Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-31
Council Bluffs
MANY INDICTMENTS ARE IN
twenty-five True Bills from Grand
Jury After Weeks Work.
BEN SLOAN HELD FOR MURDER
Memorial Nay to ne Observed by the
Citv Generally, and by Public
omces and the Banks,
on Monday.

The district court grand jury after a
weeks session reported twenty-five In
dictments Saturday. afternoon and then
adjourned finally for this term. OF the
twenty-five indictments returned only
thirteen were made public last night az
the defendants named in the others are
not In custody.
one indictment is against Ben Sloan the
young man charged with being responsive
for the death OF James wallace, the young
Scotchman, who was thrown from
~Sorthvestern pa ssenEer train on the even
ing Of Saturday, May %, near Crescent
CITY. The indictment charges murder. II
being ALLEGED that Sloan did, deliberately
and with generalization and malice afore-
thought push and throw said wallace OF
.aid train and thereby fracturing his skull
and inflicting other injuries, In con
sequence OF which said wallace dieo.
sloan is held without bonds by order OF
Judge Wheeler. Jack Pyatt, who was ar
rested with Sloan. but was found not to
be implicated in the death of Wallace, Is
being held as a witness.
The other indictments made public are
against the following: Charles NJ. sanford
on the charge of assault with intent 10
commit murder. Sanford is alleged to have
shot at and wounded Claude 3. Gano'
early on the morning of April Is. as Gan"
vas on his way to his work. Sanroros
bond was fixed by the court at Sl,bVo'
George and william Henry on
the charge Of malicious injury to apparatus
OF electric railway. Tho two men are
charged with removing brass journal bear
ings from a street car on April % Ihey
were apprehended by employees OF the
street railway company with the stolen
goods IN their possession. Their bonds
were fixed at $500 each.
Edward c. ompso on the charge of
larceny from a building. He IL alleged TO
have stolen goods valued at S2 from the
store of Madesen Bros. in Bentley, where
he was employed on May IS. His bond
wss placed at $500.
Charles White on the charge OF larceny
from the person. White Is accused oil
stealing 80 from Joe Sonrich, a railroad
section hand. while sonrich was asleep IN
the Rock Island depot at Underwood. The
money was found under a sidewalk IL
t,r dervood where White told the Officers
he had hid It. His bond was fixed at $500
Robert Shields on the charge of resisting
an officer. Shields is the negro who go
in a mixur with Patrol Driver w. j. Mike
sell on May 8 hIItT ~ olAiSSi '~
him under arrest for disturbing the peace
His bond was placed at $500.
Leon Picotte and Henry T. Holt, two
Joint indictments against each on th'
charge Of breaking and entering North
western freight cars on April 10. TheS
are accused of looting cars in a train oil
which Plcotte was conductor and Hot
brakeman between Missouri Valley and
Council Bluffs. Their bonds were fixed a.
$1,000 each on each count. Both are ou'
on bail.
Hartford Reed, three indictments on th'
charge OF embezzlement by bailee- heeN
is accused in one indictment OF the thet
Of harness belonging to w. H. PluTer' II
the second OF the theft of a horse belong
ing to II. F.. Plumer and In the third o
the theft of a horse, the property OF C. Z
TAYLOR. Reed is a horse trainer ano j
alleged to nave sold the animals which wer
placed with him to be trained. His BON
was placed at $500 under each indictment
John o'Neil on the charge of MAXIM
threats to extort. O'Neil Is accused o
representing himself as an inspector at IN
Union Pacific transfer yards and to hav
extorted IS from l.. Lafdahl under threat
Of delaying L.afdahTs shipment OF stoc
and household goods. His bond was place
at $500.
r. D.. Edwards on the charge of larcen
from a building. Edwards Is charged wit
stealing a quantity of harness from tn
barn OF Frohardt brothers at e2 sout
Main street on the night of April 10. Hi
bond was fixed at $500.
Tho grand jury returned mo bills
the cases of John Shelter, charged wit
keeping a gambling house and Charlie
Adams, the negro who built a fire in a
empty car in the local yards OF the Blu
llnston railroad and was nearly smothere
10 death.