Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-12-22
THE NEWS IN IOWA

after going three months without
food, because of hard cancer of the
stomach.
1t has developed that Ben Freeman,
who attempted to kill his father at
Missouri Valley and then killed him
self, was insane.
NJ. j. Foley, one of the leading
business men of Manson, has been
missing since December g, when he
left for Fort Dodge.
Judge Scott M. Ladd, of the Fourth
judicial district, has rendered his res
ignation in order that he may qualify
as judge of the supreme court.
At Clarion few days ago the jury
in the case of the state against w. +.
Billiard, charged with forgery, return
ed verdict of guilty as charged.
Billiard was secretary of the late state
senate.
l.. C. Lewis has been appointed
receiver for the Harlan State Bank,
which was recently closed by order of
the state auditor. 1t is believed that
depositors will be paid almost, if not
quite, in full.
Orman Mcpherson, alias Chas. Muir
phey, confessed to the police at De-
cotur, ILL.,, that he killed the marshal
at Morning Sun, Iowa, on Septem-
Der 20 last. He had been drinking for
three or four days.
w. f. Gittinger, living near Russell,
found the remains of man in his
pasture. 1t is supposed to be the body
of j. II. Crooks, an old man who
wandered away from his home near
Corydon about six months ago.
Burglars entered the general store
of j. G. Wallace at Waukee, in which
the postoffice is located, and blew
open two safes. From one they
secured gold watch and from the
other $75 worth of postage stamps.
Walter A. Little, of Grinnell, pro-
prictor of the Hotel Mack in that city,
was sentenced by Judge Woolson at
Des Moines to pay fine of 1850 and
to serve ten months in the Warren
county Jail for sending an obscene let
ter through the mail.
Corporation papers for new bank
at Atlantic have been filed at the
Cass county recorders Office. 1t will
be known as the Farmers State bank
and will do business after January IS,
1897. d. p. Hogan, of Corning, is one
of the directors and cashier.
after havingmade written confession,
has been bound over to the grand jury
in the sum of $1,000 on the charge of
assault with intent to rob. Mr.. Wolf,
father of the dead robber, refused to
claim the body of his dead son, and he
was buried in the potter's field.
w. 4. Billiard who was recently
convicted at Clarion of forgery, says
he will perfect an appeal to the
supreme court at once. Mr.. Billiard
feels pretty badly at the outcome of
the case, as he confidently expected an
acquittal. The conviction was in the
Keplinger case. There is another
indictment against him, and should it
be tried another conviction would
probably follow. 1t is not likely to be
reached this term.
A case is now on in the district court
at Anamosa which, besides involving
a claimed indie btedness of $31, 900, is of
interest in raising the question of the
legal right of bankers to charge
interest on the overdrafts of their
customers. The parties in the suit
are L. Schoonover VS.. Osborne Bros.
The sum named is claimed as money
advanced by Schoonover through a
period covering some fourteen years
for business purposes.
There has been decided change in
the version of the shooting of the H.
year-old son of A. e. Palmer. near
Evanston. What seemed at first TO
have been the fiendish acts of tramps
has proved to be the work of the little
brother. One of the boys has admitted
that the other did the shooting. The
other denies the charge and still
clings to the original story. The par
ticulars as to why or how the shooting
was done are meager.
Frank Baumgartner, of Peoria, ILL.,,
who has a medicine for curing hog
cholera, has begun experiments in Du-
buque under direction of the Chicago,
Minneapolis & ST. Paul railway COM
pany. He says cholera is due to the
excessive and irregular feeding and
has placed five sound hogs among as
many sick ones to prove the disease is
not infectious and contagious. He
will also Over-feed five other sound
hogs TO produce cholera.
The killing of would-be robber by
the station agent at Fairfax reveals
the extent and methods Of gang in
Testing Iowa and Johnson counties for
years. Crimes of every sort have been
committed, and local authorities have
been unable to cope with the situa-
ton. 1t is learned the dead mans
name is not Wolf but Loescher. lie
has sister in Cedar Rapids whom the
police are as vet unable To locate. 1t