Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-01-03
THE NEWS I'm Iowa

Walter Ill. Smith an OslSaloosa mcr
chant. was siugged at Burlington BY
II footpads who robbed him of money
N and valuablcs amounting ia Sla5.
Three passenger conductors and one
n freight conductor. on the Chicago &
Northwestern railway have just been
discharged for alleged knocking
down of cash fares
Two runaway boys, giving their
names as Nick Olsen and Jimmie
sslcrciniah, arrived at Burt few nights
Sago. They lived near Forsythc, and
Sscrc ready 10 return horne.
Il William Hawkins. a restaurant keep,
er OF Greeniicsd shot himself in the
y tcrnplc with 3S-calibcr revolver,
death resulting instantly. 1t is said
Hawkins had been respondent for
Z lSevcral months,
Several cases of poisoning resulting
from ptomaincs in brick cheese are
sEcportcd from Davenport Rock Island
SEssand Moline. Ptomaincs arc formed by
allowing brick cheese or sausage To
ESbccomc nsoullx The cases in naven-
Il port while not necessarily fatal are
very serious.
State Mine Inspector Thomas has
Srcccived notice Of very important
II find of coal in Dallas county near Daw-
son. Indications arc that the vein is
!, an extensive one 1t was found at the
depth of l5o. feet, and lies only a short
distance from the Milwaukee tracks
Il II will be developed.
NJ. III. Rceee, of 0ttuniwa, chairman
0f the republican county central com
niittcc received a letter from Congress
4 man Lacey rendering him the appoint
Snacnt of clerk of the house committee
on public laws,of which Mr.. Lacey is
chairman. The position pays 5000
per year and continues without inter-
nnission during the congrcssio nal recess.
Sir. Reece tclegrapilcd his acceptance.
Every prisoner in the Hamilton
county Jail had gone a few mornings
since when Sheriff Corbin went to serve
/ thcir breakfast The doors were all
SSsccurely locked. 1t is thought that a
Friend of Harry Wright. the hotel
crook secured duplicate keys to the.
doors Of the Jail. and while the sheriff,
who isa sound sleeper, was asleep he
liberated his friends. No clcw has
been found to the escaped jail birds
IL The old established furniture firm Of
Peavey q Stevens. of Sioux City, failcl
IN few days ago. One of the members
asked for the appointment of areceiver
'nnd Jonas Cleland was appointed.
Notice was given Of a dissolution Of
the firm. and mortgage has been
.6lcd for SIG, 500. No statement was
made of The liabilities, but the,
are at least twice that amount The.
irm had been losing money Tor two.
years.
Ronald Leyes, an old citizen of West
Point. died suddenly. with very
zzpeculiar surroundings. He was assist
SIng the sexton Of the atholie cemetery
dig grave. The sexton was called
away for some reason for a few
Sninutcs. and when he returned found
zzs3dr. Leyes sitting in one corner of the
grave dead, with his shovel in his
Rhand. The authorities were notified,
but no inquest was held, as it was the
general opinion that he died a natural
death, Mr.. Lcycs was past co years Of
lSSge. He was born in AlsaceLoraine,
germany.
g@ The full confession of Wesley G.
cummings, of Vinton, in regard to the
|Sobbery Of the grave of Mrs. John
Hannah in that city in the spring of
|s551 has just been made public. In it
AZ say that on the night after the
burial Andrew. Bergen, George w.
Hack. A.. u Hopewood, Charles Ball,
g. Griffith and himself went TO the
yard as per agreement; that all
took turns at the digging, only the
bead of the grave being opened; that
when the box was reached the cover
WAS pulled of. the lid removed, and c.
s. Griffith pulled the corpse from the
scoilin, after which he broke the body
gAt the thighs and set it in the buggy.
X E1ie remains were then taken to town
and concealed under some boxes in the
|pcl lar Of DR.. Carpenter drug store.
92s Erred Written and some ether boys
EsEere emitting ice on the Floyd river,
lear Sioux City, when Harry Bloom
ngten came along. bloomington and
Nc Written boy were old friends and
tekfh0ol,natas The former asked tha
nttcr for a chew of tobacco and the
4tter said he did not have any. They
cent away but came back, and while
hey were talking the Bloomington boy
|sas playing with a gun which his
Ilther had borrowed. He snapped the
|fun twice and it failed to go off, when I
IA aimed the gun at Written and fired.
The gun went of. The ball passed
hrough the lung of younf. Written,
Ellling him instantly. Bloomington
Fent away, took the gun home and
hen started south. He was caught in
Nebraska, and said it was an accident.
Re Is II Years old.
Woman living in Covington is re-
prted to have confessed to seeing the
anrder Of George Fisher, whose body
kas foun d on sand bar in the Mis-
sa5ri river near Sioux City last summer.
BE says that two thieves chIoroforrned
lIn IN a house in Covington to rob
3iIn. but that he had been drinking I
ND was unable TO recover from the |
5jproff,1.J,l The men and ,vorna,, 4