The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-16
VAUGHN Held
TO GRAND JURY.
professor and AstroIoser Committed
to County jail to Await Session
Of Body During March
Term.
NO SENsATIoNALIsM HAD
spectators Who Filled Court Room
Were Rather Disappointed, but
They Held on Through
Long Grind.

The Vaughn preliminary dragged
through eight long hours in the sup
erior court and at the conclusion the
professor was bound over to the
grand jury, which meets about the
middle of March. His bond was con-
tinued at $1,000, in default of which
he will be housed in the county Jail
for safe keeping.
The weary preliminary was absolute.
" devoid of sensationalism and the
spectators who sat in superior court
benches during the long ordeal, were
keenly disappointed to say the least.
Brief tits between the attorneys were
the only little incidents to cause a
stir in the court room, while attorney
John =. Craig attempt to impeach
Miss Nellie E. Clark did not escape
notice. But on the whole the prelim-
mary was dull one as far as real
evidence was concerned. The defense
( based their case on the fact that Miss
n Dyke must have abandoned the idea
%Df going into the restaurant business
#when she turned over the money, and
mad in mind at the time the show bust
mess. Taking the testimony and case
IRON where it was left off in yester-
lays paper we have the first witness
&nf the afternoon, Mrs. Lena Koch,
boarding house keeper at 303 .Blon
lsdeau
She testified to being acquainted
with Professor Vaughn and Miss
Nellie Clark; that during street fair
Vaughn boarded at her house. His
occupation was that Of astrologer, ETC.,
but as to these he did no. seem to
be a success. He had a show adver-
tised; we went, and my two nieces;
he had paraphinalia and left it at my
house. Miss Clark came to my board
Ing house about November Miss
Clark came and wanted to trade a
watch for Vaughn's paraphanalia, but
4 refused and later she came back with
the money
The opposing attorney at this point
engaged in a heated argument as to
what Nellie Clark said in regard to
going into the show business, ques-
tion directed in this manner by John
E. Craig being objected to by Theo-
dore A. Craig. Judge Mcnamara over
ruled the objection. Mrs. Koch testi-
fed in answer that Miss Clark came
with the watch, saying that the watch
was obtained by her for S21 in Ottum-
wa: later she returned with money and
at time said. were going into the
show business, although we may fall
down like professor Vaughn. For
time the two girls visited together,
but later they came separately, one
coming one night and the other, on
the next night After the show at
Woodman hall he still owed me. and
after the show he went to work
Goods that Vaughn had were taken
away by Miss Clark and in doing so
Miss Clark examined contents"
IN cross-examination Mrs Koch
testified as to payment of Vaughn.s
board. She testified that Vaughn ask
ed her niece to put down number and
he would guess it. This was tried, but
he failed
Conversation as to box occurred af-
ter the first of November. Box and
contents were taken separately.
told Vaughn that he could not take
box out without, paying his board
With the baggage he had trusted him
for his board. When he came he put