Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-18

Cyclists are interested IN the TACT
| that W. b. Walker, of Kearney, Neb.
is at Ottumwa perfecting arrangements
| for the building of three lap cement
| track, to cost $4,000, which will at
tract the best bike riders of the world.
Walker also expects to establish in OF
tumwa his factory to manufacture his
wheels, (the Kearney Specially
In 1892 Governor Boies pardoned
George Fertig, of Floyd county, who
had been found guilty of violating the
prohibltory law. He was sentenced to
Jail for 1876 days and to pay fine of
$4,000 The sentence having been sus-
pended the case died practically until
called to the attention of Governor
Jackson in connection with another
violation of law, and now the pardon
has been revoked.
a wreck of freight train occurred
on the c., M. & st. p. at the gravel pit
on the Des Moines river, four miles
from Woodward. Four cars of coal
and one box car were completely
demolished. The box car contained a
trotting horse in charge of a boy.
Both were slightly injured. Two
tramps were riding on the rods under a
coal car next to the ones wrecked.
They were unframed with the excep-
ton that one of them was partly
covered up with coal and the other
lost a few teeth and part of his
clothes. The wreck was caused by the
breaking of the front trucks of coal
car just as they went on the river
bridge. A delay of nine hours in the
running of trains resulted.
In the race at the Interstate Fair at
Sioux City between Joe Patchen and
Robert j., the latter won. In the first
heat Patchen took the lead by Shout
der and kept it with hardly a variation
of hair until into the home stretch,
when Robert j. slowly crept up on
him and came under the wire by a
short neck in 900. In the second heat
Robert j. took the lead a length and
easily held it to the finish, time as first,
200. In the last heat Robert soon put
a length between him and his black
rival. Coming into the stretch Geers
let Robert out, and be won by five
lengths. There was cyclone of APP
plause a few moments after when the
time was announced at 2:O3T, within
a second of his record. The last quar-
ter was made at a 200 gait.
The dead body of young man was
found on the Rock Island track east of
Altoona. The body was found lying
on the side of the road. One leg was
crushed off near the body, and the
head also mutilated He was man
of about twenty-threc, five feet six
inches in height. He was fairly well
dressed. His hair was red and he had
evidently been laboring man. The
indications are that he was stealing a
ride on an east bound train which
passed a few hours before. 1t was re-
ported that he had been put off of this
train several times while it was still
in the Des Moines yards and it is sup
posed that he at last secured ride and
either fell off or was pushed off where
he was killed. There were no papers
in his pockets to assist in his identifi-
cation, and no one could be found who
had ever seen him before.
Judge Woolson of the federal court
disposed of a lot of bootleggers at
Council Bluffs. Among them was one
woman, Betty Davis, who had pleaded
guilty. She was before Judge Woolson
in kcokul1 county for the same offense
and pleaded guilty there, but secured
suspension of sentence by promising to
do better. After summoning her for
sentence the judge again deferred
sentence. William Bolton got thirty
days and $500 fine, but both were sus-
pended in case he went to Marshall
town and took the Kelley cure. Others
who were sentenced were: David
Knapp, 5000 and seventy-fve days; Bert
Fruits, $500 and one year; j. II. Bryant,
$500 and seventy-fve days; John f.
Petit, $500 and 100 days; Laurence
Hunter, $500 and nine months; Taylor
Spencer, $3.50 and seventy-fve days;
Andy Swabe, $500 and 100 days; Robert
Perigo, $500 and 100 days.
A committee representing the FEEDER
alton of Churches a few days ago asked
Mayor Hills of Des Moines to stop pool
selling at the races, but as the council,
by vote of to /, had asked him not
to stop it the mayor refused to act.
Later the committee appeared before
Justice Dodson and swore out warrants
for the arrest of five bookmakers and
pool sellers and the following officials:
Fred Johnson, CHS: of police; Frank
Phillips, police judge; John Monarch,
chief of the fire department.; John
Peterson, constable of Lee township;
II. G.. McElderry, member of the city
council. The charge preferred is as
follows: That they did willfully and
with intent wager bet upon the re-
suit of certain trials and contests of
speed between contesting horses, and
the same was carried on by what is
commonly known as buying and SELL
ing pools, in'which this defendant par
ticinated said pools being a com bina-