Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1916 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Othe'r (/Totes Gathered From the Several County Offices. 1 G. M. Sands, J. H. Perkins and Roy Blue w'ere in Monticello on legal business yesterday. The Firman Thompson ditch bonds amounting to $5,794.32, advertised to be sold last Friday, failed to sell, no bids being reecived for same. Paul Worland was fined $9.05 by Squire Dean Friday on a plea of guilty of reckless driving of an automobile on the Tuesday previous. Marriage licenses issued: May 6, David Stoner of Rensselaer, aged 21 May 20 last, occupation farmer, to Marie Arnold of Barkley tp., aged 20 March 1 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. T. M. Callahan of Rensselaer bid on three stone road contracts in White county last week and was the low bidder by about $ 1,500 on the Pettit road in Princeton tp., his bid 'being SIT ,912.50. He was underbid, however* by $4,200 on the Renck road and $2,000 on the Ireland road, which contracts went to J. H. Day of Monticello at $7,935 and O. E. Shafer of Royal Center at $9,499, respectively. There were a large number of bids on each road. If any readers of The Democrat are thinking of taking an automobile trip over Monon way via Pleasant Ridge and Lee, don’t do it. This road has- been in quite good condition for the past couple of years and was especially good last year, but out in Hanging Grove /township they have recently gone over a few miles of - this particular road with a grader and have pulled up a lot of coarse rock at the sides and brought them into the middle of the road, utterly spoiling the roadway until such time as a coating of screenings is placed thereon to cover the coarse rock pulled up by the grader. At present it is about the worst road we ever saw, and to think, too, that the taxpayers must pay the expense of spoiling it.

The latest stone road petition from Union tp. from whence three petitions have recently been filed, is the one that has been finally united upon and will stand, it is. saidt and 'j - - j.... the former, petitions will all be dismissed. The last petition differs somewhat from the others, taking in a little more mileage. The system proposed in this petition is for 24 miles of road, as follows: Starting at Virgie and running south seven miles, ‘ thence east one-half mile, thence south one mile to the David Yeoman corner in section 25. Another line starts at the Fred Schultz corner and goes one and onehalf miles east of Aix, thence south to the township line north of Burke’s bridge. Another line starts at Rosebud and goes west to Parr, a distance of two miles. Another line starts at the south corner or township line at S. A. Brusnahan’s farm and runs north four miles, thence west two miles into' Fair Oaks. Another line starts one mile south of Virgie at Jack Reeder’s corner and runs two miles west, one mile south and one mile west. The latter line i 3 what caused the stumbling block in the former petitions. The matter will come up at the June meeting of the county commissioners and It will be necessary to hold an election which will probably be ordered at such time. Sheriff McColly returned Sunday evening from a trip to Louisville and Indianapolis to learn something more regarding the alleged automobile thief who was arrested and placed in jail here one day lagt week on the charge of carrying concealed weapons, while an investigation was being made in an effort to discover who wag the owner of the Ford touring car that Collins had driven

to Rensselaer, ... d on which the number on ’the' engine had apparently been changed. As noted in the court proceedings published elsewhere, the charge of carrying concealed weapons was dismissed Saturday and Collins was rearrested on the charge of using a false number plates or operating a car under a false license number. Sheriff McColly learned that a number of cars had been stolen in the south and the party whom Collins alleged be was driving the car held here, through to Chicago for, was found in Indianapolis and placed in jail there Saturn day night. A Ford touring car was found in his possession that bore a license number issued in Jacksonville, Fla. His name is said to be George Stanley alias Fred J. Colmes, and the car found in his possession is thought to have been stolen in Florida. Stanley will probably be taken back to Louisville for the authorities there to deal with and it is said that Collins will also be taken there. The Tatter is alleged to have boldly stated to Detective Hayes, who interviewed him in jail here, that he had stolen the car held here and had stolen 50 other cars, "but let’s see you prove it on me.” It was on information he gave out, however, that Stanley was pulled in Indianapolis, it is said.