Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1887 — MANSLAUGHTER. [ARTICLE]

MANSLAUGHTER.

Is What the Grand Jury Charged. . The Trial to Begin To day. The grand jury made their final report yesterday forenoon, after a session of nine days. Much of this time, presumably, has been given to a full investigation of the circumstances attending the killing of John Steele, and as a result, the jury have found a true bill against Mrs. Hannah Rutherford, charging rer with the crime of manslaughter, in an indictment of four counts. The penalty for this crime is imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of not- less than two years nor more than twenty-one. Mrs. Rutherford was brought into court yesterday, a little be'ore noon, and a petition presented in her behalf that the court appoint counsel to defend her, JudgeWard thereupon appointed M. F. Chilcote, the county attorney, with E. P. Hammond to assist S. P. Thompson also enters for the de’epse voluntarily. Prosecution is conducted by the state’s attornej 1. W. Marshall and his resident

Deputy, J. W. Douthit. The defense moved that the cour quash each and every count of th< indictment. Motion was over-rulec as to the first three counts am sustained as to the fourth count The case was then set for to-day and a special venire of 50 jurors ordered drawn by the jury com missioners. The case will occup. several days for its trial. Mrs, Rutherford appears to fee* much distress while in court. Sh was accompanied by her littl seven-year old gill. Mrs. Ruther ford is a finely formed woman, o medium height, rather good look ing and dark. She is said to be vary near sighted and is pari ially deaf, using an ear trumd it The grand jury returned indictments, in all. The eleven were all for minor offeirv

Lost, Strayed or Absconded: A very heavy, osage orange cane, about 1| inches in diameter, 3 feet long and probably loaded with lead in the big end. When las: seen, about six weeks ago, was i.. company with, and apparently had charge of. a dark complexioned, bushy bearded, tender eyed gentleman, whom, it is feared the aforesaid cane has abducted or eloped With. Any information as to the whereabouts of the can may be shoved through the key hole of the office of the late lamen t ed Message.

John A. Henkle’s sale Tuesday at his place in Barkley tp., wa--well attended, and the most of tn property is said to have brouta t fair prices. Mr. Henkle sold most of his stock and' all his standing crops before he advertised for a sale. His crop this year, by the way, brought him the very m t sum of SBOO Mr. Kannal will remove his jew elry, silverware and watch and clock repairing establishment into the room just west of Fendig A store, in Nowels’ block, the first next month. ;

Constable Wood went to Fair 0 Monday and succeeded in cap.tiding Elias Brocus, the young to ur who carved the anatomy of John B. Clemens so extensively, abou six weeks ago. He is a tough from Toughville, born and br

He wrote to his father a day two ago> requesting the latte to bring somebody to bail him fcoupled with the touching req to “bring my deck of ( Raids!” father happened to come before h received the letter, but alth. tgt this fond parent who trainsup :>i-. sons in the way they should ■ was not able to furnish bail for his hopeful offspring, he satisfied that other yearning of his youthful soul by drawing from his paternal bosom his own well wohi, long treasured and greasy pack of cards, and bestowed them upon his anxious son Oh the depth of thjs fond father’s love! How cheerfully he sacrificed;the chvn--est treasure of his heart, fox the comfort of his chi! 1.

LOOK OUT.—For a big display of new jewelry, silverware, and watches and clocks, when Emmet Kannal gets into his new st-wo next month. *