The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-23
JOHNSON Is
FOUND GUILTY
Bound Over TO Court Under
$500 Bond.
ARRESTED THREE TIMES
AS Result of Relationship
with Miss Adams.
Temporary Injunction is Modi-
fed by the Court In Koch
Divorce Suit.

Cleston c.. Johnson, OF LaRue, was
found guilty OF rape and not guilty
ol non support in the court of JUS
tice Harry G. Thompson, Wednesday
afternoon. Johnson was tried on both
charges, his trial lasting during the
entire afternoon.
The charge Of rape against John
son was filed by Hattie NJ. williams
and 1t is alleged that his victim was
Miss Maud Adams, a Is year old
girl living next to his home in La
Rue. At the time the alleged crime
was committed Johnson was more
than IS years old. That was more
than year ago.
On the charge of rape, johnson was
bound over to the grand jury on bond
of $500. He furnished the bond and
was given his liberty.
This Is the third time that John
son has been arrested as a result OF
Ibis relationship with Miss Adams. He
was first found guilty on a pattern
ity charge and settled by paying 5000.
Then he was arrested for non-support
and was bound over to the grand
jury. The grand jury which was in
session last week ignored the case
against Johnson, and as soon as this
was known, the charges were filed
against him in Thompson's court.
George Jeffers and his wife, Leola,
detected a settlement in the court of
Justice Charles H. Conley, Thursday
morning. Efforts made by attorneys
on botn sides to induce the couple
to become reconciled and resume their
domestic relationships, were unavail-
ing, so that Mr.. and Mrs. Jeffers
will remain separated until their dl-
vorce suit can be heard in the court
of common pleas.
AS a result of the settlement effect
ed, Jeffers secured possession of all
tion of baby carriace and several
other minor articles. A division Of
the other property was made some
time ago.
Jeffers left his wife several weeks
ago, after he found one of their
boarders was paying attention to her.
The wife took one child, while her
husband took the other. Mrs. jeff
ers told her husband she didn't love
him any more and that's why he
left her. Shortly afterward, he
brought suit in Justice Conley's court
to replevin the household goods.
James N. Slack, through his at
torneys. DeGolley g. DeGolIey filed
petition in the court of common
pleas, Thursday, asking for $50
damage from Augustus c.. Berry,
Della Berry and C. S. Lippin.
colt.
Slack says that last year the
defendants brought suit against
him and had him temporarily en-
Joined from disposing Of lot No.
1912 in the city of Marion. To
secure Slack, the defendants agreed
to pay $3.50 damages should it be
found that the temporary iniuuc-
ton was unjust. In the common
pleas court, January, 1907, The
injunction was dissolved, and now
Slack claims the $3.50.
The temporary injunction grant |
ed some time ago in the divorce |
suit of Orie Koch against Will |
liam M. Koch, restraining the de-
fendant from disposing of his
was modified by Judge
Young Thursday morning, so as |,
TO give the defendant permission
10 sell hay and potatoes from his
from near Caledonia. The modifi. |
ation also released the money in |,
me bank and ordered Koch to paw
his wife 800 temporary alimony.
Remember, this is the night Of the