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

place, near Morley, burned. Before a
bucket brigade could be organized the
whole structure was enveloped and the
building destroyed. Eighteen head of
horses, ten milch cows, twelve fat
hogs, fifty-two sheep, and the whole
implement outfit of the farm, 250
bushels of oats and twenty tons of hay
were lost in the flames. The scene
during the burning of the poor animals
was heart-rending, and nothing could
be done to save them. Loss very
heavy with little insurance.
The jury in the case of Walter
Strange, on trial at Sioux City, was
discharged, after having been out for
ninety-two hours without reaching an
agreement. This was the first case
against eXSupervisor Strange for
criminal actions in connection with
the county boodling eases, and the tes-
timony in the case was substantially
the same as in the case in which he was
boosted from office under impeach-
mcnt proceedings. The county attor
ney announced that he would ask for
the trial of this case again at the first
opportunity and none of the other
boodling cases will be tried until it is
disposed of.
Segil Dearth, of Eldora, has confessed
to the stealing of livery team at
Manchester about two years ago, and
notified the sheriff of Delaware
county that he wants to give himself
and wife up. Dearth is led to make
the confession through remorse and
family troubles He also claims that
his wifes folks at Hansell murdered an
infant, and can show the proper
officers the burial place of it's remains
Dearth is about % years of age and
came to Eldora from the eastern part
of Iowa several years ago. The young
man shows no signs of insanity, tells
Straightforward story and claims that
he thinks his life is in danger through
the knowledge of the murder. and that
by making the confession he hopes to
ease his mind of its burden and put the
blame where it belongs.
The A. o. U. w. fight has turned up
in new quarter. Heretofore the state
courts have dealt with the case eX-
clusively, the so-called rebels winning
always, the last decision granting an
injunction restraining the loyals from
doing an insurance business in Iowa.
A petition mas now been filed in the
United States circuit court asking that
the rebels be restra ined from con-
tinuing business as an insurance and
benevolent order, denying the right or
the authority of the rebels to use the
name of A. o. [. w. The petition is
signed by l.. l.. Troy, of Illinois: Jos.
E. Riggs, of Kansas; j. &. Tate,
of Nebraska: VI. w. Sackett. of
Pennsylvania; J. J. Acker, of New
York; Fl. c. Sessions, of South Dakota,
and w. Fl. Nerlillo, of New Jersey. all
members of the supreme lodge A. o.
L. W., and several IowanS The case
has already gained national notoriety,
and this latest move will give it great
err prominence.
A. L. Ingersoll suicded at Clear
Lake few nights since. Ingersoll was
sitting with his wife in their living
rooms back of Mrs. lngcrsoll's millinery
parlors, when suddenly. without any
warning, he took 3S-calibre revolver
out of his pocket and shot himself
through the head just above the right
ear and died almost instantly. Mrs
lngersoll was terribly shocked and
overcome with grief at the dreadful
spectacle enacted before her. Nothing
like any adequate cause for the fearful
deed has been made known. He had
lived in Clear Lake from boyhood. his
folks being among the early settlers
Recently he had been engaged in the
boot and shoe business at Clear Lake
The only possible cause that SO far has
been assigned for his act is financial
trouble of some kind, but just what is
years of age. A year ago he married
Miss Crowell of Clear Lake, and two
months ago baby was born to them
A few mornings since at o'clock, as
Night Watch Hunter, of Algona, was
about going home, he noticed a flame in
the stairway of the Haggard & Peek
land Office. He went over at once and
found some rags soaked in oil burning.
After stamping out the fire he went
on, and noticing a smell of something
burning as he passed the Kossuth
County State bank, he stopped there
and found fire well under headway
in the rear Office in the second story.
which had lately been unoccuped.
The fire company was called out and
the flames were put out, the chief
damage resulting from water. Both
fires We're purely incendiary and were
started after the hour when the night.
watch usually retires. Both would
have done great damage. This is the
third suspicious fire lately. The first
burned the Grange Store and an ad,
joining building. The second took the
steam laundry and two adjoining
buildings. The people are thoroughly