Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-06-02


ton of the cellar was covered knee
deep with layer of Illuminating gas
that had escaped from the leaking
main, and the flame of his match set
fire to the commingled gas and air.
The result was an explosion that blew
out the match and the ends of the cell
lar and lacked but little of blowing out
Mr.. Davenport He was knocked al
most senseless and quite badly burned,
but fortunately his injuries were not
of an alarming character
Taylor Hobbs was taken from his
home at South English at an early
hour the other morning by band
of white caps and horse whipped for
beating his family. Hobbs was seized
and led out of town where the men
gave him sound fiogging. They used
buggy whips with all the energy they
could enlist. Hobbs begged and plead
ed and bawled like baby. He offered
to give them his money or anything
else that he had, or do anything they
wanted if they would spare him. Not
a word was spoken by any of the COM
mittee during the entire tragedy, but
Hobbs was made to understand what
the punishment was for and that he
would get a double dose the next time
he abused any of his family. Hobbs is
about 40 years of age. There is no
clue to the Idle nifty of the white caps.
AT Des Moines one night recently at
a late hour the Federal jury in the j.
c. Newton case brought in verdict of
not guilty of the charge of conspiracy
to defraud the government The
wealthy defendant was so highly elat-
ed that he treated the twelve men
(good and true) to a banquet at the
Slavery House. Next morning Judge
Woolson discharged the jurers from
further service in his court and deliv-
ed to them scathing lecture upon the
unseemly acceptance of favors at the
hands of the defendant before they had
been formally dismissed. The judge
ordered the clerk to make an entry IN
the record of disllonorable discharge
for improper conduct, but afterwards
ordered the dropping of the word dis
honorable" Addressing the defendant
the judge said the rebuke should be ex.
tended to him and if the court had the
power the verdict would be set aside
and a new trial ordered. The whole
affair causes much comment in legal
circles. But it is conceded that while
the evidence was strong as to the main
charge of case conspiracy was not
clearly established
Policeman Buren,, of Marshalltown,
arrested Edward Waldo for lntoxica-
ton and placed him in the city prison.
He remained there all afternoon.
About clock, Waldo, having sobered
up somewhat, asked Officer Anderson
to send his boy William in to see him.
He did as requested. The boy went in,
| but soon came out very much agitated
and informed the officer that his father
was tired of life and had fully made up
his mind to shuttle off this mortal coil.
| The officer was inclined to think it all
a bluff, but later on went to the cell
and, finding Waldo standing in the
middle of the cell, asked him what he
was doing He reiterated his deter
mination to do away with himself.
! Still the officer was incredulous. Re-
| turning to the cell an hour later he
found that the desperate man had
meant all he said, for he was hanging
and almost dead, having made rope
of his suspenders. The officer cut him
down just in time to save his life, and
then transferred him to the county
Jail. Waldo is well digger by occu-
patton.
The German steamer Armanla arriv-
ed at New York May 80, and was quar-
antiDed because bad case of small
pox was discovered on board. The pa
tient was removed to Hoffman's Island,
and the rest of the passengers were ex-
amined and released. A few days ago
I the state board of health received a
letter from John b. Wehn, commits
sioner of immigration, stating that
among the steerage passengers upon
the steamer were the following, who
had tickets for Iowa parts: Mary Stan
ton, Dubuque; N. Charlton and Lester
Charlton, Burlington; James White,
Davenport; James Nolan, Nichols; f.
Lenquist, Stanton; John Jacobson,
Martin Beikenberg, Ellis Beikenberg,
and three children, and Ole johnson,
Norwood, Lyons county; Manlander
johnson, Thor; Marta Johansen and
child, Cresco; Lars DanIelson and two
children, Muchakinock; Simon Clesp,
Dubuque; Anna Erickson and Isaac
Gutenberg, Des Moines; Tarschen
Peik, Elmira; Sigfried Olson, Leland;
Peter Linquist and Ellie Jansen. Day
ton; Anders Guldbranson, wife and two
children, Rode. They have arrived in
Iowa and will be closely watched by
the Iowa boards of health.
w. Il Jones, manager of the Sand
witch Manufacturing Company, at
| Council Bluffs, was found with con-
fused wound in his hea and a bullet in
his abdomen. About block away the
body of Jack Wade, notorious tough,
was found with bullet in his breast,
| stone dead. Later Jas. Maher, another
tough, and Tom Crogan, hack driver,
were arrested. The latter confessed
that the gang tried to rob Jones, hav-
| ing decoyed him from home. Jones
showed fight and fred several shots at
the robbers, who fled. 1t is supposed
| that Wade shot Jones after the latter
had shot Wade. just beside Wade lay
a revolver and clutched in Jones' hand
was another. In each of the weapons
four chambers were emptied. Jones
was quickly removed to the police sta
ton and medical aid summoned. Here
he revived sufficiently to give clew to
| the facts concerned in the startling
midnight drama. Though he could talk
| but tile, owing to the intense suffer-
ing, he said sufficient to show that he
had been the victim of an assault by
footpads. While walking up Park