Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1913 — CASES AT KENTLAND OF INTEREST HERE [ARTICLE]

CASES AT KENTLAND OF INTEREST HERE

Court Gives Child Deserter and Youthful Forger a Chance by Suspending Sentences. Several cases of interest in this county were tried at Kentland this week. The man Jewell, of Brook, who had been in jail here a long time awaiting a hearing on a charge of child desertion, was found guilty by the jury and sentenced to 90 days in jail. The jury recommended to the court that the sentence be suspended, on condition that Jewell will get busy and help support his children. The court acted upon the suggestion. Young Dennis, the youth who cut a swath with forged orders at Brook, pleaded guilty and was

sentenced to the state reformatory for a term of one to eight years. Being a young man of good repute prior to his downfall, the court also suspended his sentence. The suit of John Gaeffey, an old citizen of. Parr* against Clifford Wells, of Barkley township, also was triedi there where it had been sent on change of venue from this county. Several months ago Mr. Gaeffey was struck and knocked down by Wells, who accidentally hit him with his motorcycle. The testimony showed that Mr. Geaffey had been walking along the side of the road and started to cross right in front of the machine. Wells did all that he could for the old gentleman at the time, tied up his head with his handerchief and called assistance and took him into a house and did all that could be done to relieve his suffering. Mr. Gaeffey brought action for damages. He was represented by W. L Wood, of Parr, and J. A. Dunlap, of Rensselaer A. Halleck defended young Wells. The jury returned a verdict of $250 against Wells. The manslaughter case against George Brewer, of Morocco, is also being tried. Brewer is the man who ran little Elmer Kell, a school boy, down with an automobile a few weeks ago at Kentland. It seemed to be considered probable at Kentland that he would be given a reformatory sentence, as he was"driving very fast when the bo" was killed.