Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-16
LARGE NUMBERO OF
CASES FILED
ANTI-sALOON LEAGUE AFTER
LIQUOR DEALERS IN ELDoN
AND EDDYvILLE.
TWO DIV SUITS
john FaIlon Accused by His Wife Of
Sleeping With Butcher Knife
Under PIlIoW-Seek
Large Damages.

AS an istance of what is being done
by the Anti-saloon league, six cases
for Injunction In which several per-
sons engaged in liquor traffic may be
restrained from the sale Of 1t has
been filled today in the office of the
clerk Of the district court.
The plaintiff In each case is G. D.
Shadford who seeks to restrain the
following persons from the sale OF
liquors:
William Hollenbeck ct al, W. y.
Blemmons; Leisy Brewing Co., and
John Leisy; George Kline; Thomas
Mulvaney and others, ai OF Eldon.
Mart Emmanuel and Ed c. Leisy;
Pat O'Brien and Sarah O'Brien; Will
liam Smith and w. P. Mitchell, all of
Eddyvilie.
The above cases are the outgrowth
of the i%njunctions obtained against
In the buildings occupied by the pres
ent defendants. The latter have taken
up the sale of liquor in the same
places and have been made the de-
PENDANTS with C. D. Shadford as the
plaintiff in each case.
District court will not convene until
July 81 at which time the docket for
the August term will be begun and
gone through. AS the times draws
close the clerks Office Is the busiest
place about the county buil ling. At
torneys are busy fitting about the
clerks office filing and as an
instance Of just what they are doing
can be seen from the list of cases
field today.
Seek Separation.
John Fallon is made defendant in a
divorce suit filed last evening with
Clerk Phillips of the district court by
Mary L. Fallon. Mary Fallon in her
petition alleges cruel and inhuman
treatment. The petition recites that
they were married November 6, 1884,
and that four children have been born
to their union. The plaintiff claims to
have been cursed by defendant in the
presence of their children and that
she has been struck with his hand in
the face. She states that her life has
been threatened by the defendant,
who she alleges slept with q butcher
knife beneath his pillow, and that she
has been driven from her house dur.
ing the hours Of the night by the dc.
PENDANT.
Mrs. Fallon asks the custod Of their
minor child, Ansel Fallon and that the
costs Of the suit be assessed against
the defendant.
Frank Anovak seeks the release
from the bonds of marriage with his
wife Annie Anovak. Plaintiff charges
statutory offense in the petition which
was filed this morning.
Asks Damages.
c. Kallie against John Morrell &
Co., Is the title Of a petition fledftht
morning in which the plaintiff seeks
$4,000 because of an Injury received
on an elevator at the packing plant
April 81, 1908. When injured there
was on the elevator a number of fel
low employees and several tierces 81
meats.
Julius Drescher against the Chicago
Burlington Il Quincy railroad com
pany for damages caused by being
thrown from an engine No. 1909 used
as a pusher on the hill east of the
city, was filed this morning. Dresche1
sues for $1,995.
Other Cases Filed.
Emily Jane Stearns vs.. William H
Webster, ct all, quiet title.
j. w. Johnson, ct al, vs. G. E. John
son, ct al. PARTON.
Eldora Ramsey vs.. T. P. Reddick
ct al, quiet title.
A. j. Gardner VS.. Lorenz Warren, e.
al, quiet title. This last cas- involves
about forty persons.