Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1909 — RETURN FIVE INDICTMENTS. [ARTICLE]

RETURN FIVE INDICTMENTS.

Grand Jury Adjourns After Visiting Poor Farm and^ail, UNTIL MONDAY, SEPT. 27.

No Arrests Yet Made On Indictments Returned, But It Is Rumored That A Benton County Man Is One Of the Number Caught In the Net— Fourth of July Booze Selling at Fair Oaks Also Investigated, It Is Rumored. The grand jury adjourned Thursday afternoon until* Monday, September 27, returning five “true bills” and paying a to the poor asylumn and jail. No arrests have been made in the indictments returned, but it is rumored that a Benton county man who owns'a farm in this county and whom it is reported has been indiscreet in his talk and actions toward some farmer’s wives here, is named in one of the indictments. , Just what, the grand jury is investigating that it took an adjournment to September 27, is not known, but perhaps it is because of inability to secure some witnesses wanted. They visited the jail and poor asylumn and reported conditions in good shape. Some of the inmates report conditions satisfactory as to treatment, food and other particulars, while a few made complaint. One old man reported that he had been whipped several times and cursed by the superintendent. Some complained of the food being poorly cooked. Otherwise the conditions were reported good. The jail was found clean and well kept. Harvey Davisson of Union township is the foreman of the grand jury.