Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-11
15o ANGRY MEN VISIT JAIL AND
CALL FOR NEGRo-JAcksoN
SATISFIES THEM HE is NOT IN
oTTUMWA.
MURDERER is IN
SIGOURNEY BASTILE
NOT THOUGHT BEST TO REMOVE
PRISONER TO OTTUMWA FOR
ARRAlGNMENT-FRED ROSEN,
sR., QUESTIONS OFFICIAL.

"JunkIn Is now In the Slgour-
ney jail, in my charge, and he will
remain here until the onicers from
OttumWa come and remove him.
He is allowed the freedom of
mingIlng with the other prison
ers In the day time, but | lock
him in separate cell at nights.
He seems sulIen and not very
taIkative, but this, perhaps, Is be-
cause of the fact that as soon as
he arrived here yesterday morn
ing with Sheriff jackson | did not
supply him with his order of ham
and eggs and some whisky. He
received and will continue to re-
ceive the same food that the other
prisoners in my charge get while
here. MIR. Grimes assured Sher-
iff jackson that he would get no
flowers from any women of Sig
Quincy. But few people of this
city are curious to see the pris-
oner and this condition ! hope will
continue while he is ."-sher-
iff e. J. Grimes by Iowa Telephone
Co. wire.
A mob of $50, mostly men and boys,
headed by six masked men, visited the
county Jail last night shortly after IL
o'clock and arousing the officers, de-
manded that Junkin be turned over to
them. Sheriff Jackson, who with his
brother, Joe, returned last night nj
7:45 o'clock on the Milwaukee freight
from Sigourney, told the mob that
Junkin was not there, and submitted
to the demand of the six masked inii-
viduals to search the Jail. With point
ed guns, the six were escorted through
every nook and corner OF the county
bastile and the word of the sheriff
was substantiated by their fruitless
search. The mob then dispersed.
Fred Rosen, Sr., father Of the murder-
ed girl was in the crowd, and address
ing Jackson, said: why do you pro-
tect the negro so closely; If he was
a white man he would have been
hung long ago"
John Junkin, the self-confesse1
slayer of Clara Rosen, is now in the
Sigourney jail, in custody of Sheriff
be confined there until some future
cials to bring him to this city for ar
raignment In the event that any
evidence Of mob violence in shown at
Sigourney, the prisoner will be hustled
to FIT Madison for safe keeping. Sher.
iff Jackson is satisfied with the secur
ity of the Sigourney Jail. stating that
although it is small, it is very secure
1t Is not likely that Junkin will be
brought to Ottumwa this week, due
to the fact that Judge M. A. Roberts
will be absent from the city, and the
illness of County Attorney SenecG
Cornell, which confines him to MS
home on West Fourth street.
Crowds at Depot.
1nfuriated crowds Of men were sta
toned at the Milwaukee and union de
pots up until midnight last night ex
pecting Sheriff Jackson and the negrt
on every incoming train. The con
ductors of each train were eagerl.
questioned by the men for some in
formation about the whereabouts .
Junkin and the officials, but all pro
fessed ignorance.
Sheriff Jackson and his brother
OooCplly Wuoli liS hdu uCpullLSt, lSi
Sigourney yesterday afternoon abou
$3.50 o'clock on Milwaukee freign
train No. 81 which Is due here at 4 4
p. m. The train did not arrive unit
after Z o'clock, being delayed by e1
ira work along the line The official
left the train at the Milwaukee juns
tion and came direct to the jail. Whe
interviewed at the jail shortly afte
his arrival, the sheriff acknowledge
that Junkin was not in Ottumwa an
further stated that he was in Sigou
ney, where he would be kept until tn
citizens would cease delaying the az
ministration of justice by their bell
gerent attitude.
Secrecy Not Evident.
Sheriff Jackson deplored his su
cess in keeping the whereabouts of tn
negro secret Coming down c
the Rock Island train yesterday morl
ing" he said, every travelling man
the car knew me or the negro, an
these with the aid of the train ere
succeeded magnifcently in spreadir
the information that we had junk
in tow. When Oskaloosa was reache.
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