Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-02-25
AUDUBON AUDUBON IOWA, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25


the trust company, and the priority of
claims will be established in a later de-
cision of the court.
Last fall Jack Roth, farmer living
a few miles west of Keolnk, met death
in mysterious manner. He was a
young man and had been married but a
week, when he disappeared. A week
later his dead body was found in the
weeds at the edge of field. There
were no marks of violence upon his
body and at the time suspicious of muir
der by Parsonion were expressed. He
had quarreled with relative but few
days previous to his death. The young
wife has now instituted an investiga-
ton into the cause of death, and has
enlisted the county attorney in the
matter to unravel the mystery. The
whole community is horribly excited
over the matter.
Last spring Harry McCauly, an adj
vance agent for theatrical company,
arrived in Dubuque and put up at the
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a pretty waitress named Kate Sheehan,
the daughter of humble but respectable
parents She became infatuated with
him and he persuaded her to elope with
him 10 Fairplay, Wisconsin. After
three days of honeymoon at Galena, he
deserted her and she returned home to
brood over her disgrace. Recently she
was taken to Independence asylum, a
raving maniac. For two weeks her
parents had been obliged to hold her
down in bed night and day, and her
cries, ''Oh, Harry, don't desert me"
have been heard for blocks.
A terrible tragedy occurred at the
residence of Davis Taylor, about nine
miles northwest of Manchester, at
which time and place Davis Taylyr
shot and instantly killed Michael
Kenna. The causes leading up to the
tragedy are not positively known, al
though Taylor, who came into town
and gave himself up to the police, says
that early that morning Kenna, who
has been living with him for some
time, ordered him (Taylor) out of his
own house, threatening bodily injury
if he did not at once go Taylor resist
ed the fellow and in the row that en-
sued shot Kenna dead. Rumor has it
that Kenna and Mrs. Taylor had been
been too intimate, and that this was
the prime cause of the tragedy.
Carroll has experienced genuine
sensation by the sudden disappearance
of O. A. Kentner, until few days ago
president of the Citizens State bank.
Recently he disposed of his interest in
the bank and the next morning left
with his wife for parts unknown. His
finances are in badly mixed condition.
He owes the First National hank S.
900; Il. W. Libby, stock raiser, Sc, 600;
John McCarty and Frand Badly, of
Audubon, $4,000 This is for cattle
sold and money advanced. He also
sold a large herd of cattle on which
was several chattel mortgages. Just
how bad the Citizens bank is involved
cannot be learned. Kentner has been
a leading citizen of that place for fifteen
years and his downfall is complete
surprise. Officers will be sent after
him, as he will be prosecuted for dis
posing of mortgaged property.
A serious accident occurred at De-
Witt. The Cyclone Manufacturing
Company had just put in an electric en-
CINE which some school children were
watching. One of the employees of the
factory picked up what he supposed to
be pail of water, but what was really
a pail of gasoline, and emptied it into
some boiling water. Immediately
there was an explosion. Some of the
gasoline was thrown mo the electric
battery, and flames soon spread over
the building, badly burning Frank
Jones, Arthur Crane, Dora Fuller, May
Hall, Norman Hall, Hattie Reed, J. b.
Johnson and George Morris, Miss
Fuller is considered to be injured seri-
ously. The hair is burned off her head
and her face Is badly burned The
others are all burned about the head
and shoulders The building is total
loss. The damage is not estimated
w. A. Portlock, convicted at Burling-
ton of the murder of James Andreas,
has made a lengthy statement of the
matter. He says he was taken i'll
some time ago and his money ran out
While in a quandary over the situation
he suggested to his wife that his friend
Andreas might let him have enough to
get through with. Mrs. Portlock went
to Andreas and secured the money.
The night before the murder last Octo-
Der Mrs. Portlock, with streaming
eyes, confessed to her husband that in
order to get the money she was COM
PEELED to submit to Andreas'
desires then and several times
since, and wanted her husband to
shoot her and send her body home.
Portlock soothed her and got her to
lie down. He then wrote the letters
stating he would kill Andreas, and af-
forwards sat by his wife talking kindly
to her. Then everything faded from
his sight, and when he next awoke
found himself in the hospital, where he
had been taken after the murder and
attempted suicide. He claims he
knows nothing of the tragedy; that he
must have been crazy at the time.
Portlock has been taken to Anamosa
to serve an eight year sentence.
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