Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1905 — THE CLOSING WEEK OF COURT. [ARTICLE]

THE CLOSING WEEK OF COURT.

In the May vs. Wickwire case the jury failed to agree, dividing equally on the question. The case of Edith A. Miller vs. the administrator of the estate of M. F. Chilcote, deceased, came up Thursday but was compromised before going to trial, Miss Miller being paid S2OO. The Guy vs. Guy divorce case was continued for the term. J. R. Wickum, the young forger from Monon, confessed to forging the name of John Eger to to some checks (mention of which is made elsewhere), and will be sent to the reform school, providing the authorities will accept him, otherwise he will be sent to the reformatory at Jeffersonville. Judgment was rendered against the Rensselaer Castle Hall Association in the mortgage foreclosure procedings of the Dickinson Trust Co., and mortgage foreclosed, but the lein of Warner Bros, was sustained and given priority. U. M. Baughman was appointed receiver to collect the rents and profits. The Jasper Guy damage case from Remington was dismissed bythe court on motion of defendant, Mr. Guy having failed to file a specific complaint. Sijbrigje Beilanus, of Remington, was granted a divorce from her husband, Cornelius Beilanus. Irene M. Gray vs. Henry Gray; divorce granted plaintiff. The jury has been here since Tuesday, but was not used until yesterday. In the case of Chapman, trustee, vs. Harvey J. Kannal et al, the court held that the deed held by Mrs. Kannal was a mortgage and a prior lein to the claim of said trustee, and gave Mrs. Kannal a judgment for $9,086. The case of Greitzer vs. Gilbert, possession case from Milroy tp., was on trial yesterday.