New Ulm review., 1917-12-19
PEOPLE
MUST PAY POLICY
JURY DECIDES IN FAVOR OF
WIDOW. ASSURED DIED
WITHIN YEAR.

DITCH CASES NOW OCCUPY
ATTENTION OF DISTRICT
COURT.
When the grand jury made their final
report to Judge Olsen Wednesday noon,
they had returned seven indictments in
all, had made an inspection Of the county
buildings and had visited all the county
officials. This is certainly record work
and the members of the grand jury are
to be complimented for the rapidity
and dispatch with which they completed
all the work to which their attention had
been called.
In their final report they placed their
stamp Of approval on the courthouse
decoration work which has just been
completed and recommend that the stone
arch leading to the interior of the Court
House be also repaired and renovated,
sothat the exterior will better harmonic
with the improved interior. They also
recommend that new flags be pur-,
chased for the Court House and the
County Jail. These recommendations
will be submitted to the board of County
Commissioners at the next meeting.
Grand Jury Indicts Six
In addition to the indictments found
last week against Anton Schreiner of
Eden Township and T. M. Sharp of
Iowa, indictments were found against
William Hughes, Jos. Rosmusz, William
Kropp and Ernst Schultz. One other In
dictment was also found, but this has
not been made public.
William Hughes was indicted for as
saplt in the second degree. During the
summer Huges had an alteration with;
Ad. Kause at police headquarters and it
is charged in the indictment, that Hughes
llEie2eea llssase-asal ofharxeiiae bruised and
hurt him. Hughes plead not guilty and
was admitted to bail in the sum of
$1,000.
JOS Rosmusz is the 10 year old lad who
admitted to the police having stolen
gold watch from man while asleep in
the Sleepy Eye depot. He was indicted
for grand larceny in the first degree and
was permitted to plead guilty to grand
larceny in the second degree and on
Saturday Judge Olsen sentenced him to
the county jail for sixty days.
William Kropp and Ernst Schultz were
both indicted for selling mortgaged
property to j. A. Glasman in the Town of
Prairieville on the 8th day of August
this year. Ernst Schultz has disap-
peared. All these defendants plead not
guilty and their cases will be reached
this week, as the County Attorney has
given notice that he will move the crimi-
nal calendar as soon as the first ditch case
which was started Friday of last week
has been disposed Of
Stuebe Bros. Get Off Easily
No Indictment was found against
Stuebe Bros, who were charged by the
game warden with having game birds in
their cold storage plant or contrary to
law. It is rumored that the attention
of the grand jury was called to what were
said to be disloyal utterances which
appeared in the New Ulm Review, but
nothing was done because the members
Of the grand jury were convinced in their
own minds that the manager of the
Review is a good and loyal citizen.
The first civil case that was tried was
that of the State Bank of Sleepy Eye
against r. A. Kahn and Cora Kahn.
Judge Albert johnson of Red Wing
presided in this case because Judge
Olsen as a stockholder of the plaintiff
corporation felt that he was disqualified.
The plaintiff sued the defendants on
promisory note for the sum of $4,000
which they had given to Edward Berkner
as commission for. selling their farm. It
was understood between the parties that
Berkner should have everything over
and above $108 per acre for their 80
acre farm. The purchaser was to pay
1000 down, assume mortgage on the
place for $4,000 and pay the balance
March /, 1916. Befkner sold the farm
for SLIT per acre to Emil Kleinschmidt
who paid down the sum Of $4,000 and
also assumed the mortgage. When the
time came for paying the balance due,
Kleinschmidt did not complete the deal
and defendants claimed that for that
reason Berkner was not entitled to any
commission and the the plaintiff should
not recover. They also claimed that
they did not know they were signing q
note, being under the impression that
it was merely writing 10 show the