Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-10-16
BREvlTlEs.

Fire in the Pullman house at Cedar
Rapids caused a loss of about four
thousand dollars.
Gustave Erickson, of Sioux City, is
under arrest for bigany, charges hay
ing been preferred by an Omaha
woman.
Wm. Harris. who killed George
Frank at Des AIoines during the state
fair, says his mind was blank when
the deed was committed.
The Sank of Hardy was robbed at
noon a few days ago. Five hundred
dollars was secured The man who
did the deed was heavily built, six feet
tall. with black beard, and wore a
black macintosh. A reward of 500
is offered for his capture.
\ man entered the bank and general
store Mt Goldfeld few days ago at
noon and asked for a gallon of molas-
ses. All were at dinner except one
man. and while he was down stairs
drawing the syrup, the pretended
customer robbed the place of $500 and
escaped. A posse is in pursuit.
Davenport dispatch: Inquiry into
the condition of mind of George f.
Stickelberger, the Scott county farmer
who deliberately shot his wife a few
weeks ago occupied the attention Of
the district court. The evidence of
many witnesses. neighbors and medical
men was heard and the verdict of the
jury before which the case was held
was that the defendant was insane.
| Stickelberger was taken to the asylum
at Mt Pleasant.
A daring bank burglary was COM
mitted in Melbourne few nights ago.
The Farmers bank, which isa branch
! of the Rhodes bank, was entered by
burglars, large hole drilled in the
vault and the safe rifed of all the cash
on hand, which, through lucky cir
| cumstance, amounted at the time to
| only about $40. Entrance was
| effected by the rear door. The rob
! bers then drilled a hole through the
| brick vault large enough to admit a
man. The vault contained large
! iron safe which was blown almost
! into fragments by some highly
I explosive, supposed to be nitro
glycerine The cashier received $500
in cash from Rhodes. 1t was
after banking hours. Contrary
to his custom, he took the cash
home. as the safe has a time lock
I and could not without great difficulty
/ he opened 1t IS supposed the robbers
/ knew of this shipment of cash and
! took the occasion to secure it. In this
! they were foiled by the lucky circum-
! stances of the cash having arrived at
! ter banking hours. The cashier says
I they had less cash in the bank mt any
/ time since its establishment. So far
! as known no one heard the explosion
/ but it must have been a heavy one as
! Il : vault is badly wrecked and the
safe demolished. Pieces of the safe
six inches square and one inch thick
! were picked up about the building
J The greatest loss is to the vault, safe
and building, which is Itimated at
81 600.
In the northern part of hossuth
county few days ago one of heSher-
burnc bagk robbers was shot and
killed by a posse in pursuit. He was
! found at a farmhouse eating breakfast,
but escaped on his wheel, only TO be
pursued and killed q short time later.
VIM Gallon, city marshal of Bancroft,
was shot by the robber and died four
! hours later. The name of the dead
bandit cannot yet be learned. Much
excitement prevails in northern Kos
suth as u result Of the double tragedy.
Most of the money taken was found on
the dead robbers body.
Independence dispatch: The Scott
case came up before the Methodist
Episcopal conference. The case was
referred 81 NJ. Coleman, the presid-
ing elder of the Cedar Rapids district
+ for investigation pending the decision
( of the Grim inal court. The effect OF
+ this viii be that when the decision Of
the court becomes known. Scott will
! be brought TO trial before special
J committee. composed in a regular
! manner under the laws of the church.
/ IT was not thought best to bring the
4 case to an immediate trial, owing TO
T the decision fthe insanity commission,
/! for fear OF prejudice sehcn the matter
! comes before the erinliTal court