Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-01-03

Baum, who represented himself as /;
. government official in the land office a
Des Moincs He claimed to be able I,
secure titles to the contested lands il
O'Bricn county, and for performing
this service he takes a note for $50
Several of these notes have turned NJ
ut banks in that section.
Rathbun. a small mining town neal
4 Ccnterville, was the scene of the wild
est kind of frontier occurrence few
/ days ago, when band of toughs en-
tered the mayors court and broke vi
the trial for drunkenness of a mar
named MaclScy. Frank Pegg and Ellis
Wentcnholm led the band of invaders
/ After ovcrturning and smashing the
furniture they carried Mackey away
by force. The two leaders were ar
rested shortly afterwards by Sheriff
Bray,
4 Capt J. d. Lcggett, assistant inspcc-
| tor of small arms practice for the
| Third regiment, has sent his report to
| Adjutant General Prime. Tie says the
work of the year has been inferior to
that of last season, with the exception
of companies e of Shenandoah and NJ
of Red Oak. The total figures are 33.s
as against Sa.1 for last year. There
are in the regiment nine sharpshooters.
Y. S. rules. and forty eight, state rules.
| There are three marksman, ". S. rules,
/ and iiffy-txyo State rules
| The New York Engineering News
| announces the result of it's fourth
| annual prize competition for the best
| thesis presented by students graduating
from any engineering school in the
United States or Canada during the
! calendar year. as follows: The prize
this year is awarded for thesis
entitled, "Gangings of the Dry Weather
Flow of Sewage at Des Moines, Iowa,
by j. A. Moore, of Calender, Iowa.
and w. j. Thomas, of Moingona, Iowa,
graduates of the course OF civil
engineering in the Iowa Agricultural
college.
Prof. Harold Land, whose dcpravtyi
has shocked Creston, has been bound
oyer to await the action of the grand
jury. Land is accused of lewdness.
He has been living with two young
girls named Gilmore, whom he has
represented as his sisters. He is said
to have accomplished the ruin of
another sister of the girls who are now
with him, and of deserving his wife
and two children in Canada He came
to Iowa from Dcnnison, Texas, but is
originally from Ontario. 1t is said he
was cnga ged to a popular young lady
Of Creston.
Crawford county has been consider
ably worked up over sensational law
suit involving several county officers.
Three members of the board of super
visors were indicted by the grand jury
and have been on trial charged with
Inalfeasance. 1t seems that the county
auditor in preparing q certain neces-
sary report, was unable to do the work
without assistance. lie appealed to.
the board of supervisors and was in
the extra work outside office hours, he
would be allowed the same pay extra
that would be paid any one hired to do
similar service. The county attorney
was consulted and he agreed that such
an arrangement was perfectly proper.
The auditor went ahead with the
work and presented his bill, which
was duly allowed. Then certain parties
raised a cry of Doodle and the matter
was brought to the attention of the
grand jury who brought in bill
against the three supervisors. The
case was tried before Judge Church
and was holly contested. The jury
was out only long enough to select
foreman and take ballot. however.
bringing in a verdict for the super
yisors.
At Des Moines last week Samuel R.
Dawson shot and killed Walter Scott,
at Dawson's apartments in the Grand
opera house block. But an hour before
Scott had secretly married Dawson's
19-ycar-old daughter, Clara. For
nearly two years Scott, proprietor of
confectionery store. and Miss Clara J.
Dawson had been lovers. Dawson and
his wife have opposed the marriage,
Just why no one knows. They placed
Miss Daw son in the Mount Pleasant
insane asy lum, and Scott secured her
release; they secretly placed her in a 4
convent in Chicago, but Scott, with the
aid of detectives, had her liberated.
Then she was taken to Keoluk.
Arrangements were made for secret
marriage at c.1umwa, December 10.
but Dawson had Scott arrested for
sending obscene letters through the
mail. The marriage was prevented
and Miss Dawson was brought to Des
Moincs and placed under careful guard
in her parents apartments. She
escaped their vigilance, met Scott by
appointment. and they were married.
Scott took his bride to his parents
home and went with Officer Duval and |
an exprcssman to the Dawson home |
for her clothing. Without word
passing between them, Dawson shot
Scott through the body. After he fell |
he sent another bullet into his brain.
Scott was dead little over an hour
after his marriage. Dawson is now in
jail.
Judge Mccoy, who was appointed to
Al = ! .