Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-25
GRINNELl MAN WHO ASSAULTED
TWO LITTLE GIRLS GIVEN
MAXIMUM PENALTY.
MCCLURE SENTENCED TO
Fifteen YEARS FOR FORGERY
CoIored Woman Who Killed Man Dur"
ing Drunken Brawl at Brooklyn Sent
to Prison For Eight Years-lar9e
Number of Criminal Cases Disposed
of in Poweshiek County Court.
to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
| Montezuma, Jan. 25.--More criminal
business has been disposed of during
the past few days than fer long
while. An assignment Of criminal cases
was set for this week. All Of them
have been disposed of and only one
went 10 jury.
/ The one jury trial was that OF Lero!
/ McCluskey who was charged with
manslaughter, he having run over aho
killed a little girl as he was driving
along the highway near Brooklyn. The
speed OF the car was in dispute ana
some of the testimony was 10 the erec'
I that the little one ran in front OF the
car after she had seen 1t approaching
| The jury was out on the case ABOUT
! an hour, returning verdict OF not
guilty.
| A life sentence was given Frank
| Fields, coiored of Grnnell, who was
! indicted on two counts charging him
! with the rape of two little girls, col
orcd, aged about 10 years. He did not
stand trial but entered plea OF guilty
as charged.
Fifteen years at Anamosa was gwen
the forger Mcclure. who presented
checks purporting to have been drawn
! by Varnum Bros, of Malcolm. at the
Nalcom and Brooklyn banks. He drsve
| to Grinnell evidently trying to get
away from the county on the first train
but was found there and placed under
arrest. He also waived trial and was
sentenced in short, order
The colored woman, Genevieve Davis,
indicted for murder and who pleaded
guilty TO manslaughter. was sent to
Anamosa for term Of eight years.
She shot a local character at Brooklyn
in some kind Of drunken brawl. Her
consort. Bannon. received a sentence
Of 5000 for bootlegging and will board
out his term.
A Belgian, Emil DeRycke, ran away
with a young girl some months ago and
was indicted on a charge OF abduction
and Of criminal assault. He pleaded
guilty to the first and the second was
dismissed He was fned 500 and
costs. Earlier in the day he had been
before the court seeking TO have his
Anal papers as citizen issued to him
but when the fact developed that he
was under indictment the court dis
missed his application for naturaliza-
| ton.
Fred Taylor and Charles Sanders
drew fines OF $500 for bootlegging In
the north part Of the county. They
will serve out their sentences In the
county jail
| No Citizenship For SIaekers.
| Judge Wilcockson was very careful
20 examine the would be citizens as TO
their support OF the government in the
purchase Of liberty bonds and contri-
buttons to the Red Cross. Especially
did he press these questions home to
the Belgians seeking their Anal papers
Not one Of them had contributed any
thing. They said that no one had asked
them 70 contribute. One said that he
had been in the corptield for the pas.
two months and had not seen any one
OF the canvassers. II appeared that one
at least had accumulated quite little
property in the twelve years he had
| been in this vicinity and the court Was
very severe in his criticism OF him and
| his friends who had not done anything
| to help this government especially
| when 1t was their mother country thai
we are noW fighting for. Natura!iza-
| ton was denied TO Peter Verbiest part
ily for the reasons stated and partly
because he had not acquainted himself
with the simplest facts about the gov
eminent he sought TO become a part
! Of and knew nothing Of the elementary
facts about its history. The comments
| Of the court were very caustic and APP
pealed strongly 10 the crowd in the
court room. Incidentally It developed
that the candidate for citizenship WIZ
vas denied his papers has two or more
sons who are now man grown one o!
them being in the draft, who can
neither read or write.
a rcw assignment Of jury cases wat
made and tn Jury ordered 20 report
IeXt Wednesday instead Of on Mordhy.
as planned before. n