Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-02-15
Condensed ITEMS.

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the jeweiry store of l.. H. Tanner,
found Mr.. Tanner alone. When he
came forward asking what he could do
for them. one of the robbers stated
that he could hold up his hands, urging
the request with the customary display
of fire arms. Mr.. Tanner treating the
matter as a joke, the request was more
forcibly made until it was duly honored
by Mr.. Tanner. The second robber
filed his overcoat pockets with
watches, rings, chains etc, after which
they retired in good order Tanner
followed them to the door but lost
sight of them. His firing three shots
in the air soon caused a crowd to col
lect Two men were seen running
down an adjacent alley by near
neighbor, since which they seem to
have been swallowed up by the earth.
The loss is quite small, as only cheaper
articles were taken, The visitors were
evidently not jewelers.
A few days ago Revenue Collector
Staclshouse, of Burlington, was sub
pnnaed as witness in the district
court at Mt. Ayr against j. 7. Merrill,
accused of making Illegal sales of
liquor. The collector was asked to
produce the records of his Office and
give testimony whether Merrill had
paid the government tax, such pay
ment being sufficient evidence to es-
tablish violation OF the state law where
state license to sell. Collector Stack
house went to Mt. Ayr but did not tes-
tify. He claimed that the federal
statute did not permit him to take the
records from his office; and he held
that should he give testimony in this
case it would stablish precedent and
in a short time he would be doing
nothing else but going from court to
tify in liquor cases. He stated his
views to Judge Tedford. of Mt. Ayr,
who conceded with them and excused
Stackhouse from testifying.
j. K Cumberland, the Shelby county
murderer, was hanged in the peniten-
tiary at TT. Madison on the 9th.
Cumberland hoped for respite
to the very last. He finally, however,
gave up and confessed his crime, the
murder of James and Jasper Robinson
He slept well and ate hearty break
fast lie bequcathed his body
to his sister, Mrs Sarah Boomer
Of Lexington, No. The signature was
written in bold, firm hand. with no
evidence of nervousness At the last
moment before leaving his cell he
handed the chaplain a stub lead pencil,
his only earthly possession, to be given
to his little girl. who with his wife and
sister, arrived in the city Thursday.
Cumberland desired to have his wife
admitted to the prison, but fearing it
would unnerve and cause him to break
down and cause a scene on the scaffold,
Warden Jones declined to let them see
him and he dropped into eternity with
out having been granted permission
to look once again and through all
time into her face.
For farm loans write to the Security
Loan & Trust Co.. Des Moines, la.
At Atlantic recently J. c. Yetzer was
examined by council of physicians
empowered by Judge Smith to examine
into Yetzer's physical condition and to
report whether confinement in jail
would be injurious to his health The
physicians report was that Yetzer's
health was such that confinement
would not be injurious if the county
jail was well ventilated. Yetzer was
taken to jail after a vain attempt to Sc
cure bonds for $1,000. Yetzer was
very much affected when taken to Jail
which is just across the street from his
home, and where he has lived ever
since the town of Atlantic was started
Des Moines dispatch: Gov. jackson
has appointed James Wilson, professor
Of agriculture in the State Agricul-
tural College and director OF the gov
eminent experiment station, to be a
member of the Joint commission of the
states of Minnesota. Nebraska, the
Dakotas and Iowa to meet at ST. Paul
Feb. IA TO devise plan to be recon-
mended to the several state legisla-
lures for the determination of the Rus
sian thistle. J. G. Baker, of Emmets-
burg, who was the populist and dem
cratic candidate for congress last fall
in the Tenth district. was also made
member of the commission.