Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-21
JURY MAKES FINAL REPORT
GILMAN MEN HELD FOR SET.
TING FIRE TO BUILDING.
RAILROAD is CHARGED
WITH SELLING LIQUOR
Great Western Defendant - James
Woodmansee and Ike Peterson Freed
Of Robbery Charse-County Attor-
ney Commended for Services = Jury
Compliments Supervisors.

| Ten indictments, two of Them agains
! the Chicago Great Western railroa
company, no bills were found asains
two individuals under investigation ant
! two reports, one on the jail and tn
other comendlng County Attorney A. I
! DAILY, We're contained in the final repor
of the grand jury maze shortly betor
noon today.
All but TWO Of those indicted, except
ing of course the railroad company. ar
elmer under bond TO the ulStrIct cour
or justice courts, or are IN jail. IN
remaining two have not been arrested
List of Indictments.
Among the indictments are tire
gainst boys, two of them DeS Nome
laos, and two against Gilman mel
charged with setting fire TO building
The following is a list of the indici
men,s made public:
Robert Eaton, a Waterloo boy, 70
/; larceny He is under bond.
w 3. SkogerSon, assistant city en-
gineer, assault with intent 10 do grea
bodily injury. Skogerson is unde!
bond
Dell pepper, Gilman. setting fire t.
building with intent TO burn it. Peepel
is in Jail.
Randy" Long. Gilman setting fire t
building with intent to burn it. Ions
is under bond.
Adrian Hoffman and Ernest johnson
both of Des Moines, larceny. Both arr
under bond
Chicago Great Western railroad. twt
indictments for selling liquor on il:
trains within the County.
Charges That Are Alleged.
Robert Eaton is the boy who was ar
rested for stealing from the kimball
Burdick store at Lamoille. He wa:
bound over from the mayors court anc
released on bond signed by his father
W. W. Eaton, George Burdick. and 5
". Myers.
Skogerson's indictment is the result
of trouble he had with w. a. Carol!
The case was in Justice Peek's court
where il was set for trial March IS
Skogerson is under bond to appea!
there.
Dell pepper and Randy" Long are
indicted for setting fire to the B. F
Ingraham blacksmith shop in Gilman
pepper is in Jail and Long is unde
bond TO appear in Justice Millard':
court. where the case was under con
tinuance.
Adrian Hoffman and Ernest johnson
were the two boys who were arrested
for stealing money from the Oscar Ter
rill home. early in the winter. Hoff
mans father and uncle furnished bal
after the boys had been held to tbs
juvenile court
Size Got Evidence.
The two indictments returne6
against the Chicago Great Western are
the result OF evidence obtained by W
a. Size when he was employed by
County Attorney Day during the las-
ter part of December to watch the
railroads. Size was put on the job. the
county attorney said, because com
plants had been made that liquors
were being sold on trains while the!
were going thru the county.
Woodmansee is Freed.
James c. WooGmansee, VINO wa:
held TO the grand jury on charge o.
robbery by Mayor Jones, was freed Of
the charge. Woodmansee had fur
nished bond. The grand jury. after in
ves,igating the alleged robbery of E
NJ. Jones. OF Grinnell, who claimed Il
have been robbed. found no bill
against the young man.
Ike Peterson, alleged to have alsc
had a snare in the robbery OF Jones
was also nc: indicted, no bill beine
found against him. a warrant was is
sued from the mayors cou.t for ths
arrest OF Peterson n connection wiz
the case, but Peterson could not be
found. the officers reported.
1t was said that Jones, who is {
member Of the Grinneil fire depart
ment and who was witness before
the grand jury, refused to sign nj:
testimony given during lie investiSa'
ton of the alleged robbery. County Al
torney DAILY declined to discuss tai:
detail Of the investigation.
Commends the County Attorney.
County Attorney Dag vas com
mended and praised for his method o.
conducting his office and for assist.
ance and advice given the grand jury
This comm endation is presumed to BE-
intended as protection to Mig. Daily FOL
the appearance of the attorney gen
erals assistant in the Gilman arson
case Mr. Fletcher had stated in cour
that the reason he was here was be
cause complaint had been made of the
county attorney.
The grand jury conplimented IT,
supervisors for improvements made il
the Jail since the jury last inspected
it. and recommended that some re-
pairs be made to the jail and tina
some painting be done.
The grand jury that met in Januar,
had a rather heated session with TIL
supervisors when the jury complained
of the condition OF the jail and de
manded that the supervisors remed.
the conditions. Since then improve
ments have been made in the eel