Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-12-15


| charged after habeas corpus hearing
| by Judge Hustled, who found he had
abandoned his former residence and
was therefore entitled to vote at
| Dubuque. The other cases were
dismissed.
Frank Sherman, of Anita, was be-
fore the Cass county grand jury few
days ago and indicted on the charge
of rape. His victim was Miss Minnie
BLOOD of the same place, who lacks
three months of being IA years of age.
| The deed was committed last spring,
and owing to the child's condition 1T is
| possible the trial will mot take place
| This term of court.
lumber, coal and agricultural imple-
ments, filed mortgages at Waverly to
the extent of $1,000 for the benefit of
his creditors. The mortgages cover
| real estate to the amount of $4,000
and chattel property to the amount of
$4,000. Mr.. Garner has been looking
after widely varied business, having
yards at Waverlv, Plainf1eld, Bremen
| and Tripoli; also in Dakota. The
cause of the failure is not known.
Switchman Frank Mcintyre was
| between string of moving cars at
Eagle Grove, uncoupling part of them,
when his companion noticed his lantern
| go out. Investigation showed that he
L. 4 4 E. Al ~ 1~..I,
on the rail. Three cars passed over
| him. He was member of the Odd
| Fellows, Red Men and the Brotherhood
of Trainmen and was prominent in
each. He leaves wife and two well
grown boys. He had small life
| insurance.
James Mccoy, alias William Nc
Intyre, tramp, attempted to board
north-bound Iowa Central freight
train at Oskaloosa, and, missing his
footing, fell under the trucks and was
instantly killed. He had been in Jail
| for week for drunkenness, and had
| just got out on the promise of leaving
the city. During the day he got
Timber" drunk. which accounts for
his death. He hailed from Hartford,
Conn, and is said to have sister in
Des Moines.
Hon. Pliny Nichols died at his home
near West Liberty a few days ago at
the age of 70, after lingering illness
with heart trouble and other ailments.
He was born in New York state, moved
to Ohio and then on west to Iowa, set
since been his home, and where his
death occurred. He represented the
Thirty-second district in the house in
the Eighteenth general assembly and
the Twentieth district in the senate in
the Nineteenth and Twentieth general
assemblies.
Charles Sherrow and Robert Girth-
offer were fined S10O each by Judge
Woolson, of the federal court at Des
Moines They were the young farmers
| living in the vicinity of Osceola who
took it into their heads that they
| would ride out to where they lived
fireman on 80" passenger to stop
the train and let them off. Sherrow
was given three days in which to raise
the money. Girthofer preferred to
serve thirty days in Jail and is now
serving out his time.
At Davenport on Sunday afternoon,
| August o, Captain Joe Newton Long.
as the result of an alteration with
James Osborn. agent of the Diamond
10 line of Mississippi steamers, stabbed
him twice in the abdomen with a
pocket knife. The alteration was the
result of steamboat war, in which
| Captain Long was master of one beat,
while Osborn was agent for the rival
| line. For some time Osborn lay at the
| point of death, but at length recovered.
| The trial attracted much attention,
the court room being crowded at every
session. Able legal counsel represented
both the state and the defense, and it
was long, hard-fought battle. Long
| is an old river man and was master
and owner of several steamers for
number of years. Osborn has been
for twenty years the agent Of the
Diamond 10 line at Davenport. Long
was found guilty of assault with
intent to commit great bodily injury.
Two families in Crescent township,
Pottawattamie county, met in battle
array few days ago, the second en-
counter within a week. The results
are that Elijah Mcclure was stabbed
five times, Dave Mcclure had three
fingers chewed into mincemeat, Orville
Mcclure had his nose broken, James
Shadden was stabbed twice, Grin
Shadden was cut over the left eye, and
Arthur Shadden was cut about the
head and portion of his lower lip
was bitten out. The fight was be-
tween the families of James Shadden
and Elijah Mcclure, both old settlers
and neighbors for generation. The
trouble originated last summer be-
| tween the sons of the neighbors and
grew out of an ungallant remark made
by one of the Mcclure boys about a
| young woman to whom Arthur Shad-
den was paying his addresses.