The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-04-27
TREADWELL ACQUITTED.
The Southern Kansas Cattle King
Declared to be Justified In
killing Clarke.
John Holmes, Of La Plata, Acquitted
Of Attempted Nurler-A Deadbeat
Vacates Omaha.
A Killing on the Tennessee River With .
Rumored Lynching- Hatricide in
Iowa.

Rumored Observation-Disclosures in
ANTHONY, Kan, April 2a-The trial OF
Walter Treadwell, the Southern Kansas
cattle king, for the murder Of George
Clarke, bis former partner in the cattle
business, which had been in progress here
for the past week, closed late Saturday
night. and the jury retired with instruc-
tions to call the judge at any time il they
agreedo on verdict.
Yesterday morning the judge was sum-
moned to the court room by y deputy sher.
i'll and quite crowd gathered when the
report few around that the jury had
agreed. A. soon a. tho judge had taken
his seat the jury filed In and in answer to
the usual question the foreman announced
that they had agreed on q verdict Of not
guilty. This was received with general
approval.
TreadwelI, during the trial. proved BE-
yond shadow OF doubt that Clarke had
led Mrs. Treadwell astray and that the
shooting was committed in the heat Of pas
sion caused by his wrongs.
HOLMES ACQUITTED.
MACON, No., April 22-The trial Of John
Holmes Of La Plata charged with the At
tempted murder Of Mrs. Eliza Nettleton Of
the same town, was concluded in the
circuit court Saturday. the accused beng
acquitted, as the question Of identity was
not clearly proved.
Ars. Nettleton, . respectable and COM
paratively well.to-do widow. who lived
with her daughter at La Plata. where the
two kept a boarding house, owned large
farm and employed Holmes to take charge
Of it He had on several occasions desired
Mrs. Nettleton to grant him her hand In
marriage, and her refusal threw him into
. great passion. Finally she discharged
him and soon after received an anonym nous
letter threatening her life. TO this no at.
tention was paid. but one night in Decem.
Der she awoke and found her throat in the
grasp Of u masked man who was endeavor-
ing to choke her to death. Her struggles
awakened her daughter in an adjoining
room, and she In turn alarmed the house,
but the man escaped. Holmes was arrested.
DEADBEAT.
OMAHA, Neb., April 23-Some time ago Q
man Of attractive presence who intro
duced himself as Prof. Moranda, came here
from Chicago and opened u successful
dancing school. Yesterday Prof. MARITIME,
Of Chicago, to whom he had referred, ar.
rived for the purpose Of arranging for q
children's cantata. He at once declared
that the alleged Prof. Moranda was Joseph
n. Delort,e, formerly Of Montreal, and
moro recently # Newark. N. j., and Chi.
cago; that his first wife died from neglect;
that he deserted his second and her help.
less babe; that he defrauded his father-ln.
law out of f5.OOO and that he was wanted
in Newark for passing bogus paper. Prof.
MARITIME says he was also sufferer to tho
tune of several hundred dollars, of which
he was cOntidcnced while the man was in
his employ in Chicago. Moranda has left
the city.
TArE's DEFALCATION.
LOUISVILLE, KY, April 23.-The amount
Of ex-Trcasurer Tate's defalcation with all
credits made is now placed at $l5lOOO 1t
is learned that just before leaving he sent
the negro porter to the bank for large
sum, saying he wanted it to pay school
claim. As no claims were due this il made
evidence that he took with him from $15 90
to &llU.O0l. The commissioners found that
the defalcation ran back many years. one
Of the notes being dated 1S6S. the year he
came into Office. In settling from year to
year he balanced his books for Decem-
Der 81 and presented his bank balances for
the end Of the first week in January. In
settlements twelve years ago what appear
to be forgerics have been found. This
crime is extraditable aud it is on account
OF this that he is believed 10 be hiding so
closely. The l. o. US amount to $4,000.
One man has 2CO. Another sent O check
for 500 to meet his, aud the check was
pinned to the obligation and 50 will he pre-
sented to the Legislature. The bondsmen
hope to get on without paying, as several
have their property in their wives names.
MURDER AT MOusETAIL LANDING.
LOUISVILLE. KY. April 23-At Mousetail
landing, on the Tennessee river, near Padu.
cab. man named Ward, who, 1t is alleged,
had been circulating disreputable stories
about John Stafford's daughter, was found
in q crowd Mt the landing aud, at the pistol
point, compelled to confess he had lie1.
Stafford was about to kill HIM anyhow, but
Ward, on his knees. begged for his life and
was let Of. He went Immediately home
and. returning with shotgun, just rs
Stafford was mounting his horse, shot him
dead without word Of warning. Holding
the crowd ut bay with the other barrel Of
his gun he backed of and made his escape.
1t is reported that q band of lynchers il
searching for him. Doe rumor is that he
was found yesterday and shot to death.
KILLED HIS MOTHER
LEMARs. Iowa, April 23.-Philip Beld, o
young farmer living fourteen miles west OF
here, and his mother, who had been
on bad terms for some time, Quarrclcd yes
terday over selling horse. when sudden-
~ Beld fred two shots at his mother, and
then went upstairs and shortly after the
neighbors heard another shot, and on 60
ing up found that he had sent third bullet
into his head. The matricide had always
borne good reputation. His father was
killed u year ago by kick from horse.
The dead woman was forty.seveu years
old. She had brother serving term ut
Anamosa for manslaughter. The sanity
Of the family is doubted.
Oleomargarine Men In jail.
SPRrNGFIELD, o., April 22-Thomas Du-
gan and Z. A. Bidd, prominent hotel pro-
prictors, have been fined SO and costs
each and sentenced to ten days in Jail for
using o!eomargarine on their tables with.
ont posting notice in dining rooms.
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