Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-30
man who was not reputable would be

man who was not reputable would DC
a good policeman the witness said he
would have to pass civil service ex.
animation. Attorney Jaqlles asked the
witness if he knew a mans character
and reputation would be looked into
and the answer was in the affirmative.
Hicks Paid for Withdrawing.
Charles Hicks was introduced by the
vets and said that he received SO from
George Clifton for withdrawing his
name from the consent petition. Il
was offered three dollars and was sick
and the money looked pretty good to
me" said the witness. When question
ed as to whether he was promised
more money to secure the withdrawal
of his brother and father he answered
in the affirmative.
On cross examination Hicks stated
that he got the monev laid on the
table before he would sign the blank.
He stated that this traneacticn took
place at his home on Grant street
]. w. Steele. solicitor for the con-
sent petition was then introduced by
the vets. He stated that he secured
the signature Of F. A. Rhodes on No
vemher 80 When asked why the
affidavit was dated December q, he
stated that it was mistake. Nr.
Steele said on cross examination that
he did not secure the signature OF
Rhodes on December p. as the peti-
ton was filed before that date and he
secured no signatures after the filing
Of the statement The witness said
that he received about $3.50 for his
work in securing signatures.
Identify Their Names.
D. Mccarthy. saloon consent pc
tition circulator swore to the fact that
Fred Drake signed the petition on No.
vember II. On cross examination. he
was asked to write November ~ and
November "a. Fred Drake followed
Mr. Mccarthy by identifying his sigma.
ture. e. P. Canny stated that he
signed on November 20, and had writ
ten the date as far as. Nov. 2 when he
was told by the solicitor that he (the
solicitor) would fill in the date G. E..
Kendall identified the signature on
sheet No. S77 as his own, saving that
he voted in the sixth ward. The sigma
ture was challenged on the ground that
the ward was shown to be the first and
because there was G. f. Kendall in
the first ward. w. f. Knox declared
that he had endeavored to serve Joe
Gee with a subpoena, but that he un-
derstood Gee had moved to Missouri.
Charles Harloff was said by the
sheriff to be in the hospital and in
capable of responding to his subpoena.
Gives kitto Clean Bill.
George Gessley,- responding to the
subpoena addressed to George Gessler,
declared that he did not know Everett
Humble from any of the other Hum
bles. He said that he had never been
in the room over Mynard's drug store
and that he did not know l.. A. Mon
gerson. He knew nothing Of any p"''cr
game going on in Harry Leonard
room The right name OF the witness
was not disclosed until ATTORNEY Whit.
more cross.questioned him. He said
he knew Of another Gessler, but had
not seen him since in November last.
The reputation Of j. M. Kitto was
testified to be good by Henry Phillips.
who had employed Kitto for some
time. The witness said he was in
position to know of Kitto's character
and reputation and that he had never
heard either spoken of as bad. He
considered Kitto worthy Of esteem
On cross examination Mr.. Phillips
said he was interested financially In
the Ottumwa Brewery, and had con-
tributed between $500 and $1,000 to the
present petition. He said he never
heard Of Kitto being intoxicated at any
time. v hen asked to define the char
acter or reputation Of Kitto. the wit
ness said he believed it was good even
in the event that he had been guilty OF
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