Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-04
JUDGE M'CAlL REPRIMANDS AND
pIsMissEs FRANKLIN couN.
TY JURORS.
SOUGHT TO lNDlcT
SUPREME COURT MEMBERS
Permitted o. T. siodsett. Of Des Moines,
to Appear Before Them as Witness
and to Argue Case as Attorney For
II imself-Judse Immediately Blocks
Scheme-Sharpe Case Ruling.
special to Time -Repu blioan,

Nevada, OCT. 4.-But for the watch
fulness and promptness OF Judge Z. NJ
Mccall OF this CITY. who has been
holding court up in Franklin county
d r Blodgett Of Des Moines, would
havc got b. with one Of his smooth
deals before Tie grand 5a-y ,: -hat
county AS il was the court called the
menhers of the grand jury before him.
told them where they had erred and
dismissed them from service. Thru
ignorance the grand jurors were blame
less in the matter but they had a.
flowed themselves 10 ne led by the man
Blodgett, into trap which might have
caused them trouble
RloGgett is or rather has been an al
torney in Des Moines and his career
has been a very strenuous one He mas
been in trouble in numerous WAYS ana
is well known to the members OF the
bar OF the state, the bench as We'll as
the newspapers OF the state who have
received his letters and circulars al
different times attacking the supreme
court OF the state. Al the present
time Blodgett : engaged in an at
tempt to secure The Indictment OF the
MEMBERS Of the supreme bench.
Appeared BEFORE jury
He managed - get himself SUD
poeuaed before he Franklin county
grand JURY 10 testify 70 certain matters
and when The grand jury asked for ad-
vice he endeavorea % have the county
attorney brought into the room In his
presence that he might assist in argu-
ing the advice which he sought. He
was around Hampton for some DAYS
&, - --
cause. When Judge Mccall learned
Jury TO appear before him and gave
them talking 10. after which he dis
missed them for the term.
Cuts Administrator Bills.
Another case OF Interest tried before
Judge Mccall in the Franklin county
courts was that OF the estate of susan
VI. PARROT. which was brought BY the
heirs against the administrator Of the
estate, j sharpe. and his attorney,
q cousin, also j. j. Sharpe. In this
case the judge took the administrator
10 task as well AS his attorney. for
fling what the court believed 70 be
exorbitant bills while acting as otfic ers
of the court.
The estate. which was valued in ex-
cess Of 500. 600, consisted largely of
Franklin county land. there being but
Isabout $4,000 in cash FOR the admin
istrator and his counsel 70 handle. The
had fled a bill OF sl.92I
for his services and the attorney
S4.552 for advice and services TO the
administrator in the handling OF the
$4,000 In his ruling on the case,
which the court made Immediately at
ter the hearing of the evidence, ne al
lowed the administrator $500 for his
services and the attorney nothing. He
also ordered Sharpe TO pay back 20 the
estate at once $500 which had been
expended without an order OF court.
In making his ruling Judge Mccall,
stated that ne refused 10 compensate
the attorney for his services because
Of me fact that ne had filed a clearly
exerbuant bin and also for advising his
client 20 pay out money WithoQt an
order OF court He further stated that
be took that action for the protection
OF the dead and OF the widows and or
phans As an example the admins
traitor FLED bill Of $40 for the pur-
chasing Of A monument for the estate
and the attorney Med bill OF 800 for
advice as 10 the purchase Of the same
monument This was but one 81 the
numerous charges The Shapes are
relatives of the late Susan PARROT.