The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-04

1.-THE result OF alleged action OF the de
Pendants, her reputation was damaged
she was forced to give up her posi-
ton as leader OF the Methodist choir
land to withdraw from the church and
finally lost all OF her business as q
music teacher and was force to leave
the city to make a living. As a result
Iof these claims she asks to recover
damages in the sum I $1,000. The &C.
lcusation is that of malicious prosecu'
ltion. About the last of February or
the first OF March, 1908, information
was filed before Justice l.. M. Bacon
charging the plaintiff, Mrs. Davies,
with lewdness. A warrant was issued
for the arrest of her and John Doe
land although it was never served, she
voluntarily offered herself before the
justice OF the peace for trial. The
case was afterwards dismissed by
John C. Williams, then county attor-
|ney, for the lack of evidence to war
rant a preliminary hearing, as the
record on the justices docket shows.
The plaintiff alleges that the defend
liant Kent, prior to February, 1908. was
very friendly towards her and showed
her more than ordinary attentions.
All these allegations are denied by
the defendant Kent. 1t is claimed
that rumor reached the ears of the
members of the official board of the
Method / church regarding the al
legged undue friendliness %hown by
Mr., Kent towards Mrs. Davies and
they employed George Andrews as a
detective to investigation the allega-
tions. 1t is claimed that Mr.. Andrews
made an investigation and reported to
the church officials generating Mr..
Kent The later defendant did not
hear of the rumor until later. Mr..
Andrews, it is claimed, was again
hired by Mr.. Kent, in his official capa-
city as trustee Of the church to in
|vestigate the conduct OF Mrs. Davies
and alleged attentions being shown
her. AS a result it is claimed Mr..
Andrews visited Mrs. Davies rooms
one evening when DR.. Stoakes was
there and that the action in the
Justice court followed. Mrs. Davies
claims that DR.. Stoakes was in the
habit of giving her treatments and
solely for this purpose visited her
apartments. -.a.. -a
Witnesses on the stand this morn
ing were Justice l.. NJ. Bacon, Ex-coun-
ty Attorney ]. c. Williams and Mrs.
DR.. Stoakes. n.
The Supreme Court opinion in the
case of Kingman Plow Co. VS.. e. S.
Knowlton ct al, which was received by
III. H. Sheriff, attorney for the plain
tiff, covers twenty-three pages of type
written matter. The decision left the
1Se-acre farm east of New Sharon,
which was the object of the contro-
yersy, in the hands of Irving c. John
son, who had secured sheriffs deed
to the farm under an execution sale
to Warren C. johnson. There was a
cloud to the title in the way of a So.
500 mortgage given by z. s. Knowlton
to his wife, Sylvia H. Knowlton, when
Mr., Johnson first obtained possession
'of the property, but the lower court
set this aside and gave him clear
title. The Supreme Court reversed
the lower court on this point and held
that Sylvia H. Knowlton held the
mortgage in trust for the creditors of
E, S. Knowlton and DEGREES the mort
gage lien on the land from the date
it was given down to the present time
and orders it to be used in the pay,
ment of the creditors of E. S. Knowl.
ton. AS the creditors hold altogether
judgments against E. S. Knowlton
amounting to fifteen or twenty thous,
and dollars, there will in all probabil,
ity result complicated litigation to
dispose Of the $500.