The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-04-04
CIRCUIT COURTS
DOCKET LIGHT
NOT A SINGLE CRIMINAL CASE
Plaintiff in ElHerS-ROgerS Case Awarded
S6l6.60 Damages Presence of
Crime Small, Says Grand Jury

The docket before the Circuit Court.
which was convened here Monday by
Judge W. /. Bradshaw, of The Dalles.
was very light and il is probable that
the business Of the court will be fnlsh-
ed today. The most important case
heard was that Of Ellner VS.. Rogers. in
which the plaintiff. alleging an assault
ana battery. sued for damages 10 the
| amou Of $1,000. The case was de-
| cided Tuesday afternoon, the jury as
sessing damages Of S6l660.
Ida Elmer. the plaintiff, claimed that
she had been persuaded by the defend
ant to leave her former home in New
York City, where she had known Mr.
Rogers and his wife. and come to their
Upper Valley ranch and reside as
member of the family. She grew dis
satisfied after a while ana last June
left the Rogers home to seek employ
ment elsewhere. She asserts that she
was working at the ranch of J +. Can
dee, picking Strawberries, when Mr..
Rogers came to the field and ordered
her to 90 to Hood River with him.
She refused and he grasped her hands
and arms, seriously injuring and bruis-
ing her.
In the evidence adduced by the de
fenSe II was asserted that the plain
tits actions had shown a nervous dis
order and a kind of hysteria and that
fearing her mind might be affected.
Mr.. Rogers had visited the county Judge
here and comforting with him secured
authority to bring her here that her
ease might be investigated
Not single criminal case was on
the dockets OF the court and the bus-
ness of the Grand Jury was exceedingly
light One indictment was returned.
Geo. A. Miller was found guilty of
having stripped engines of the Nit.
Hood Railroad Co. of their brasses.
which he shipped to Vancouver and
disposed of. Miller despuled the loco
motives of every piece of brass fitting
that it was possible to break of and
remove, Marshall Robert / Lewis
and c. G. Metcalf, an engineer on the
Mt. Hood line, made trip to Vancou-
yer Monday and located the stolen
poperty. Miller could not be returned
here because of an indictment against
him at Vancouver for burglary al
Ieged to have been committed there.
1t is thought that Miller is a member
OF gang that has been operating here
and other cities along the Columbia.
tie admitted to having had a conteder-
ate. He was probably connected with
attempted burglary of the Clarke drug
store and the burglary of the Young
Meat Market.
The Grand Jury returned the follow
ing report
We. the Grand Jury impaueIed at the
April, 1912, term Of the Circuit Court,
beg leave to report as follows:
We have been in session two DAYS
and have returned one true bill and one
not true bill We have carefully ex-
amined into all matters brought to our
attention and have given the same our
most careful consideration. We are
pleased to say that the state of the
county, in so far as the presence of
crime is concerned, is in an excellent
state and but very few complaints have
been made to this body.
We have examined the various county
offices and the same appear to be in
good condition but we have not had the
time nor opportunity to make any de-
tailed investigation. In this connec-
tion We recommend and advise that the
hooks of the different county officers
be audited by competent experts at
least once in every two years. We
deem this but fair to the officials them
selves and certainly is but buslnessIike
methods upon the part of the county
and believe il would be good prece-
dent to establish and maintain.
Having finished our labors we ask to
be discharged
j. b. Hunt, foreman; M. M. Hill,
J. W. Pifer, j. H. Eggert, II. W.
Krussow, A. j. Friedy, and J. f.
Candee.