Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-10

The Wapello county court grand
jury met this morning at 10 o'clock in
a special session. The primary pur-
pose of the calling together of the
body at this time was to take up the
cases Of Ruth Mccullough and Clar-
ence Mccormick who are charged with
the murder of I. w. Mellott near the
north Wapello county line on the night
OF October s. The grand jury for the
October term, met on Monday, Oct. 26
and after completing all work except
these two cases was dismissed until
today.
The other matter of greatest i'm
portance about the court house Just at
this time, that of an appointment of
Judge for the balance Of the present
term, has not been settled yet, accord
ing to the latest reports received in
the clerks Office. The term was open
ed on October 26 and was to have
been presided over by the late Judge
Frank w. Eichelberger Of Bloomfield.
The death of the venerable jurist a
few weeks ago necessitated change
in the regular routine. Judge Francis
M. Hunter of Ottumwa, opened court
and was also here for few days last
week, but was compelled to leave this
morning for Centerville where he is
presiding during this term. The gen.
eral opinion was that the man who
was elected to succeed Judge Eichel-
berger would be appointed by Cover
nor Clarke to fill out the unexpired
term of the Bloomfield man. Seneca
Cornell of Ottumwa, is declared to be
elected for that place and it is rumor-
ed that he can not take up the work
until January 1, 1915, on account of
other matters. This has led to the ex-
preston that an outside man may be
named to take up the work here al
though nothing definite has been re-
ceived on the matter and Mr.. Cornell
has been in Des Moines all day today.
Takes Up Small Matters.
Considerable work on some of the
smaller matters of the court were TAX
en- up and disposed of by Judge Hunter
Saturday. An order signed by the
court orders the removal of the case
of Anna Blanch Pearce VS.. the Ottum-
wa Railway & Light Co., to the United
States district court. In the case of
the Des Moines Packing Co., VS.. the
Fletcher meat market, ct al, default
has been entered against all of the
defendants on personal service and a
judgment made in favor of the plain.
tiff for the amount sued on which is
$251.03 with interest since July IA,
1914. A record entry has been made
in the case of Oscar A. Greer VS.. the
Dain Manufacturing Co. This fixes
the costs of the action, part of the>s
being taxed to the plaintiff and anoth-
er portion to the defendant.
Another record entry made Saturday
by the court, fixes the time for serving
notices in the estate of Name B. Ac-
ton, in regard to the appointment OF
an administrator. The final report of
the administrator has been approved
in the estate of Carrie e. and Robert
Smith December has been set as
the date for hearing the application OF
H. w. Michael, as guardian for Orville
Glenn White ct al, to sell real estate
The annual report of the guardian has
been examined and approved in the
estate of the minor heirs of j. w. Jor-
dan. In the case of Homer e. Gunder
VS.. j. E. Gunder ct al, G. e. Norton has
been named as the receiver for Ger.
tain property involved in the case and
is to have the power to collect rents
from the same. An order signed in