New Ulm review., 1922-05-31
JUR IS OUT 26
HOURS ON CASE
SHERIFF PROVIDES BEDDING
AND COTS THURSDAY
NIGHT u FOR II JURY. W Y
ELEVEN MEN AND WOMAN FAIL
TO AGREE AND ARE
DISCHARGED.

The end Of the criminal calendar had
not been reached at the time the Re-
osea0 went to press, and it is not likely
that the end Of the calendar will be
reached by Saturday, which is the last
day of the present term here, as Judge
D. NJ. Olsen opens a term Of district
court at Marshall Monday. Unfinished
cases will have to be heard later.
Herbert Faith pleaded guilty to the
charge Of non support Of minor child.
Jake Meyer, living near Comfrey,
was found guilty on the charge of
stealing two geese. Meyer had pre-
yiously been found guilty in justice
court at Springfield but had taken an
appeal to the district court.
The jury in the case of the state
versus John Ubl Of Sleepy Eye on a
charge Of carnal knowledge Of a female
child was. out twenty-six hours without
being able to agree on verdict, and
it reported were quite equally divided
in their opinion as to the guilt of the
defendant. The jury went out Thurs
day morning and made its final report
to Judge /. NJ. Olsen at II o'clock
Friday, after twenty-six hours of con-
tinuous service. The jury had re-
ported once before, at 8 o'clock
Friday morning and upon informing
Judge Olsen that they had been un-
able to agree, were told to retire to the
jury chamber once more and see if it
were not possible to come to some
agreement. This proved impossible,
and when the jury was called into
court again at II clock and reported
its ina bility to agree, Judge Olsen dis
charged the members.
Up To The Sheriff.
Sheriff w. j. julius was busy man
Thursday evening when it. was res
ported the fury was still out with little
prospects of agreement. He hunted
up bedding, cots and curtains and
made the jury room into improvised
sleeping quarters. One part of the
room was curtained off for the only
woman member, Mrs. Lara bee, and
the eleven men slept in the other part
of the room, all on separate cots. Out-
side we're the two faithful bailifs.
Mrs. Martha Luetjen and Chas. Brust.
The bailiffs kept awake all night and
were very tired Friday morning, and
it was the hope of Mrs. Luetjen that
there would be no more all-night
juries.
John Ubl, defendant in the case
which held up the jury so long, is a
driver of an oil truck at Sleepy Eye.
In the civil case where he was charged
with the parentage of a child of Clara
Windschittl he was found not guilty,
but the criminal charges growing OUT
Of an indictment by the grand jury for
offenses against Clara Windschittl
while under the age of eighteen, were
bitterly fought. Miss Windschittl
was brought here from the state school
at Sank Center accompanied by
matron. Many witnesses from Sleepy
Eye and elsewhere were called to
testify.
A special venire Of ten jurors was
called Wednesday morning, as follows:
Ezra Berkner, Sleepy Eye; Ole M.
Ouren, Hanslka Frank Eigen, Cons
frey; Fred Prahl, Mulligan; Mrs.
Ernest Wicherski, New Ulm; Erwin
Moll, Home; Ed. Berndt, New Ulm;
Jos. Kretsch, sigel; Herman Frenzel.
| New Ulm Ed. Allison, Eden. Alli-
son could not be located but all others
reported for duty.
i Allen Found Not Guilty.
1 Henry Allen, father Of Alice Allen,
a girl mentally defective, was found
not guilty Of the charge Of incest
brought against him after Indictment
| by the grand jury. Two men are all
ready serving time on charges Of having
/ violated the girl. Mrs. George Reineke
was forewomen Of the jury in the Allen
case. =l55
! Wenzei Windschittl Case.
The case Of incest against Wenzel
Windschittl Of Sleepy Eye occupied
the attention Of the court all Of Thurs
day and up TO III D clock. Friday morn-
4 ing, when Judge Olsen gave his charge
j to the jury and they retired. Atty.
Dempsey for Windschittl moved to
have the case dismissed on evidence
which he asserted showed Windschittl
was not The father Of the girl Docu-
ments were introduced regarding the
birth of Mrs. Windschitt Is daughter
4 IN the old country before she came to
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