Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-05-29
THE N EWS.

THE N EWs.
The CorOner's Jury summoned upon
the remains Of Sophie Werner at Chi
cago on Wednesday afternoon com
pleted their investigations and render
ed the following verdict.
An inqulsition taken for the people
Of the State Of Illinois, at the Court
House in the City of Chicago, in said
County of Cook, on the 25th day of
May, 1853, before me, q. /. Hansen,
Coroner in and for said county, upon
the body of Sophie Werner, then and
there lying dead, upon the oaths of
twelve good and lawful men Of the said
county, who being duly sworn, to in
qure on the part OF the people Of the
state of Illinois, into the circumstances
attending the death of the said Sophie
Werner and by whom the same was
produced, and in what manner, and
when and where the said Sophie Wcr
ncr came to her death, do say, upon
their oaths, AS aforesaid, from the cvi
dencc before us, that the said Sophie
Werner came to her death by some
means to the jury unknown at the
hands of Henri .umpcrtz. In tcsti-
mony whereof we have hcrcunto set
our hands, DC.
The jury was discharged and the
Coroner issued his writ for the com
mitment OF Henri Jumpcrtz fer trial,
upon charge Of having murdered
Sophie Werner.
The application of the Southern
Presbyterians for portion OF the funds
Of the General Assembly, now in SEES
sion at Chicago, from which they
sloughed of last year, was considered
in the Assembly, and the answer de-
ferrcd until the next annual meeting
A resolution of regret at the "nnnat
ural separation" was very nearly de
feated, and would have been quite SO
but for the explanation of Rev DIR.
Heacock of Buffalo, that the separation
was regretted for the reason that it
weakened the ability of the church to
bring its Southern communicates to
knowledge OF the error of their ways.
An important case was also argued
before the Assembly affecting the
right, under ecclesiastical law, of the re-
marriage Of persons divorced. The
case before the Assembly is that of
clergyman in Iowa who married a wo-
man who had been regularly divorced
by the laws Of Iowa, on the grounds
of drunkenness and brutality on tho
part Of her former husband, coupled
with attempts against her life. The
Presbytery Of Dcs Moines summoned
the clergyman-Rev. }. II. Shields
to appear and make his defence against
the charge Of adultery. Mr.. Shields
appeared, was tried, found guilty, de-
posed from the ministry and excom-
municated from the church. From
this extraordinary decision and sen
tence he appealed to the Synod Of
Iowa, where the decision was reversed
and himself restored to the ministry
and the communion. Against the
Judgment Of the Synod the Rev.
Thompson Bird complains on behalf
Of the Presbytery OF Des Moincs, to
the General Assembly-thc court of
last resort. The Assembly was enga-
ged during the greater part of Wednes-
day in hearing the records, documents
and testimony in the case, and in lis
tening to the pleadings of the Presby-
terry and Synod at issue. The debate
was only concluded at the hour Of ad-
journment.
The vote was to have been taken
upon the question, yesterday morning
but we have not been able to learn the
result.
On last Saturday evening difficulty
occurred in lager beer saloon, in
Chicago, between two Germans, nam
cd Baumann and kchucl, which result
ed in q fight. During the ARRAY
Kehuel stabbed Bsumann in the fore
head, the knife penetrated the skull
and inflicted dangerous wound.-
Kehuel was arrested, and is now com
mitted to await the result of Ban
MAINS injuries, as it is probable h.
will die. Baumann is a large athelet
&c man, weighing nearly $50 pounds
Kehuel is below the medium size ane
slightly built.
The Chicago Military are afflicted
with Court Martials just now. and I'M.
less the disease, which is said to be
catching" is skillfully treated there
il danger of an epidemic. Anothe,
Court Martial came oil on Monday in
the cock-loft of furniture store in
Randolph street. The unhappy pris.
Toner 10 . subaltern in the Highland
Guard, who was charged with having
overloaded, not his musket but hil
Stomach on the occasion Of funeral
which he attended in uniform, causing
M r. become decidedly bAligsrent
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