Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-05-02

in bed Heart disease is supposed to
be the cause. He appeared to be in
usual health on the previous night.
Raymond Hatton, aged 10, committed
suicide at Cedar Rapids. He had been
summoned from Chicago to his mothers
sickbed. Upon arriving in Cedar
Rapids he found his mother dead. This
seemed to derange his mind Later he
borrowed a revolver to shoot cats, he
said, and fired three shots into his
body, near the heart. He was taken
to the hospital in a critical condition.
Thlrty-one persons were poisoned at
Ida Grove recently by. eating pressed
beef made at one of the local markets.
Those affected were: John Kegrice
and wife, Harry Curry and entire
family, |. b. Kelly and entire family.
c. Warn and family, G. b. Johnson and
two daughters, l. II. Rankin, w. G.
Farquhar and son, and Mrs. Graham
and son. The meat was old and
contained poison. All have recovered.
At the next term of the district court
in Franklin county will come up
$1,000 damage suit, in which Hazel
Boldly, a prominent stock raiser and
farmer of that section, is made de-
PENDANT. The suit is brought by
Hiram andSarah Briggs of that county,
who claim that Boyd took and sold
fraudulently personal property be-
Ion CrirCr 70 ,N1o irt he fn,,
damages to the amount above stated.
The 2-year-old child of John Barn
ard, farmer residing at Spencer's
Grove, Benton county, while at play
in the yard accidentally swallowed a
small piece of glass, which lodged in
the windpipe. Medical aid was sum
moned, but no relief could be afforded,
and the sad parents came to Vinton in
hope of saving it's life. The windpipe
had swollen almost shut by the time of
their arrival and the child died soon
after reaching a physicians office.
An attempt was made a few nights
since to assassinate C. L. Hobb, pro-
prietor of the Arlington hotel at
Neville, near Sioux City. Hobb was
sitting on the porch when three shots
were fired by his head. The wouldbe
assassin escaped before Hobb had time
to fully identify him. He thinks it
was Ed Ferry, formerly clerk at the
hotel, with whom he had quarreled.
Ferry was arrested, but when ar
raigned before a justice, took a con-
tinuance.
Ella Hartgrave attempted suicide at
the county Jail at Oskaloosa. The
matron heard two shots in rapid sue
cession from the womans ward. In
vestigation revealed a seventeen-year
old girl in a pool of blood, she having
shot herself at a vital point in the
abdomen. The county physician has
but little hopes of her recovery. Mrs.
Hartgrave rallied and made the follow
ing sworn statement to the coroner:
Il was sent up for thirty days by the
mayor for being in house of i'll fame;
came to Osllaloosa from Des Moines;
home in Monroe; maiden name Ella
Demint; step father Asa Sheperd; lives
in Monroe; tried to kill myself because
everybody's hand is against me; don't
care to live in disgrace. Mrs. Minnie
Grubb handed me the revolver through
the Jail window"
A narrow escape from horrible
death is reported by Mrs. Herman
Kurtz, who resides a feI miles from
Burlington. She was catching some
chickens for the market, and pursued
them into the COW shed, where heller
was with a calf. Her sudden entrance
surprised the COW. which attacked her
fiercely and knocked her to the ground.
Mrs. Kurtz cried out for help, and was
fortunately heard by Mr.. Kurtz, who
arrived just as the beast was standing
over Mrs. Kurtz and trying to tear her
upon it's horns. Mr.. Kurtz had armed
himself with Ratchet, and he attacked
the COW with this weapon, but was
unable to conquer her. At length he
seized her by the horns and forced her
head around to her shoulder and held
her so until Mrs Kurtz could escape
The lady was very seriously bruised
and shocked.
A pale faced poorly dressed man
entered the Iowa Trust and Savings
bank at Dubuque, and after peering
through the teller's window stepped to
one side and with a club proceeded to
smash in pane of glass behind which
lay pile of gold. The officials were
taken completely by surprise, but in
second realized that they had to do
with a would-be robber. Assistant
Cashier Brown at once drew revolver
and fred at the assailant, who dropped
to the floor with wound in his neck.
The wounded man was taken out with
blood gushing from his neck, and re-
moved to the hospital. 1t is thought
he is not fatally hurt. He proved to
be man named Leonard Sues 80 years
of age born in Dubuque and affected
mentally and physically. His sole
desire seemed to be to do something
that would place him in the hospital
Cashier Brown feels very bad over the