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Show MAN AND WOMAN ABE OELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE Complaints were sworn out this morning by the county attorney against William Van Roman and Mrs. Lena Eddy, charging them with a i.tatutory crime The couple have been held in the city jail for the past week pending an investigation They were arraigned in tho municipal muni-cipal court and Van Roman's preliminary pre-liminary hearing was set for the morning of October 12. The date for woman's preliminary hearing was not set but it is probable that it also will be on the 12th The bail In each instance was placed at $500. The charge against the two was the result of an investigation started after the arrest of Van Roman on September 25. on a charge of battery-Mrs. battery-Mrs. Mabel Faulkner was the complaining com-plaining witness, her daughter, Mrs Eddy and Charles Brown being witnesses wit-nesses for the prosecution. Van Ko man was released on ball pending a hearing and, when he was tried, the testimony was of such a nature that the defendant and all of the witnesses witness-es were held for a further investigation. investiga-tion. This investigation resulted in the filing of charges against Van Roman and Mrs. Eddy, the offense being alleged al-leged to have been committed on October Oc-tober 2. It is expected that charges of a serious nature will be made against Mrs Faulkner and Charles Brown, within a day or two. |