Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-30
TAKES BIG CROWD
TO SETTLE CASE
MOB OF GYPSIES ATTRACT CON
SIDERABLE ATTENTION WITH
LOUD TALKING.

The time; this morning between
$3.50 and II o'clock; the scene; neigh
borhood of Franklin park, Wapello
county court house steps, county sher-
ifs office, county Jail, city park and
Justice H. c. Nosler's court; the dra-
mats personae; Sheriff w. E. Knox,
Deputy Sheriff ]. j. Morrisey, Justice
H. G. Nosler. attorneys, about half a
hundred gypsy men, women, children,
horses, wagons. dogs, etc. The plot;
Tom Bimbo alleged to have pulled a
knife on Marco Marten Marco
swears out warrant for Toms arrest,
! Sheriff Knox hastens in his new car to
Franklin park OF vicinity and arrests
one Tom entire gypsy train consisting
, of about ten wagons, each with four or
five horses attached at rear twenty
or more men, dozen or two women and
that many more children, all follow at
rapid pace and gather around court
house and in city park.
The fun started at the court house
when a young fellow who said he was
Tom Bimbo's sen walked into the sher-
voice told Deputy Sheriff Morrisey
who was keeping shop, that he wanted
the trouble dismissed against his faith
err. Morrisey smiled, and said, Moth
ing doin,' the sheriff Is down after
your father now with warrant which
| was sworn out by your uncle, you'll
have to tell that to the judge"
The young fellow threw up his hands
and in broken English said, What do
you mean nothin' doin'?' or words to
! that effect. Well, that was only a be-
ginning for about that time three or
/ four more landed in the Office coming
up the main stairway at the court
house about three steps at time and
all the time yelling and chattering at
the top of their voices enough to at.
tract the attention of every one in the
building on the first two floors
| They were soon joined by woman
who appeared to be more evcited than
all of the men put together. About
! that time Knox arrived with his man
and when they saw him being taken
into the Jail then that did start the
ball to rolling. The woman wore a
bright red and blue scarf around her
head and taking this off and swinging
it around half a dozen times she began
yelling and screaming and wringing
her hands until the deputy sheriff and
everybody else in the office thought
that they would 60 crazy, trying to get
some sensible word out of her but nay
nay. she would not talk-that is not
in English. Finally an attorney was
procured and the party started down
to Justice Nosler's court.
Then the fun began for the outside
spectators. While this little scene
was being enacted inside of the court
house. the entire caravan had drawn
up around the city park and the occu
pants of the wagons came up to meet
their fellows. The meeting between
the men took place on the front steps
Of the building-while the women held
their little talk in the park near the
north entrance. About eight were
gathered at one spot and with all OF
them shouting and yelling and waving
their hands and their bright red, vel
low and blue scarfs all at once they
attracted no little attention from pass
ersby. Finally they were quieted
down enough to get them started
down through the park to Justice Nos
| ler's court.
The scene shifted to the justice
court and then there was more fun
| After about two minutes Of question
ing and five of trying to keep thu
bunch from all talking at once the
hearing was begun Bimbo was charg
ed with assault with intent to do grea
bodily injury. The men agreed to pay
a fine and the case was dismissed. II
| conversation with Justice Nosler. ont
Of the men told the court that the
party were all Brazilians.