Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-11-16
CONDENSED ITEMS.

charter to, the L dIillSis savage o'.AAN'
of Slater
The home of r.. w, Mansfield at Ce-
dar Rapids was entered and robbed OF
$500 worth of silverware.
John Mcbride, Dubuque laboring
man. has been notified that he has
fallen heir to $4,000 left by brother
who died at Peoria, III.
Ed Stewart robbed Blanche Groves,
a stenographer, at Cedar Rapids he
struck her over the head with re-
volyer and grabbed her purse.
Champion James j. Corbett played
Gentleman Jack at Davenport re
Gently, and during the day had the
500 championship belt, offered by
the New York Police Gazette. on show
in a store window. During the night
it was stolen, with valua BILE overcoat,
from the store, the thief breaking IN
at the rear.
John Foley, Sioux City janitor, re
Gently made application to join
local lodge of the A. o. U. W. When
taken in for the initiatory exercises he
objected to being blindfolded, saying
that he had been mistreated once be-
fore and did not propose to have It
occur again. He finally consented to
being blindfolded When the bandage
was on he whipped a revolver from
his pocket and started to discharge 1t
recklessly. He was caught before any
one was harmed, the revolver wrested
from him and he was thrown into the
street. He will not become member
of the order.
At Atlantic recently the motion Tor
a new trial in President j. c. Yetzer's
case was overruled by Judge Smith
Yetzer was sentenced to five years
imprisonment at hard labor in the
penitentiary. Judge Smith in sen
fencing Yetzer said that, considering
| the fact that he was twenty years
| older than Cashier Dickerson, he would
| make his sentence one year less as
being equal justice. Yetzer was yislb1iy
4 affected by the sentence. His attor-
news have fled bill of exceptions for
i an appeal to the supreme court. Three
months have been allowed for record
! matter to be prepared for the appeal
4 and Yetzer's pond was fixed at $1,000,
/ which has been furnished. Ietzer.s
attorneys have filed a motion asking
/ that the transcript of evidence be MADE
at the expense of the state, but the
4 state will resist the motion on the
grounds that Yetzer has sufficient
means to pay for them. The case OF
Isaac Dickersors, vice-president, came
up for hearing and a change OF venue
to Council Bluffs was granted. His
trial will probably occur in December.
George .Reems, the Marble Rock
wife murderer, is now on trial II
the FLOYD county court before Judge
Barr. His was the most brutal crime II
the criminal annals of the state. Mr.
and Mrs. Reems visited their farm ane
, returned to their home in Marble Rocl
: late in the evening. No one knows thu
!, exact cause of the tragedy. The.
were alone in the house. and 1T wa
nearly / o'clock when Will Crocker
Mrs. Reem.s son, tried toopen the door
He could not, and was alarmed AM
went for help. The door was forces
open and showed CHASTITY sight. IN
: forms of George Reems and his VII
; Law stretched out on the floor only
few feet apart, covered with blooe
4 Mrs. Reems was cold in death an
:. horribly disfgured by blow from
. chair over the forehead. and her throa
cut from ear to ear, while Reems ma
an ugly cash in his throat, his WING
pipe being almost severed. Doctor
were summoned. his wounds cresse'
= and he recovered sufficiently to SUITE
the penalty of the law He has put
a plea of self defense. The sentlme,
: of the press and people is that
= should hang.
! Hansen's Radical cough cure. hmm
), date relief and cures when others ia
= Shirts to order Agent calls twi
: each year. w Tilden, Des Moines.
Col. Henderson and Senator &c
have gone south to hunt.
In the federal court at Des Nome
n Judge Woolson recently passed Sc
oy tence upon the three doctors from u
n roll who, while members OF the
a. amin. board at that place, swindl
"a the pension department out OF a lar
ne amount of money. They We're CIV
he heavy sentences and told to pay
If. thirty days or go tojail. The senten'
ct were as follows: DR.. A. /. Wright, Il
10 of 81 500; Dr. A. S. Gockley, line
&c q. 600: DIR. S. G. Dunkle, fine OF ST.
At Boone recently a party OF tran
had supper and alcohol drunk arou
at a camp fire in the outskirts of the toy
In the morning one of their mum
mt was found dead by the fire Part
on his clothing was burned off, and
ed likely that he died of exposure.
an name was James Hendricks, and
of had worked in Boone as marble
70. ter once or twice in the last Ell
he years. 1t is said his wife is the dau
es, ter of well-to-do merchant at Jord
tie, Mimi. Six tramps are arrested
tn there are no marks of violence u
ted the body and no apparent cause Il
murder.