Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-14
REPORT TO CIR UT.
CO u R T THIS
MORNING
CHARGE R | 0 7 | N c
w. c. HlPPARD OF DAYTON HELD
FOR ARSON CHARGE-SEvERA
OTTAWA MEN MADE DEFEND.
ANTS IN BILLS.

twenty indictments were returned
by the grand jury when they made
their report at the close Of the weeks
grind In the Circuit Court this morn.
ing The bill covered charges against
twenty.four men.
One OF the most important bills re-
turned was against c. w. Hippard.
alias Bill Hippard. OF Dayton town
snip. This was on charge of arson,
the bill accusing him OF burning a
house he owned which was insured
with tho National Fire Insurance corr.
pany. Deve Atherton. c. c. McEyoy
and c. s. Ayers were the witnesses
The datc OF the alleged crime was
July o. 1919. Hippard has been pris
oner in the county Jail since his ar
rest last Saturday night.
ndict Mcbride.
John Mcbride Of North Ottawa was
indicted on charge of assault with a
deadly weapon. He is alleged to have
stabbed John WCener, former mana !
ger of the Consumers grocery. on
July "a.
Edward Kennedy Of La Sale was
indicted on robbery charge. He is |
accused OF having taken 500 dia- |
mond ring and a pocketbook contain. (
ing 50 from Charles Nywelius of this /
city on July %.
Charge Intent to XIII.
w. G. Bogselmann, ex.mayor of
Utica, was indicted on a charge of as
sault with intent to kill. He is
charged with having fired pistol at
EifvunroII yT,i
complainants wife is Mr.. Bossel-
mann's cx-wife. Fitzgerald, Delmar
Bosselmann, c. s. Ayers and James
Campbell We're the witnesses
Frank DOWN of Streator was made
defendant in O. bill charging larceny.
DOWN is alleged to have stolen four
auto castings from James Jacobs of
Streatcr on Aug. 81
lndict Onarda.
A bill charging assault with intent
to rape was returned against Tom
Cnarda. He is accused Of having at
tackled Alizabeth Barlint, aged 49, of {
this city on July 81
Francis Dinger and Bernard Hettel
of Marseilles We're indicted on lar
ceny charges. They are accused Of
having stolen a Hudson auto belong
ing to Fred Hepner Of Marseilles on
june 5.
Accuse Four of Rioting.
RiCting charges were preferred
against Andrew Rubis and Francis
lWinker of Streator on one bill They
are accused of having assaulted Har. !
old Webb on Aug. 26 The defend
ants are union men. .
Another bill charging rioting was /,
returned against Robert Flanagan and
Francis Winker, two other Streator !,
union men. They are accused of hay !
ing assaulted Perry Winker, a non !
union man, on Sept 90.
Otto Gebhardt of Ottawa was charg- ,
ed with having driven an auto while \
intoxicated on Sept. "a Joseph Pfab, ,,
Bernard Weyand and G. S. Ayers were ,,
the witnesses against him.
EmbezzIed $500.
Walter Pisner Of Peru was indicted
on an embezzlement charge He is
charged with having appropriated
81 200 of the funds of Urbanowski
Brothers, his employers, on May 22.
Harry Myers of La Sale, the IT.
year-old boy who was shot after rob.
DING inc ddpbHShl SOll uTlnk pdTIOT,
was indicted on charge of having /
taken $3.50 from the place on June [
u.
South Side Man. 6
Nelson Aldrch of South Ottawa was 6
indicted on charge of having stolen :
$1,000 worth of tools and property +,
belonging to Arthur l.. Porter on
June 10. ;
Harry Kline of Peru was charged A.,
with attempted larceny. He is ac ,
cused of having run his hands in =.
Ben Mossbsck's trousers pockets on
July 4 and attemting to rob him. ;,
Prohibition Violations.
Separate indictments charging vic. :
lations of the search and seizure laws
were returned against Steve Capra,
William C. Bozeman and John Lakon
of Ottawa and Vincent Carbone,
George and John Washko of Streator.
The indictment was the second charg- 7
ing violation of the search and seiz :
ure law which has been returned !
against Bozeman.
An indictment charging rioting was |,
returned against p ]. O'Shea of Strea- /,
tor He is charged with having as : :
sauited w. J. Roberts Simons on June