The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03
STRYCKER
GETS HIS
FREEDOM
Jury FINDS FARMER NOT
GUILTY IN SHORT DE-
LIBERATION.
Story of Accused Man Regard
ing the Alleged Theft of
Corn Believed.

.After deliberating forty-hve
minutes, the jury trying the case
of State OF Indiana versus Solo
mon Strycker, returned at 40
Thursday evening with a verdict
Of Not Guilty" Strycker was
charged with entering a granery
with intent to commit larceny.
The violation was ALLEGED to
have been committed on the
premises OF Floyd Jacoby, five
miles northeast of this city: Stry-
cker was a neighbOr, and was
caught in the act OF taking corn
from the granery on the Jacoby
farm one evening by an employe
OF the farm, who hal been sta
toned to watch for thieves.
Str.'cker's defense was that Ia
coby had told him to 90 and get
the corn and pay him for it after
ward. Strycker. and his wife tes-
tilted that they had obtained corn
in this manner, three times from
Jaooby. The issue of the case CEN
tered on the testimony regarding
the events of the day, that the
corn was taken. Jacoby testified
that he drove TO the home OF
Strycker on the evening OF the
occurrence, and converSed with
Strvcker in regard TO the pur-
chase of hav. by Strycker. With
his companion Jacoby then took
short cut back to his farm
and TO his granery, where d
farm eu1ploye, Hess by NAM
had captured Strycker. The de
fendant maintained that at that
meeting in his home. Jacoby had
told him to go and get the corn.
Judge Burson Here.
Special Judge George Burson,
OF Winarnac was in the court to-
dav. allowing claims on the Yel-
low River Ditch. dredge OF which
he IS special Judge The dredge
will be commenced in April. IS
the news conveyed by the Nap
panee Dredging Co., which has
the contract for the cleaning
dredging and widening of Yellow
river.
Illegal Fishing.
The two cases of illegal fishing
which were tried in Justice OF The
Peace w. F. Young's court in
january. were transferred to the
Circuit court docket Friday. Th,
warrants are against Mervin My
.ers. and Hold Eaton. the latter
Of whose true christian name i
unknown. and are preferred by
John F. Rigney an1 James Don
lev. fish commissioners. who
charge the two defendants with
illegally fishing through the ice
on Twin Lakes. on January II
1910. The offence consists In tha
rhev are alleged to have used 81,
hooks, in each hole made in th'
ice. in violation OF the statute
which restricts the number Il
two. Both men have given bond
Sues on Note.
TOhn Walters has brought sui
against Jessie Chaffee on note
demanding S173.75 and proper re
lief. Walters was surety on
note, demanding $50 on Per,
bank. which Mrs. Chaffee failet
To paw. To the loss OF her surety
She was married to one Jerr,
Anglemyer. before the expiration
81 the time on the note, and sub
seauently divorced. and on thi
ground Walters sues for jrdg
snent.
Other Court News.
The new jrrymen have beer
drawn. Sherman Orr OF Cente
and Cyrus Hibray OF Uniol
townships in the places OF JOSEPH
ID. Hizer OF Union, and Ander
son Y. Yost of Walnut tip. wh'
were excused.
The ditch tetition of Elias +
limbaugh OF Walnut township
was referred TO the drainag
commissioners. and John NJ
Wiekizer, was appointed add