The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-02-26

rljmmgdiateiy Iafters'the cpnipleden 4
|githe Ellsworth tFiai tSs II 80 s. 4
The Iollbwing gentries wefe hiade n
the Court calendar Saturday by judge
!, Talbot ~ ;tSs 80
-. Law. !; II,
ID. e. CEandail vs. &c. T. Kisor. Plain
tins, demurrer TO defendants amend
ment to counter claim overruled.
l Margaret Middlecoff VS.. Perry Ed
ris. Dismissed by plaintiff and judy
ment to be rendered, against plaintiff
Tor costs II not paid during term.
. s.. Probate. 'afc
Estate of Richard h. Williams. Sale
approved and deed ordered.
Estate of Myrtle A. CruZen. Hear
ing set for March 5. ras tg ..,l t..
Estate of w. c. Rhinehart. Final
ireportT approved and executor dis
, charged ~ In 5.s.s. sr.t +
Guardianship of Chas. A. Young et
al Sale approved and deed ordered
Guardianship of Myrtle A, Whitlock
= ct al. Guardian authorized to pay
funds sar %. . ea,nl FEIrFy tes
4 Guardianship of Joseph Omundson
Report of temporary guardian ap,
proved. ~ usrI f.}'
4 Estate of Rachael Alexander Final
report approved and executrix dis
Icharged. ,rr ~.r.a' :.
Guardianship of John Sipult Re
lport of guardian approved and resign
tion accepted. Mrs. Anna Gates APP
pointed guardian, 49, r.s j.. a..
| Estate of w. J. Pugh and estate of
iThos. j.. Seary. Hearing set for Mar.
n
The trial of Mark Bosworth on the
charge OF malicious injury to chattels
! is being heard in district court today.
The defendant is one of the eight men
indicted for participating in the al.
legged destruction OF property during
the street car strike riot last Noyem-
| Der. Dan Hamilton, OF .Sigourney,
and County Attorney, John McCut-
chon, are appearing for the state at
the trial and the firm of Davis L
| 0rvis represent the defendant. Open
, ing statement for the State was de-
J liveIed when court convened at nine
o'clock this morning by Mr.. Hamilton
and the atlirmations OF the defense
were presented by Dan Davis. Witnes-
! SeS IoF the State were called and
their testimony took little time. But
-four Witnesses we're used in present
ing the case. for the State. Several
Witnesses were heard On the part o.
! the defense ana taxing of testimony
was resumed this afternoon. Opening
and closing arguments of the attor-
neys will probably be completed and
the case sent to the jury some time
tomorrow morning.
The afternoon yesterday was de-
voted to empaneling a jury for the
Bosworth case. Twenty-Five jurors
we're called and examined before the
twelve men who will pass upon the
case were finally chosen. Each side
was. allowed six peremptory chal-
lenges and the State exercised the
full allotment while the defense
used five and waived the final one.
Two jurors were excused by Judge
was given by the court that the jury
shall be kept together throughout
the hearing of the case under the
care of a sworn bailiff. All the
petit jurors except the twelve chos-
EN- for this case, were excused by
Judge Talbot last night until We'd
/ nesday morning at nine o'clock.
They were cautioned by the court
not to engage in any discussion of
the criminal cases set for trial this
term and to keep out of the court
room during the progress of this
trial, as there are seven other cases
of similar character to be heard.
The next case on the assignment is
that OF State vs.. Frank Ademite, an,
other of the street car strike riot
cases. The Jurors chosen for the
Bosworth trial are as follows:
Harry y. Byers, Oskaloosa.
HeFschelE 1Pharr, Prairie township.
! Tom Bsnney, Jr.. Monroe township.
/ John Brewer. Black Oak township
! II, o.. Moore, Spring Greek town
IshiU. ..i 49,, Is....e,,
}. II. Conovcr. UskaloOSa. ..
Arie Den Berger, East Garfield
township. - 49,:
Laurence D. BeechIer. oskal6osa
Leslie arter, Cedar township
II. Overbergen, Black Oak town
ship. .'..n, ST.. D.. --.
A. Roesch, Oskaloosa ...
j.. Thomas, East Harrison town
ship. :~. '..
indictments Given Out .:.
The names of defendants In three
of the FIVE indictments returned By
the grand jury two weeks ago were
given ont by. tho authorities today,
but the remaining two defendants
have not yet been arrested for some
reason. or other. and consequently
their names are kept secret The
three given out were: DELLA tSis)
Wilson, maintaining a nuisance; e.
G. Lane, forgery, and Robt. Lathrop,
wife desertion. All three of these
cases we're brought before the grand
jury on transcripts from justice of
the peace courts and each OF the de-
PENDANTS has been under bond since
preliminary hearing.
The jury in the Bo5woTtlf case, af.
ter celebrating but little more than
two hours. returned a verdict of gull
ty. as charged in the indictment at
1920 o'clock last night Four ballots
were taken by the jury. The first
stood to ., the second 10 to 2, the
third IL to 1, and the final one result
ed in a verdict. The rapidity with
which the jurors come TO decision
.occasioncd much surprise since the
jury in the trial OF Paul Richardson,
q similar case, were unable to reach
an agreement when the case was
tried several weeks ago and 1t seem
ed to be the general, opinion that the
jury would agree only after a long
"a. easa.