The Mankato free press., 1922-06-09
$500 ARE ASKED
FROM II. C.LOWRY
ATTORNEYS WANT THAT
MUCH; FEES ALLEGED
ECHO OF FORMER TRIAL
Defendant Insists That Amount
Sought Is Excessive; Law
yer Talks On Case.

Regan & Grogan. a Mankato firm
of attorneys, nave fled suit in Blue
Earth district court against II. Z.
Lowry of this city asking judg-
ment of $500 alleged to be due them
for legal services rendered. During
the winter, Mr.. Lowry was sued by
one Dolly Warwick for $15,0 900 dam
ages. The plaintiff alleged In that
action that Lowry, who is past mid
die age and reputed to be man OF
considerable means, attempted to
caress her and that he seized her in
his embrace as she was showing him
the house in which she lived with
a view to selling it to him as agent
for a friend from out of the city.
The case was tried in the local
court and at the time attracted more
than passing interest. The jury re-
turned a\yerdict against Lowry but
fixed the amount as 1915 as sufti-
cient to assuage the injured feelings
of the plaintiff. Regan & Grogan
appeared as attorneys for the de-
fendant and later submitted a bill
for $500 for their services before
and during the trial.
What Defendant Says.
Judge Evan Hughes speaking for
Mr.. Lowry whom he represents said
today that his client feels that the
sum of $500 is far in excess of the
value of services rendered in the
Warwick case and said that since
the case lasted but one day in court
and since there seemed to him to
be nothing extraordinary about the
effort needed in defending the ac-
tion the sum was all out of reason.
Judge Hughes said that his client
paid to his attorneys several hun
dred dollars before the trial for ex-
pense money and said that since
that expense had been paid he feels
that $500 would be ample compensa-
ton for the services of the plaintiff
firm. .
The case will be tried during the
June term il was said today
Grand Jury viii Quizz.
1t is public information that thu 2
are to be ten persons of Blue Earth
county come under the remorseless
eye of the grand jury when that
body meets for the first time at the
court house Tuesday morning at
eleven o'clock. In addition to the
ten whoan names are known, it is
probable that there will be others
who will be called upon to answer
some pertinent questions and it Is
probable that there will be several
indictments brought.
Among those who are known to be
grand jury subjects since they were
bound over to that jurisdiction from
the lower courts are Edward Trns-
key and Herman Splett of this city,
who were charged in the municipal
court with participating in the fruits
of prostitution Miss Maxine Will
liams has been the source of ipfor-
nation for the state in this case and
it is said that she will be used as a
witness against the two men.
Unlawful Liquor Sale CHARGE
H. c. Hesse and Frank Foldesi are
to be investigated on charge of
unlawfully selling intoxicating lia-
uor with wnich they were charged at
the preliminary hearing, James P.
Ryan was charged in the lower
court with unlawfully attacking a
female person and was bound over
to the grand jury on that charge
Both Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clay
of Nortn Front. street are bound ov
er on charges of unlawfully selling
Intoxicating LIQUOR. Harry Kelly.
who was mixed up in railroad
brawl with man named Fred Klein,
is to be held for Investigation on a
charge of assault in the second de-
gree.
Two serious charges complete the
list. John E. Carpenter is in the
county jail charged VITA incest and
his wife, Daisy Carpenter, is there
also charged with murder in the
first degree. Their family life has
been a sordid affair and was given
much publicity at the time of their
arrest