of the horses was SO badly crippled
that 1t had to be killed. Seneca Cor
nell is the attorney for the plaintiff.
Suit on Note.
: The Ottumwa Savings bank VS.. w
B. Murray and Annabel Murray is the
5 title Of petition for Judgment fol
: $1,045 on promissory notes and for the
! sale of certain mortgaged real estate
filed with Clerk DUNCAN today. Worl
& Work are the attorneys for the
plaintiff
!, Wants Deed AnnuIled.
c Catharine NJ Chisman, George N
Chisman and D. e. Chisman are thu
defendants In q suit brought by w. P
Chisman, in which he claims that be
fore the death Of John j. Chisman HI
: was by reason of undue influence in
duced to make a conveyance Of certain
8 property to his wife, Catherine M
: Chisman, and that he possessed none.
r to the amount Of $4,000, which ha
r found Its way into the hands Of the de
: PENDANTS and for which no accounting
was made. The plaintiff asks for tn
9 annullment of the deed and that al
|, accounting be made Of the moneys re
= ceived by the defendants. Seneca Coz
: nell is the attorney for the plaintiff.
v Itch cured in 80 minutes by Woo