The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-18
FEDERAL COURT
OPENED TODAY
October Term Convened at Ten
O'Clock this Morning by Judge
Smith Mcpherson and
Grand Jury Drawn.
HABEAs CORPUS CASE
interesting Decision Given by the
Judge In Case Dealing With
Prisoner at the Iowa
Penitentiary.
HABEAs CORPUS CASE

hSuSidA III IACOhuh ILLS
ming at 10 o'clock, Judge Smith Nc
Pherson presiding. Among those pres
ent from out of the city who were
brought here by official court bust
ness were the following: M. L. Tenn
pie, Of Osceola, United States At
torney; Frank 3. Clark, of Ottumwa
United States Marshal; 1. H. Ham
mon of Ottumwa, Deputy United
States Marshal; w. G. Macarthur,
clerk of the district and circuit
courts; F. L. Poor and John A.
O'Neil of Burlington, United States
revenue officers; George B. Stewart,
Assistant United States Attorney.
The first work done was drawing of
the grand jury. D. w. Bladkford of
Hillsboro was appointed foreman and
Warren Holiday, bailiff. The grand
jurors drawn were the following:
Reed Brown, Oskaloosa.
Walter Beers, Keosauqua.
Jos. B. Brown, Oskaloosa.
Jos. Bauser, Muscatine.
]. w. Blackford, Hillsboro.
Frank W. Cartwright, Mt. Pleasant.
Samuel Dotson, Wapello.
Clay Eisenhauser Milton.
Frank Gilmore, Dixon.
John George, Derby.
Nelson King, Corydon.
E. E. Moore Ottumwa.
H. C. Pickerell Batavia.
G. w. Payne, Noble.
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Harold Wilson, Keosouqua.
H. S. Winston, Des Moines.
Harvey Young, Ottumwa.
Judge Mcpherson then gave few
oral instructions to the jury body
before their retirement to investi
gate cases. 1t is understood thai
I the present term will likely ad.
journ some time tomorrow. If court
4 adiourns in time Judge Mcpherson
will attend the funeral of Senator
Deliver on Thursday at Fort Dodge.
u Edward W. McManus, assistant
prosecuting attorney for Lee county,
I the Youngest member of the Keokuk
Bar Association, was today admitted
to practice before the federal court
! by Judge Mcpherson and the oath
was administered to him. The motion
that he be admitted was made by AT
torney E. G. Weber of Fort Madison
The trial docket was called and
several cases dismissed. Andrew Hill
man. of West Point. Iowa, charged
with using the mails to defraud, en-
tered a plea of not guilty. He was IN
dicted for the offense during the
May term of court and was place.
, under arrest several weeks ago b.
I Deputy Marshal Dunlap. Hillma1
: asked the court for continuance. Tht
case will come up for further hearins
e tomorrow morning.
e The cases of A. R. Smouse VS.. c
a B. & @. R. R. Co. and Leona Smous
S VS.. c. B. & @. R. R. Co. were dis
e missed at the defendants COSTS.
The case of j. n and R. G. Quito
VS.. C. B. & @. R R. Co. was continu
ed.
|, The case of Che Des Moines Incu
bator Co. VS.. Fred G. Seller an
Frank C. Seller was continued genel
ally.
e The case of the United States v!
n Glen Harwood was continued.
3 In the breach of promise suit {
$ Iona Miller vs. Charles Weber,
? wealthy farmer, for $4,000 hear
balm, the defendants motion fc
more specific statements was SUI
tanned. The court held that the plail
tiff should set out generally in whs
e way she was damaged, by the defen,
Is ants refusal to marry her