Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-06-23

| started to take her little girl to Schoo!
in cart. When short distance from
home the horse took fright and ran
away. The child was thrown out and
slightly injured. The woman was
caught in wheel of the vehicle and
was dragged for a great distance.
When found she was dead, her brains
having been dashed out.
At Burlington few days ago Ella
Burris, claiming to be from Fairfield,
threw herself into the Mississippi river
| to escape arrest. She had been en-
| gagged in levee runpus and the sight
of approaching policemen caused her
to attempt suicide. The large silk
sleeves in her waist inflated with air
and prevented her from drowning, al
| though she sank once. She was tished
out and when sufficiently recovered
was sent to Fairfield.
w. c. Adams was instantly killed in
stone quarry at Iowa Falls. He was
| at work with two other men beneath
ledge of rocks. All heard the rocks
start to fall and attempted to escape.
| All succeeded but Adams, who was
caught by falling rock and crushed to
death. He was buried under tons of
debris and the body was not recovered
until an hour later. He was a young
man and leaves wife and several
children in poor circumstances.
Mrs. Jeanette NJ Ventura, of Des
Moines, has begun suit for divorce
against her husband, Prof. Louis ID.
| Ventura. In her petition she states
they were married in st. Paul in 1892,
| and have resided in Des Moines for
over year. She alleges brutal treat
ment and asks the custody of their only
| child, a daughter. with temporary
| allowance, and permanent alimony of
| $50 per month. Prof. Ventura is a
teacher of modern languages in Des
| Moines.
Sam Mash was sentenced to the
| penitentiary for eighteen months at
hard labor and to pay fine of $1,000
| by Judge Woolson in the federal court
at Des Moines, for using the mails with
intent to defraud. j. w. Baum. con-
victed of the same crime, was sentenced
| to thirteen months in the penitentiary
| and to pay fine of $500. AS soon as
| sentence was pronounced theywere talk
en- in custody by Marshal Richards and
| Col. Balm and taken to the county Jail.
| Mash is now languishing beneath the
| court house in what is known as the
whisky cell"
Geo. Shindhelm, baker of Maquo-
lleta, was arrested for maliciously beat
| ing, choking and otherwise abusing his
five year old daughter. Shindhelm has
| for several months neglected and
| abused his family, which consists Of
| two young girls, his wife being dead.
A few nights ago he took on an over
load of beer and upon arriving home
| picked up a broom handle and began
beating his daughter, whose screams
| attracted the neighbors, who removed
her to place of safety and summoned
physician. The father was given
hearing before a Justice and was bound
over to the grand jury in the sum of
| $500, in default of which he now lam
cuisines in the county jail.
w. ii. Roberts, who had been
| occupying rooms with small son at
the home of Minnie and Mary Brooks
in Oskaloosa, recently moved to neigh
boring quarters. lie was taken sick
and the Brooks women and others
| administered TO the wants of hm and
the boy. Roberts says that when the
last meal from the Brooks women was
brought him he suspected something
was wrong and did not drink the
coffee. but had it taken to the chemist
at Penn college and analysed. The
professor says that the coffee contained
large quantities of strychnine. The
women deny that they knew anything
about the strychnine in the coffee, and
claim that the poison was put in after
they left the room.
Jack Grady, a notorious character of
Denison. was shot a few evenings since
by Lew Cochran, boy about IA years
old. About year ago Grady seduced
the wife of Wesley Cochran, black
smith of Denison, causing the separa-
ton of the couple. Since then Grady
has been hanging around the woman,
contributing nothing to her support,
much less to the happiness of the
family. OF late he has been feeling so
much at home that he took the liberty
to trounce the children at will, and,
being loaded to the gunwale with
forty-rod, he was in the act of abusing
one of the little girls, when he was
shot by her brother, the ball, which
was of small caliber, entering his back
in the region OF the right kidney
Doctors were Immediately called and
probed the wound to the depth of
about five inches, but failed to find it.
The indications are of internal
hemorrhage. Grady has not rallied
from the shock and is unconscious and
can probably live but short time.
Public sentiment is all in favor of the
boy.
Perry Dorton was arraigned before
| JuStice los Madison at Fonda and