The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-03-11
JUAEEN INDICTED
BY THE GRAND JURY
oTTuMwA WOMEN DENouNcE
DIES MONIES WOMEN.
BE DENIES his CONFESSION
Prisoner Says He Was Doped When
tie Told the Story-Weaver K.
viii BE Held At
Des Moines.


ottumwa, Ia, March s.--Tohn Jun
Ken was indicted for murder in the
preparation OF robbery. which is first
degree murder, by the grand jury. Of
wapeIlo county, Saturday afternoon.
Conviction OF this crime carries with
it possible death sentence.
Junken win not be tried, however,
until the April term OF court.
Judge Anderson, OF Abba. before
whom Junken win be tried. has rep
utation as an .eminently fair jurist and
the people OF ottumwa are well salts
fed with the prospect of his hearing
the evidence and arguments in the
case. He has lived at Abba for a
number of years and his experience
vim the. negroes Of the coal camps of
Monroe county, many >of whom have
been. in court there on charges OF muir
der. has given him an insight INFO the
character Of the negro criminal which,
ottumwa people believe, viii not al
low his judgment to be blinded by
sentiment
Women Denounce Women.
Three hundred club women in a
mass meeting Saturday passed resolu-
lions denouncing those members OF
their sex who visit the Polk county.
iail 10 see Junken, and who indicate
a desire to hand him gifts.
Two resolutions were drafted, one
denouncing that class OF women in
Des Moines and the other declaring
disbelief in the statement OF the de-
tectiyes that Mrs. Johnston was not
assaulted, but that her charges were
made as the result of hysteria. They
insist that the woman was the victim
of an assault and regard the state
ment OF the officers as means TO
cover up failure to ferret out the
crime
II was decided also to hold mass
meeting this week for the purpose Of
organizing a campaign for clean city.
1t is proposed to go into the municipal
campaign with a view TO electing Off
GERS who win sustain civic righteous
ness and clean up 0ttumwa. The city
election is March 20.
Denies His Confession.
Dies Moines, March S.--John Junken.
the negro confined in the county jail,
yesterday afternoon came out with the
assertion that he does not remember
signing any confession for Sheriff
Griffin OF Abba, and that If he did sign
one it was while he was intoxicated
and under the influence OF dope, which
he charges the officers placed in the
whisky they gave him.
There haint nothing to that Griffin
confession" said Junken. That Pink
erton Niger sleuth they put in my cell
down at Abba kept giving me whisky
ali the time, and know he put dope
in it, They got me stewed on that
combination and then talked me into
signing that confession"
Weaver viii BE Held.
Frank Weaver. the coloEed man
whom Junken at one time during his
series OF confessions implicated. will
be held in custody here until after the
trial Of Junken, as he is believed to
know more or less OF the murder.
While 1t is not believed he had any
hand in the commission OF the afro.
cious deed, Junken states that he knew
of his (Junken's) possessing the dia'
this morning that Weaver would be
held here The police department Is
now in communication with the Gales
burg authorities ON the robbery Weav
er is supposed TO have committed in
the Illinois city. A picture Of Weaver
was taken in the city jail and Chief
Gallagher viii send this to the officers
at Galesburg.