Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-07

destroyed by fire few Mornings since.
The contents were saved. Loss, SIS, 900;
insurance, 81 800 The building was
owned by Banker John Burton and oc-
cupied by II. l.. Darby.
Robert Hunt, farmer living about
three miles southeast of Estherville,
was surprised when he went to his
barn to find his hired hand, named SUIT
| ton, young Englishman, hanging to
| a beam in the barn. 1t was case OF
| suicide, and no cause is assigned.
A Chicago dispatch says: The own
ers of the mile track at Red Oak have
| secured the ''Horse Review" and
standard" stakes of $40, 900 and IS 900
| respectively, for the June, 1895, meet
meeting. The new Iowa association
was the highest bidder among several.
The jury in the case of Frank Davis,
| charged with the murder of City Mar
shall A. N. Whitney, of Missouri Val
| ley last April, rendered a verdict of
murder in the second degree. Davis
was the partner in crime of Reddy
Wilson, who was lynched at the time
of Whitney's murder. 1t is said the
verdict gives general satisfaction.
Peter Taylor, grain buyer at AL
den, bought load of corn from cou-
pie of strangers. 1t now turns out the
corn was stolen from an elevator at
Iowa Falls. A farmer had reached that
place in the evening too late
to unload his corn, and left
it until the next morning, when he
found the wagon, but no corn. The
only clue was some gray horse hairs,
which led to the Identification of the
team. Inquiry at Eldora resulted in
locating the thieves, who were accused
of the theft and confessed. They paid
for the corn and it is not thought that
they will be prosecuted.
EX-State Treasurer Beeson and ex-
Bank Examiner McHugh, appointed by
the state executive council, to examine
the affairs of the building and loan as
sOciations, have examined the accounts
of DR.. E. c. Spinney, secretary and
manager of the Iowa Deposit and Loan
| Company, and report that he is S16,-
| 953. 80 short. Mr.. Spinney exhibits
| contract with the directory of the COM
pany, made in 1891, which entities him
| to all the profits of the concern after its
expenses are paid, and according to it
he is apparently not behind. The com
mittee refused to consider this contract
as valid, asked for the secretary's res
| ignation, and recommends legislation
to protect stockholders in such associa-
| ton.
John Weimier, United States pris-
oner from Griswold, incarcerated in
the county Jail at Council Bluffs for
Bookkeeping, lost his mind and is now
raving maniac, shouting, yelling,
| tearing his clothes into shreds and
making life in general unpleasant for
his fellow prisoners. His mental
trouble was induced by his confine-
ment in Jail, being the first time he was
arrested. The jailer and Sheriff Hazen
are at somewhat of a loss as to what
course to pursue. They dare not order
him before the insane commissioners,
| because he is a United States court
prisoner. The matter was reported by
the sheriff to United States Marshal
Bradley, who in turn has reported to
Judge Woolson, of Keokuk
An Anamosa dispatch says: j. W.
Phillips, the Shell Rock banker, who
came to the prison alone and gave
himself up to the warden, came down
to the prison two weeks before he gave
himself up and told the deputy how he
was situated and that he was thinking
of serving a sentence here and wanted
to look the institution over. He was
shown all through the prison and liked
it SO well he went home and released
his bOndsmen and came back and
began his sentence, and says the only
thing he objects to is the bars and
stripes. An effort will be made to get
him pardon. He is brouher-in-law
of Deputy United States Marshal Been.
He is the second man in the history of
| the AnamOSa prison to come to the pen
alone and without some attendant.
Martin Johnson, farmer residing
| ca of Bows, was awakened by a rap
Oh his door at IL o'clock at night.
| Opening it, a revolver was thrust in
his face by one of four masked robbers,
who demanded his money. He tried to
slam the door shut, but they forced
their way in, when he retired to his
bedroom and tried to barricade the
door with the bureau; but they broke
the door and succeeded in getting in
there also, although he cut the largest
one twice in the face with a pocket
knife. Unable to cope with the four
he broke the window and jumped out
the robbers shooting after him, and
ran as he was-bareheaded and bare
footed, clad only in shirt and pants.