Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-05-22
SHERIFF JACKSON AND cHIEk
GALLAGHER REMOVE NEGRO
MURDERER FROM PRISON To
cENTERvlLLE.
OFFICIALS USE MUCH
. STRATEGY IN ACTION
SECRETLY LEAVE oTTuMwA IN
BUGGY AND CONVEY THEFT
CHARGE TO THE SCENE OF THE
BIG TRIAL NEXT WEEK.

John Junkin, the negro murderer OF
cara Rosen, is safely incarcerated in
the st. Louis cage in the Centeryille
jail, having been taken there at 3 a.
M, today by Sheriff w. w. Jackson
and Chief of Police Peter Gallagher.
HE Will be arraigned at 1:3O o'clock
next Tuesday before Judge M. A. Rob
erts, and Immediately thereafter the
trial will begin.
While most officials of the state
were peacefully asleep last night.
Sheriff Jackson and Chief Gallagher
were doing duty. 1t was through a
keen stroke of strategy .exerted by the
Ottumwa officials that the removal of !
the negro from Ft. Madison to Cen
tervllle was not known more generally.
Snort after O'Clock yesterday after.
noon Jackson and Gallagher boarded
a Jefferson street car and rode to
Fourth and Jefferson streets, where
Jailer Frank Kreigh had the sheriff's
team and buggy, They drove to
Agency, where the Ft. Madison pas
senger was boarded, conveying them
1 10 the prison city. ;funlin was taken
aboard the b. G. r.. & N passenger
at $40 p. M, to Columbus junction,
| where the prisoner and officers trans.
ferred to the main line Rock. Island
flyer, which bore them to CentervilIe.
Every precaution was taken by the
officials to shield their prisoner from
the public, and while the train stop.
ped at Fairfield and Eldon stations
the negro was taken to the baggage
car that his presence might not be
known. At the depot in Centeryille,
the Ottumwa officers were met by the
marshal, who accompanied them to the
jail, where Junkin was turned over to
Sheriff John G. Clark, in whose
charge he will be during the trial. The
Ottumwa officials have returned home.
Secrecy Was Courted.
The well laid plans Of Sheriff Jack
son and Chief Gallagher for the re-
moval of Junkin were made after a
consultation with County Attorney
Seneca Cornell, and 1t was the belief
of the officers that the least possible
! number who knew OF their plans, the
more successful they would work. A
lrepetition of the disturbances in Oska-
loosa, Sigourney and Burlington the
three cities where Junkfn has been
confined was the thing the officials
wanted to avoid
Junkin Likes Sanders.
The negro when apprised bv Ward
en- Sanders that he was to be moved
/ to Centerville, became nervous and
did not like the idea Of being again
subjected to the treatment he had re-
ceived since his arrest as the murder
er and until he was safely back in the
FIT. Madison prison. During the trip to
lCenterville the prisoner never once re-
Iferred to his trial or to the awful deed
with which he Is charged. but only re-
ferred to the treatment he had been
given since being taken back to prison.
In Junkin's estimation, Warden San
i ders Is a big Improvement over Ward
en- Jones at FIT. Madison.
i Excitement at centervlle.
4 Centerville, May 21-(SpeciaI Cour-
Il ier Telephone Service e.)-While the
presence OF John Junlsin, the negro
murderer OF Clara Rosen, Is not gem
orally known in Centerville, there Is
considerable excitement and feeling
over the coming trial. The arrest
Monday night of Herman Owens,
charged with assaulting Nellie Sand :
ers, has served to arouse the citizens
here and the excitement Is augmented
somewhat by the arrival of Junkin.
Il There is no likelihood OF any violence
being done the prisoner, however, un-
less the initiative is taken by outside
parties. Sheriff Clark and his assist
ants are exerting a close watch over
Il Junkin.