Ibber Trial Involving Eaton Holds Up Proceedings
An Ibber trial stalled as the Eaton case faced delays. Court officials pressed for schedule clarity while prosecutors sought to move the matter forward with witnesses and motions pending.
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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1909
Page
1
An Ibber trial stalled as the Eaton case faced delays. Court officials pressed for schedule clarity while prosecutors sought to move the matter forward with witnesses and motions pending.
A court report notes a case involving an elderly man accused of robbing and jogging with a named accomplice Mendez. Disputed charges and court proceedings are referenced without graphic detail.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions Andreas, a robbery attempt, a Jesus district, jurist or judge, and references to J A Kern. Details are unclear, with misread names and no coherent event or date to confirm.
A garbled OCR fragment references a robbery and a suspect named Rubio. It notes involvement of money and a fight, with unclear details about return or numbers. No clear dates, places, or identities beyond Rubio.
The unreadable OCR fragment mentions a pursuit or hunt, mentions men and women, a state, and entities like Mendez Laramie and Whiet. It references a search and purchase of sheep and dark and light colored items, suggesting a crime or police matter with unclear specifics.
Fragmentary OCR note describes a Western cattle boom with rising prices and rising sales figures. Mentions chatter of $80 and herd movement, with unclear attributions to buyers or sellers and no clear dates or names.
The East Side Annex school opened Monday with Miss Anna Gardner in charge in the former Russian church building. Eight Russian children, working in beet fields, attended the first day, with more to enter in coming weeks. Gardner brings experience from Indian schools and is considered well qualified.
Vernon Jay and John Finley two LaSalle boys sons of prominent families were arraigned in E B Hatch justice court on assault and battery charges. They allegedly beat farmer John Payton after a whisky fueled quarrel on LaSalle main street. Payton was found unconscious bleeding ears and one leg broken in two places. Trial set for November 22 with bonds posted.
The Commercial club music adjunct held its first practice at city hall Monday. Led by Professor Fitz, the chorus of six will debut at next Monday night’s banquet, aiming for a larger group of sixteen. Members include Hatch Stukey Starkey Scott and Pier. The Ladies Aid met at Riverside Farm on Friday with wafers and tea served by Mrs. Miller Carter.
Agent Genge of the Union Pacific announces a new tariff for branch towns east of Greeley. Rates from Gill Gale Briggsdale to Oklahoma or Texas match Greeley prices, maintaining UP dominance with 40 percent of tariffs kept locally. Example: twenty carloads to Texas routed via Denver, with UP earning about 22 cents per hundred. Rates to Gill and Cloverly match 18 cents per hundred, Camfield Hungerford and Cornish seven cents, Briggsdale nine cents.
In Colorado a flood of condemnation suits has been filed by railroad firms including Union Pacific and Denver Laramie, with Home Gas and Electric among defendants. The cases seek right of way along the Burlington line paralleling Union Pacific from the south city limits to the union depot. The Home Electric defense touches on state law and charter status as the utility disputes continued construction and power plant use.
The board discus ses a new high school site at Meeker field center of west half with east half kept for athletic use. A teacher committee of Thomas Carter and Mrs A W Clark will review plans for light ventilation and construction at a special Friday meeting.
The Tribune endorses the play A Gentleman from Mississippi at the Greeley Opera House praising its strong cast and presentation. An excerpt from the New York Journal shared via the Tribune highlights the drama as a worthwhile see for citizens and readers, urging attendance this Friday evening.
Commercial club directors held a regular weekly meeting Monday evening to discuss issues facing the group. A banquet at the Camfield Monday evening next will showcase ways and means to promote a permanent associated charities. The fortnightly club will also be discussed to seek assistance and cooperation. The president will arrange the program and assign short talks by members.
A damaged OCR item describes a fall after a horse throwing incident involving Sam and Murran. A broken collarbone, bone resetting, and transport to Lasalle and then Greeley are noted, with the event concluding at Attie Robinson’s home after further ambulance movement.
Daniel Strom learns that his nephew George Stroh of Napa Calif sent thirty California asylum inmates back to the old country. The state funded their passage and the exiles were told they were returning to marry abroad. The incident involved non-curable citizens and raises questions about deportation.
Ex Governor Buchtel spoke to a large audience at a Windsor Methodist conference on Abraham Lincoln. He portrayed Lincoln as God inspired, rising from poverty to fame, and lauded his honesty, reverence for the constitution, will, great heart, and religious faith through biographical anecdotes.
The First Presbyterian Church men's club banquet served by the aid society at 6 30 p m featured W E Keyes as toastmaster and tributes from R J Hunter J K Thompson Fred Fischer A N Strickland Professor R W Bullock and J W McCreery Principal address by Prof G Miller. The group voted to rename the club the Presbyterian Brotherhood. About sixty five members attended. Dry Land real estate report from J S Grable notes a half section sold yesterday in the Greeley Poudre district at 25 per acre, four miles west of the Camfield ranch, with no improvements. a year ago the price was 10 per acre.
Secretary McCrery of the Commercial club agreed to ship Weld county’s exhibit to the National Irrigation Congress in Chicago, then to Omaha for the corn show, with Dr. A Camfield covering most remaining expenses. The exhibit will depart Wednesday afternoon, aided by a directors committee, as other Colorado cities have already shipped displays.
Charles Busch wed Stella Swanson of Mort Collins in Port Collins Sunday. They return to their home here with a new marriage in a local sugar factory ceremony.
A jury returned a guilty verdict at noon today in a case involving a Japanese suspect charged with assault. The decision concludes proceedings in the district court after deliberations.
In a district court trial, Y Nakayama was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon and assault with intent to kill after a knife attack on Kumusaka near Zita grading camp last September. The jury deliberated before noon Tuesday, with the judge ordering a new-trial motion period for the defense.
Special to the Tribune from Kersey November beet digging is nearly done though not all crews have been hauled to the dump. Many beets remain for shipment to the Sterling factory. Sheep feeding is scarce this year with J L Ewing Igo and others opting out. H B Richey is the only farmer actively feeding, with a carload arriving recently.
Maton town board granted B A Shefield a pool room license on condition no soft drinks be sold. KR S Murray, recently in court over a disorderly house, failed to obtain a license. The meeting included routine business and street graveling contracts awarded to N K Kaston.
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