Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1917 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs Frqf the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. \ I • I Former Court Reporter Cl R. McFarland of Chicago spent Sunday here. * Judge Hanley went jto Delphi Monday to sit as special judge in a case in the Carroll circuit court. Attorneys W. H. Parkinson and A. H. Hopkins were in Indianapolis Friday on business in the federal court. New suits filed: No. 8726. Indiana Refining company vs. Mark J. Schroer; action on account. Demand >286.69. The farm loan organization meeting held at the court house Saturday was well attended and an organization was perfected in both Unio£ and Marion townships. The fine new Marion township consolidated school building was opened for work Monday, and the James, O'Meara, Wasson and Wood schools will be abandoned. The pupils of these schools are being transported to the new school by an autobus and school hack, driven by Worth McCarthy and Frank Morrow, respectively.

While it was reported Saturday night that former County Surveyor Myrt B. Price, who had been in a very critical condition Saturday at the county hospital, had died shortly after 5 o’clock, this report was an error and we are glad to say that he is still alive and . was believed to be a trifl<e better yesterday. A specialist was here from Chicago Saturday night to see Mr. Price. His brother, Mudge Clark Price, of Ashland, Kansas, who is a state- senator and was with the law-makers at Topeka when wired of Myrt’s critical condition,* came Sunday afternoon.

At the Republican mass meeting held at the court house Monday night present City Councilmen King and Kresler declined to become candidates for re-eleotion, and the names of Fred Waymire and Conrad Kellner were favorably considered in their stead, and it is expected they will file their declarations. The names of Fred Tyler, Elzie Grow and Emmet La Rue were considered for ward committeemen, and it is understood they will file declarations. The rest of the city administration was endorsed for re-election. -Of course, any person can file a declaration who desires to be a candidate for any office. The Democrats were to hold their mass meeting to discuss candidates, etc., last evening.

The $5,000 slander case of Ochs vs. Zimmerman," from Remington, which was set for trial in the Newton circuit court Monday before Special Judge Frank Davis of Brook, was not tried. An order had been made to take the examination of the defendant at Kentland on Monday of last week, and this order later changed to take the examination- at Rensselaer last Saturday. The defendant was here with his attorneys Saturday and the examination proceeded until questions were asked which the defendant refused to answer on the adyice of his attorneys on the grounds that the answers might be incriminating. The matter was taken up in court at Kentland Monday on the answering of these questions and the court ruled that the notice to defendant was insufficient. A change of venue was then taken from the court by the plaintiff and the case now goes back to Judge Hanley to name a judge to sit in the trial of the cause. Therefore, it wfll not ccfme up for trial until the March term, of court.