Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1916 — Remington Nightwatch Convicted Of Assault and Battery Charge. [ARTICLE]

Remington Nightwatch Convicted Of Assault and Battery Charge.

William Zimmerman, the efficient nightwatch of Remington, who had made 47 arrests for violations of the law in the past year, has aroused the animosity of some of the citizens, and Monday he was arrested on an affidavit 'of Thomas Worden, charge! with assault and battery. The filing of the affidavit is a sequel to the quarrel and arrest of Worden’s father by Officer Zimmerman one day last week, who was convicted of permitting a device for gambling in his place of‘business. The assault on Worden by Zimmerman was made last January duringthe clean-up of the gambling holes there. According to the friends of the officer, Worden made some uncomplimentary remarks to Zimmerman about the good citizens’ league in the hitch barn, where a crowd of men had congregated, which ended by the forcible ejection of Worden by the officer. Nothing was done about the matter following the arrest and conviction of Worden last week. Zimmerman was convicted and paid a fine and costs of $4.00. \The present nightwatch ft said the best that Remington ever had, and attempts to see that the laws are enforced, and he is backed by the better citizens of Hie town.