Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-07

imprisonment here on Sept. 25 of spe-
cial agents of the interior department ,
while they were attempting to get evil
| dence against the Wenger saloon on
May street of selling liquor to an In
! dian. Mayor o. L. Ingledue, Deputy
Sheriff Charles B. Mason, Deputy
Marshal Michael Clark. Police Ser
NJ. Haas, and Sam and Fritz Wenger,
saloonists, and Leo Mcnamara, bar
tender, and Scott Jones' all of this
/ city, were arrested here this morning
of Ottumwa, on warrants issued on
federal indictments returned in the
Il United States court at Davenport We'd
Il nesday, which charge conspiracy to
prevent a federal officer from perform
ing his duty.
The entire party, together with c. h.
E. Boardman and F. E. Northup Who
have been retained by the mayor ana
others, County Attorney j. II. Eyer
mayor. and County Attorney S. 9.
Huber. of Tama, left for Davenport at
o'clock this afternoon where those |
arrested are to be arraigned.
| Make Arrangements For Bonds.
No sooner had the warrants been |
served than Mayor Ingledue at once set
about making arrangements for bonds
| for the entire party. and it was ex-
| pected that arrangements would be per-
i fected and the bonds ready to be filed
as soon as those indicted enter plea
and as soon as the amount of the bond
is fixed. What the sum in each case
would be was. of course. not known
! here at the time the arrests We're made
Altho it could not be learned before
\ the party left, it was made plain that
1 pleas of not guilty would be entered N
: eaeh of the cases. The party of nine
were to be arraigned before Judge
Smith Mcpherson. and the understand
4 ing is that arrangements have already
! been made to transfer the cases to the
4 federal court in Des Mofnes, where
! they Will come up for hearing about
q the middle of next month, probably
d on Nov Is or IS
& Out of Mayors Jurisdiction.
n In direct connection with the arrest
3 of the mayor ana the others, the
81 bondsnen for E. E. NanWert and w.
81 H Holt, the special officers of the in
II terror department. and r. G. Smith and
y w. A. Talbert. of Tama, who We're ar
81 rested by the police while attempting
Fl TO procure the evidence against the
Fl Menger saloon, acting thru County At
u torney Huber of Tama, surrendered
81 these four men TO Sheriff Nicholson
ri The surrender Cancelled the bond of
81 $500 in each case, on which the men
r. We're released. AS soon as they had
been surrendered County Attorney
Huber served writ of habeus corpus
on Sheriff Nicholson. directing him to
produce the interior department special
officers and the Tama men in the fed
eral court at Davenport.
Sheriff Nicholson. in company with
the four men, joined the party bound
for the Davenport United States cour
this afternoon This habeas corpus pro-
ceeding removes the cases of the fou,
men arrested from the jurisdiction o
the mayors police court, and place
them under the jurisdiction of thu
e. federal court.
Makes Good on Threat.
Judging by the indictments returned
against Mayor Ingledue and the other
in the federal court and their arres
which followed, VanWert and othe
members of his party have made goo
on the threat that action might be be
gun against the mayor, because a
they claimed, there was ample groun
for so doing. While VanWert, soon aft
err he was released from Jail here, di
not say openly that any action woul
be taken, he intimated strongly tina
f. such might result.
Arrested on Various Charges.
Van Vert, Smith, Holt and Talbel
were arrested Saturday night, Sept. 2
by Sergeant Goodale and Officer Haa
r. after they had made an unsuccessfl
~ effort to secure evidence against til
a Wenger saloon, that 1t had sold liqut
"a to an Indian. The arrest, howeve
n constitutes but part of the complain
IL the interior departments special O
81 ficers and the Tama men have again
the city administration and Depu
Sheriff Mason. The detention in ia
from Saturday night until Monds
"a morning, and the refusal of the may
"a to release them on bail after bonds hs
~ been presented to him, makes up
major part of the alleged offense.
When the quartet were arraigned
the MAYORS court Van Vert and Sim
were charged with carrying conceal
81 weapons. Holt was charged with di
"a orderly conduct and Talbert with va
IA rancy Additional charges of conspi
"A acy and conspiracy to prosecute Nc
filed later.
History Of Arrest.
When the quartet went to the Wen
- err saloon, Holt, who is an Indian, w
sent into the saloon to buy liqu
When he asked for drink he was ]
fused and ordered out of the salo'
He was slow in going, and a crowd c.
lected. Van Vert, and his two oti
companions, were across the sthe
When it appeared to him that
crowd was attempting to hold the
r. dian until the police arrived, he W.
into the crowd and, showing his st
said that he would take charge Of {
Indian The crowd, thinking he was
officer, releasing the Indian, but 81
pecting at once that Van Vert and
Indian were working together agai
the saloon, the mob gathered arc,
IN bhe party. and, according to Van We
B statement, began 10 curse and swear
x them. and even to strike and kick
EN Vert.
NJ Dropping his two guns vanW