Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-11
A man giving his name as Carl


Kline, and claiming Dyersville as his
home, is being held by the authorities
just across the river from Clinton. He
was discovered in barn, clad only in
suit of underwear and nearly frozen.
After being revived, he said he escaped
from the insane asylum at Independ-
ence about two weeks ago. He is
being held awaiting advices from the
authorities of the asylum. i
A dispatch from Sabula says: Never
in the history Of Sabula has there been
SO many people confined TO their beds
by sickness as there is at the present
| time. The doctors pronounce the dis
ease typhoid fever, and it is an cpl
| demic within radius of eight miles OF
this town, There are now nearly
eighty cases. and more are reported
every day. Although no fatalities
have resulted, the disease is of a SER
ious character, and the patients require
constant attention. Local physicians
differ as to the cause of the epidemic
Lou See, a woman of i'll repute, shot
and probably fatally wounded E. +.
Hesen, painter. at Ottumwa. Hesan
has been living with the woman for
some time, and according to his story
she was jealous and shot him while he
lay sleeping. Hesen is at the hospital
y in a dangerous condition, the wound
being an ugly one IN the head. Mrs.
See is in jail and denies Hesen's story.
She says he has been drinking heavily
lately and tried to kill himself No
body, believes her story, and there is
little debt she committed the crime.
Vice PN ident John c. Newton, of
the Des MS yes e. Kansas City railway,
made arrangl >pents, while in Kansas
City recently, it'll the Kansas City,
Pittsburg e. Gun road whereby Des
Moines will be the Northern terminus
of road which goes to deep water
port of the Gulf of Mexico This port
is Sabine Pass, several hundred miles
nearer than line to the Atlantic sea-
board. The Des MONIES anS Kansas
City road will be made standard>gauge
by this time next year, and wilS run
direct to Kansas City.
A desperate fight occurred in Justice
Dunkleberg's court room at Sioux City
a few days ago. The principals in the
mill were number of witnesses in an
assault and battery case about to come
up before the magistrate. No one had
yet been put on the stand, and the
witnesses were discussing the proceed
,, ings among themselves when some
.. slight disagreement precipitated the
7. outbreak. The clerk tried to interfere
and was pushed through glass door
When the patrol arrived the occupants
were all more or less damaged and the
court room completely wrecked. AL
are now in Jail, and the justice has
arranged to have squad of police II
waiting when the case next comes up
I. A case of peculiar interest has JUS
developed ut Oskaloosa. g. w. Norton
: for many years residentand business
man o. tia; city, died died last Apr, sup
f posedly by all insolvent, as III failed
in 1879, and from that time OF tppar
: emily had made bare living, bou
T two years ago the late Henry Howard
settled an $500 claim for $2eO, unde
the impression that Norton <vas poo
, and unable to pay. Since Norton
a death it has been learned that Morton
had over $l2 900 in drafts and money
which the assessors even neve
discovered. The administrator OF tn
G Howard estate has now brought SUI
4 against the administrator OF tn
Norton estate to recover the 'additiona
9 $500.
G Three characters that had ar0us Sc
v the suspicious of the officers by thel
:. actions were placed under arrest a
d Iowa Falls. On searching them, cor
IS siderable property was found tina
d 'erificd the suspicious of the Officers
t. The cost mark on some of the good
and the name of clothing firm CAV
il the police clue, and the iof1cials q
d Nora Springs were notified, ana Tn
a gang was taken there. The officer
rs are of the opinion that theY\ have
e least part of the gang OF burglar
d that have been working ndrthfaster
.r Iowa for some weeks past. anon
rs the things found in the possessiPn
is the men arrested was clothing, r.
volvers, etc. A skeleton key wa
% found on one of the men, and 1T
rs thought that a raid had been planne
=, on the stores at Iowa Falls,
l. Fred Leutzinger, an old and wealth.
4 citizen of Council Bluffs, commute
y suicide by taking morphine. lie ma
i; been a resident of that city Tor mar
is years. He possessed numerous pee
~ of property in various parts OF the CIT
OF some of them being very valuabl
ne For several months past he has be-
greatly worried over an unfortuna
20 ENHANCEMENT with disreputabie W
n man, who a short time ago, when s.
ed found that Leutzinger was slipping o
to of her clutches, threatened to kill hi
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