Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-12-08

L
mitted during the temporary absence
of his wife. Neighbors found the boy
crouched down behind the stove, with
bullet in his brain and terrible
wound over the left ear. The old man
had shot himself in the mouth, the
ball coursing out of the top of his
head.
At Missouri Valley a few days ago,
M. Jensen, a tailor for George Will
! liams, attempted to start fire in a
small tailor's stove by pouring kero-
sene out of lamp as he thought
there was no fire in the stove. The
oil ignited and the lamp exploded, in
| stantly covering his face and hands
with the burning oil. He started to
run out of doors but was caught and
an overcoat thrown over him to ex-
! tinquish the flames. A physician was
called and his face was found to be
badly burned.
A dispatch from Burlington says:
A coroner's inquest is being held over
twin infants of Mrs. Meier, who were
found dead in bed. The mother said
| she left them we'll and went to the
| butcher shop across the street. and
when she returned q few minutes
later both were dead. Several prom
inent physicians are investigating the
strange sympathetic DEATH" One
child was sickly, but the other was a
perfectly robust youngster. 1t is
thought one died and the other fol-
lowed it in sympathy.
Mrs. Elizabeth Strank, of Yorktown,
n. Y, and Samuel Hart, of Belle
PLANE, Iowa, have just been married
at Newburg, n. Y. They were lovers
nearly forty years ago, but quarreled
and separated. He returned few
weeks ago wi6ower and found her a
widow, and then the old flame was re-
kindled. Rev. w. j. Cumming per-
formed the ceremony, which was
attended only by relatives, including
children of the bride and bridegroom.
After the wedding dinner the bride
and groom departed on short we'd
ding tour.
e. Fl. Odell, real estate and loan
broker, is missing from Council Bluffs.
He left six weeks ago, saying he was
bound for Chicago. His whereabouts
are unknown. His office has been
levied on secretly. 1t is alleged in the
writs that Odell disposed of all his
property to defraud his creditors.
Mrs. Odell is in Council Bluffs, and is
thought to be preparing to join her
husband. 1t is reported that Odell is
insane in the east. Odell ran business
on a large scale. Manhattan Beach
was among the enterprises he carried
through the boom. The amount of mis-
liabilities is unknown.
In the Cohen arson case on trial at
Waterloo the jury brought in verdict
of guilty against Mike Cohen. The
crime on which the verdict was rem
dered was setting fire to a lumber
yard at Laporte City last February.
There are five other indictments
against Cohen and his brother Ike for
setting fire to their store building in
Laporte City for the purpose of OBJ
tanning insurance money on stock of
clothing and notions. This fire oc-
Cured the 1st of March and DESTROYED
nearly block of buildings The case
had been on trial 20 days, 1T witness
es had been examined and the cost to
the county for prosecution is $4,000.
Expert evidence in the Paul murder
case, on trial at Webster City, is to the
effect that death might not have
resulted from strychnine poisoning.
Prof. A. A. Bennett, of Ames College,
gave expert testimony. He said that
the presence of strychnine in the
human body was not necessarily proof
that the person died from poisoning.
Drs. Hull, Medberry and Hall also
gave expert testimony along the same
line. Proceedings in the murder trial |
developed much expert evidence, which
was wholly favorable to the man
charged with murder, and greatly
the conclusions of |
counsel for Paul, that the death of
Mrs. Dulin might have resulted from |
other causes than strychnine poisoning.
The trial of the state against Rich
ard Rowe, charged with conspiring |
with his brother, Chester Rowe, to |
$50, 900 of Poweshiek county |
funds, was held at Montezuma a few |
days ago and verdict of guilty was
returned. A motion for arrest of |
Judgment and new trial was made |
and will be argued before Judge Ryan,
who presided at the trial, week from
Saturday and if not granted the case
will be appealed. Chester Rowe is
serving term of twelve years in a
Mexican prison for carrying the $780,
900 stolen from Poweshiek county by |
him into that country. Richard, his
his brother, who is a resident of Kan.
sas, was brought back from Mexico by
the county and was tried at Monte.
yuma, it being alleged that he con-
spired with his brother TO take the |
funds from Poweshiek county.
Hansen S radical cough cure stops tick
ling, cough, healing to throat and lungs.