New Ulm review., 1921-06-08

William Hammermsiter Of Eden town
ship and Roy Gould of North Star
township. The other 10 ''good men
and true" were: Fred Hamann, Matt.
Schouveller, Emil Fritsche and Rein
hold Dahms, all of New Ulm; Edward
Sandman, Eden township; Paul Peter
son, Lake Hanska township; Henry T.
Hansen, Linden township, and George
P. Leick, Edward Stueber and Joseph
Griebel, all Of Cottonwood township.
Verdict for $2,934.76.
In view of the fact that the jury did
not find for the plaintiffs, it returned a
verdict ordering the insurance COM
pany to return to the estate the sum
of $2,934.76, being the amount of the
first premium paid, plus interest at the
rate of six per cent from November
10, 19 20, the date upon which proof
of death were submitted to the in
surance company 1t is probable that
the heirs will appeal to the Supreme
Court The amount of the policy was
100000.
The two cases instituted by Mrs
Charles Vogtel against the Aetna and
the Hartford Life Insurance Companies
respectively, will be tried during the
December term of court, unless an
amlcable settlement of the claims is
previously consumated The two
policies pending court action aggre-
gate $180,OOO
Jensen Gets 60 Days.
The criminal action of the State of
Minnesota against James Jensen, in
dlcted by the grand jury on a charge
OF assault in the first degree, came up
for trial, Wednesday morning. Jensen
resides at Sleepy Eye and was accused
OF shooting at Lawrence Tlerney,
William Seldl and Alex Michel, also
of that place, several weeks ago, after
the four, young men had been to New
Ulm and the three last named en-
countered the Jensen car alongside the
road enroute home. They proceeded
to the Jensen home, to investigate, and
claim that their compatrio emerged
from the house and bombarded them
with shotgun. The jury s verdict
was assault in the third degree and
Judge Olsen sentenced Jensen to
serve SO days in the county jail, after
admonishing him to refrain from drink
ing liquors hereafter, as well as to con-
duct himself as model citizen should
Haeska Case Dismissed.
The final chapter on the sensa tional
shooting affair, which occurred in the
vicinity of Sanborn last winter and
which nearly cost John Zimmerman
his life, was written in district court
here, when the states second case
against Herbert Haeska, accused Of
firing the threatening shots, was dis
missed. (. The first case against the de-
fendant was tried during the Decem-
ber term of court and the jury returned
a verdict Of mot guilty"
Dan. Berkner Loses Out.
Daniel H Berkner, well-known
Sleepy Eye resident, had no cause Of
action against Adolph Jensen to re-
cover a commission in the sum of 5000
for negotiating the sale of property
belonging to the defendant At least
that was the context of the jury's YER
diet, following the trial of this case,
Wednesday.
Otto Hummel and others were not so
fortunate, however, for the jury which
decided the case brought against them
by Henry Hamann, and others, to
force payment of a commission for the
sale of South Dakota land, found in
favor of the plaintiffs, awarding them
the sum of $4,000.
John Franta Gets $50.
The last jury case tried before court
adjourned, late Saturday afternoon,
was the action of John A. Swanson of
Minneapolis against John Franta of
this city, for approximately $4OO,
which the plaintiff demanded as final
payment on the contract price of the
residence which he erected for the de-
fendant on North Minnesota street.
Mr.. Franta lodged counter-claim in