Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-12-20
news FROM over iowa

meeting at Cedar Rapids.
The trial of Guy Baker charged with
killing George REDWOOD last June, is
now before the district court AT Mus
catine.
Sid Conrad, of Atlantic, had his left
foot crushed by the cars at Chicago,
and the limb had to be amputated be-
low the knee.
While at work on the stand pipe in
course of erection at Grundy Center,
few days ago, liver Iclerman, of Ell
dora, fell distance of fifty feet, sus-
tanning injuries which will probably
fatal.
At Eldora the jury in the case of the
state VS.. H. Mcdonald and j. O. Nc
Kee for burglary at Hubbard SIX
weeks since, brought in a verdict of
guilty and recommended one year in
the penitentiary.
1t has come to light that A. F. Gray,
one of the editors of the Radcliffe Sig
nal, has not only disappeared, but has
taken with him some $500 belonging to
his partner. He came to Radcliffe two
years ago as tramp printer without
wealth and was taken in out of the
cold. He is a schemer and worked nu-
merous parties.
The final crop report of the state
shows total yield of corn of S,S67 Gao
bushels or a tritie above one-third of
the usual yield winter wheat,
3,4S1, 312; spring wheat, 1,72O, 177; oats,
96,713,25G; rye, 1854, $50; barley, 9,21S,-
97O. The total value of the crops is
placed at S121, 2S4, 500, against $780,
600, 900 in previous years.
A double tragedy occurred three
miles south of Eldon, and two farmers,
Ambrose Daugherty and George Huff
man, a boy of IS, are the victims of a
foolish quarrel. They had attended
country lyceum, and when driving
home both insisted on driving across
the same bridge first. An impromptu
duel took place and Huffman was shot
in the groin and Daugherty was
pierced through the lung. Both are
fatally wounded. Daugherty is a mar
ried man with family.
At DEBORAH John II. Cater was found
guilty of murder and his punishment
fixed at imprisonment in the state pen.
itentiary for life. His victim was a
young man named George Wemett,
and the murder occurred at Burr Oak
on the evening of September l last. 1t
was in fact a double murder, Mrs. Cat
err, wife of the criminal, being killed
the same night. The evidence as to
the death being much the clearest,
Cater was tried under an indictment
covering that case alone. The trial
consumed twelve days, and the testi-
mony, although wholly circumstantial,
was so conclusive that the jury agreed
on the first formal ballot and within
an hour after retiring.
In the celebrated Van Leuven pen
sion fraud cases, on trial in the federal
court at Dubuque, the defendant
caused a sensation by announcing that
he would plead guilty to as many cases
as the prosecution desired to bring
against him out of the thirty-fve in
dictments. He said he had been I'M
able to prepare for the case, as his
own clerks had gone back on him, and
as he could not tell what evidence was
in the possession of the prosecution he
could not prepare a defense. United
States Attorney Sells then limited the
number of cases to five and the court,
after plea for mercy by Van Leuven,
sentenced defendant to pay fine of
81 600 in each of four cases and to serve
two years in each case in Anamosa
penitentiary, time in each case to be-
gin at once. AS the sentences in all
cases are being served at the same
time, this amounts to only two years
confinement.
While workmen were excavating for
the water works reservoir on the farm
of w. H, Cowan, near Goldfeld, three
full-sized human skeletons were found
at depth of two and a half feet. Ac-
cOrding to the traditions of the Sac and
Fox Indians, in an early day, while
on a hunting expedition. band of
wandering Sioux attacked them and
killed several of their party. A cou-
rier was sent back to their village, and
all the young men donned their war
paint and started in pursuit. The vic
tOriOuS Sioux were overtaken some
where in upper Boone county, and a
desperate battle ensued, and not a sin
gle Sioux was left to carry the bloody
tale to his tribe. 1t is quite probable
that Mr.. COwans farm is the scene
where the tragedy was enacted, as ar
rowheads and other Indian implements
of war have been picked up in the vi
entity from time to time. Another
point that also indicates that the skel-
etons are those of Indians is that they
appeared to be buried in sitting pos-
ture. One skull was smashed as with
a semi-sharp instrument.
In the case of Lizzie Weston. on
trial at Independence for the murder
of Patrick Finn, the jury returned a
verdict of not guilty. Her plea was
self-defense.