Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-09-21
VOL. VIII


souri, desperate and carries five bullets
in his body. lie Is confined in the
county jail. s 2lfi~1 xG m
Elmer E. Johnson was shot and
mortallv wounded by Charles Preston
at Redmon, ten miles south Of Emmets-
burg. The ball passed through the
left arm and entered the body near the
| heart DETECTING downward near the
ribs. The surgeons are unable to find
and remove it. Two shots were fred,
the last taking effect. 1t was the out
come of dispute over the division of
corn. Preston escaped and at last ac-r
counts had not-been captured.
A patient at the Alien institute at
Vail, named Sherman Peterson, who
was treated for the liquor habit, got
hold of what he thought TO be "a half
\ pint of whisky aud drank 1t, 1t prov
ed TO be a bottle of bichloride of gold
instead. Peterson died in few hours.
There was considerable talk of NAL
practice and rigid investigation was
instituted by the coroners jury The
result was that II, S. jackson and
Arthur Clute, managers Of the institute,
We're arrested on charge of criminal
negligence. The parents of the young
man refused to authorize the prosecu-
ton, however, and Jackson and Clute
were released.
Robert Thompson, who came to,
Brooklyn from Clearfield, Pa, this
summer, fell from the roof of his new
house, about thirty five feet, few
evenings since. and received internal.
injuries from the effects of which he
died about 5 o'clock the next morning.
He was 6S years of age and had moved
to Brooklyn with his wife to speud the
remaining years of his life near his
son, l. A. Thompson. lie commenced
the erection of a house about a month
ago and being a carpenter wanted to
do all the work himself, as he had
some ideas about Its construction
which he did not want TO leave to
other hands. He was shinglng when
the accident occurred and it is suppos-
cd that he was overtaken with di zzy
spell, of which he was subject
The thieves who, at Grinncll
during the busiest day Of the
fair, succeeded in getting the
cashier Henry Lawrence, while
alone, TO step out to see lame
man who could not leave his carriage,
have not yet been traced. and will
probably never be found by the author
tiles. The pocket book containing
checks and drafts-was found in the
closet OF the Grinell House, with the
papers all intact. The rogues were
considerate enough TO place them
where they would be found and re-
stored to the bank, and thus save the
bank inconvenience. Mr.. Lawrence
can not describe the person who asked
him to step out beyond a general de-
scription as to age and complexion.
The theft was not discovered till an
hour after the incidents and the thieves
I had ample time-to escape. The livery
horse they used for the .'lame man.
was found with the rcins thrown over
hItchlng post not far off.
A very daring robbery took place
about 12:l3 p IN. a few days ago at the
Savings bank at Grinnell c. l.. Walk
err, the teller, had gone to- dinner and
Cashier Lawrence ~rcinaincd in-~thc
bank. About the time named a
stranger drove up in front of The bank
and apparently was too lame to get
out of his carriage, and was making an
effort to attract the cashiers attention
to call HIM out on Important business.
Just at this juncture another stranger
(of course an accomplicel happened
along from an opposite direction,
stepped into the bank and informed
i Mr.. Lawrence that the gentleman in
the carriage wished TO see him, and
apparently passed -Mfs-bawrenee
stepped to the front door and stood on
the front walk convetsing with the
man in the buggy, while the other
stranger stepped into the side door and
; helped himself to bills amounting tc
between $500 and $500, also about tine
same amount IN drafts, and took his
! departure. Mr. Lawrence. who is usu.
ally very careful man, says he
thought he kept his eye on the bank
every moment while he was at the
! front door and would have sworn that
!. no ono entered the bank at all. Or
returning to the bank there was moth
t ing unusual in appearance, and as the
/, bills are kept in drawer the robbery
, was uunoticed by the cashier unit
: after the arrival of the teller and Mr.
: Lawrence had gone to dinner, which
: was fifteen or twenty minutes later
when the teller discovered they ha6
no bills TO pay checks with. As soor
as the man had tapped the till anc
. taken his departure the man in the
, carriage did likewise. hut in opposite
, directions around the block, when the
man in the carriage left Ills rig neal
, Vandervcer's blacksmith shop, within
, a block of the barn where 1t belonged
and that was the last seen CT them
kilograms were sent to prevent thu
payment of the drafts, and all posi- bl,
! efforts are being made to capture TIL
Il
thieves.
, The residence property of Mr. Ed
: mundson, just outside of the city limit
, of Oskaloosa, was destroyed by fire
Loss about 81, 500.
o The Iowa Central Railway compan,
e met with serious loss by fire at Elk
. celsior. Four carloads of hard coal
I. two cars OF soft coal, two empty car
G and ditching machine were consumed
a The fire started with sparks from
; pa ssing engine and 1t was one of th
q hottest blazes ever experienced in tina
= place. The loss will reach $4,000
: partially covered by insurance.
S 1.-THE citizens state central comnitte
4 met at Des Moines and selected Ben
nett Mitchell OF Crawford county a
. the temperance candidate for Cover