Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-05-02
County Attorney Expects to
Begin Hearing Criminal
Actions as Docketed
MOST OF INDICTED
ARE NOW IN CUSTODY
-Four in Jail and Two Out 81
Bond; One Will Return
Of His Own Volition

a majority of those who were indist.
oy tne grand jury in its report mada
~ couIt Thursday afternoon arc nov
Az CUSTODY Or out on bond. One ~
tne county, two more are expected
" De picked up any time by the au4k.
ues ana another is expected to come
CsoA 70 ottumwa voluntarily ftOan
1Gorsia where he has been located.
~ 10 probable that all who have ben
.ahen IN custody will be arraiSned tia
a'ernoon Defore Judge Anderson. who
scneouled to take up the Criminal
cAlendar IN the large court room net
for hearing beginning Monday. 8,
County Attorney Daugherty VIM
n1Ae sn enort to have the various ~.
IONS indicted arraigned and plead ia
tho present criminal calendar. NJ
Wheeler to be Tried Anain. lssi
The order of the criminal caiandar
as made up calls for the retrial az
jackson Wheeler, who was conyi0t1d
OF robbing the Walter McNett re9i.
dence last year Wheeler's counsel -.
ter the claim of insanity and ha han
been granted new trial which N I
scheduled for Monday.
Bill Williams charged with burglary
VIII have the next trial. Williams .lia
accused OF stealing gold watch ana
pawning 1t In local pawnshop. GEORGE
Snyder. who was implicated with VIE
liams. has asked for separate triaI
and may not be tried this term. Harry
and May Forbes. charged with break.
Ing into grocery store on East NH
| street and stealing a quantity Of corn
meal and -four, have their trial follow.
Ing that of Williams.
The persons indicted Thursday wv
the grand jury who have thus far be-
apprehended are % follows: II. Sss y
Dave Chessor. larceny OF chickenS.
in jail Owen Hicks, carrying concealsE
ed weapons, out on bond: "A. w. No.sss
hon, charging illegal interest, out o.
bonds; H. w. Rosens, forgery, In Nh:
Abram Hatchett, setting flre to buil1 ~
ing, In Jail and r. HI. Horton, loW1s
acts with child, in jail. w. III. uGsss
charged with embezzlement has to14xs
graphed that he will appear Of his own
volition next Tuesday. One OF tho
indicted for larceny and one for WtfS8e
| degertiOn are still at large. M ss
w. H. UT, charged with embexxliln8
| $146O00 Of the estate Of his second
wife, Is one, who being at large hie
indictment was not made public by tho
officials Friday In the report OF the
grand jury indictments. The local auth
critics tried to locate Judge TIT in
CHI ago and also in Canton, Ca. where
he has been engaged In operating =.
marble quarry.
Tells Friends He Will Come.
A well known local attorney heard
| from Judge UT in regard to tho
! indictment and the former during
the time the investigation was being
made by the grand Jury was notified
| by Judge UT that he would gladly
come to Ottumwa and 20 before the
grand jury to testify. The attorney
received this information early in tho
| week.
The local authorities have received
no word from Judge UT officially AL
though they are aware Of the wires
received by the attorney. 1t Is not
expected to send anyone from here
! to Georgia because of the receipt Of
the advice that he was en- route hers.
Chicago Version.
| The following dispatch from the AES
ISOLATED Press was received by The
Courier this morning:
Chicago, April 20 William H. Utt,
a Chicago lawyer, Is wanted In Ottum.;
wa, Iowa, on charges of embezzling
funds amounting to nearly $3.50 1000.
| UT is already under Indictment and ~
warrant has been issued for his arreSe
The sum he is alleged to have nlisAy
propriated is part Of the estate OF H.
second wife, who died at French Lick
| Springs, Ind, In 1908. Mrs. Lucille III
/ Allen, niece of Utt's wife, claims the
estate under the terms OF the will o.
Mrs. UT. Mrs. Allen is said to be liv.s
ling in Chicago at present.
i The estate comprises stocks, bonds,
mortgages and real estate in OttuM-
wa and Chicago.
| According to Nathan UT, brother
Of the accused man, UT is in Georgia
on business. He has been advised Of
the issuance of the warrant and has
advised the Judge in Ottumwa that he
will appear there voluntarily for trial
| UT has. according to the brother, al
ready given Mrs. Allen considerable
money from the estate, although ho
aserts she has no claim to any Of it.s
Mrs. Allen has already brought sever
al suits against the estate and has
been awarded $4,000, according to her,
lawyers.
1BROOKLYN BRIDGE
| BUILDER is DEAD.
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