Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1911 — THE COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol Trustee Kight of Fair Oaks was down Monday. -—o —- Judge Darroch was over from Kentland yesterday filing several remonstrances in the Borntrager ditch. —o—Republican State Chairman Lee was here last Friday consulting the faithful and dispensing harmony dope. » —-o John Zehr of Carpenter tp,, was a business visitor in the city yesterday. A few' farmers over his way have begun sowing oats. —o — B. D. L. Glazebrook, a prominent attorney of Knox and a cousin of the Glazebrooks of Rensselaer, will move to Indiana Harbor, where he has formed a partnership with the law firm of Hembroff & Hembroff. / —o— XHarry Folk, the court senovacated the property he occupied here, and Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Barber, who have moved here from Holly, Mich., will occupy the property. Mr. Barber will have charge of the shoe department in the Rowles & Parker store. —o-• New suits filed. No. 7715. Louisa Moss vs. D. R. Brown, et al; action to recover amount alleged to be due on rent of farm, to enforce landlord’s lei'n ajußcollection of note. Demand , 's2oo. <No. 7716. Medaryville Automobile Co., vs. Georg*. L. Johnson, et al.; suit on note. Demand $275. ——o — Joseph McColly of Wheatfield was brought here Saturday and lodged in jail to await action of the Newton circuit court on the charge of having been unduly intimate with his 20-year-old stepdaughter, the relations said to have continued for the last six years. McColly and his iwfe separated several years ago. “Billy” Lyons, the tile ditcher, formerly of Remington, is laying out another fine and costs in the county jail for drunkenness. This time it was Sunday that he loaded, and Sunday night the nightwatch placed him in jail to sober up. Monday Squire Irwin gave him five dollars and trimmings, $7.55 in all, and Billy is paying it at the rate of $1 per day by laying it out in jail. —o•—• The Brook Reporter says that the report that the booze found in Hank Granger’s alleged “blind tiger” at Thayer was swiped from Prosecutor Longw'ell and Deputy Sheriff Myers before they got to Brook with it, is erroneous. They still have the mute evidence —in the matter of the booze seized—according to the Reporter, and it will be used in cases against Granger. Later: The Newton county grand jury returned two indictments against Granger, we are told.

—O— \ Fowler Republican: Marshal Bowman made a quick recovery of a horse Saturday night. J. Hallagan of Jasper county telephoned him to be on the lookout for Roy Diltz and a gray horse. The story is that Diltz bought the horse of Hallagan and gave a mortgage On the horse and alsd on a colt and buggy, property that he did not Own. \\ hen communicated with after .the arrest, he cjrdered that if Diltz would give up the horse without trouble, to let him go. Air. Diltz has been employed for the past year by John Poole. Perhaps he thought that he could make good and w ill never do it again. ( « —o— Charles McClurg, aged 19, of Walker tp., who was wanted in Tennessee, his late home, on paternity charges, was taken to that state Friday by the sheriff of Blunt county, and it is said matters will be squared by marriage. McClurg was stopping with the family of h,is brother-in-law, a Mr. Neize, formerly of Tennessee, who recently moved to Walker tp., from Illinois. Sheriff Hoover was up there ear-

ly last week to get the young man,, but he avoided him. His brother-in-law promised to bring the boy in next day,- however, and did so. He was held here for a day or two, but the sheriff receiving no reply to his telegram to the Tennessee sheriff, turned him loose, with the Understanding that he would come in again when wanted. Instead of replying to t'he telegram the sheriff from the south got on the train and came at once, arriving here Friday morning. Sheriff Hoover then telephoned to Wheatfield and had a man go out and notify young McClurg who came in at once and accompanied the Tennessee officer back home. The girl in the case is said to be only about sixteen, years of age, and all parties concerned are welf connected.