The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-03-04
AFRAID OF TRIAL
IN HOME COUNTY
NEGRO JUNkEN WILL ASK FOR
CHANGE or VENUE.
FEARS A TRIP TO OTTAWA
duplicates Two White Men in Murder
OF Clara Rosen---Attorney Wal
- ter McHenry May Defend
The Murderer. ma
iowa Press Dlspatch.l

Des MONIES, March 2.--John unkin
viii never be tried in Ottumwa or
Wapello county for the murder OF
Clara Rosen. who was killed Feb s.
and to the commission of which he
has confessed and implicated Two
white men, Tommy Saunders and Jim,
alias Katie" White, as his accom-
plices.
Attorney Walter McHenry, who has
taken up the negros case with a view
of defending him against the indict-
ment which is almost sure to result,
stated yesterday that Junkin would go
to trial and that a change OF venue
would be asked to another county.
The negro Junken is in mortal ter.
ror of the mob at Ottumwa and be-
llieyes that a visit to that town by hin
would cost him his life, no matter
how well the officers might guard him.
This fact, together with the furthar
one that every one in Ottumwa. and
that vicinity is preiudiced in the ex'
IRENE against the man, constitute SUI
ficient reason for an application Tor
! change of venue, SO 1t is said.
May Ask for Another Judge.
Y It is also possible that an effort will
be made by Junken's lawyer to- have
Judge Roberts disqualified as Judge
of the court in which Junken will be
tried. 1t is stated that the judge took
an unusually active part in the search
for the slayer of Clara Rosen and also
contributed heavily to the fund gather
ed as a reward for the capture.
| Attorney Walter McHenry will not
| fully decide whether he will appear
| for Junke1 until he has talked with
| the confessed murderers mother,
restaurant keeper in ottumwa, for
| whom Attorney McHenry wired yes
i terday morning and who is expected
in the city within a day or two.
Junken told Attorney McHenry and
/ Attorney s. Joe Brown yesterday
morning that he was not alone at the
time of the commission of the crime,
but that he was assisted by two white
/ men, Tommy Sanders and Jim, alias
l"Katie" White. He says that these
two white men and himself were to-
4 gether in his mothers restaurant early
in the evening and talked over plans
for robbing store. He also asserts
that all three of the men left the store
together, and that his mother saw all
of it. To verify this claim Attorney
MeHenry desires to see the mother.
"Sweated" Into Confession.
Junken asserted yesterday that he
was driven to make his confession CIV
en- at Abba to Sheriff Griffin because
of the awful sweating ordeals he was
put through by the officers.
His story duplicating the two white
men, is somewhat retraction of GER
tain parts of the confession given at
Abba, but he still admits thai heeplay-
i ed a part in beating up the girl and
| robbing her, although he contends
u now. as before, that he never GRIM
ipalIy assaulted her. He shifts more
of the blame for the deed upon the
two white men, who are as yet at
liberty.
saunders and White came into
Il mothers restaurant eally in the even
I ing and suggested that We go up on
the hill and rob store" said Junken.
They were broke and so was and
4 I consented We went UP to a store
we intended to break into, but found
that the proprietor had not closed for
: the night.
/, so we stalled about that vicinity
| until we met this girl. One OF the
/, white fellows-I forgot just what one
| it was, stopped the girl and made a
proposition to her She said some
thing about being "a Christian girl
and then the fellow hit her The
other white man struck her at the
same time and | hit ner She fell to
the walk Then while frisked her
pocketbook and grabbed the iewelry
from her the two white men dragged
her up into that vacant lot. She was
yelling and making an. lawful fuss, but
all at once she stopped.
Did Not Assault Her.
No stones or rocks had been used
to beat her with up TO that time and
didn't see anyone use rock, bur IL
u stone was used 1t must have been
when they tried to stop her yells. 4
didn't assault the girl, and If she was
| assaulted it was by one of the white
men. don't know whether either OF
/ them did or not for ! hiked with the
1 jewelry Ihad."
| This story about the two white men
was told to the ottumwa police,
Junken says, but they told him he was
liar and refused to; consider it.
i 4 am willing to take what blame is
due me for my part in the crime.
said Junken, but don't like 70
| shoulder the punishment due the
other two who were there and helped. :"