The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-11-18

| or divorce, IN order, so 1t is alleged,
o relieve him of his property.
The criminal cases against Ollie
Hughes, w. e. Jordan and Walter
Doyle have been continued upon the
application of the defendants.
Several defendants indicted for ped
ding without a license have with
drawn their pleas of not guilty in or
der to file demurrers.
| AS an echo of the Stonebrook
bankruptcy case, which was pending
in the district court here for long
| time and also of the criminal case
against Mr.. Stonebrook, formerly in
| the implement business in Oskaloosa,
| in which he was charged with embeZ-
element or obtaining money under
false pretences, but of which he was
acquitted, Hon. Henry T. Reed, fed
eral judge of the northern district Of
Iowa, has filed an opinion approving
| the finding of the referee in the
! Frankel State Bank claim against the
! A. E. Stonebrook estate. This means
that the notes held by the Frankel
State Bank, which they claimed were
as collateral security, but which Mr.
Stonebrook claims were left for col
lection, will have to be accounted for
and it swells the assets of the es-
tate more than $4,000. This has been
long drawn out fight. Attorneys
Buck & Kirkpatrick, of Spencer, won
! the case for the estate before Hon
| O. A. Hammand, referee; and a short
time thereafter Hammand resigned
and the matter was referred to Hon
tG. T. Wellman, referee at Sheldon.
N'ellman set aside Hammands ind
ing and had the matters submitted
! IN him. He found in favor or the
estate and then Mr.. Cory filed a peti-
ton of review. There will likely be
another long drawn out fight in Sc
curing a distribution OF the estate
among the claim holders.
las. Baldwin, L. D. Beechler, w. Y.
Daily, C. Fuller, l.. Hackett, ID. W.
Homer, Howard Kemp, B. f. McFai'
A. Mitts. w. C. Montgomery, n. Pat
rick and Geo Scott are the Jurymeh
drawn Monday afternoon to serve on
the trial Of manslaughter against Al
Inert Kinney, the young man accused
of shooting little Bertha Harlan, south
of Oskaloosa at the Old Muchaklnock
Yards a few months ago. County At
torney Jas. G. Patterson is prosecut-
ing the case for the state. and Attor-
Ineys w. S. Kenworthy and Frank L.
hn Hnfnrnnnt
The first witness for the state was
the eldest daughter OF j. w. Harlan.
She was followed on the stand by a
Younger sister. The next witnesses
for the state were Drs. Windle, Bar
ringer, Wilcox and Cone, who either
attended the little girl or were present
at the autopsy. Three exhibits were
shown. A part of the door casing on
the Harlan house which had been
struck by . bullet was one OF the eX-
ihibits, while the others were part OF
the clothing worn by the little girl at
the time of the shooting, and the
stomach of the little girl showing the
scar where the bullet is alleged to
have entered. No Witnesses for the
defense were examined this morning.
4 AS one of the witnesses for the state
was not present, court was adjourned
one-half hour earlier.
The jury was secured by about 300
O'Clock Monday afternoon and after
the opening statements had been
made the first evidence for the state
was offered. But little evidence was
given before adjournment and the
trial really began this morning.
New Cases Filed.
E. Joseph Nordgren has applied for
a permit to sell intoxicating liquors as
a registered pharmacist at New Shar-
on.
Bertha NJ. Hull has fled a petition
for divorce against her husband. Ho-
mer II. Hull. on the grounds OF deser-
ition and cruel and inhuman treatment