The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-11-17
seourt Term
Closed Saturday
CRIMINAL CASES OCCUPY LAST
WEEK OF TERM; MANY NEW
CITIZENS GRANTED PAPERS

The October term of Court in Red
practically all the work of the term
completed. Some few cases were con-
tinued to next term or will be tried
by Judge Olsen in chambers. 1t was
necessary to close Saturday in order
to permit Judge Olsen and the court
reporter an opportunity to go to Mar
shall for the opening of the Lyon
County court Monday morning.
The last part of the term was spent
in the trying Of the cases on the Grim
inal calendar of which there were five.
Four OF these were the result of in
dictments by the grand jury. The
first case on this calendar was that
case of the state against Elmer {.
Rebel of Clements who was charged
with having sold cream unfit for hu
man consumption. This case was CON
tinued by consent, pending the out
come of an identical case in Lyon
County.
The two most important cases on
the criminal calendar were case,
growing out of the wreck on the Chi
cago and Northwestern Railway near
Sanborn last April Joseph Tauer,
who was the operator at the Sanborn
station at that time, was indicted for
manslaughter in the second degree,
the accident which caused the death
of five persons being the result Of al
legged negligence on his part. Tauer
failed to deliver, to the conductor OF
the train passing through Sanborn,
special order which would have pre-
vented the wreck He was found not
guilty, the evidence showing that his
youth and inexperience made him an
unsuitable person for the responsible
position he was given.
The second case growing out of this
accident was the case of Dan Carroll
of Winona, the assistant train dis
patcher who sent the order to Tauer,
Carroll was also charged with second
degree manslaughter. This case was
dismissed because of an act of negil-
gence between the sending of the or
der by Carroll and the wrecking of the
train, the evidence showing that the
order was sent by Carroll to Tauer in
due form.
Another case was the case of David
Lord who pied guilty to an informa-
ton and was sentenced to pay $500
and costs or to spend ninety days in
the Redwood County Jail. Lord last
summer acquired an automobile from
the Arnett and Hammer firm, giving
check in payment for same and the
check proving worthless. So far he
has been unable to pay the fine and
is retained in the county jail.
Lester Parott was indicted on tw"
counts, for indecent assault and rape
was tried on the first charge and
found not guilty. The other case
viii come up for trial in the next
term of court.
On the civil calendar one CT tn"
| most interesting cases was the case of
INVOLVING the Wilhelm f. Schmidt
ostato II about $4,000. This was an
appeal from the probate court, tn"
anpclarts trying TO prove Schmidt nf
:nsCund mind at the time OF makir"
his will and also that undue influence
was used upon him. The verdict wa
for the will The APPELLANTS, who We"
three of Schmidt's five heirs, included
| his daughter and two sons, each OF
whom had been given only very
minor portion Of the estate. The tW"
sons who were practically disinherlted,
we're in the service at the time Of tn j..
making Of the will and it developed II
he trial that this was the chief rea-
sen for their fathers unfair treatment
| f them. He was shown to have been
| Prussian and never TO have in any
| way accepted the United States az hI'
country except as h" L ed It as a
means to amass property.
In the case Of Frances Arnold
against William 7. Humphrey the yer
dict was for the plaintiff for 500. In
another assault case, that OF ksth.
Ra1fany against Otto G. klchn tn
verdict was no cause Of action. In Tn /:
case Of the state again t Arthur D"':-
ncr of Belview the verdict was guilty
thus establishing paternity and pr
yidirg for the support Of the CHI
in the case. The remainder Of IT,
cases were minor and several Of them
were settled and dismissed.
Final citizen hip papers were grant
ed to GOttlieb Herman of Redwood
Falls, Martirus Solid Of Delhi, knut"
Skogen Of Belvicw, Philemon Van &"
Wynkle of Walnut Grcre, Robert G0u
dy Of Wahasso, Jens G;crding of Red
wood Falls, Adolph Skoglund Of Red
wood Falls, Albert Olcson Of Spring
field, Ole Nelson Of Bcview, Oh"
Jacobson of Lucan, Alfred Anderson
of Vesta, Frank Levy, Sr., of Seaforth.
Otto Nelson of Belview and Otto Mad
sen Of Milroy. The two last were Civ
en- their papers on honorable dis
charge from the army Of the U. S. A.
| Citizenship was denied to Wenzel Cob
lirsch of Redwood Falls because, sine"
the taking out of his first citizenship
papers, he had claimed exemption from
military service because of not being
! citizen. Therefore his petition for
citizenship was dismissed.
| The petition Of John Christian Mel
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