Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-09-28
THE NEWS IN IOWA

bdnh rODOcFy, WAS Senlenceu dJ W.
tumwa, to nine years in the peniten-
tiary, and was taken to Fort Madison.
Ed. Marshall. formerly of Casey, has
been indicted for uttering forged
instrument and forgery. The forger-
les amount to 81, 600. The money, it
is alleged was secured through the
county.
The barn of VIM. Denham, near
Atlantic, was totally consumed by
fire, together with four valued horses.
All his farm implements and a large
quantity of grain were destroyed. The
loss is over $4,000; no insurance.
Sheriff PARROT, of Waverly, has
offered reward of $500 for the appre-
hension of the murderers of Jerome
Kern. Up to the present time it has
been impossible to solve the riddle
successfully, and the sheriff has taken
this means to assist him in discovering
who the guilty parties are. Kern was
found dead in the woods near Waverly
recently.
Aveilhe, of the Wyman Rand company,
left Ottumwa quite suddenly, and at
the same time an Oskaloosa woman
disappeared. At the time the COM
pany gave out that he was short few
hundred dollars in his accounts with
it. 1t is now known that he was at
least 81, 900 short. He is now in Cal
ifornia and no effort is being made to
prosecute him.
The jury in the trial of Jesse X.
Hamilton, of Chicago, indicted for
completely i'll the Eldon bank robbery,
returned verdict of not guilty. At
Hamilton's first trial he was convicted
and sentenced by the court to eigh-
teen months in prison. Through the
intervention of a number of disinter-
ested attorneys and prominent citi-
zens, who claimed evidence insufficient
to convict, the judge granted him a
new trial
In a saloon on lower Walnut street,
at Des Moines, Sam Hurdle drew big
knife and assaulted "Red'' ONeil, the
proprietor He cut O'Neil on the arm
and hand, but although the slash was
a terrible one, the knife missed his
body or it would have been a serious
case. Hurdle was arrested and
arraigned in police court. He waived
examination and went to Jail to await
action by the grand jury.
Fire in the business portion of Cres-
ton, few days ago, destroyed $45, 900
worth of property and tor more than
an hour threatened the entire bust
ness section. The fire originated in
the basement of II. n. Jones' dry
goods store. Three brick blocks are
completely Quilted and the merchan-
disc destroyed. The second stories
were occupied by Offices The total
loss will approximate $4,000 with
nearly that amount of insurance.
The state election board has decided
in favor of the boiling faction of the
peoples party, in the case involving
the right to use the party name on the
ballot. The decision holds that the
middie-of-the-road boilers, headed by
A. w. c. Weeks, shall go on the Aus
tralian ballot as the peoples party.
The regular party, by reason of its
entering into a fusion arrangement
with the democratic party, is held to
have determined on the surrender of
its party name, and the middle-of-the-
readers, being the next to claim it,
and the only party which represents
itself as standing for the true populist
principles, is declared to be entitled,
under the circumstances, to the name
At Eddyville, a few nights ago, a
serious riot occurred, in which two
officers were seriously injured. A
large number of telephone linemen,
stretching the long-distance wire from
New York, are now at Eddyville.
Some of them started to run the
town" Marshal Closson attempted
TO arrest them in their hotel, but they
disarmed him and threw him out of
the house. Closson secured assistance
and returned to make the arrest. The
house was surrounded by deputies
while the marshal and one deputy
started upstairs to room where the
men had taken refuge. They were
assaulted and seriously injured The
marshars jaw was broken in two
places and his head frightfully cut.
The injuries of the deputy are also
serious. The linemen then began
shooting from window with Win
chester, but no one was hit. The
assailant of the marshal escaped from
the house and large crowd hunted
for him several hours with u rope.
Sheriff Stodghill and a posse were
called from Ottumwa and caught the
man in field near Eddyville. Three
others were arrested and all placed
in Jail at 0ttumwa
William Willoughby was arrested
at Des Moines by Detective Hardin,
after evadng the law for several
months. The charge against him is
grand larcency, and he is alleged to
have stolen quantity of jewelry from
the residence of Harris Levich. 214