Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-11-16
AROUND THE STATE.


near Scion, while playing with box
of matches, set fire to herself and
burned to death.
Lang Bros, of Des Moines, Iowa,
purchased $4,000 pair Of shoes from the
Fred Field & Co., FIRE. They are sell
ing them now at less than half usual
prices.
Mrs. Emma Bennett, who was in
dicted by the grand jury of Marshall
county for the murder of Anna Wiese,
was arraigned before the court on the
14th and pleaded mot guilty tits be-
lleved she will be unable TO obtain
bail.
Anderson, ex-convict, who murdered
Herman Antelmanu, the Fort Madison
farmer who had caught HIM in the act
of burglarizing has house last Septem-
Der, was taken to Fort Madison for
trial. Anderson was arrested at
Omaha few days ago There are
hints that he knows something about
the robbery of the Lee county treasur
els safe last April, when $4,000 was
stolen, and that outside parties were
implicated in it.
A very peculiar case turned up in
federal circles recently. 1t was the
arrest of man PANIED Dowd near Mar
shalltown for sending postal card
through the mails upon which he had
made threats and called the man to
whom it was sent certain illegal
names. 1t transpired after the mans
arrest that he can neither read nor
write. This is regarded as prima tacie
evidence that the man is not guilty of
writing the postal card in question.
Dowd was arraigned before Commits
sioner Mason at Des Moines and waiv-
ed examination and gave bonds for his
appearance. The case is one of the
most peculiar of the last year in feder-
al circles. The accused man is we'll
TODD and lives just out OF Marshall
town.
As train No. o. was pulling on side
track at Manson, an unknown tramp,
under the influence of liquor, attic .npt-
ed to get on box car. Losing his
grip he fell under the wheels and was
run over, breaking both legs and his
right arm, also badly injurirg him in
ternally. Death was almost lnstan-
taneous. His partner could give no
information as to who he was, and
knew him only by the name of "Yel-
low" There was nothing on his person
to give any clue as to his identity. His
partner said he spoke of his parents
living in Cincinnati, and said they
were engaged in the butcher business.
Tie was about five feet eight inches
tall, dark. has moustache, female
figure on right arm, and bad scar on
right foot.
Fred Grafton was taken to Des
Moines recently by the warden OF
Anamosa penitentiary. His convection
by the District court of Polk county
was reversed at the last session of the
Supreme court and he was taken t.
Des Moines for u new trial. He was
arraigned before Judge Conrad and
pleaded guilty to the crime of man.
slaughter. After considering the mat.
ter some time the judge concluded tc
make his sentence light. in view of the
seemingly complete reformation of the
man, his conduct in prison and his
former punishment. A sentence oil
one year in the penitentiary was there
fore given him and he was taken back
to Anamosa. His wife did not appea,
at the court room during the argumen,
relative to the disposition of the case
which was regarded as rather peculiar
owing to the fact of the evidences Of
her very great devotion to him during
his former trial and incarceration.
At an unknown hour at night Frank
Bratt's store at lie Grand was broken
into by burglars. Some underclothlng
and some shoes were taken and the
safe was blown open with dynamite
disclosing some jewelry and about SIS
of Sunday school money, mostly in
pennies and nickels. The thieves made
away southwark with their booty.
When the burglary was discovered, w.
Ii Klump and p. j. Ferguson followed
them, finding first that they had SLEPT
in school house near town; then trac
ing them to Pickering, whence it was
learned they had proceeded TO Gilman
To that place the pursuers FASTENED
by train and were rewarded by finding
their men encamped on the edge o.
town, two of them sound asleep. He'll
was called and four men took the foul
prisoners to Marshalltown. Some O.
the stolen clothing was found on theil
persons and taken away, SO there is nc
doubt but that they are the mer
wanted. They gave names as Charlie.
French, Peter Jones, John johnson
and John Hogan, but as no one of then
tells the same name twice, it is pretty
hard to decide just what they ought t.
be called. One of the men is knowr
by sight to Marshall Waters, of Mar
shalltown. They are naturally sus
pected of being implicated IN some O
bhS iCSSho ublCbpto idTy dut
safe-cracking in Marshalltown.
John T. Gerry, general superintend
ent of the Burlington & Western rail
road, died at his home in Burling
ton, at the age of So He had beer
connected with the Burlington & West
ern ever since Its construction. TIL,
funeral was under the auspices of tn,
Masonic order.
Johnson Brigham, formerly editor O
the Cedar Rapids Republican, and lat,
consul at AK La Chapelle, has con
summated arrangements to publish +;
high class magazine in Des Moines
lie says it will rank with the bes
magazines in the country.
John Spensley, aresident of Dubuque
for fifty years, died on the 18th, agec
7o years.
A dreadful accident happened to L
r. Drake, at Keokuk. He was on ;