New Ulm review., 1921-11-09
REDWOOD COUNTY GRAND
JURY HAD HEAVY GRIND
Returns 16 Indictments and One
No-Bill. Two of the Accused
Plead Guilty.

The grand jury of the fall term OF
the Redwood county district court at
Redwood Falls had a busy four-day
session, during which time it returned
no less than 16 indictments and one
no-bill.
Joseph ]. Fischer of Sleepy Eye was
indicted for selling and transporting
Intoxicating liquor. He plead guilty
to one of these charges and was fined
5000, with a suspended 30-day jail
sentence attached, pending good be-
havior for one year.
Henry Green, colored, brother OF
Hal Green, who was convicted of MUIR
dering Leslie Joslin last spring, was
indicted on two counts, namely, carnal
knowledge of female child and taking
indecent liberties on a female child.
Green pleaded guilty to the latter
charge and was given an indeterminate
sentence at Saltwater by Judge I. M
Olsen, which means from one to seven
years.
Ben. Roy, the man who surrendered
to posse, following robberies at the
Steinke-Seidl Lumber Company's
hardware store and Languell's Con-
fectionery in Morgan, after vain at
tempt to rob the Farmers & Merchants
State Bank there, was indicted for
burglary in the second degree. Roy
has been confined in the county jail
at Redwood Falls since his arrest last
July.
Martin Ackman was indicted for
perjury. He was brought before the
court on some charge last spring and
swore that he had no funds with which
to procure counsel to defend him. He
is now charged with perjury on the
grounds that he had funds in a bank
under an assumed name and perjured
himself before the court.
Nick Heap was indicted for larceny
in the first degree.
The grand jury returned two in
dictments against Charles Ahrens OF
Redwood Falls for selling liquor with
out license.
Edward Nechner was indicted for
deserting his children.
Some .of the indictments returned
by the grand jury were not made pub
In l,.o ~ Tho 70 nj +bo+ Tho Iofop 10 ,, re
were not in custody.
The most celebrated civil action on
the court calendar this term was the
case of Henrietta Holt against Selmer
Cole for damages on account OF in
juries sustained by the plaintiff in an
autom obile accident. During the Red
wood County Fair at Redwood Falls,
two years ago, the Cole auto collided
with the Holt car at an intersection
along the highway between Delhi and
Redwood Falls, and two members OF
the Holt family were killed and others
injured. Three suits were brought
against Cole, but only one was tried
during the present term OF court. Ihe
jury brought in a verdict Of stno cause
Of action"
A similar verdict was rendered by
the trial jury in another auto accident
suit, that of G. B. Arveson against
Lauritz and Edwin Loken. The
matter of damages in this case rested
on the responsibility for the accident,
and the defendant won.
The breach Of promise suit Of Louise
Becker against William Schuck was
settled out of court, the terms Of
settlement not being made public.
Eight other civil cases were settled;
four actions were stricken from the
calend dar; three suits were dismissed and
six cases we're continued. There are
quite number of court cases to be
tried after the jury cases have been
disposed of and during vacation.