Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-10-27
$4,000 IS ASKED
AS HEART BALM
HENRY RETH SUES JOHN WHITE
FOR LARGE SUM FOR ALLAN
ATING WIFE'S AFFECTION.
Is INDICTMENTS ARE RETURNED.
Grand Jury Makes Its Report and Is
Discharged for the Term. Improve
ments Needed at County Farm.

Judge H. B. Boise, presiding over
the October term OF the Delaware Dis
trict court, empanneled the trial jury
on Tuesday, and is now hearing the
evidence in the suit which Henry Retl
has instituted against John White, tc
obtain Judgment for $4,000 as dam
ages which he claims he has suffered
because of alleged alianation of his
wife's affections. The case is attract
ing more than ordinary interest, and
considerable testimony OF rather un-
saYory nature is being presented in
evidence. Mr.. Reth claims that Mr..
White was the cause of his wife losing
her affection for him, and finally left
him.
Judge Boise opened court on Mon
day, after brief recess. The grand
jury, in session nearly all, of last week,
submitted the following report:
Eve have been in session 5 days,
have examined twenty-five witnesses
and return herewith thirteen indict-
ments. On the 21st we visited the
county Jail and county poor farm, as
required by law and would make the
following recommendations in regard
to the same: The Jail is in need OF
some additional equipment for the
care Of the prisoners which we be-
lieve should be obtained by the coun-
ty at once. The county poor farm
appears to be well taken care OF SO
far as the main building itself is
but the farm buildings
are, in our opinion, greatly In need
Of attention in the way of repairs
and painting, particularly as to the
hog-house, main barn, and corn-crib,
all of which should have repairs
made at once upon the foundations
and sills in order to preserve the
and the floor Of the barn
Is in very bad state of repair. The
water-tank is in very unsatisfactory
condition, leaking water all the time
and entailing a constant expense in
water, which runs away.
The barnyard fences on the farm are
in bad state Of repair and present
a very dilapidated appearance, re-
pairs having been made haphasardly
and not with any great regard for
SO that the general ap-
pearance of the farm to the passer-
BY is unsatisfactory"
The case Of Rutherford VS.. NC
Cormick, which was set for trial on
Monday, was settled, and the trial
Jury was not called until Tuesday
morning when the Reth-White case
was begun.
The three young men who some
time ago broke into the Sanitary
Rendering Words plant and stole
hides, appeared before the court on
and pleaded guilty to the
charges, and as this was their frst
offense Judge Boies paroled them into
the care of the agent of the state
board of parole.
Safe ROBBERS bBrOught Here.
Bert Burrows and Rollo AXE, two
Of the young men who on September
3rd. entered the home OF John Swan
son. OF Prairie township, and carried
off his safe with Liberty Bonds, war
Savings Stamps and other valuable
papers. were brought to Manchester,
by Deputy Sheriff Dutton on Monday
and are now in the County jail,
awaiting trial before Judge Boies.
Earl Elliott, another member of the
crew that pulled off the job is said
10 be the ring leader OF the gang,
md has a prison record. He is still
At large The two young men in the
county Jail, are OF fine appearance,
but have a somewhat shady record
They implicate fourth party, who
.hey say drove the Ford in which the
,afe was hauled, and according to-
heir story, broke the door to the
,afe and held the match to the yalu-
,ble papers, and war savings stamps.
About S145O of the $500 worth of
Liberty Bond have been recovered
Burrows is said to have put up a
dollars in cash to re-emburse
Mr.. Swanson for the valuable papers
destroyed. 1t is believed that the
,oung men will plead guilty to the
charges lodged against them rather
han stand trial.