Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01

Tbev ask also why we did not bring
in the relatives Of Mrs. McHaffey
why didn't they bring them in to cup
port her story?' 49,
The bribery of solicitors was then
+orched On by Mr.. Smith. He said the
men who circulated the petltlon "eie
In full accord with the measure, ae-
string the legalized tra1tic IN prefer
ence to the illegal trafflc.
He said the men were not III.
fluenced to sign the petltlon py an!
nav that they received tor thelr ser''
ices.
J.oues on Challenges.
=, conclusion the attorney SAID ne
oo,,id not understand the theory by
which the opponents figure that 'nsS
can count the four WltnoLaWais, ,or
which evidence was shown that liionIy .
was paid. He declared tne .t .ond not
must be an independent act anu ~
nv anv influence, and expressed tne
ass,,rance that the court wouiu Hotu
that.alI withdrawals that were not lle
voluntary act of the men Woulo DC iio'
considered. ,ro,,,,ent
Mr.. Jaoues in his closing arsunleht,
which was brief, took up the eVlue .,
relating to money being pay ,. w. hv
three Smiths and Charles HICKS py
Gnor,a clifton. The contestants In
this nroceedings,". said the attorney
"are THOMAS d. Foster. Edward row
,ar ard Sumner Siberell, and not one
nf these men was placed on the stana
70 saw that he had no knowledge OF
money being paid for Wlthdrawals. ~
M Jones. it seems, gets man VIM mas
ibeen living at the poor farm; ne ac-
c,,if Of clothes
Ea,1tomobile and goes out after WITH
drawals Mr.. Jones did not explain
Ivhv Clifton went into the houses
alone" Mr.. Jacques then enumerateal
withdrawals challenged He then salo
that the court could not count OIL tie
names of signers now dead ana the re-
moyals without deducting the salile
number from the total Fote OF me ~ ~
In closing the attorney touched on Tue
evidence of Mrs. McHaffney ana the
question of reputation of solicitors.
east Saturday" said he, Mrs. NC
Haffev was on the stand and told OF
Noneerson being a bootlegger. II she
knew that story about Monsersoh "
ferine her money to influence freezer
WHY did she not tell 1t? Young hltto
was shown on the stand to be or good
renrte and of good character. He was
shown to have been in d1sorderiy
house. but there is no evidence in this
court as to the specific crime he is
charged with committing therein.
Mongerson's alleged offense did not
take place during the period ne was
circulating the petition and therefore
cannot be considered. / believe the
court will find this petition is sufficient
by between twenty-five ana n1ty
names" ,,r..
CHALLENGES not Conceded.
( Attorney Jacques presented to the
court the following list of sixty ehal-
lenges not conceded by the proponents:
Ed p. Canny, signed Nov. ?.
F. A.. Rhodes. signed Dec. Fl.
w. r. Holmes. signed NOV. "a -
f. Geo. L. Salmon. withdrawal. e.. J
Ed kreutZbender, withdrawal.
John Kreutzbender withdrawal.
S, p Reneker, not on poll books.
T q. f. Kendall, forgery
81, Fred Drake, signed Nov. "a.
G. w Minor, withdrawal. -
E. T. Hoffman, not on poll books.
r, E. Musselman, not on poll DOCKS.
H. B. MetZger, withdrawal.
Charlie Hicks, withdrawal. ~
Gust Carlson. forgery. ls.E
|. W, w. IVORY, not on poll books.
Peter Waters, withdrawal.
J. A. Collins, withdrawal.
Floyd Hahn, withdrawal.
Mike Welsh, Jr, not on poll books.
3 -
wabash Cash, not on poll books.
L. A. Munley, not on poll books.
| C. T.. Jones, withdrawal
A. S. Houk. withdrawal.
Silas Kuhns, not on poll books.
NJ Simmons, not on poll books.
Dan Cottrel. not on poll books.
W. F. Blystone, withdrawal.
Thomas r. Douglass, not on poll
books. .-.a b..
| c. Huber, withdrawal. vi
Ed Trowbridge, not on poll books.
c. H Owens, forgery n
Michael Zwer. not on poll books. =:
Charles Tragord, not on poll books.
J. E. Smith, withdrawal. IL
Sam Griggs, withdrawal.
Cheas. Dimmitt, not on poll books.
Ed H. Smith, withdrawal
Bert Smith, withdrawal.
William Elkins, dead.
J. A. Lukens, not on poll books.
Redrick Box, withdrawal.
j.. M. Durbin, not on poll books.
Alfred c. Anderson. withdrawal.
F. G. Myers, withdrawal.
F., A. McNickle, withdrawal.
Alfred Marts, signature not attested
Harry Watson, signature not at
tested.
Charles Harloff or Harlopp, not on
poll book. ....
Herman Muller, not on poll books.
Morris Rupe, not a citizen.
Paul Heckart, not a citizen.
Nat P. Knight, not a citizen.
l.. c. Ankele, not citizen.
w. B. Nipple, not a citizen.
r. Savage, not a citizen.
Redrick Box, not citizen.
George Kidd, not a citizen.
E. J. Rcece, not citizen.
Gllies Closes Case.
Attorney George Gillies made the
closing arguments for the drys. The
attorney went into detail regarding the
general reputation and moral character
of the saloon petition canvassers. He
said that it was not necessary for a
person to be convicted to be a disrepu-
table citizen. According to recent su-
preme court rulings it is necessary
that the signatures on the petition be
identical with that on the poll books,
according to the attorney. Mr.. Gillies
read at length regarding the signers of
consent petition being identical with
those on the poll books.
ION the stand l.. A. Mongerson who
circulated the consent petition admit
ted having a conversation with Mrs.
McHaffey," said Mr.. Gillies. HE told
Of going to her home when he wore
that sweater. MOngerSOn denies that