Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1913 — ATTORNEYS READY TO PAY YODER’S FINE [ARTICLE]

ATTORNEYS READY TO PAY YODER’S FINE

“foxy” Noah Toder Did Not Show Up When Case Was Called at Kentland—Fined $250. Newton County Enterprise. “Foxy” Yoder, the Jackson township Amishman who has helped to fill pages of court record, and who recently disposed of his holdings in this county and flew his kite for Ohio, failed to put In *an appear ance Monday when his case for assault on Clara Tolbert was called, and a fine of $250 was assessed against him. His bondsmen, M. E. Graves, of Morocco, and J. At Dunlap, of Rensselaer, were prepared for the ruling of the court and Immediately paid the fine. Messrs. Graves and Dunlap recently located Yoder in Ohio and at the point of a well directed argument persuaded Yoder to come across with SSOO, which was sufficient to meet the fine and defray their expenses. Four criminal suits against Yoder were dismissed. A damage suit instituted by Mrs. Tolbert is still pending, and to safeguard her interests action has been brought to set aside the conveyance of his farm, made after the damage suit had been started.