Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-09
QUICK, CHARGED WITH WIFE
MURDER, TO BE BROUGHT TO
TRIAL TuEspAY.
MAHMEr BRAEN's CASE
70 De TRIED NEXT
Grand Jury Completes Its Werk-Ne
III, Returned Against Carter Or sahas
-Mocosnnlel<, Indicted for Breaking
and Entering, and Mowry for. Carry
lns ceneaaisd Weapon, Plead Guilty.

James G.. Quick and Mesmet Braen,
indicted for flrst degree murder. will
be tried next week. Quick. who is
held for wife murder. will be arraigned
Tor trial Wednesday. Braen, who is
charged with killing Roshet Cater at
Green Mountain, will be tried immtA -
ately after the Quick case is completed.
Judge Nichols assigned the cases this
forenoon after the grand jury made its
hnaFreport. No additional indictments
We're returned. and In two cases the
3uryFdid not return bills. In ito report
on the condition Of the Jail the grand
jurysrecommended q new Jail
Carter Not Indicted.
Nm. Carter. the negro porter who
was employed at the Orpheum, ana
who has been in jail since early liz
the sumner. charged with criminal as
sault or 13-year- Iva Brazelton.
colorej. was released from jail this
forenoon. when the jury reported that
1t had found no bill against him..
The disinclination Of Mrs. ]. r.
Roman. mother of the girl, to prosecute
the case, the obscene nature of the tes-
t!:aS.y. that the younS s!ri would have
to give in open court, and the absence
OF some OF, the witnesses. were the rea-
sons the jury did not indict Carter.
Nicholas Sakas. the Greek who has
been out on bail ,since his arrest for
forgery having to do with drawing the
pay Of Greek laborers working for the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail-
road was not indicted. The absence
of witnesses was the reason for the
jury not returning q bill II, this case.
= Two Plead Guilty.
Two of those indicted pleaded gull
ty. Patrick H. Mccormick. indicted
for breaking and entering the Lane
home" south Of the city. threw himself
on the mercy Of the court. Charles
Mowry. Of Melbourne. indicted for
carrying concealed weapons. who
pleaded not guilty when arraigned Sat-
urday. changed his plea to guilty this
forneoon All the others pleaded not
guilty. Mccormick ana Mowry will
be sentenced probably Wednesday.
In addition to the murder cases
Judge Nichols assigned three other
cases. He set the case u horse steal-
Ing against O. C. Kobe for trial next
TueAaay. and the case Of attempted
rapesaGainst Howard Hart for Thurs
day Of the same week.
R. e. johnson was appointed to de-
fend Mccormick and F. E. Northup
was appointed to defend Mehmet
Braen.
Rseemmend New Jail.
In its report on the Jail the grand
Jury suggested that the supervisors
take steps to secure a new site and
~ huff yryith fnyy
years.. The report reads:
1.-The grand Jury has visited the Jail
Of the county and recommend that a
door is needed for the sewer closet, and
thirty five mattresses for the mems
wards in the annex there are needed
two double. two single. and one ono
and three-quarters mattresses. The
mattresses now In use should be de-
stroyed speedily. There are also re-
quired thirty-hve blankets for single
cots, and five double for the annex. The
interior Of the boiler room should be
cleaned and reprinted quickly. The
present jail Is not safe and realizing
however. the expense required In the
construction Of q new edif1ce. the grand
Jury isl not fully agreed upon the ex-
pensive undertaking, but notwith-
standing the economical desire It ID
accompanied that the board Of super
visors begin consideration Immediately
Of new site and the character OF
such "a structure as will comply with
the laws Of the state and the calls Of
humanity to the end that at the
earliest practicable time the present
county prison may be abandoned and
raxed.'