Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-10-09
BREvlTIEs.

BREVlTIES.
The grand jury of Hamilton county
has returned indictments against
Jim Paul. now in custody, and his
father, Dr. Paul, of Homer, for murder
in the first degree The indictments
are the result of the sudden death, by
poisoning. of Mrs. Maria Dulin, at
Homer last July.
Thieves broke into Parker's tailor
shop at OeIwein and stole about
$3.50 worth of goods, taking every
made-up garment in the shop. At Ha-
zleton, a small station four miles
south of Oelwein, Curtis grocery and
boot and shoe store was entered: also
Millers dry goods store, and from
$500 to 81 900 worth of goods stolen.
No clew to the thieves has as yet been
obtained. but the officers are on the
lookout for suspicious characters.
A terrible accident occurred near
Atlantic few days ago in which Mrs.
Mary Funk was killed. Mrs. Q. Metz
fatally injured, and an adopted child
of Mrs. Metz. 4 years old, mad both
limbs crushed and was hurt internally
and may not live. The accident was
caused by a team belonging to Frank
Olsen. breaking loose from the hitching
post at Eli Adams home, in Bear
Grove township, and running away.
overtaking Mrs. Mary Funk, mother
of w. o. and NJ. H. Funk: Mrs. O. Metz
and adopted daughter, who We're in a
buggy. The horses, Mrs Metz said.
seemed to spring up on top of the
buggy. crushing it to the ground, and
they were not able to escape. Mrs.
Metz cannot live.
Mrs. w. Il. Daugherty. prominent
Young woman of Abba, died suddenly,
recently She had been separated
from her husband OH account of
domestic troubles until a few weeks
ago, when they began living together
again. The husband had her life
insured for S., 600. and when she died
the relatives of the woman caused an
investigation to be made. The
coroner empaneled jury, which
rendered verdict to the effect that
the death of Mrs. Daugherty had been
caused by a criminal operation and
want of proper care, and held the
husband, w. +. Daugherty. and II
| prominent physician, Dir. A. NJ. King,
ON the charge of murder, as being
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parties were arrested and bound over
to the grand jury under heavy bonds
| The case. involving as it does the most
prominent people of Abba, has created
feeling
The exercises attending Iowa $
sem-centennial began at Burlington
on the lst. 1t was governor S
day. There was magnificent parade
participated in by the Iowa National
! Guard. number of Tama Indians and
I large number of floats. During the
progress of the parade the reviewing
stand upon which the governor and
| his party We're standing gave way,
precipitating them to the ground.
Nice-President Stevenson, Ex-Governor
| sherman, Ex-Governor Newbold,
Lafayette Young. Rev Dr. S. N.
! Fellows, Auditor of State Mccarthy,
City Commissioner Jones. Lieut.. Col.
/ Rowen, Major Wyman and County
/, Treasurer Burris were all shaken up
| pretty badly, the latter received a
I compound fracture OF the legs, and
| others receiving severe bruises and
sprains. In the afternoon an extended
! program was carried ont at the park.
/ Governor Drake and Lafayette Young
4 made addresses. In the evening a
/ banquet was given in honor of Vice
/ President Stevenson and Governor
! Drake
At Atlantic Lula Mcintosh, the
/ daughter of H. c. Mcintosh, uncon-
4 scious of a revolver being under the
/ pillow, and while making the bed,
was accidentally shot through the alb
! domen. Her recovery is doubtful.
( At Des Moines recently the jury in the
case of ". A. Cummings, charged with
j criminal assault upon Myrtle Rock
!
! Cummings has also been indicted for
! criminal assault upon Bessie Stephens
! and it is expected he will be indicted
i for criminal assault upon Bessie Fair
/ less. The crime is alleged to have oc-
! Cured on the river bank in the city,
! The girls are about l. years old
The body of Dan O'Brien, drowned
in the river above Burlington, was
-
found near Dalls City, Ill.
A few night since one man. Harry
i Moore. was killed. Superintendent c.
!. NJ. Levys private car was thrown over
and a number of passengers of the G.
u. & Q. train No. 2 were shaken up al
Krum, a station east of Ottumwa
The passenger train was backing III
and the rear end crashed into freight
train standing on a siding. Moore
was a fiagman who had been in thu
employ of the company for many
I years