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

The jury In the case of Kerwin, on
trial for the murder of MARI at Lime
Springs last August, brought in a YER
dict of manslaughter, sentence to be
fixed by the Judge.
William Patten, a young farmer
living near Preston, was arrested by
the sheriff of Crawford county and
taken there to answer the charge of
breach of promise. His father is
wealthy farmer.
David Muir, living with David Sing
master, near Richlani, was lying
asleep on couch, when gun i'll the
hands of Jacob HEAVIER accidentally
went off, the load striking Muir and
killing him instantly.
On examination the grain sowp be-
before the late freeze up has been
found to be but little injured and the
ground will not have to be resown. as
feared. The ground is in excellent
conmtion and the farmers are jubllant.
The wheat outlook is especially good.
We call our readers attention to the
advertisement of the Kenyon-Cooper
Bicycle Company, of Des Moines, Iowa,
wholesalers, retailers and jobbers IN
bicycles, cycling sundries, etc. They
are general western agents for the
Triangle and Tlmekeeper bicycles, and
can give very liberal discounts to
agents. Their light roadster weighs
but 25 pounds.
\ fifteen-ycar-old girl living at Cresco,
child of q man named Lukish, died
some days ago and was buried the next
day. Later some friends fearing that
she had been buried alive, with the
permission of her parents had the
grave opened and found their fears
well grounded. The glass of the coffin
was broken to pieces, the hands cut
and blood stained and the body turned
over so the face was downward.
Sheriff Frank Halnrey has safely
landed Hans Rege and Andrew Sens
void in Jail at Mason City for killing
Henry Halstad on the night of March
3. They were at a dance and while
under the influence of liquor INDUCED
in free fight, Halstad receiving in.
juries from which he died twenty. one
days later. The accused will be tried
at the October term of the Worth county
court before Judge Sherwin.
John Bellew, 90 years old, charged
with numbering Joe Tiffany for his
IN1-t nNI-a Eolr
bad a prelinary hearing recently. The
evidence was all circumstancial, but it
constitutes strong case. He rode out
of town with Tiffany and cane back
without HIM and left rifle and pair
of shoes, almost certainly identified as
TIffany's, ut saloon. The dead mans
feet were bare. Bellew left town and
was arrested in Chicago week after
the body was found. He then claimed
his name was Jack Woods.
: Cashier Albert Dickerson and Prcsi-
dent Yetzer, Of the collapsed Cass coun-
ty bank, were n few days ago given
the alternative of furnishing bail or
gong to jail, Notwithstanding the re-
succeeded in furnishing his bail, 81, 500,
and Dlcllerson did the same, but at the
last moment DIckerson's bondsmen re-
fused TO sign the bond and he was
lodged in Jail His trial will occur in
Harlan next August. He has secured
Attorney Byers of Harlan as one of his
attorneys, while the state has retained
Geo. Cullerson, of Harlan. Yetzer's
trial will occur in Atlantic the next
term OF court.
Several weeks ago the general store
of Hunt g. Clayton at New Market was
burglarized and goods amounting to
several hundred dollars stolen. The
only clue to the perpetrators was
wagon track leading from the rear OF
the store, and letter that had been
dropped upon the the floor. The letter
had been sent from Mason City, and
inquiry was at once made at that place.
The result is that four men, residents
of that city, have been arrested with
the goods In their possession. They
had been away from home for several
days, but returned in time to fall into
the hands of the sheriff The officers
who had the matter in hand accom-
plished a neat piece Of detective work.
A Marshalltown correspondent speak
ing of the Weise Bennett murder trial
says: "Iour correspondent sat by Mrs.
Bennett nearly all day and while she
was intensely absorbed in the proceed
ings, she did not change color or move
in her chair when the bloody clothes of
the girl was exhibiied-if she be guilty,
she has the most wonderful nerve on
record, IT is astonishing how n
woman of her age, in the most critical
period of woman's life, at so, at the
time OF the murder, and under the pecu-
liar conditions of her sex, her GOODNESS
is the most remarkable of anything
known here. Some of the best lawyers
in town think she will not be convicted.
The strongest point made by the prose-
cutioQ is the evidence by Deputy Sheriff
Yeager that he found the basque with
the pearl button gone, hidden In a
trunk with old papers and lying in
box all by itself
A Maquoketa mother upset a pot of
boiling coffee on the head of her little
girl, who died as result of her burns.
A goodly audience was gathered at
the Catholic church at Sigourney to
witness the marriage ceremony OF Mr..
Thomas Dawson and Miss Stanton.
The would-be groom weakened because
"he didn't propose to stand there with
SO many people looking at him." With
most young men the crucial test is at
the feet of the young lady, but in this
case he seemed unable to Withstand a
second trial, although slight one.
Mrs. Anna Elder, on trial at Fair
field for throwing her husband down
well and filling him with lead from a
shotgun, was acquitted.
At largely attended meeting of
the Political Equality Club of Dunlap