The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-17
A True Bill Returned Against Him
by Grand Jury in Partial Re.
port Made This After
noon. Ct
KEBo ALSO INDICTED
Man Charged With Assault With In.
tent to Kill viii be Held for
Trial-osear Becker s.
is Frse.

Two indictments were returned and
one case ignored in a partial report
of the. grand jury which was. made this
afternoon at o'clock, the indicted
persons being Walter Roy Woodbury.
on the charge of assault with intent
to commit rape, and Ed. Kebo, color
ed, charged with assault with intent to
KILL The case ignored was that
against Oscar Becker who was bound
over by Justice Leindecker because
of alleged breaking and entering a
freight car on the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy tracks near Gamer
ons warehouse.
The report was made by j. A. Yer
mazen, foreman, while other grand
Jurors are J. w Sundeen, A. Seabold,
]. F. Wyatt VIM. Reimbold Jr., r. T.
Allen and w. C. Pickard. After max
ing. the report the grand jury immedi-
ately returned to its room and re-
sumed work. 1t is thought that an
other week will be consumed before
the budget is disposed Of
The two prisoners now in the coun-
ty Jail awaiting trial, after their in
dictment today, are charged with the
most serious offenses of any who have
been bound to the grand jury and
4 whose cases have been under inves-
tigation. The indeterminate sent
ence law make the maximum sent
ence in the Woodbury. case twenty
years in the penitentiary.
1t is thought that the first true
bill found by the grand jury was
against Woodbury., as his case was I'M
der investigation on the first day,
which was Monday. He will now stand
trial, but possibly not until the lat
ter, part Of next week.
Kebo,- the other man indicted, is
the colored fellow who stabbed but
only slightly injured, an employe in
Atoms barn and then went to the
home of his brother and committed a
burglary.
Becker will be Immediately releas-
cd and is free man.
Morning Session.
The st. Patrick's day morning ses-
sion of the district court was featured
By the first court case of the March
term, a few matters of routine nature
and lucky escape by Judge W. G.
Clements from being precipitated on
the back of his head among dozen
or less petit juror chairs.
For the few gathered in the court
room this morning the little Incident
experienced by the judge proved far
more interesting than arguments and
testimony in case involving pen
sioner's homestead, for it brought a
hearty laugh from Judge Clements
only after he had barely ESCAPED
bad fall, and for a brief spell the
dignity of the court was disturbed.
1t was while Robert Kayser was OF
the stand testifying in the first cour
case, tie title of which is Rober
Kayser and s. E. Kayser vs. Joseph J
Datin, sheriff. The court has move'
from his high bench to more con
yenient seat in the jury box and t.
make himself as comfortable as posi-
BILE, tilted back in his chair. Will
much more interested in the case &C
ing on than in his perilous posture
he was rudely awakened from thi
keen interest by sudden plunge back
ward into bunch of chairs. Fl
grasped two chairs alongside an
saved himself from severe fail
but as it was had some trouble i
extricating himself from his entangie
ments. After brief respite and
good appreciation OF the joke, cour
was resumed, and Major Collins direct
ed another question at the witness.
The suit is one to restrain the shel
IF of Lee county from selling the Kay
ser homestead, known at lot 3, bloc
116, city of Keokuk, and being o
Ridge street, between Eighth an
Ninth, and that a judgment agains
said property be cancelled. Accord
ing to the evidence household good
aud property of the plaintiffs "
levied upon in 1892. Robert Kaysel
on the stand, testified that the juds
ment, according to his understanding
had been dismissed upon agreemen
with B. A. Dolan. who received 500 a
settlement. The property upo
which the execution has been issue
is described above and was purchase
III 1896. The plaintiffs contend tina
the payment of $50 settled the oil
Judgment and also because of the fat