Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1914 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL .? h The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From The Several County Offices. County Agent Barrett will be in Wheatfield Wednesday. The progressive congressional judicial and representative conventions will be held in Rensselaer on Thursday, June 4. New suits filed: No. 8234. The Rich Pump Co. vs. Charles Hoile et al; suit on account. Transcript from Squire Irwin’s court. The Edward M. Honan case, taken to White county from Jasper on change of venue, has been continued by agreement until the September term. Notice has been filed with the secretary of state of the dissolution of the Attica Bridge Company, of Attica, which has erected a number of iron bridges in Jasper county.

The Lafayette and Northwestern Ry. Co., the new traction line recently incorporated to build an electric railroad from Kankakee, 111., to Lafayette, via Rensselaer and Remington, will ask the county commissioners at their June session for a permit to run their proposed road through this couniy. Emanuel Griffen, 63 years old, has sued Town Marshal Lohr, of Knox, and his bondsmen for $15,000 damages for arrest of the former and incarceration in a calaboose o/ jail for 24 hours, resulting in the plaintiff becoming a permanent invalid, because of the poorly ventilated and unsanitary condition of the place, the complaint alleges, The Lake County Star says that it is reported that the attorney for the defense in the case of Jones and Helig, the latter a former Remington boy, charged with the killing at Cedar Lake last winter of John Misch. a saloon keeper of , that place, will ask for a separate trial for each one, and it is thought an insanity plea will be made for Helig, with numerous witnesses from Lowell, who have always believed that he was somewhat off as to his sanity. The democrats of Starke county have nominated the following ticket: Clerk, John G. Marks; treasurer, Henry Luken; recorder, Edwin W. Mathews; sheriff, George E. Pettis; surveyor, Charles A. Good; coroner, Thomas C. Hite; county assessor, Henry c. Rogers; com. 2nd dist., Peter Mosher; com., 3rd dist., Oliver Swanson. Dr. Schweir, formerly of Wheatfield, was a candidate for the nomination for treasurer, but was defeated, and The Democrat is very] glad to note the fact. This statement is based on our business acquain- 1 ance with him.