Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1894-04-19
VOL. TX


agreement the young couple went to
Dubuque, and license being pro-
cured they went to the cathedral, where
the wedding ceremony was duly per-
| formed.
Two brothers residing at Ossian,
drove over to St Lucas, small German
village ten miles northeast of West
Union They were armed with knives
and revolvers and gave it out that they
| proposed 20 clean out the town. They
made the attempt but with poot sue
cess The brothers entered a saloon
and started on the war path, but met
with such determined resistance that
after the smoke had cleared 1t was DIS
covered that one of the brothers lay in
his own blood on the floor, his head
gashed in eight places, and the other
brother was ready to depart The
wounded man is now in a critical con-
dition.
George Ashworth, who fatally shot
Mrs. Wilbur Mason, for whose husband
he was working, near Summerset, on
the 10th of March, was discovered by
his guardian in the latter's barn loft
near NOrwalk on the 13th. The
guardian at once gave the alarm, Ash
| worth meantime leaving the barn and
| going to the home of his mother When
the pursuers came up he was talking
to his mother and sister, who were
trying to get him TO surrender. This
he declined to do, however, and, going
a short distance away, he placed a
revolver to his temple and sent bull
let through his brains. He lived but
one hour thereafter. He failed to DIS
close to anyone his reasons for shooting
Mrs Mason, and the matter will for
ever remain mystery.
The Gothenburg plan CT selling
liquor will probably be tried IN Ida
Grove The town council has passed
an ordinance providing for the estab-
lishmen: of saloon under :he super
vision of the council The council is TO
fix the price at which liquors shall be
sold, and n onthly reports of the bust
ness are to be made to the council.
The capital invested shall not exceed
ST. 500, and per cent interest on the
sum invested is to be paid out of the
profits yearly to the investors After
| deducting alt expenses, including the
5000 tax imposed by the statute, rs
per cent of the net profits shall be paid
to the town and 25 per cent to the
school fund of the district All per-
sons employed in the business must be
satisfactory 10 the council and school
board. A petition will be circulated
and if G5 per cent of the voters con.
sent, J. w. Reed and other prominent
citizens will furnish the capital to
start the business.
A regular mint was discovered few
miles out of Brooklyn by NJ. j. Hughes,
of the Omaha government secret SER
vice, and United States Marshal w. w.
Eller. Capt Hughes had been work
ing on the case for several days and
succeeded in securing some of the coin.
The manufa cturer was Dave Hinegard-
ner, a desperate character of that COM
munity, who has served several jail
sentences for drunkenness and boot.
Logging. lie was arrested at Malcolm
and taken to Brooklyn and placed IN
the town jail while the officers searched
the premises They discovered the
utensils used, the boiler, plaster OF
paris casts and ladeIs, all of which had
been broken and thrown into a field.
The casts were badly spoiled but the
several pieces were collected and will
be used in evidence before the federal
grand jury. HInegardner has been a
terror for several years and the loca'
officers have dreaded him. lie at
tempted to kill the Brooklyn marshal
the night of the last election. All are
hoping the evidence will be sufficlen nj
to send him TO the penItentlary for q
term of years.
The case of the United States against
George Ii. Gable, John Freese and j.
b. Allen, charged with running a lot.
terry by the aid of the United States
mails, was tried in the federal court al
Council Bluffs and the jury returned a
verdict of guilty against each of the
defendants on six different counts.
This disposes of the case in which the
Perpetual Maturity Bonding Company
| was involved, for ldr. Gable stated
that neither he nor his co-defendants
had the means with which to appeal il
to the higher court. 1t is believed in
court circles that the sentence will be
nothing more than fine, by reason o.
the previous good character of all the
defendants, The witnesses brought
out the fact that the ASSOCIATION haG
taken in about 5000, but had pait
only four bonds, or $4,000 Where the
other 50, 900 had gone was a mystery
which the defendants could not ex'
PLAIN, further than it went to carry or
the expenses of the business. In his
instructions, Judge Woolson took a
very decided position, concluding hi'
remarks with the statement that tho
bond scheme was nothing more than 6
lottery, and that if the jury did MOI
bring in verdict of guilty its opinion
would be very different from his.
Farmers Mutual Live Stock lnsur.
ance Assn, SCI, 522 and 500, Equitable
bldg, Des Moines, insures horses, mules
and jacks against death from any
cause. Agents wanted in every county,
On the 18th the defense in the Weise
Bennett case, on trial at Marshalltown
completed their testimony.
Marshal Goodrell. of Iowa City, ap
pretended five runaway boys from thu
Orphans home of Davenport. Six o
them left Davenport and walked t.
Muscatine, where they slept IN barr
over night, and from there they walked
to Iowa City. One of them continued
his journey westward, while the othe
five remained in the city until tn,
officer was notified. The little fellow
were glad to return with one of thu
officials of the Orphans home.
On the 18th Gov. Jackson ordered ;