Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1894-04-12

at Council Bluffs returned indictments
| ag ainst all the officers of the two bond.
ing companies located at that place,
charged with using the mails for fraud
ulent purposes They are ]. b. Allen,
secretary; John Freese, president; and
George Fl. Gable, vice-president of the
Perpetual Maturity Company, and
Judge s. P. Vannatta and j. B Sweet,
of the Equitable Bonding Company.
Arrests were made and bonds furnished
in all cases. Every one OF the men
arrested with the exception of Freese
are members of the Pottawattamie bar
in excellent standing and active prac-
hce, and it is certain they will make a
very hot fight for their liberty and
vindication Of the principles of their
companies
The April term OF the Clinton county
district court is now in session at
Maquoketa, with Judge W. f. Bran
| nan of Muscatine on the bench. One
of the most important cases that will
come up for trial this term is the case
Of the state of Iowa VS.. Marshal Wes-
ton of Bellevue. The trial promises to
be holly contested one, as both sides
are we'll backed financially. The
crime for which Weston will be tried
is the killing of Hiram Hoover at a
dance in Bellevue Christmas night last
Hoover known to be of quarrelsolne
Il -
attend this dance to prevent trouble.
A fight was brought on in some manner
and Wilson shot Hoover dead The
coroner's jury returned a verdict of
justifiable killing, but subsequently
Hoover's friends put detectives on the
| case and it was ascertained that Hoover
had been shot in the back and sufficient
| evidence was accumulated that the
grand jury returned an indictment for
murder in the first degree.
Edward Peterson of Webster county
applied by letter to Secretary Morton
of the department OF agriculture for
the position of chief Russian thistle ex-
terminator for the state of Iowa. Sec
| rotary Morton replied IN letter in
which he says: THE Hansborough bill
will probably be amended to provide
an appropriation for the destruction OF
/ the cookie burr, foxtail grass and
rattlesnakes which secrete themselves
in all kinds of grass The government
will probably, IN its munlfcent and
tender care of it's children, also dis
tribute in original packages antidote
for snake bites to farmers; also per-
init to each farmer to draw directly
upon the public treasury for each days
work IN the determination of weeds
| upon his own or any other farm.
Possibly, however, before the bill Is
rounded off 10 its perfection it will
provide patent method of blowing
with preambles. planting with resolu-
tons and gathering and garnerlng by
legislative enactment all crops known
to the farmer of the United States.
The tlllage of land by legislation IS
only matter of time"
The arrest of w. s. Sears tor a MUIR
der committed some time ago caused q
sensation in jefferson county recently.
Two years ago Douglas Walsh, who
lived at the station of Crum, about five
miles west of Fairfield, went to Fair.
field to receive the money for wood
delivered to the c. b. g. Q. He did
not get the money and he started home
in road cart about IL o'clock that
night. About 2 o'clock the next morn
ing he was found in the road, and the
horse and cart In fence corner. He
died about daylight TIE appearances
indicated that his horse had run away
with him, and that he was h''ad by q
blow or cut on the head or neck. There
were suspicious of foul play, bn. no
grounds on which to arrest any oAe
Some weeks ago Sheriff Crane received
word that a prisoner confined under
the name of Winter in tue penitentiary
ut Fit. Madison knew something. of
crimes committed in Jeffers son county.
He went at once and interviewed Win
ter, who is a ten year convict with two
or more heavy sentences hanging over
him. He said he was without hope of
ever getting his freedom; that he had
taken part in the killing of man near
Fairfield, aud that be wanted to clear
his conscience by dong all he could to
bring the murderers to justice. He
gave a circumstantial account of the
affair, which agreed with the kuo yn
facts of Walsh's death The sheriff
was so convinced of -he appa rent truth
fulness of the convicts story, though
he had forgotten the names of all cou-
cerned, that he got an order for the
jury. He was brought from TT. Madi.
son last week and gave his testimony
and other facts we're discovered to cor.
rohorate him. The grand jury returned
an indictment charging Winter and
w. S. or Bud Sears with murder in the
first degree. Sears was arrested and
as he has many friends he will give
bail and will probably not have his
trial before fall. 1t will take strong
case to convince his acquaintance that
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against him.
Farmers Mutual Live Stock Insur-
ance Assn, 52l, 522 and 500, Equitable
bldg, Des Moines, insures horses, mules
and jacks against death from any
cause. Agents wanted in every county.
Mrs. John Vogcl of Trenton fell
from the Iowa Central railroad bridge
at Mason City at midnight a few nights
ago and was instantly killed. With
her husband she was going to Hartley
to visit her daughter, but had neglected
to get off at the junction and was in
the act of walking back when she fell.
The deceased was 65 years old.
Mrs Rachael Hart, of Davenport,
while crossing the street, was trampled
under foot by a runaway horse and
fatally hurt Her skull and collar
bone were crushed and she was injured
internally.
The three burglars who raided