Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-09-14
VOL. VIII

Iowa is Bentley & Olmsted's Paragon.
Thousands of ladies in our state con-
slider this the best shoe for the money
in the market 1t retails at $3.50, and
wears fully as we'll as other makes sold
at from So. 90 to S4.Oo.
The only railroad building in Iowa
just now is going on in Boone county.
The Hamilton Brown syndicate is build
ing short road to connect the Minne-
apolis and St Louis with the immense
coal fields they are developing near
Pilot Mound. The new road will con-
meet with the NJ. & st. l.. near Bluff
Creek. From there 1T runs down in n
ravine to the river. A bridge will be
built across the river, as the principal
mines are on the east side.
The sheriff took Jesse Harlan, charg-
ed with rape, from Sigourney to He'd
rick for preliminary hearing before
Justice Cunningham, but the crowd got
so lnfuriated that the trial was stopped
AMI the defendant was taken back to
Sigourney. 1t is said that they were
going to lynch him; the rope was in
the hands of some party who kept it
hid. Attorney o. N. Downs was de-
Tending him, but the crowd gave him
twenty minutes to get out of town and
he left inside of ten minutes.
The long looked for verdict has been
rendered. and William Mawhor, who
has been on trial at Avoca, stands ac-
| quilted OF the murder of his fifth wife
and as free in the eyes of the law as
any citizen of Iowa. On the first bal
lot it stood eleven for acquittal and one
for conviction. After remaining out all
night the obdurate juror finally yield
ed. The verdict was a surprlse to
many and much comment is made upon
it. The defendant left Avoca on the
train going west, for what place no one
knows except his own relatives. This
ends one of the greatest murder trials
that Iowa has ever known.
A sad accident happened at What
| Cheer, resulting in the death of a young
lady. Miss Cora Dean, aged about 1e
years. who carried the mail from What
Cheer TO Coal Creek. AS she was cross.
ing the Chicago & Northwestern rail.
way two miles west of What Cheer
with horse and cart she was struck
by u freight engine, receiving injuries
from which she died within two hours
after the accident. The horse was In
| 81 lr Lii nd ha ~ 1iSh nd
1t is not thought that any blame at
] taches to the engineer. 1t is supposed
that she undertook to cross the track
when the train was in sight and mis-.
calculated the distance, with the ter.
rible result stated.
For years the big boys of the Daven-
port High school have hazed the fresh
men on their entrance by sliding them
down a big steep bank on their backs.
The boy who resisted was sent down
with one or two boys seated on top OF
him, and his clothes were utterly
wrecked. This practice had become
such an abuse that the boys on Their
entrance to the school unit ormly wore
heir oldest clothes. New suits were
sure to be ruined the first day. Re.
Gently lad whose name is given as
John Wilson resisted, and, being hard
pressed, drew revolver and fired into
the crowd of his tormentors. No dam
age was done, but the time honored
institution of the school is forever
broken up.
There Is merry saloon war at the
town of Walker in Linn county. Abou,
three weeks ago citizens mass meet.
ing was called to get the sentiment Of
the people in regard to the enforce
mcnt of the prohibitory law, and q
committee was appointed to see that
the law was enforced, that being the
wish of a majority present. Informa
tons were fled against both saloon.
and five kegs of beer were seized. The
trial came off and on due inspection
the kegs were found to contain nothing
but rainwater, filled for the occasion
The saloon keepers were arrested fol
keeping liquor for sale and their tria
was set, but was postponed 10 give the
defense clance to get counsel. About
fifty witnesses have been subpenaed
A determined effort is being made t.
| enforce the law.
Receiver Doughty, of the Unior
Trust company of Sioux City, is in re
ceipt of pitiful letter from E. M
Donaldson, former manager of the con
Germ, who is now in Mexico. Donald
son says that he went there to get &
position he was offered, and that ht
may lose the position on account of the
publication of the charges against him
all of which he denies He says he ha:
no money to come back tc the states
and not even enough to pay railroad
fare to the place In Southern Mexico
where he is to take the management Of
a big coffee farm. So he is walking
was written en- route. lie says tina,
he has not been able to buy meals
oftener than once day, and In his
journey across the mountains with q
Mexican guide is fearful of his personal
safety. He is very bitter against his
accusers, and says that he would re-
turn and prosecute them If he had the
money. 1t has been learned on good
authority that Donaldson's statements
that he has good position in Mexico
are true.
At this term of the Union county
district court the trial of Dave Ferris,
the murderer of Thomas Reynolds, will
be held.