Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-03-21
news FROM OVER IOWA


= I. o. Compagna, of the Walker Fruit
Company, Fort Dodge, fell down a
fight of stairs and received injuries
from which it is thought he will die.
Several houses in Jesup were bur-
glarized few nights since. At the
fourth place, Geo. Dickinson's, the
inmates were aroused and gave chase,
pursued the burglar two miles and
caught him. He is in jail at indie
pendence. His name is Chas. Bigelow,
a tramp.
A lone highwayman is terrorizing
the neighborhood ten miles west of
Clinton. He held up Mary McArnott
and Daniel Foley at different times
and took all their money and valuables
Later he attempted to hold up Alfred
Thompson, who resisted and was shot
in the head. The robber was not
captured.
The Malcolm town council passed an
ordinance looking to the granting of
franchise for system of water works,
and authorizing bonds to the amount
of $1,000. The bonds will be taken at
home and will run ten years at per
cent interest. At an election the first
of the month the question of putting
in water works was submitted and re-
ceived but two negative votes.
The fifth attempt to burn the town
of Algona was made few nights ago.
Four business houses were burned.
The populace is on guard and detectives
will be employed to ferret out the
frebugs Brewers jewelry store,
Strilbys pharmacy, Valentines res
taurant. Dodge's meat market, Slagle's
harness shop and Andersons shoe store
were burned.
The residence of VIM. Griffin. a
leading merchant of Fort Dodge, was
burglarized while the family was at
church. The house was cleaned in the
most thorough manner, over hive
hundred dollars worth of articles being
taken. 1t must have taken a wagon
to carry them all away. 1t was the
boldest theft ever committed in that
city, and there is no clcw.
Cornelius judo If Clinton, in fit OF
temporary insanity, caused by the
grip, made threats and a desperate at
tempt to cut the threats of his three
children. his wife and himself. His
wife, who if powerful woman, sue
ceeded in preventing him until as
sistance arrived. Meanwhile the man
continued to grow desperate, and be-
fore he was finally quoted down 1t re-
quired the combined strength of four
men to hold him to the floor.
An Illinois Central fast train, Con-
ductor Sprague, ran into a pile of ties
piled on the track near Marcus. put
there by persons desiring to throw the
train down the embanlment. The en-
CINE ran over two ties and knocked the
rest off the track, but the train did not
leave the rails and made its regular
run. Officials from Cherokee went to
the scene of attempted wreck and were
there nearly all night, but they are
very reticeut and will dlvulge nothing.
Arthur Conrad, aged -, son of a
prominent grocer merchant at Clinton,
met death by being struck by the pas
senger elevator in the Weston block.
His windpipe was broken and he died
very shortly after the accident. He
was on the second floor of the building
and had picked the lock and opened
the elevator door. The elevator was
up and it was his intention to jump in
as it came down. The cage struck
him before he could get back out OF its
way.
William r. Mackay, aged H. com
mittcd suicide by cutting his throat
with razor at his home in Davenport.
He had been suffering from severe
nervous prostration and had threat,
ened suicide His son went to his
ROOM to see that all was right, and
Maclay was found standing before the
glass with razor in his hand. The
son jumped forward to stay his arm
but before this could be done the old
man slashed his throat, dying several
hours later. He leaves a wife anC
nine children.
The Polk county grand jury has re
turned an indictment against DR.. E. c
Spinney, eX-secretary of the Iowa De
post and Loan Company, on the charge
of criminal libel; another against j. L
Crawford, of the wrecked Uniol
Building and Savings Association, 70
conspiracy, and five against'W. 5. Rich
mond, of the same company, thre
being for embczzlement, one for con
spiracy and one for criminal libel. |
is charged that Spinney. Richmond
and Crawford assisted a Chicago maj
to publish libelous articles in the Build
ing and Loan Record Against Stat
Auditor Mccarthy.
a young man named Murphy VIII
was being taken to the Independence
insane asylum by Sheriff Phillips, O
Dubuque county, escaped from the ca
at Dyersville and at last accounts wa
still at large.
The movement to organize Youn;