Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1917 — Won’t Escape Prosecution Despite Commission Finding [ARTICLE]

Won’t Escape Prosecution Despite Commission Finding

Monticello Journal: — Wednesday afternoon while a sanitary inquest was being held on Frank Warner, the Wolcott man who burned property and fired upon several peoplb with a shot gun, the state was busy with proceedings to keep the man from being taken out of the custody of the court until his case is heard and determined. Prosecutor Ireland and his co-counsel, Wm. Parkinson, of Rensselaer, and Palmer & Carr, of this city, appeared before Judge Berry, of Fowler, sitting for Judge Wason, with a petition to prevent the finding of the sanitary commission from interfering with the regular process of the court. The petition was quickly passed upon by Judge Berry who made an order instructing the sheriff to keep Warner in his custody until tried and acqujited, unless the prisoner is sooner released by giving the bonds fixed by the court. As soon as the ruling was made Prosecutor Ireland filed three more affidavits against Warner, two of them charging assault and battery with intent to kill and the other asron. Warrants were ordered to be issued by Judge Berry and the amounts of the bonds were fixed at SI,OOO in the assault cases and $2,500 in the arson case. Forty or fifty of the business men and citizens of Wolcott were here and they showed by their presence and the expressions that were heard that they did not take very kindly to the movement that had been made toward determining Warner’s sanity at this particular time. They were at the inquest in Justice Smith Smith’s office and went in a body to the court room when the petition to have Warner remain here until tried on the charges lodged against him was presented to Judge Berry. According to the order of the court the finding of the santiy commission will have no effect whatever, except as it may make a part of the record when the cases are called for trial. So far as the prisoner is concerned, he will remain in the custody of Sheriff Williams unless he is able to give the total of $5,000 bond imposed by the court.