Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-02-01
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Elsie Hall died at jefferson at the
aged 81 She was one of the pioneer
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Rev. Mahood, of the Whitfield NJ. =.
Church, is still pursuing the bad women
of Sioux City with indifferent success.
The cases he brought against number
of members of the demi-monde were
dismissed in police court on the ground
that there was little direct evidence of
guilt aud he then brought similar
cases against the same persons in JUS
tice court, This case has been tried
and he gave the same sensational evil
dence concerning his visits to these
houses of i'll fame, but the court re-
served its decision. 1t is not believed
that he will secure any convictions,
The police force is pursuing policy OF
non.interference with the women, and
in this it is sustained by very many
people of the city. Rev. Mr. Manhood
over his actions and he has been severe
ly condemned by some of his own
people The Ministerial Association,
on the other hand, adopted resolutions
strongly commencing Rev. Mr.. Mahood
in his crusade, and several of the prom
inent ministers of the city are sustain
ing him.
Deputy United States Marshal Q. D.
Wray, of Ottumwa, by his persistent
purpose to capture criminals seems to
have incurred more than his share OF
enmity. He was shot by moonshiners
recently at Abba, and now letter has
just come to light, which planned his
determination. Among the counter
feiters under Indictment of the federal
grand jury at Keokuk, is one Lushaw,
who turned states evidence against
Krensen and other members of the
gang, and guided the officers to their
rendezvous. Lushaw claims he was
promised release but is still in Jail at
Keokuk. The letter that Lushaw
wrote from keokull to his wife, who
lives at Pilot Grove, Lee county, was
intercepted by the officials and found
to contain startling matter. In it
Lushaw urged his wife to send him, in
some secret way, revolver, with
which he could kill the jailer or Deputy
United States Marshal Wray, of Of
tumwa. Lushaw feels extremely
vengeful toward the officials because of
their holding him after he had turned
states evidence.
Sioux City dispatch: Something of a
stir has been created at the stock
yards, and among cattle dealers of this
town, by the allegation made by
number of feeders in Woodbury. county
and the surrounding country that they
have been swindled by a cattle dealer,
who operated extensively in the Union
Stock Yards market, by the nam coli.
G. Pratt 1t appears that several
months ago Pratt bought from fifteen
to twenty cars of cattle in Sioux City
and turned them over to the feeders
and farmers, taking from them notes
for the value of the cattle, secured by
chattle mortgage on the cattle. In
return he agreed to take the cattle off
the feeders at about this time, after
they had been fed at 81. so per hundred.
Lately the notes and mortgages have
turned up in the hands of third parties
who have sforeclosed the mortgages
and taken the stock. As a result the
feeders are out the time and feed and
are losers all the way from 5000 to
So 900, according to the number of cat
tie they took. Nearly all the feeders
are residents of the southern part of
county and of Monona
county.
The litigation in Woodbury. county
over fraudulent warrants, overcharges
and forged bills against the county, is
practically at an end. The citizens
committee which instituted the inves
tigation and has conducted the various
cases. has come to an agreement with
the accused persons and the board of
SO that all cases will be
dismissed. A good many thousand
dollars worth of warrants had been
tied up by injunction because OF al
legged irregularities, but the injunction
case will be dropped and the county
will borrow money on bonds to pay the
warrants Nearly all of these war
rants were held by the Farmers Loan
and Trust Company, and the agree
ment is that the county will shave its
warrants to the extent of $4,000 and
pay the balance. The county also
agrees to prosecute criminally those
who committed the frauds, but no step
has yet been taken in that direction
The eX-treasurer who was indicted for
defalcation has made settlement with
the county, which leaves the county
several thousand dollars better off.
The citizens committee claims to have
accomplished all that it started out to
do, and that was to prove that the
county was being swindled, so that in
the future much money might be saved.
The only remaining case growing out
of the investigation is that against
John C. Kelly, of the Tribune, who has
been sued for alleged over-charges in
matters of county printing. The liti-
CATION cost the county about $4,000
and the other parties as much, but the
county gains about $4,000 in the set
Elements. The county will now be
able to issue bonds and get itself in
shape for business.
1t is roughly estimated that over 200
individuals and corporations are sub
iect to the income tax in Dubuque
county. Blanks have been received
and have been sent out to suspected