Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1910 — Three Arrests for Intoxication And Other Infractions of Law. [ARTICLE]

Three Arrests for Intoxication And Other Infractions of Law.

Sheriff Shirer and Deputy Robinson were called to Walker township this, Tuesday, morning to arrest E. A. Merrill, tenant on George Fate’s farm. Merrill and Clyde Davisson got in some kind of a mix-up/ last evening and the sheriff was called over the phone, but the automobile he was making the trip In, broke down, and he deferred the trip and arrest until this morning. Merrill was charged with intoxication, assault and battery, and surety of* the peace proceedings were also brought against him by Davisson. He offered to plead guilty to intoxication if the other charges were dismissed, but his proposal was rejected, and the cases are to be tried this afternoon before Squire Irwin. Ed Ritter, who was with Merrill when the difficulty took place, after arriving in town this afternoon as a witness, was also arrested charged with intoxication. John Bicknell, the stock buyer o£ near Mt. Ayr, came to town this afternoon and was taken in charge by the marshal as he was getting in his buggy to leave town. He was also charged with Intoxication. Bicknell objected to going to jail and his brother assisted the marshal in taking him there.