Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-13
Sheriff Cremer's Attorne1
Flags Special Employe \
for His Conduct
INTRODUCE LETTER "
HE SAYS HE WROTE
Note Written March 81 d
to Woman Now Being d
Held in Jail

Held in Jail u
The severe cross examination of 02
G. Crawford. secret service ma
from Memphis, Mo-, and a witness fl
the state, featured the custer process
ing trial Of G. C. Cremer. sheriff e
Wapello county, today. 8
Mr.. -rawford took the stand to m
of arresting six persons last Febty)
ary and Of either taking them to tlS
county Jail or turning them over
the deputy sheriff He related the en-
cumstances in connection with ea6
case and insisted that mo- chars
were made nor was there any expenN
attached to the actions.
It was In connection with his allAo6
relations with Blanche Hall or Bland6
Mills, a jail prisoner, that SheFl
Cremer's attorney, 10 r. Jaques,, gri
led the witness. He denied that
had been in the Jail to see her Or thl
he had firted with her from the couIl
ty attorneys Office window In tlSi
court house.
County Attorney Employs. e
He said that he had been emplcy9
by the county attorney and wOrkH
in connection with the state agenfS
here but was emphatic in his statG
ment that he was not state mar
When the defense offered a letter, sur
posed to have been written by CrAN1
ford to the Hall or Mills woman, IN
acknowledged that he had written al1
1t was written on the ONCE statioq
cry of the county attorney and he nj
that he had written II In that ONCE.
bore the date Of March 81, 1916, IN
though the witness had previously to-
titled that he was only here during
January and February and left on Fel
ruary "a. He said that he called TN
woman Blanche Hall and never di
call her Mills. The letter was a
dressed Blanche Mills, Kind Friend @
and signed, Lovingly, Friend.
had to do with the sending Of q me-
sage to the woman by her sister. H4||
said he could not come to the jail a.
account of Serious trouble about tl
sherih which was on then.
Took Woman Out.
He denied that he had ever tak1
the woman out OF the county Jail AIi
brought her back so intoxicated tn
she had to be helped up the stairs
her cell. but did say that he had lAke
her to the county attorneys office. a.
day after her arrest on charge A
prostitution, to talk to her.
He said that he had been friendl
with the girl before he arrested he
had taken her to picture shows aQ1
other places. When criticised for thf
by the sherifr's attorney. he replies
II am always friendly with my pr1M
oners in that way, Ut is a part Of a.
business"
He denied emphatically that he wS
using the woman In jail ais St0e
pigeon to spy on the sheriff and who
asked about the superscription an
signature to the letter said that he l.
ways wrote his prisoners that w1
whether they we're men or women. HN
admitted telling the woman to deatro
the letter.
On the redirect examination MI
Crawford said that he was put to wcf
by Chief Brunson Of the state agent
force, and that Mr.. Daugherty simpI
kept track OF his time and paid hil
and then the state paid Mr.. Daughers
Sherman Hollenbeck, William Gall
Cher Mrs. Cornelia Thomas AZ
Frank Thompson were on the sta1
this afternoon. II E
Mr.. Hollenbeck testified IN resax
to Sheriff Cremer's alleged failure
Investigate supposed booze caInD g.
the south side OF the Des Moines rlv94
between here and Eldon. sa
Mr.. Thompson, for sixty days tuT
key at the Wapello county Jail duri1
the spring Of 1915, testified about g.
time OF day certain prisoners wef]
received and discharged and how sue
entries were made from the jail OhlG
to the sheriff's Office. The witn0o
testified that he had nothing TO a
with keeping the books, and thAt
the books were handled by Depus
Sheriff Doran.
Helped Take Prisoners.
Harry Carter OF Eldon helped gheti
Cremer take three Mexicans to t
state penitentiary at Ft. Madison
January Of last year he told tho c0ux
He had his expenses paid but mott
ing was said about pay foT going g.
the trip until April 8, 1915, when M56
Cremer paid him 81, saying that
had forgotten about It. Carter satl
that he did know that that was IA
regular charge, so made no reply. @
He said that he was q friend K
Charles E. Doran and was one 81 tho
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