Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-25
JUDGE M. A. ROBERTS APPOINTS
Ex-SHERIFF WILLIAM BRAY AS
CAPTAIN OF BODY OF SECRET
SERVICE SENTINELS.
PRISONER DID NOT
SLEEP LAST NIGHT
oTTUMWA WITNESSES VIII O
WILL BE CALLED TO TESTIFY
AT THE TRIAL NEXT WEEK ARE
READY; BITTER WAR PROMISED

centervlIle, May 22.-(speciaI
Courier Telephone Service)-
Much apprehension is being en-
tertained here for the safety of
the negro, John Junkin, whom the
Ottumwa sheriff turned over to
the local officials yesterday morn
ing. Judge M. A. Roberts, rec
ognizing the fact that the senti-
ment here favors hanging the
prisoner, this morning appointed
William Bray, ex-sheriff of Appa-
moose county, captain of num-
Der of citizens to- act as secret
service force of sentnels to
watch the crowds congregating for
the trial and to hear and report
to the officials as to any damag-
ing conversation which refers to
vioance to the negro. Junkin is
very much worried. He received
an inkiina of the sentiment form
ina against him, and last night
did not sleep. Every effort is
being made by the officials to dis
courage any talk of violence,
the trial approaches.
The tragic circumstances in the
brutal murder of Miss Clara Rosen on
the night of February 5 by John Jun
kin will be graphically reviewed in
the trial which begins next Tuesday
afternoon at 1870 before Judge M. A.
Roberts in the court room at Center
vile. All the witnesses who appeared
before the Wapello county grand jury
which indicted the negro on the
charge of murder in the preparation
of robbery, first degree offense, have
been subpoenaed by the state, and
each will be placed under rigid ex,
animation in behalf Of the state by
County Attorney Seneca Cornell, and
the testimony they furnish will be the
target of a bitter cross-eXamination
| by the defendants counsel, Judge j.
| c.. Mitchell.
| The selection of jury to hear the
case is expected to consume the open
ing day and portion of the follow,
ing. The Introduction of evidence will
follow the opening statements to the
! jury, which is expected to be deliv
cred upon the afternoon of Wednes
day. The witnesses for the state and
for the prisoner will go to Centerville
Tuesday evening in order to be ready
for their summons to the stand upor
! Wednesday afternoon or Thursday
morning. County Attorney Cornell
believes the case will continue al
week, while Judge Mitchell is of the
opinion the trial will not consume
more than three days.
Will Tell of CRIME
F. A. Rosen, Jr., brother of the
dead girl, with Officer Charles Peter
son will review the discovery of thu
multilated body in the excavation a
Dare and Cara streets. w. N. Roscoe
and DR. A w Slaught will describe
the condition the body was received
at the undertaking parlors and thu
proceedings before the coroner's in
quest Ray Kleinman, Mrs. G. @
johnson, Mrs. Anna Mather, Charlie
Mather and Mrs. A. E. Park have beel
called to testify to seeing a negro il
the vicinity of the crime shortly afte
it's commission The series of sweat
ings administered to the negro in o.
tumwa and Abba will be told by H.. {
Williams, Chief Gallagher, Office
| L duh HILLS, ShCl AL w. u.
and John W. Gray Mrs. Ray Gu
ter has been subpoenaed to describ
! the negro's offer to sell the damon
stone to her, and officer Joe Beema
will recite the circumstances surround
ing the arrest Of the accused mar
Dan Harmon, Mrs. G. O. Nelson,
Redman, Miss Bertha Redman, M
} and Mrs. Rred Rosen, Sr, Office
!. William Black and two newspape
reporters from Des Moinese, B. I
Dewey and Charles Darrell, have a
/; so received summons to appear fo
: the state.
, Subpoena Alienists.
In behalf of the defendant, Juds
: Mitchell has requested subpoenas fc
two doctors, j. G. Box of Ottumwa an
H. J. Hove of Des Moines These wi
nesses will tell of the effet
cocaine has upon an Individual. Mr.
Amy Junkin, mother of the accuse
man, together with M Anderson
Abba, will also appear for the negr
: The five witnesses to Junkin's co
fession secured in the Abba Jail, WI
have been summoned for the stat
will also be used by Judge Mitche
= HERE is RELIEF FOR WOMEN.