| Show EFFORT TO SQUARE THE TE CASE G However RemaIns as Ada Adamant mant and Refuses lo to Withdraw WILL iO t Alleged lu lii Court Thin ii curing Goes Until The Tha blackmailing case n a full of which waa In last was one of the tho chief topics of on time tho streets lust and nuil there UI U ho n a great deal Of Interest manifested In iii the tho probable outcome of the tho proceed lags now begun After court adjourned yesterday af at afternoon several Attempts were mode mado to Induce Mr 16 to withdraw the tho corn plaint against his former Tho rho divorced wife hattIe remained around tho police station nil iii yesterday afternoon and did nut not leave until Cronk was taken to the county jail In hi tho Iho patrol She then hunted up tip her father Sir Mi amid tried to persuade him to withdraw time tho complaint Mr Geria said she nho asked him If ho lie would decline to If the money from him was but Mr Air hertz Gertz said time tho money HUB mus not what no ho cared so much about It was protection for him hini self Belt and family that he mo most desired Ho consented to go to Attorney Par deos In iii the Eagle Kagle block where the matter was talked over thoroughly Time Tho proposition of Attorney and ammO the woman was that If Gertz Gerts would consent to a ci withdrawal of time the corn com complaint plaint Cronk Crunk would pay his firma lino for carrying n a concealed weapon and so lotte said night with time the balance of the money purchase n a through ticket to Chicago and leave town at once Mr Gertz Gortz said he ItS naked asked Pardee If ho he could suggest any bettor better plan plait for hIs protection train from Crank Cronk than the steps ho he had already Ho declined to discuss dIscua the matter further with them but later lie stated to a News Naive representative that It was his Intention to push the ease to time tho bitter end anti antitrust trust blue tho police pollee tot for getting Cronk out of town Mr Garth repeated that ho was thor convinced thumb Cronk Cromik and his daughter conspired several weeks ngo flO flOto to extort money front from him Time The case took on an unexpected turn this morning when It called for trial Mr AIr said the state was ready to go ohead but Attorney tot the defense said he would demand a trial hy by Jury which would necessitate a U resetting of time the case Attorney Loofbourow Insisted that the tho case he set tom for title this afternoon but Par Pardee ar ardee dee said lie could not bo be ready by that time as he lie desired to secure witnesses It 1 is a n very Important case sAid he lie and Wo We are not ready to try It today Tomorrow afternoon was time the hour finally agreed upon and then wanted to know what would bo ho Instructed to secure the tho jury I Il understand sold said ho that there thero are certain deputy sheriffs who vho have a this defendant and I would not want them to summon time the jury Mr Loofbourow laughingly asked K if the tho did riot not have some somo sug suggestion to make as to who would con the Jury Judge remark about taimi deputy sheriffs was due to the fact that some time ago Cronk cau caused d sheriff Sloans eye to go o Into mourning without first having secured time the consent of that official Mr Gerts appeared In court this morning to testify against Cronk and after the case had imad been reset Jie he said hit Intends intended to go ahead with It Just the tho same Crank Cronk Wits was brought up tip from the coon coun county ty Jail by h Deputy Sheriff Cummings and they were svere quickly followed by brother and time the defendants former farmer wife She sat pat next to him In thin tho court room the tho two engaged encased In conversation until Cronk was taken back to Jail |
