Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-11-12

$4,000 DAMAGE SUIT TO BE TRIED
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Suit for $4,000 damages is brought by
Mrs. Anna Bentfeld of Genola against
John T. Harsch, ct. al, also Of that
place, in action which comes up for trial
in district court this morning.; Mrs.
Bentfeld alleges that Harsch and three
other men, John o. Hagen, Wa: w.
Poster and Peter Sayer, entered her
home on September % with out warrant
and in the presence of her husband and
son berated and abused her and threat
ened her with arrest for keeping q dis,
orderly house.
Yesterday morning at IL 0 'clock. the
jury returned a verdict for the defend
ant in the case of J. M. Totten Va.
John F. Joswiak. Mr.. Totten sued Mr.:
Joswiak for 500 damages for dog
which Joswiak was supposed to have
shot and killed. Joswiak held that the
dog had killed valuable rabbits belong
ing to him and that he killed the dog
when the animal was after more of
them. IT,
Ted Crest, who is serving a term at
the state reformatory at st. Cloud fot
burglary, was brought up from. there
yesterday and arraigned by the court on
a charge of carnal knowledge, foi
which he had been indicted by the
grand jury. He pleaded "not guilty"
and his trial was set for next week.
He was taken back to the reformatory
to await trial. =.
Yesterday, the case of William Nagel
VS.. William Sandrock was tried; same
going to the jury late yesterday after
noon. The plaintiff in this action asked
$l75 for damage in an automobile COL
lision which he alleged was due to neg
ligence and carelessness on the part of
the defendant.
The first case scheduled for trial,
that of Sol Schapiro VS.. The Aetna Cas-
ualty & Surety Company, failed to
materia1ize as the defendants did not
appear in court. Judgment was ac-
cordingly entered in favor of the plain
tiff.
Several indictments were returned by
the grand jury, which made its report
Saturday morning and was discharged.
Only one Indictment was made public,
James Mccall, negro, being indicted on
a charge of murder in the first degree.
He is charged with the murder Of James
Kelly on a freight train, near Randall,
last summer.
The case of w. I. Pratt VS.. Peter
Holum, ct. al, which came up for trial
Monday morning, was dismissed by the
court on motion by the plaintiff.
Several persons indicted by the grand
iurv were brought into court Monday
to be arraigned. Max Greene Of Bur-
trum was arraigned on a charge of Sec
ond degree assault and upon entering q
plea of "not guilty. he was released
on $400 bail, for trial later. Clarence
Henry Of Burtrum is the complainant
in this case, he alleging that Greene
ATTACKED him and assaulted him severe
" as he was on his way home from a
dance, in company with lady.
E. G. Hamilton, Sylvester Lodermeier,
Martin Wojciechowski and J. F. Ziegel
of Royalton, indicted on charges OF
permitting gambling devices in their
buildings or places Of business, pleaded
"guilty' to the charge and each OF
them was fined $25 and costs. -.
Anna Bentfeld, indicted for adultery,
appeared in court Tuesday morning and
was arraigned. She entered a plea of
"not guilty" and was ordered held for
trial. =:
James Mccall, negro, indicted on a
charge of murder in the first degree
was brought before the court Tuesday
for arraignment. His attorney, ID. M
Cameron, asked the court to be permit.
ted to withdraw as his counsel. The
court granted the request and L. w.
Vasaly was appointed in his place. It
was consequently necessary to give the
new counsel time to prepare his case
before arraigning the defendant. Mccall
is charged with the murder of James
Kelly, a transient, on freight train
near Randall, late last sumner. He was
captured in Northtown by detectives
and brought to Staples, where the dying
man, it is alleged, identified him as his
assailant.
Wednesday noon, James Mccall, ne
gro, was arraigned and pleaded "not
: guilty' to the charge Of first degree
murder. His trial was set for next
Monday.
The case of Mike Vinarski vs.. John
Flip was dismissed on motion by th<
plaintiff. This was a damage suit fol
; trespass.
A verdict for the plaintiff was re
turned Tuesday in the case Of F. 3
! Lettering, ct. al, VS.. James Lambert, ct
al. The plaintiff sued for recovery Of
a. silo removed from the farm by thu
former owner and which was included
J in the purchase price of the farm.
The case of VIM. J. Billstein vs.
Frank Thomson was placed at the foo
i'of the calendar due to the absence Of
a material witness.
/, The case Of P. E. Schauble VS.. tn!
Genola Farmers Produce 4 Potat'
Association was settled out of court.
On motion by plaintiff, the case O
! K. 0. Sandum VS.. Steve Nouis, ct. al
was dismissed with prejudice.
The divorce suit of Mary Laban vs.
Martin Laban was settled without cour
| action.
Married