Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-10
GRAND JURY THRU,
FOUR INDICTED
Owen Ball is Charged With
Robbing the L. G. Abbott
Hardware Store
POOL HALL KEEPERS HELL
.ca.h' Griffith and Fred Barker, Own
or. Of a North Center Street Pool
Room, Charged With Keeping Gam
bling House-7arker is Fined-su't
Case Thief Held.

bling House-Barker is FIned-so''
Case Thief Held.
After being at work less than forty
eight hours, the grand jury for the
January term made its final report late
Thursday afternoon. 1t returned four
indictments, and did not find bus
against three others, two of whom a.
lin Jail. Those indicted were Owen
BAH. James Ryan. cash" Griffith and
Fred Barker.
Ball, who was held to the grand jury
on q charge Of receiving stolen proper
) ty, taken from the e. l.. Hoag home
last July, was indicted for the bur-
glary Of the Abbott & Son hardware
store last fall. It was following this
robbery thai Ball was arrested, and it
was while the officers were searching
his home that property, which menl-
bers Of the Hoag household later
identified, was found. Still later, re-
,volvers, knives and cartridges. which
were stolen from the Abbott store,
were found by E. N. Holt, corner
Fifth and Jerome streets. and placed
in the hands Of the officers.
Ball was arraigned at the prelim-
mary hearing on a charge OF receiving
stolen property, but the grand jury did
not return bill on this charge, be-
cause the value OF the Hoag property
had not been satisfactorily established,
1t did believe that It had sufficient evi-
dence to warrant an Indictment for the
burglary.
Pool Hall Keepers Hold.
"Cash" Griffith and Fred Barker, who
are proprietors Of q pool hall, on the
east side OF North Center street, a
short distance north OF Main street,
were indicted for nuisance in keeping
! lowed to be played for money. One, a
specific instance brought before the
grand jury, wa series Of games
claimed to have Sbeen played by Bert
Lackey and Gu s4e1 Dowd. by which
DoWd is said to have won $23 Griffith
and Barker appeared in court this
morning and Barker pleaded guilty. He
was fined $50 and costs and Griffith
was discharged on the ground that he
{ was not implicated.
Grip Thief Indicted.
James Ryan, who was arrested by
OFFICER Haas q short time ago, while
he was In the act of going thru a suit
case which it is alleged he had stolen
short time before from the union
station, was indicted for larceny in
and from a building. The y1it case
/. was the property Of E. L. Dew .ldorf, Of
Eldora, a teacher in the Red Oak
Il schools.
ISL Three Arc Set Free.
Fred Kuehnel and Nels Lindberg,
who were arrested by the police for
breaking and entering the city scales
house on South Third avenue, and
stealing from 1t a number of small
articles, were not indicted. They had
been held in jail since having been
bound over to the grand jury a few
weeks ago. No Indictment was re-
turned because Of the small value Of
the articles taken. They were re-
leased Thursday night.
Story Of Maynard Son.
According to developments which
have recently come to light in the case
OF young Kuehnel, his story Is one Of
Maynard son, who left a good home,
got into bad company and finally land
ed In Jail. It Is said on the best Of
i authority that Kuehneps father is as
sistant auditor Of the Wisconsin Cen
( trail railroad, with headquarters In
Milwaukee. Young Kuehnel was at
one time employed in his fathers Of
fice. He acquired bad habits and like
companions which resulted In the boy
leaving his employment and his home,
and starting for the west With his
companion he was on his way east
when arrested here. A young man,
who said he was the fancee of
-Kuehners sister, came to the city re-
Gently, the family having been adj
vised Of the youths predicament.
81 Buckley Not Indicted.
No bill was returned against Mer-
srill Buckley, the former member Of the
soldiers home, who was arrested for
stealing horse belonging to William
King. Buckley, who was bound over to
await the action of the grand jury,
was afterwards released on his own
bond, and has now left the state. There
Is a belief, that has foundation in
fact, that Buckley is not entirely re-
sponsib1e mentally.
s MARSHALLToWN ILLUSTRATED.