Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-05

road from O'Neill, Neb., to San Fran
cisco. The road was started six years
ago, buronly got from Sioux City to
O'Neill before the crash of local bust
ness enterprises in 1893 forced its
abandonment. AS planned, it will be
264 miles shorter than any other trans
continental line. Mr.. Mclean claims
to be backed by S3o, OO0,O 900 of English
capital and says the work will be
rushed through.
p. c. Murray, a wholesale liquor deal
er of Dubuque, appeared in the United
States court a few days. ago as his own
attorney on the charge ofviolating the
revenue law. He made his case so
clear of no intentional violation that
Judge Shiras decided in his favor and
declared him not guilty but he admon-
ished all concerned that the courts
action in the case was not to be taken
pearing in his own defense was nov
city that astonished all the lawyers
present, especially as he won the case.
A murder has been committed in Os-
ceo.a, shrouded in mystery. Mrs.
Mary Gillfillan. who had been work
ing at the Howe hotel. left the hotel a
few evenings since, telling another
employee that she had an enga cement
to meet two young men at the pump
house. located at the C. Il. & q. rail-
road pond. After that her where
abouts were rot known until her life
less body was found in the pump house
with bullet hole in the temple. De-
ceased leaves three children, one in
Osceola and two in Illinois. A young
man named Joe Wolverton, with whom
she had been keeping company, is sus-
pected and has disappeared.
A dispatch from Grinnell says: The
latest edition of the story of the
case of Walter Little, who went to
1ndianola last week to occupy quarters
in the Warren county Jail for ten
months, is that "the woman in the
case was in Grinnell few days ago
and said the letter that was supposed
to have been delivered to the wrong
person was really received by her, and
that she gave the letter to the post
office authorities. She did it s'to get
even with him." her statement being
that on "a previous trip to Grinnell,
after she left the hotel, and was at the
depot, a clerk from the hotel came up
and presented her bill for So, which
''she had forgotten to pay"
George Green, a laborer residing at
Cascade, became intoxicated and was
arrested by the marshal and placed in
the calaboose. He yelled and made a
great cutlery after his Incarceration.
The yells could be heard for some
distance, but no particular attention
was paid to them. Later the marshal
went to the calaboose to see if Green
wanted anything, when on opening
the door he found all the bed clothing
in Green's cell on fire, with the flames
enveloping the unfortunate man. He
pulled Green out of the cell and sent
for physician. The latter found
that Green's hands, face and chest had
been terribly burned and death
resulted within short time.
G. Taylor Wright & Son of Lineville
have been retained as principal at
torneys by Miss Eta Bright to bring
suit for 5000 and the private library
of the late f. w. Curry, chairman of
the state democratic committee. 1t
is stated, says dispatch from Line
vile, that Mr.. Curry did make a will
in favor of Miss Bright about a year
ago, and who was at that time his
stenographer in Leon, and after he
had secured divorce from his present
wife. Miss Bright, who is now stem
ographer in the dry goods establish
ment of j. V. Farwell e. Co., alleges
the will in her favor was made in good
faith, properly 'signed and witnessed
and is now in the possession of Mr..
McGinniss, the late Mr.. Curry's law
partner.
Ex-Mayor Buttles of Burlington was
held up near his home in the south
part of the city by an ex-conviet
named o. X. Vinton. Buttles knocked
the footpad's pistol away land struck
him in the face. Then followed a
hand-to-hand conflict that lasted ten
minutes, by which time men attracted
by the noise came up and Vinton fed.
Vinton's pal, Cbas. Dugan, was near at
hand and WAS caught. The plot to
rob ex-Mayor Buttles was concocted
several weeks ago by Dugan, who APP
pointed Vinton to do the work. A
third man, whose name is withheld by
the police, but is also convict. was
to participate and share in the profits.
This man, wishing to return "a favor
done him by Chief of Police Greiner,
confessed the plot to him some two
weeks ago. Greiner told Mayor Nau-
mann, who afterwards told ex-Mayor
Butties. The plan was to allow the
the hold-up to take place. when the
police should arrest the perpetrator
red-handed. There was misca rriage
in the date OF the bold-up, however.
and it took place earlier than was ex-