The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-01-07
RUTH MCCULLOUGH
HELD FOR MURDER
GETS FREEDOM
wAPeLLo CO. ATTORNEY SAYS
HE HAS NO EVIDENCE.
A NEW PETITION AT WATERLOO
Many Weddings So Far This Year at
Lamoni-RockweIl City Has New
Mayor-Money Awaiting Woman
Child Burned to Death.

Child Burned to Death.
Ottumwa, Jan. G.-County Attorney
f. X. Daugherty filed a motion, with
the clerk of the district court, to dis
miss the indictment against Ruth Nc
COlloueh. who is now being held in
the Wapello county Jail, on the charge
lOf murder in the first degree, in con-
Injection with the death of |. w. Mel
lott on last October &. The motion
is given in full as follows:
no Hon. d. M. Anderson. Judge of
said court:
Comes now Elmer X Daugherty, the
county attorney of said county, and
respectfully states to the court That
there is now confined in the county
iail one Ruth Mccullough, who is be-
ing held under an indictment for muir
der in the first degree, having been
Indicted by the grand jury of said
county at the October term, 1914, OF
this court, jointly with one Clarence
Mccormick, who has since pleaded
guilty to the charge of manslaughter
land been duly sentenced therefor. The
lcrime charged against said defendants
was tn numbering of one |. W. MellOtt
on the night of October 6. 1914, in the
north part of this county.
The county attorney would further
state to the court there were so far as
known no witnesses to the tragedy,
the murdered man and the two de-
PENDANTS being alone together at the
time the crime was committed. Both
the defendants have always claimed
that Ruth Mccullough had no part in
the commission of the crime, and there
is little or no Circumstantial evidence
tending to show that she participated
therein, nor is there any reason to be-
lieve that any further evidence can be
, obtained. With the evidence the state
now has it would in my judgment be
unreasonable to expect to secure a
conviction if she were brought to trial
land would only entail heavy court oX-
Ipcnses on the county. Therefore, as
the county attorney Of WapellO COn-
ItY, respectfully recommend and
move the dismissal Of the Indictment
against said defendant Ruth MCCol-
Tough. Elmer X Daugherty,
County Attorney.
The court sustained the motion and
the defendant was officially dismissed
from the charge.
Circulate New Petition.
) Waterloo, Jan. G.-AdVOCateS OF the
saloon began yesterday to copy the
poll lists of the last election in the
county auditors office. This is looked
= upon as foreshadowing the early can
Vass Of another statement of consent,
= though the workers say they wish
: the names only for comparison with
, the last petition, so that they may
: know what proportion signed. II
3 another petition is circulated it will
5 contain only 2,775 to make it suffi-
1 cient, as the vote at the last election
: in the city was 5,549.
To Marry College Head.
, Lamont, Jan. 6.-The year 1915
. started in here with brisk matrimonial
affairs, five weddings taking place so
D far and an informal party held at the
b home of Mrs. A. NJ. Chase to announce
e the engagement of her daughter Alice
t who is an instructor in the LamOn!
+ High school, to s. A. Burgess, presi
e dent of Graceand college OF this
t place.
4 New Rockwell City Mayor.
Il Rockwell City, Jan. &c. 4. Stew
!. enson assumed the duties of mayor
today having been appointed to sue
coed X +. Louder, who resigned upon
becoming county attorney. Steven
\ son was city solicitor and that posi-
y ton is vacant for the present.
Money Awaits Woman.
n Waterloo, Jan. GA small fortune
awaits woman and her two children
in Iowa if they can be found. The
woman, whose fathers name was vii
liam LingwOod, was born at Waterloo
IL Iowa. Two attempts at marriage
II failed and she now is supposed to bt
u in Des Moines or in some other lows
: city earning a living for her children
T. by taking in washings. The woman
c father died in Texarkana. Tex, ant
n left a snug sum of money in a Mena
H. Ark, bank.
N Child Burned to Death.
Odebolt, Jan. 6.-The house on TIL
r. John Mauer farm, six and one-hal
II miles southeast Of Odebolt, burned t
10 the ground. The house was oCcupie,
n. by Ray Mackey and family. MI
u. Mackey was away from home shellin
10 corn and Mrs. Mackey had steppe
out to the barn on an errand. Whel
on her way back she met one of he
little girls all afiame. She tore tn
clothing from the child. but the littl
ed one was burned so badly that it die
NJ n few hourS LATER