Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-05-24
Grand Jury lndictS
ATSOniSt Trio


Garwood of Seattle, Mrs. strickfadden
and Mrs Dreifuss, formerly of Ash
land, were indicted by the grand Jury
which convened Tuesday for the May
term Of court, for burning with in
tent to do injury to the insurer"
This promises to be the most impor-
tant criminal case during the present
session. Mrs Garwood, now in jail,
is believed to be the ringleader In
the arson ring which operated extern
sively in all parts of the Pacific coast.
She was with N. e. Hemphill of Med
ford when the latter was arrested I'M
Eugene and later committed suicide.
It was upon confession of Hemphill
that the arrests were made, and in
his death the state is believed to hava
lost a valuable witness.
Mrs. Garwood, Mrs. Strickfadden
and Mrs, Dreifuss were arraigned and
will plead Thursday. They are repre4
sented by Attorney Gus Newbury.
Indictments were returned Monday
against Irving Oehler, alias Craven-
dore, on the charge of obtaining mon-
ey under false pretences, and Lloyd
Parker for larceny from a dwelling
Oehler was captured several weeks
ago when following his passing OF
worthless checks on various Medford
merchants he was fleeing from tha
city in car which he purchased from
G. E. Gates and paid for with a
worthless check. He was caught In
the Slskiyous by Sheriff Jennings
when his auto became stalled In tho
mud. His wife, former Medford girl
whose maiden name was Nan Smith,
was arrested with Oehler, but was
later released on small bail, on recon+
mendation Of County Prosecutor Rob-
erts. She was more wanted as a pos-
sible witness against Oehler. II Is
said that Oehler will plead guilty
when his case comes to trial.
Parker is accused of having stolen
suitcase full Of clothing from the
1 Depot Hotel at Ashland some timd
ago.
Louis Lavine, charged with ASSAULT
with deadly weapon, who was in+
dicted last fall for shooting brakes
man in the Siskiyous but could not
appear because of broken leg, will
be tried at this term of court, which
opens May 2S,
The two mot true" bills wera
against Mrs. Nan Oehler for forgery
and Jesse Hopkins of Ashland, charg-
ed with attempt to defraud the Ash+
land gas company.
The grand jury completed its work.
Tuesday afternoon and made the fob
lowing report:
"To the honorable circuit court Of
Jackson county; We, the grand jurys
respectfully report we have examined
all criminal matters brought to ouu
attention. We have returned six true
bills and two not true bills. We also
examined the county Jail and find 10
in excellent sanitary condition and
we'll managed. The ceiling wherd
two prisoners recently escaped has
not yet been repaired and we recom-
mend that it be Immediately put IN
good repair.
MANY old records, including many
years tax records, are being kept In
frame wood house and loosely
strewn around without system or pro-
lection. We recommend fireproof
vault be constructed in which to store
old records, and suggest such a vault
can be constructed at reasonable ex-
pense in the basement of the court
house
1--WE also believe it would be econ-
omy to construct in the basement OF
the court house a heating plant for
heating that building and the county
Jail. The fuel expense for these
buildings the past year has been 1886,
and we believe a suitable heating
plant would greatly reduce the fuel
expense and make the offices and jail
much more comfortable as well as
greatly reduce the fire risk.
~. H. COOLEY, Foreman.
III. j. Dean, D. Perozzi, G. A. Apple
gate, W. s. Hammond, R. P. Camp
bell, A. H. Fisher"
The grand jury was held over for
the next term Of court.