Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1911 — RETURN II INDICTMENTS [ARTICLE]

RETURN II INDICTMENTS

Grand Jury Adjourns Saturday After Week’s Session A. E. KIRK, OF PARR, DRAWS 6 For Alleged Illegal Sales of Liquor and C. B. Steward of Rensselaer, One for Same Of-fense-Bother Bills Are for Various Offenses Against the Peace and Dignity of the State. The grand jury adjourned Saturday afternoon after returning a total of eleven indictments, seven at least of which are for alleged illegal sales of liquor ; one against John Colton, who has been in jail here for several weeks, charging assault and battery ; one against Charles C. Graham of Indianapolis, charging fraud in a land deal with C. P. Wright and E. V. Ransford, and two on which no returns had been made up to yesterday and therefore are not made public. The indictment against C. B. Steward charges him with having sold a half pint of whiskey on Feb. 1, 1911, to Marsh Rhoades of Rensselaer for 25 cents. He was arraigned in court and allowed to go on his own recognizance pending trial, which will probably come up Thursday. The six indictments against “Doc” Kirk, the Parr druggist, charge illegal sales of liquor as follows: Dec. 15, one gill of whiskey to A. S. Lowman; Dec. 23, one gill of whiskey to Wm. Stewart; Dec. 27, one gill of whiskey to Ed Longstreth; Jan. 1, % pint of whiskey to Shelby Comer; Jan. 1, one gill of whiskey to Steve Brusnahan; Jan. 20, % pint of whiskey to D. V. Comer. Kirk’s bond was fixed at SIOO in each case, which he gave with James McClanalian as surety, and the cases will come up for trial today, we understand. Charles Graham of Indianapolis is charged with having palmed off a tax-title deed on C. P. Wright for 16Q acres of land in Kansas, in a trade for an equity in 80 acres in lowa and a stock of millinery goods, both owned by E. V. Ransford. Graham’s bond was fixed at SI,OOO, which he gave with the Illinois Surety Co., as surety. His trial will not come up this term, we are told. What the charges in the tw r o indictments are on which no arrests have yet been made we are unable to state. The modification of the charge of sodomy against Colton to that of assault and battery means that he will get off with a nominal fine instead of a penitentiary sentence, which is the penalty on conviction of the crime charged when he was arrested and bound over to the grand jury. The grand jury visited, the poor farm and county jail and reported conditions first-class at each. It was recommended that the floor of the cage in the jail be painted and at the poot/farm some slight changes in the interior of the men’s quarters were recommended, also that the front porch to the superintendent’s residence be replaced by a new one, and a cement floor replace the wood boor of the rear porch. A new and larger horse barn was recommended to replace the one now in use. "