Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-06
DETAILS OF THE AWFUL MUIR
DER OF MISS CLARA ROSEN is
BEING RELATED TO COURT
BODY THIS AFTERNOON.
WITNESSES ARE
BEING EXAMlED
AMOUNT OF TESTIMONY WILL
CONSUME GREATER PART OF
TOMORROW AND INDICTMENT
MAY NOT COME UNTIL MONDAY

Details of the atrocious murder OF
Miss Clara Rosen are being reclted
before the grand jury of Wapello colln-
ty today by numerous individuals wno
are conversant with the facts of the
case. The steps of the slain girl are.
being retraced from the Rosen nome
on Plum street to the corner Of Dare
and Cara street, where the murderous
hand of John Junkin struck the blows.
that stilled her young life. The testi-
mony of the searchers who the entiio
night of February 5 diligently secured
the hills in the vicinity of the crime,
is being given. and the witnesses VINO
appeared before the coroner's jury
too, are relating the testimony given
before that body. Chief Gallagher, OF
ficer Frank Harris and Henry VIII
Jams, who worked diligently upon the
case since the pawning of the diamond
stone by J,nkin, will give their test1-
mony, in which the action of the po-
lice department will be rehearsed
from the first arrest OF JunlSin until
the confession was ultimately received
from the negro in the cell at Albta.
The jury convened at 10 O'Clock this
morning The amount Of testimony
will in all probability consume the
greater part of tomorrow, and the in,
dictment will not be reported until
late Saturday afternoon or Monday
morning.
Women Still Curious.
The morbid curiosity of Des Moines
women continues to exert itself and
the jail attendants continue to lie
bothered with the curious members CT
the sex in their desire to see John
Junkin No one is allowed. to see the
negro The Capital referred to the
disposition of Junkin in the following
language:
That Junkin is resuming the fiendish
nature which must have character
ized him when he murdered Clara
Rosen, the beautiful Ottumwa choir
singer. was evidenced this morning
when he suggested that he might be
put on exhibition, charge an admis.
sion fee to those people who wish to
see him, ard take the proceeds to hire
an attorney.
He seems to be very little concerned
with the awful crime that rests upon
his shoulders.
Davenport on Junkin.
Charles Davenport, the negro from
Des Moines who Is sentenced to life
imprisonment in Ft. Madison, stated
yesterday while enroute to the pen that
Junkin was bad man.
'Hanging's too good for that guy"
Davenport said. "Junkin has been
full Of coke ever since he was put in
with me. He told me he murdered
the girl, and gave me lot of the de.
tails. The overcoat that he wore was
covered with blood. They've got the
right man all right and nobody else
was mixed up in the case"
Griffin Makes Statement.
Sheriff w. B. Griffin of Abba who
was in Des Moines yesterday, has Civ.
en- the Register and Leader the follow,
ing interview:
If John Junkin. the negro slayer OF
that city this morning there would be
no demonstrations Of any kind and nc
mob violence attempted.
That is the assertion of Sheriff w
B. Griffin Of Abba, who arrived in Des
Moines yesterday from Ottumwa.
Sheriff Griffin declares that the city
which few days ago was wildly cry
ing for the life of the murderer Jun
kin, and the city in which the mol
spirit of violence was rife, has falleI
back into it's usual calm and settle
state, the citizens being content witt
the knowledge that the murderer Is
in custody, has confessed and thd
justice can best be meted out to hin
by due course of the law.
Town Quiet Now.
"As long as there was doubt as II
who was the slayer of Miss Rosen, anf
that mystery as we'll as the Johnston
case had not been cleared up, The
town was in fever heat of excite
ment," said the sheriff. but will
| the confession of Junkin and the drop
ping of the Johnston case, the atmos
phere has been wonderfully cleared
No hints at mob violence are heart
and | believe the negro Junkln coule
ibe taken there and placed in Jail II