Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-04-06


Michael Leonard, of Oxford, has be-
gun suit in the Johnson county dis
trict court for SIS, 900 damages, asking
$1,000 from Frank Zedlinska, $1,000
from Joseph and Katherine Bettag and
| and $1,000 from George Floerschinger.
The plaintiff claims the defendants all
sold her husband liquor contrary TO
law, that he became an ha bitual drunk
ard and died in January, 1897, from
the effects of drinking.
Johnny Schnauber, the 14-year-old
son of John Schnauber, Creston
iewelry merchant, died at that place
from injuries received while hunting
with other companions. Harry Boyd's
gun was accidentally discharged, the
full contents striking young Schnauber
in the left leg just below the knee.
He was two miles from the city and
lost n great amount of blood before
assistance reached him. Amputation
would have been necessary, had the
boy lived.
| Rev. +. A. Fouch, of Bouton, through
love of girl who was the leader of
the choir OF his congregation, has been
served with papers in suit for sland-
er for $4,000. Fred Cooper, mer-
chant, and the divine were.both paving
attention TO the same young woman.
1t is claimed by Cooper that the min
lister poisoned the minds of the girls
parents by telling them that his char
acter was questionable and thus de-
priving him of fair chance in the
| race.
| Mrs. Mary NovalS, wife of the miss
ing Frank A. Novak, of Walford, who
so suddenly and mysteriously disap-
| appeared on the night of the burning of
his store and bank, February 3, last,
| has petitioned the district court of
Benton county to appoint Joe l.. No
yak of Iowa City, and brother of
| Frank, administrator for the estate,
alleging in her petition for the appoint
ment that Frank Novak died February
3, 1897. She gives as the property of
his estate, the homestead, which they
were occupying, the interest in the
store and stock of general merchan-
disc of Novak e. Jolik, which was
burned, and personal property to the
amount of about 500.
Monroe county is having an epidemic
of murders and murder trials. James
Hazlett and VIM. Franklin were few
days ago found guilty of the murder
of Joe Wright, in a quarrel between
Hazlett and Wright over a girl at
Hickory Church. John Steele was
held by the coroner to the grand jury
for the murder of Jake Werner. The
trial Of DR.. King for completely in the
murder of Mrs. Elmer Dougherty is
vile, where 1T was taken on a change
of venue, will occur the second trial
of Elmer Dougherty for his wife
murder. This is the second trial for
the Dcugherty case in two months, the
first one having resulted in disagree.
ment of the jury.
An examination OF the accounts of
John Rows, late postmaster at
Calender, by the postofiice Inspector,
reveals that he was short in his money
order funds nearly $500. 1t seems that
| the department at Washington had
been calling upon him to remit, and
failing to get a response had addressed
| letter to each of his bondsmen,
notifying them of his failure to remit,
and warning them that all might not
be well. Rows had intercepted these
letters, which were found in the Office
| by the inspector, one of them opened.
| Rows knew that the arrival of an
inspector was something to be daily
expected. 1t is said that his last i'll
ness had the symptoms of poison. His
| bondsmen would have readily ass sisted
him il they had known OF his situation,
and he had property enough to have
secured them.
two were burned SO badly that they
died in few hours, at Laddsdale, a
small mining village IN the southern
part of Wapello county. The children
were all the sons and daughters of
| Frank Penrod, teamster and general
workman for the Eldon coal and
mining company of that place. The
dead are: Harry, aged 10; John, aged
s; Minerva, aged 6; Ross, aged A, and
Blaine, aged 3. The parents of the
children had put the five little ones to
bed and with the oldest child, son
aged 10, and babe of a few months,
went to religious meeting at church
not over a hundred feet from the house
About 8 o'clock an alarm of fire was
| given and the Penrods, rushing out
with other occupants of the church,
found their home literally wrapped in
flames. The father jerSed window
out and succeeded in reaching two
beds side by side, where the little ones
were sleeping. He got Ross. aged A.,
and Minerva, aged six, in his arms,
and succeeded in reaching the window
with them. He then started to return
for the others, but was driver back by
the smoke and flames. The two
rescued from the building were hor-
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