Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-04-24

Church this afternoon by Rev. B. E.
koontz.
Sunday, and greater part of
Monday, Ritzville was without an
trains which was caused by the col
lapse Of bridge near Kennewick.
The engine passed over, but the first
car went through the trestle, drawing
| the other cars over until the entire
train was piled up in the river below.
The cause of this accident is being
! investigated
The first teachers of Adams County
to be retained for another year and
whose contracts have been filed with
the County Superintendent of Schools
are the Misses Jessie and Alice
Putnam, Of Hatton. They will receive
substantial increase in salary the
coming year also.
Ladies suits and shoe department
seen on first floor at D. J. Kalkwarf.
S. M. Vinson, farmer living near
Hamlet in the western part of Adams
County, twelve miles west of Hatton,
is in the county Jail charged with the
crime of rape, which, it is alleged,
was committed upon the person of his
adopted daughter. Bail has been
fixed at $500 and the preliminary
hearing ill be held tomorrow.
Last Friday was naturalization
day in the Superior Court, with Judge
W.T.. Warren, of Davenport, on the
bench. The following were made
citizens according to the forms and
ceremonies by Uncle Sam, Heinrich
Musselman, Earnest Musselman,
Jacob Miller, John Weisz, Duncan
Sinclair, Hector Sinclair, Jacob
Lehman, Edward Toughey, Gotfried
Ruff, Jr., Jacob Bauer, Henry
Scheller, Philip Pfeifer.
The lecture given under the
auspices of the High School by DR..
Geo. Hindley, Tuesday night last
week, was the best platform utterance
heard in Ritzville for many moons.
DR.. Hindley is not only thoughtful and
eloquent, but brimful of contagious
humor. He gives the impression of
being just as happy as he looks.
"Will it Take" was mis- subject and
so delightfully."- did he handle it that
if he should come to Ritzville again
the people would certainly call for ga
similar prescription and take it gladly.
Strayed-To my place three miles
west of Ritzville. known as the Vehrs
place, two calves. about two years
old. Steer white and red and a heifer
mostly red.
Christ Kicker. 5-l-7.
New spring jackets for ladies and
Misses at D. j. Kalkwarf.
Frank Imam, the Spokane man,
who was acquitted in Justice Court
on charge of larceny, has been plac-
ed in Jail to await trial in the Superior
J Court on charge of having obtained
money under false pretenses.
The information states that son
April 9th he obtained from Mrs. T. ].
Hallin one certain hat and five dollars
lawful money of the United States by
then and there unlawfully, willfully,
feloniously, fraudulently and designed
ly pretending to the said Mrs. T. j..
Hallin that he had purchased and was
the owner of certain ranch in Adams
County and that he would receive
So, 600. 90 on the following day with
; which to pay for said hat, and that
such pretensions were false as the
said Frank Imam we'll knew"
In Justice H. X. Kennedy's court,
the case of the State VS.. Frank In
mann as called for trial. Imam is
the man who borrowed the overcoat
from C. w. Hammond and who was
arrested near Paha while hiding in
the sage brush. Attorney John Truax
defended Imam who was charged
with having appropriated the coat to
his own use. The evidence disclosed
the fact that Imam had not returned
the coat promptly at the hour agreed
upon and that he was accordingly
placed under arrest although there
was no direct evidence tending to show
an intention on his part to appropri-
ate the garment or to dispose of it.
The jury consisted of D. r. Woods,
, Frank Pearce, D. B. johnson, P. R.
Clark, D. C. Baronete and Louis
Butch. Their verdict was "Not
guilty" but before Imam had made
his escape from the court room he was
, placed back in his old cell in the Jail
and it is aaid that another charge
will be preferred against him.
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