Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-09-21
THE NEWS IN IOWA

A dead man was found beside the
railroad track near Washington few
days since. BY papers on his person
his name was found to be Frank Lane.
He has a daughter living somewhere
in northern Iowa, it is thought. He
was buried in the potter's field. The
cause of death is unknown.
''Buck'' Murray, the first of the FL
don bank robbers to be tried, was
found guilty. The second trial of
Jesse Hamilton, of Chicago, whose
former trial caused such sensation,
has begun. Stevens, the city marshal
of Eldon, who confessed to instigating
the crime. will be tried last He will
plead insanity.
Unofficial word is received that w.
B. Lysle, cashier for Ingerson & West,
Sioux City live stock dealers, and a
social leader in that city, convicted of
embellishments year ago and sentenced
to two and one-half years imprison-
ment, will be pardoned from the
penitentiary. The jury was alleged to
have been improperly Influenced to
convict.
A dispatch from Glenwood, Colo,
says: j. b. Cunning, of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, is here looking for traces of his
wife, who was passenger on the i'll
fated train which was wrecked near
Newcastle. She was to have met her
husband at Ouray and her failure to
arrive caused an investigation which
makes it practically certain she was
one of the victims of the disaster.
A dispatch from Abba says: The
jury in the case of the state of Iowa
VS.. James Napier, charged with intent
to commit murder, returned verdict
of not guilty. On the 2sth of last
July, while Bert kirkman was moving
grass in a field, someone shot him in
the back, intiicting serious wound.
James Napier was placed under arrest
and indicted by the grand jury for the
crime.
A few nights ago middle-aged man
asked for lodging near Atalissa. As
they could not accommodate him in
the house he was allowed a nights
shelter in the barn. The next morn
ing his body was found dangling from
one of the rafters by a strap. The sui
cide's name was presumably DAILY and
he was of Morris, ILL.,, from whence he
had started for Atlantic, Iowa. Do
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him respondent.
Gen. Hiram Duryea, the Sioux City
starch king, has let contracts for the
doubling of the capacity of the Sioux
City starch works, of which he is the
principal stakeholder In addition tc
this, the company will at once erect a
large warehouse and barns for the
feeding of large number of cattle
This means that Sioux City will be a
center of the starch industry, in the
west, and will involve the outlay of a
great deal of money and will give en-
ployment to large force of men.
A petition is being circulated at
Lineville, Wayne county, asking Gov.
Drake to pardon Il. H. Sinclair, who
was convicted of incest, and is now
serving a ten years sentence in the
penitentiary at Anamosa. Accompany
ing the petition are the affidavits of
both the convicted mans daughters,
stating the testimony which they gave
in the district court and upon which
their father was convicted was false.
Sinclair has served three years of the
sentence, and has full credit for good
behavior.
L. r. Brown, of Epworth, Dubuque
county, had an encounter with burg
lars few nights since which he will
never forget He is bachelor and
lives alone, and is reputed wealthy.
He was awakened by two men in
masks and with revolvers, who de-
manded that he open the safe in his
room. He refused, and the burglars
began to bea. him over the head with
the butt end of their revolvers.
Brown is powerful man, and he
succeeded in driving both men out of
the room. He was badly hurt, how
ever, and went to Epworth, where his
wounds were attended to. Blood
hounds are now on the track of the
robbers.
Unknown parties tried to blow up
the air escape shaft of the Star Coal
Company's mine at Rathbun, near
Centerville, with dynamite. charge
of the explosive was fastened to the
ladder close to the shaft mouth and
set off with n fuse. The charge was
not as heavy as anticipated and the
explosion was not forcible enough to
do much damage. The perpetrators
have not been discovered, but it is said
a discharged miner is suspected. Had
the dynamite charge been heavier. the
destruction to property would have
been enormous. The Star mine en-
ploys ESQ men and is owned by the
Streator Coal Company, and is one of
the largest in the country.
The 13-year-old son of W. b. Saun-
ders, living one and one-half miles