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snip companies from Judge Hand s cision.I. Nolan, ralifornia. who *rei! yester day, republiran 1 eaders said.MURDER IN FIRST DEGREECHARGED IN INDICTMENTSRETURNED AGAINST NEGRO11IInilt;*Indicted for ni.urd.er in the first de-|gree, Emanuel Thompson, negro, 208 Bridgman street, will go on trial forhis life in the district court here. This became a certainty this afternoon when the grand jury reported its findings to Judge F. 1). Letts shortly be-I fere 1 o'clock, in which two indictments were returned against the stayer of Velma Thompson, his niece, who itnown as Par tee.conceal elt;so wasictment isweapons.r carryingof gambling or Hugh Swiek, Ernest Stiles and J. C. Roberts, charged with ‘‘malicious mischief to vehicles.”Ha* egro Counsel.S. .Joe Brown of Ies oMines .one of Iowa's foremost negro attorneys, arrived in Muscatine this morning to assist in the defense of Thompson. He will be associated with the law firme 111 h e r j 0 f (■ 0 s. (.P. r q (, s t e r t p r e v i o u s 1 y r e t a i n -1 to defend the slayer of the votingii1itOilier Indictments,true bills were returnedgirl, killed, during a sensational revolver battle between Thompson and his white brother-in-law, William , (Silver) Hickey, Bryan avenue. Park accused of I place.Brown is believed to be the firstOtheragainst:I W. J. Bradley, forgery;* passing a check after signing the uaine iof Henry f. Wittman. t negro attorney to practice in the dis-Jim Henderson and Frank Johnson.) trict court in Muscatine. He is said to ‘robbery; accused of robbing Hilariojbe an eloquent or.itor. For the past Rameriz. Mexican, of a watch and I 20 years he has practiced in Iowamoney during a hold-up. courts, having' been graduated fromJames Fox, bootlegging; res ' Moscow.} George S. Phillips, larceny building in the night; accused of steal- {it1»tI8aing a suitcase and contents valued at Emanuel ' $100 from the Kemble hotel belonging ; at the 1to C. E. Kroh.| Lvsle G. Butler.*I charged with leaving! child destitute; suit for penwife his wife divorcer * -the Iowa university law school, in1901. His master’s degree was obtained the following year.Wesley Thompson, brother ofThompson, was a student owa university while Brown was there. It was largely due to this esertion; ) fact that the Des Moines attorneycame to Muscatine to defend his classmate’s brother.Information in court house circles is to the effect that Thompson will not be tried until next term. This could, not be verified, from County Attorneyxtv At-'+r'torney-eleet C. R. Stafford wi Jite on behalf of the state.*t5lt;11kI.andnowi lt;-in th‘- district rline Secret Indict men I ,One other true bill, was reported bythe grand jury .it was learned, al- j though thi s was a sf• cref iudirtnieiit. j L?win A. C rue!1 who, with Co*? No bills were found against Harold jReed and Ed. Reed, brothers, accused iprose-|
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Muscatine Journal
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Mon, Nov 20, 1922
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