The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-09
Verdict Returned Wednes.
day Evening at 8;45.
llMt MOST REVOLVING
Noggle's Victim Was Only
Seven Years Old.
Jury Returns Verdict Finding
Him Guilty of the Second Count
In the Indlctmcnt-Pctition To
Partition the Il. Il. Ilite Estate.

II At S:i5 o'clock Wednesday evening.
the jury returned a verdict, finding
Roy, alias Pearl Noggle. guilty of
attempted rape as charged in the
second count in the indictment. The
conviction carries with it a sentence
Of from one to twenty-one years in
the penitentiary or an indefinite SEN
tcnce in the Mansfield reformatory.
The arguments were completed anl
the charge given to the jury Wed
| nesday evening. At five o'clock the
| jury retired to the jury room for
| deiberation and in about an hour
was taken TO supper. After supper
| the consideration of the case was re-
sumed and after about three hours
of deliberation, the verdict was reach
| cd.
The trial of the case has attracted
great deal of attention, the court
| room being filed at practically every
| session. It is many years since evi-
dencc Of such revolving nature has
| been adduccd in a trial in Marion
| county. Nogglc's victim is little Mar
gueritc, the seven year old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel ilingel, Of
Richland township. At the time the
onense was committed, the child was
but six years of age.
The trial was begun Monday morn
Ing and three fun days We're con.
sumed with the hearing.
Noggle was not visibly effected
when the jury made It's report, al
though he later expressed himscE
as being surprised at the verdict. Fol.
lowing the report Of the jury he spent
some time in convcrsng with his
father and brother and was then re-
turned to the county jail to await tho
time for his sentence.
Emma Beck. through her attorneys,
Mouser and Moloncy, has begun par
tition proceedings against Margaret
Hite, Alice Brown. Jasper Brown
Elnora Bbler. Hurbert Bibler and
Charles Beck asking for the partition
Of 12i acres Of land in Grand Prairie
township. belonging to the estate of
Benjamin T. Hito, deceased.
The plaintiff represents that she Is
entitled as an heir of Benjamin f.
Hte, to one third interest in tho
property, subject 10 tho dover OF Mar
garet ITite and asks that her portion
he either set Off 20 her or that IL be
sold and the money distributed.
In the divorce proceedings of Maud
I.Orwig against Henry J. Orwig, at
torneys Champman and TaEgart. Of
Ashland, have filed the answer OF the
defendant in which he admits the mar
riagc on October ~, 1887 and the cor
rectncss Of the statement Of the mum
ber OF children. He also admits thai
the plaintiff deserted him. November
20. 1910, but denies all other allega-
tions.
The dismissal Of the petition is ask
ed.
Judge Scofeld held short session
of court i'm the Judges room. Just off
the grand jury room, this afternoon
The time for trials In a number OF
cases was set.
The case OF L. II. Dclauder against
". L. Gebhart and others was set for
Monday February 13; the case o.
William II. Brown against Philip NJ
Cast, Wednesday. February t6; the
case Of Dolly Bolen and others against
Frank Noblct and others. Wednesday.
February 16, the case Of G. II. Want
against Frederick Crafts and others.
THURSDAY February 10, and the case
of the state Of Ohio against John Pau
los, Friday, February II.
Judge Scoiield this afternoon grant
ed Frank +. Jones a divorce from
Maria Jones on the grounds Of gross
neglect of duty and wilful absence for
more than three years. The Joncses
are collored persons. They were mar
ried In Kenton in MAY OF 1902.