Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-12-15


the district court 10 two and oneahalf
Years atAnamosa None Of his reia.
tives were present as far as Is known
Bagley prayed to the court fer cleh-
ency, seemingly expecting the full
tertn--fre years at hard labor lie de.
clared I've was not insane wEeh nc took
the money, bRt that he was urged by
Temptation for which he could not
account, and which was too stroug tn
be resisted, though his conscience all
the time told him he was doing wrong,
lie was removed to Aua1,osa Al once:
4 n Crosby Sioux City manager of
The Chicago Sunday sun. is in jail
charged with levying blaclSmail, and
the positive proof of his crimipal ihtenl
is In possession OF the oficcrs lie told
Dave ilattehbrek that Manag Ger Lewis,
! Who Is under arrest at omaha, WIS In
I possession Of y STORY concerning Hat
tehbaek which he would publish ii tho
sun unless he was paid S25 Hhtteh.
back at first Thought little of it, but
wheh he told it TO others they suggest.
!. ed that the blaclsmailer be trapped
8 Money was marked and the numbers
4 re corded, and when witnesses were se-
ereted In tho room Crosby was called
and the deal completed, He was i'm.
mediately afterwards arrested and the
money taken from his person.
w. r Parks, Jr., Of Fairfax, la,
and Charles shHeBner, supposed to be
from Cedar Rapids, Ia, retired is rest
at thu Travellers Home at Omaha, and
blew oat the gas. AT leo in the
morning the night clerk discovered gas
issuing from the room occupied by the
men, and, breaking In the door, found
Park lying on the outside of the bed
and life extinct. Parks, from papers
in his pocket, had evidently Travelled
considerably IN Iowa, as a memorandum
in his pocket indicated that he had
been at Des Moines Cedar Rapids,
Nicola and other places, 4 revolver
was found near Parks pillow aud
watch IN his pocket Both men are
fairly well dressed and appear to have
been laboring men or probably rail
readers
The state canvassing board has just
completed its duties of canvassing the
votes cast at the recent election. Ac-
cording to Its figures the plurnlities
given the various state officers aud cob
gressmen are Us follows: Mcfarland,
Secretary of state, 2s,77s; Mccarthy,
auditor of state, 22,22i; Beeson, treasur,
er 22,06l; Stone, attorney general, 22,-
659; Perkins, railroad commissioner, DO.
394; Gear, congressman, First district,
n Hays, Second district. 7,772; Hen
Nc son, Third district, /, 463; Updegraff,
Forth district, 1890; Cousins, Fifth
district, i.09s; Lacey, Sixth district,
l,l75; Hull, Seventh district, $3.50;
Hepburn, Eighth district, 4,331i Hayes,
4 nth district, 2,4is, Deliver, Tenth
y strict, 4,944; Perkins Eleventh dis.
Wet, l,977
The largest barn in Polk county, be.
longing TO Ellis F. Randolph, living
seven miles north of Des Moines, was
destroyed by fire. II was mammoth
affair aud contained, when the fire was
discovered, over 100 tons of hay, 5000
Nshels Of corn, expensive farm una
linCry of every kind and large
mount of stock The fire was discog-
ed about eight o'clock in the evening
n the hay NOV and is supposed to have
WigInated from a lantern which was
rried through the building by hired
AN about half an Eour before.
tile effort was made to extinguish it
It TO no avail and the building was
Pnsumed. The stock was rescued,
18th the exception of pony and calf,
1T the rest was DESTROYED. The loss
placed ut between $1,000 and $4,000
W ID the insurance at SO, 900.
A very queer accident, that may
owe to be fatality, occurred near
e Red bridge on Flint creek, north
Burlington. Johnny Beers, a lad
put 10 years Of age, whose parents
- Sc on Ash street, went out to skate,
\ was STOPPING on the ice some dis
from shore to fastcn hIs skates,
heard the crack of target
~ 1T the ping OF bullet, which
alongside of the hip and
lrd from the joint of his
letting painful aud dan
4 The bullet was fred
rifle in the hands OF
Wagner of West hill
4 s. + n upon the bank just as
K NJ e n stooped upon the ice,
* figure for a stump
rd that was flying
< q || The ball, it is need
"a not hurt the bird, It
# from young Beers side
x, who thi ak the boy has
# k7ith a razor.
Ire highly re-
only reason
f. + "a tit of intempo- /
Frisbee had been
sick child for !
~ upon the morning !
IS into her room, tell
Al not to disturb her
ready as she wanted
N X The girl did not /
AZ w Zen Miss FrIsbee a
en- home from the Z
as clerlliug, she I
re mother was I
ut she was IN
down with the 4
bed until din ,
f &ughtcr tried 4
awaken her /
kapped, with /
II open the /
lying on 4
cad with
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