Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-25

sALooN'sTs ARE INDICTED
Grand Jury Finishes Work Late This
Afternoon, Making Final Report -
Bill Against Drug Firm--seventeen
Indictments Are Rsturnsd-several
Cases Di.resarded.

The grand jury at 5:15 Thursday ev.'
ening, made its final report to the dis
trict court, returning twenty true
bills against eighteen defendants.
The greatest surprise was the
| indictment returned against w. D..
Toler, of Monmouth, Ill, charging man
1 slaughter instead of first degree MUIR
der. The grand jury did not consider
! that a case OF wilful murder had been
committed when Toler shot G. w. Da-
vies on July 10.
,saloonists Arc Indicted.
1 Three bills were returned against sa-
lloonists, and. one VIII be especially i'm
lportant because the 1egaityaof a cor
operation running saloon in Iowa will
Ibe tested. These indictments are re-
turned against George Marx and
Charles Delahoyde, bartenders for the
1Des Moines Malt company, near the cor
nar Of Third avenue and Nevada street.
Nuisance is charged
Al g. Frederick, proprietor of the
lWellington bar, on West Main street.
was also indicted for nuisance. Evil
dence brought before the grand jury
showed that the Wellington had par
tition in it, and that men had been
seen to enter the saloon ON Sunday
night contrary to the provisions of the
mulct law.
Albion Drug Store Case.
"a fourth Indictment for nuisance
was returned against the Mcbride &
Will Drug company, as refers to It's
place OF business at Albion, where II
is alleged liquor has been sold.
othsr Indictments.
In the partial report of the grand
| Jury, made few days ago, six In
dictments were reported and were
made public because all Of the defend
ants were in custody. The others re-
turned in the final report that can be
made public follow:
Edward Henry, granddaughter. in
! killing Matthias Skeie.
Charles Martin, breaking and enter
1 ing Chicago Great Western merchan-
| disc cars
Paul Radon, arson, in firing w. s..
Giles barn.
T. NJ Gerbrick, larceny of horse
from McCombs Bros
Fred Upper, alias Fired Willard,
forgery in the McCord incident, two
counts.
The indictments in the partial ne
port, previously made, are:
=. NJ. Bertheusen, Gilman. nuisance.
Lew Long. Gilman, nuisance.
Albert DUNCAN, larceny from build
ing.
Rolla Hulsizer, Ferguson, giving
liquor to minors.
John Splichal, wife desertion and de-
sertion Of family, two counts
Other Cases Disregarded.
Among actions that were disregarded
by thu grand jur. and in which no
bills re returned >e Henry Shat
tuck. Rhodes, for seo,, zion, Shattuck
having since married the complaining
witness; James Lancaster, for selling
LIQUOR to an Indian; and Claude Smith,
larceny from the person.
Thome Not indicted.
James Thome, who was charged with
| manslaughter in an information in JUS
/ tice court, and was held for an assault
on "Bud" Williams, eolored, was not
indicted. The case Of manslaughter will
be dismissed in justice court, and one
OF simple assault and battery filed in
| its stead
! Recommends New 5uitdins for insane.
| Acting on a sugge on made over
year ago by the Commissioners Of
insanity, and following its own inves-
tigation of the county farm, as required
| by law, the grand jury made recon-
mendation to the court that the coun-
lty board Of supervisors provide new
building for the insane at the county
farm. The grand jury recommends
that a tax be levied, if necessary, in
order to provide safe quarters for the
helpless unfortunate. In connection
| with the report on the county farm
| the grand jury took occasion to COM
pliment very highly the work Of j. G..
Koontz, the present steward of the
farm.