Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-02
DAMAGE SUIT IN
the U. S. COURT
NEW SHARON MAN ASKS $4,000
FROM RAILROAD FOR LOSS
OF ARM
GIRL IS HELD
Court Placed Ella Latham Under
$1,000 Bond to Appear Against
Alleged Abductor at Des
Moineo.

i Alleged Abductor at Des
The case of Allen H. Walker against
the Iowa Central Railroad Co. for $780,,
was begun in United States court this
morning. The grand jury was en-
panelled after shortage of four or
five members was made up Of Ottum.
vans. A number of liquor cases were
features Of the investigation which
began Immediately upon the en-
panelling of the sixteen grand jurors.
The court imposed bond Of $4,000 on
Ella Latham, witness In the white
slave case to come up in Des Moines
in two weeks, in order to secure her
against being spirited away from Des
Moines when the case comes up. In
the absence Of bondsmen the girl was
placed in the custody of Sheriff Knox
of the Wapello county JAIL
The chief interest in the United
States court today centers in the per-
sonal injury case Of Walker against
the Iowa Central railroad which began
this morning. Allen H. Walker claims
in his petition that while an operator
at New Sharon he was struck by a
train. He alleges that he was pushing
baggage truck on the platform Of
the station, and through the careless
ness of the defendant company he
sustained the loss of his left arm.
The injuries resultant claimed by the
plaintiff are that he cannot laugh and
at times cannot talk, and he AYERS
that comedy, tragedy and drama un-
comfortably affects him. He asks for
damages in the sum Of $4,000.
Ella Latham was brought from Des
Moines yesterday afternoon by Deputy
United States Marshal Harry Ham
mond to be placed under bond for her
appearance as witness in the white
slave charge against Clarence w.
Green who is soon to be tried in Des
Moines. The girl is the chief witness
for the United States. She had twice
escaped from the institution where she
was confined for safe keeping. 1t is
thought that friends of Green were
trying to spirit the girl away. Green
is charged with having brought the
Latham girl from St. Joseph, Mo-, to
Des Moines for immoral purposes. He
lis alleged to have come through o.
tumwa enroute from the Missouri city
to Des MONIES, and to have stopped
with her for time here, later continu.
ing to the capital city. The charges
were not filed against Green until after
he is alleged to have deserted the
girl She then came to the notice OF
the rescue forces that work for st.
Monica's home, an institution for fallen
women in Des Moines. Deaconess
Wurtz of the institution brought the
case to the attention of the authort
ties and information was filed against
Green with Clerk W. C. Macarthur OF
the U. S. court.
Bond Is 5000.
Green having flown, was traced by
the United States officers to a point
near Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was
arrested. He resisted extradieion.
After a hearing in Ohio, he was re-
turned to Des Moines. Since that
time the girl made a number OF ef
forts to escape from the institution
and was successful twice, but later re-
captured and it is in order to hold her
as a witness for the trial that Judge
Mcpherson made an order at Daven-
port last week to have the girl brought
here. The bond was fixed in the sum
of $4,000 and she will be kept in the
county Jail here until two weeks from
today when she will be taken to Des
Moines.
From Lower Missouri.
Miss Latham gave her age as %
years and said her parents live on
1870 acre farm near Pascola, NO., close
to the Arkansas line. She said that
she had been away from home for
three years, but that she hears from
her people frequently, and that last
week she got a letter from her father
and brother. The court told her that
in order to safeguard her, and at the
same time to secure her evidence be-
fore the grand Jury and in the trial of
Clarence w. Green in the event of an
Indictment, he would place her under
a bond of $4,000 and that she would
be kept in the county Jail in Ottumwa.
When she stated that she had friend
living outside of Des Moines on the
rural route who said he would go on
her bond, the court told her it was
largely to shield her from such So
called friends that he placed her under
UOuu, say uS tudl uc w lSACu W I1hS IuC
same care of her as her father would
were he here She was turned over to
Sheriff w. E. Knox and will be held
in the section for females in the Jail
but not as prisoner. The court told
her if she should receive any mistreat-
ment to send him word or notify Mar
shall F. B. Clark.
James Wilson. Manual Gonzales and
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