Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-01-26
VOL. VIII

Frank Mccoy. lie was indicted at the
last term OF court for coantcrieitlug
silver coins. lie is pal OF the
venerable Green Cation, who have been
operating on the border between Iowa
and Missouri When the old man was
captured last year, Mccoy and son OF
Cation escaped into Missouri Young
Cation was arrested and is serving time
in the Missouri pcnitentiary for passing
counterfeit com, bat Mccoy had sue.
cceded in Guiding the officers until
few days ago When arrested he was
working as a farm hand near Dean,
Iowa
At $50 III the morning the postoilicc
at Grundy Center was broken into by
.prying open the door, and the safe
blown open. The robbers secured
about 500 and a few stamps and made
good their escape 4 reward of s?j
each has been offered for he apprchen-
sion OF the robbers, of whom there are.
supposed to be three, as three SUSPECT
GUS characters were seen late that night
Center on the railroad track. They
were met by several parties, who de-
scribe them as being we'll dressed but
tough looking fellows This trio spent
two days in Rcinbecli, and were
watched as probable crooks white
there
Walter Sauques,, OF Mt Pleasant
came nearly taking his last sleigh ride
few days ago. With number of
other boys of his own age, he was en-
gagged in the popular sport of jumping
hobs" in some uBaccouutablc man
ner, while attempting to get ride on
heavily loaded sled, he WAS thrown
under the runners. head foremost. In
tins position he was dragged some little
distance, before the sled could be stop.
ped. merchant drawing him out just
in time to save his life. Had Lis boIy
encountered any projection. the run
ner would have passed over bis neck,
and Il fatality been recorded, instead
of an accident.
I'll AhSl hul us utlCdlSu Sidil ACIpH
in four straight falls in wrestling
match at DEBORAH, According to the
provisions of the match, If Burns did
not throw Acton four times within an
hour the purse of 500 and 20 per cent
of the gate receipts went to Acton.
The time of bouts was -, Is, ) and
minutes. At the close of the contest
Acton stated peblcly that Burns was
the best man. The Athletic Club of
DEBORAH hangs up a purse of $500, 500
to the winner and 500 to the loser to
match Burns against any man in the
world, An effort is being made TO ar
range a match with Lewis, the "st-ang.
lcr," or Charles Moth
Mike Schollcnbargcr was arrested
at Sioux City on the charge of house
breaking. Chief of Police Hawman
watched Schollenbarger go to the back
doors of three houses, rap until he was
then force the doors in. When he
came out of the last house he was ar.
rested From two to haiti II dozen
houses have been burglarized IN that
city every day since January s. and
Schollcnbargcr admits that he is guilty
of all the burglaries. Money and
jewclry were ali that he took. He has
returned 10 the police everything
stolen by him except the money and 4
one watch taken a few days prior. lie
is 10 years old, and SAYS he started on
his criminal career at Galesburg, H.,
last spring. He says that man named
Williams, who had just been released
from the Fort Madison prison, taught
him the art of house breaking and that
together they broke into large num-
Der OF houses in Galcsburg, st. Louis,
East st. Louis, Ltchfield, H., Summit
Mo-, Kansas City. A,chlson, Nebraska
City, Omaha aud Blair, Neb Williams
left him at Blair with all the plumber
secured IN ether towns that was not
Of
James L. l.. Harris, formerly in busl.
ness at Rock Valley, and later cashier
of the Dallas county bank at Abel, is
fugitive from justice. lie bought the
Dallas county bank about two years
ago and was largely hacked by his
brother-in.law, o. T. Taylor, Il promi-
ncnt lawyer of Sioux City. Last Sep.
tcmbcr the bank ia ~ and receiver
is now settling up the affairs Harris
had become quite popular NJ Adel, was
elected councilman, and the bank was
He received deposits up
to the time of the failure, and the
assets were found to be SO small. that |
not more than 10 per cent can be paid |
on the debts. Harris was arrested for
receiving deposits, whcn he knew the
bank was insolycnt, and the hearing |
was put of from time to time on
promise that the debts would be paid. |
He returned TO Rock Valley and an.
nounced that he was gong into bust
ness, but IL few weeks ago disappeared. |
He has now been indicted five times,
by the Dallas county jury, and his bond !
OF $500 forfeited. which Mr. Taylor |
must pay. The money was lost, Mr.. |
Taylor thinks, in Chicago boari of |
trade gambling. Harris family is at
Rock Valley. aud his relatives in Sioux
City do not know of his wherca bouts.
The people of Adcl are very mad at |
Harris, as a large amount of money
was lost, most of IL belonging to poor
1epositors.
Judge Conrad of the Polk county dis
,rict court decided the Evangelical
church case IN favor of The Bowman
and Eschcr faction, holding that the
Buffalo and Indianapolis conferences
were legal, and the appointments of
Bowman and Escher and their appoint
nent Of J. 7. Ycrger as presiding elder
IF the Dcs Moines district, are regular.
Lone Tree had a $4,000 fire. The
place possess no lire department and
hence the iirc-6cnd held undisputed
sway and caused much larger loss
han would have been the case had
water protection,
-Four more, eases of trichInac haye |