Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-18

60 home to raise the money for his
| fine, skipped the state and was not
brought back again until August 20.
On the redirect evidence he said that
Cremer refused to let him go and they
| both went to the county attorney. He
said Mr.. Daugherty said that it would
be all right and the sheriff let him 60.
! On the frecross examination he said
that Mr.. Daugherty took him to Judge
Hunter and the court told him that 1t
would be all right with him but that It
was up to the sheriff. He admitted
when he was arrested in Peoria, ILL.,,
! in August, federal officer. accom-
panied Cremer and that he was
brought back on federal warrant.
Turnkey Testifies.
James Wyckoff, turnkey at the jail
now, maintained that he was always
instructed by Cremer to hold the pris-
oners for twentyfour hours a day. On
! cross examination he said that he had
seen both the sheriff and the deputy
/; at the books and that Cremer was in
| and out through the Jail several times
day.
prisoner here and trusty at the jail,
! said that he had heard Cremer disput-
! ing with men about when their time
| was up and that the officer had al
ways told them that they had to stay
the full seventy-two hours for a three
days sentence.
James F. Powell, publisher of The
! Ottumwa Courier, was used to testify
| that conditions in Ottumwa, in regard
to law enforcement have greatly i'm
proved during the past year.
Described Sheriff's Trip.
! J. F. Wilson, who lives near He'd
rick, was one Of the chief witnesses
for the defense Saturday afternoon.
! He was used to describe a trip which
the sheriff made last fall to his place
for the purpose of arresting John
Schafer, Jr.
J Wilson said that when Cremer came
to his place looking for Schafer the
| latter's car was standing in front of
the home of the witness. He claimed
that Schafer did not have gun when
the sheriff drove up but he did about
twenty minutes later. He said the
sheriff told him that he had war
rant for Schafer and man named
Davis.
Went Back to Road.
| After talking to him for while. the
| witness claimed the sheriff went back
| to the road but did not think that
he drove away. About that time
Schafer appeared and told Wilson that
he and Davis had hidden in the corn
field nearby and had seen man get
out of the car and hide along the
roadside and they thought it was
| Cremer. Schafer had his gun then,
the witness claimed, and said, IF he
comes after me I'll kill him."
Wilson said the sheriff came back
the second time looking for Schafer
and he told him that both the lads
! were In hiding with shot gun near
the barn and that he had better not
go that way, which he did not. Then
the sheriff took Schafer's car and they
came back to town. Wilson drove and
the sheriff gave him 50 for it.
! Afterward they went back again
F.! the sheriff taking Wilson out in his
! car. Wilson claimed that Cremer
made two trips to his house that
evening looking for Schafer and he
heard that he was there one other
time.
!. Offered No Resistance.
On cross examination by the state
the witness testified that on the way
tout he and the sheriff met the two
boys coming toward town and that
1.-THE officer arrested them there in the
middle OF the road and they offered
no resistance.
He admitted that while he told the
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