Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1915 — Case Against Local Men Dismissed in Chicago. [ARTICLE]

Case Against Local Men Dismissed in Chicago.

The case against John A. Dunlap and V. J. Crisler of Rensselaer, and Messrs. Lawrence and Harms of Chicago, growing out of the sale of a small tract of land **in the Springer tract in Walker tp., mention of which has heretofore been made in The Democrat, was dismissed on motion of the prosecuting witnesses, through their attorneys, in Chicago last Thursday. The defendants were all present and were represented by Attorneys W. H. Parkison and Mose Leopold of Rensselaer, and on the matters being fully explained to the court by the attorneys and the prosecutor, on motion of the latter the proceedings were dismissed. The whole thing seems to have been a sort of comedy of errors on the part of the prosecuting witnesses, and when the matters were explained and it was shown that there was no criminal intent, they were willing and anxious to drop the prosecution, and made the following statement to Attorney Parkison: W. H. Parkinson, Rensselaer, lnd. Dear Sir: Replying to your favor of recent date, we desire to say that after going carefully into the transactions between ourselves and V. J. Crisler & Co., H. D. Harms and C. N. Lawrence, we are entirely satisfied that they were willing to do what was fair. There was considerable misapprehension of the facts and we find that the misunderstanding was caused by the fault of others. Yours very truly, CARRIE C. GENSERT, DOROTHEA HOWE. So the whole thing, which really was made a mountain out of a molehill, is ended to the satisfaction of the parties responsible for the court action, and the defendants are absolved of any criminal intent in the transaction.