Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1914 — HOEHN, THE BUTCHER, ACQUITTED OF ASSAULT [ARTICLE]

HOEHN, THE BUTCHER, ACQUITTED OF ASSAULT

Wheatfield Man, Who Gained Re-'" cent Notoriety, Freed by Jury—Rearrested.

The case of State of Indiana vs. George J. Hoehn, Jr, was heard before a jury on Monday. The charge was assault and battery, upon Henry Filmer, of Wheatfield. This is the case that was given wide publicity in the newspapers a few weeks ago. Mr. Hoehn is a butcher and groceryman at Wheatfield and the evidence developed that Mr. Hoehn came into Anderson's saloon on Feb. 25th and asked the bartender, Mr. Filmer, who is also the marshal of Wheatfield, for the keys to the jail in order that he might put a drunk man in the jail. Mr. Filmer ordered Hoehn out of the saloon, Hoehn being on the black list and not permitted to drink in the saloon. Hoehn left the place and went to the jail, broke open the door and put the drunk in and then came back to the saloon and * notified the marshal that the prisoner was In the jail and under the charge of the marshal. The proprietor of the saloon, Jamies Anderson, came Into the saloon at this juncture and ordered Hoehn out. Hoehn refused to go, saying that he was there on business and that as soon as he found out whether Filmer was the marshal or the bartender he would then go out in peace Anderson began to push Hoehn toward the door and Filmer then came from behind the bar and while Hoehn was in a leaning position Filmer struck Hoehn over the head with a ehib, knocking him to the floor. Filmer then attempted to grab Hoehn by the throat and in the attempt got one of this fingers- in Hoehn’s mouth and Hoehn bit It quite severely. Hoehn then got up and sat down on some beer cases. Anderson again tackled him and with the aid of several others he was dragged to the door and put out. Hoehn then defied the whole town to take him to jail and the marshal ordered bystanders to help. Albert Keen got a rope and as he testified, they “hog tied’’ him and dragged him to the jail, where Hoehn then proceeded to smash things up, breaking the bars out of the window and doing other damage to the lock-up. Filmer then charged Hoehn with an assault and battery and the justice bound Hoehn over to the circuit court. The testimony fully developed the fact that Hoehn committed no assault and that the only assault committed was by the marshal upon the defendant. There were a large number of witnesses, present, and after the testimony had all been introduced on both sides, the state knowing that It had failed to moke a casa dismissed and filed a new affidavit against Hoehn, charging him with Intoxication, to which Hoehn pleaded not guilty and gave bond for 'hie appearance at the September term of court. The state was represented by D. D. Dean and W. H. Parkinson and the defense by Roy Blua John Greve and George Williams.