Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-10
THREAT OF JUDGE TO SEND MAN
TO JAIL BRINGS MONEY FROM
aE HIDING PLACE.
MAN WHO HAD FUNDS
REFUSED TO PAY CLAIMS
Finally Concludes to Take Up Notes
Amounting to $3.50 Rather Than
epsnd Time Behind Bars - Kept
Money in Trunk and Pockets OF
Clothes.

Waterloo, May 10.-In the trial o,
Pearl B. Sawser, hailed into district
court yesterday in response to an or
der issued by the court on bill OF
discovery" remarka Ole rapid-tire Sc
ries of interrogatories We're hurried a;
the witness by attorneys. in an effort
to secure some information relative to
the varied financial operations IN
which he was engaged
plaintiffs holding tWo judgments.
one for $3.50, and another for $500, en-
deavored to collect money due from
Sawser. Last Saturday afternoon jus
tice W b McMurray, in whose court
one of the judgments was rendered,
met Sawser on the street and latter
showed him a roll of bills. remarhng
that he had 500 in his pocket.
Must Be Liberal Spencer.
Yesterday when ting defendant was
closely examined on the witness stand
he reluctantly accounted Tor about $50"
of the money, according to the tota-
estimate OF expenditures made by MIN
during the four days which mad
elapsed since he is said 10 nave had
the $500. During trips 70 Cedar RAPIDS
his average expense was about S0p per
day. Hotel bills, cigars. meals. liquor
purchased and other incidentals helped
swell the total. Side bees on ball games
also figured in the estimate gwen N
court
~NHeee Much Discovered"
When asked where the remaining
$500 disa ppeared. the witness repeat
eddy refused TO give any information
to clear UP the apparent mystery. Al
tho the action is entitled q bill OF dis
covery." very little vas discovered.
On several important points the wit
ness memory was decidedly poor. He
testified that he owned no property IL
Iowa. but possessed several pieces OF
land in ether sections of the country.
The action was brought by \. ]. Nor
rison against Pearl Sawser and wife,
to collect money due on promissor:
note given II the purchase Of real es-
tate.
"Pay or Go to Jail" Judge.
Judge F. C. Plat ordered Sawser TO
pay the Judgment before o'clock or
go to JAIL This Is one OF the first cases
on record here where nan has been
given his choice between paying a debt
or serving a Jail sentence. The ruling
is based on that section Of the code
which contains the following provision:
Should the Judgment debtor fail 10
make full answers 10 all proper inter
rogatories propounded 10 him, he will
be guilty of contempt and may be ar
rested and imprisoned until he COM
plies with the requirements Of the Law
in this respect
Keep Money in Trunk.
When Mrs Nae SawSe-. the wife. was
examined on the stand she testified
that most Of che property was held IN
her name She and her mother own
three quarter sections in South Dakota
valued al $50 an acre. subject 20
mortgage: a $500 second mortgage on
property a Mt. Vernon and other acre
age in Iowa. Whenever a deal is made
the cash is placed in a trunk for safe
keeping No bank accounts are kept by
either the husband or wife. according
to their testimony. altho several hun
bred dollars at a time is often stored
IN the trunk.
Pulling Financial Problem.
Altho a farm OF 100 acres between
Waterloo and Cedar Falls was traded
last week for 2 Colorado farm OF eighty
acres. the cash difference secured by
Sawser or his wife is unaccounted for.
The deal was made by the husband. but
the Iowa property was in the wife's
name and thu Colorado farm is in his
name. The puzzle offered for the soiu-
ton Of the court and the attorneys in
terested IS 20 determine What became
Of the 800 known 20 have been in
Sawsere possession last Saturday. al
tho he now has only $50.
Paid Rather Than Go to Jail.
Attorneys who questioned Mr.. and
Mrs Sawser relative 70 the amount Of
property owned. or the disposition II
the same. were disappointed in their
efforts to gain Information. Judge
Platt's decision settled the matter and
the defendant paid the Judgment in
preference 10 se7r!og Jail sentence.