Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1913 — MARTIN AND ROGERS FAMILIES IN COURT [ARTICLE]

MARTIN AND ROGERS FAMILIES IN COURT

Plenty'of Charges But No Witnesses and All Are Acquitted by Justice Irwin. Mrs. Evelyn Rogers, who is alleged to have interfered with the domestic bliss of the William Martin family by means of alienation, was a defendant in a state case before Justice Irwin Tuesday. Mrs. Rogers, who is about 22 years of age, was charged with carrying concealed weapons. Mrs. Martin and son and daughter were the complainants and the son was the witness for the state. No attorneys appeared for either side. The yfiung man said he. had seen Mrs. Rogers with, a pistol partly concealed in the folds of her apron. The state had no other witnesses. Mrs. Rogers said that what she had in her apron was a borrowed flatiron and a can of lye which she had purchased at Remley’s Store. Mrs. Rem : ley testified to the same. The defendant was dismissed. Mrs. Martin was also a defendant in an assault and battery case. Her daughter, Mrs. Plaekman, was a codefendant. Mrs. Rogers alleged that they had attacked her and knocked her an the ditch. The defendants told the same stories, to the effect that Mrs. Rogers had passed their house and seeing Mrs. Blackman had held up a ring and. Said: “See the pretty ring your father gave me.” Mrs. Blackman said she asked to see the ring at closer range and that when she got within reach Mrs. Rogers “pasted” her one. Mrs. Martin said she came to her daughter’s aid and devoted herself to rescuing the daughter and not to attacking Mrs. Rogers. She said the latter stumbled and fell into the ditch. These defendants wire also discharged. Both parties were anxious to start new proceedings but Justice Irwin informed them that he was too busy and recommended that they try Justice Bruner. The husbands of the beligerent women have so far kept out of the fray, although Rogers is said to have talked some about “going gunning himself.”