Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-02-19
IOWA CONDENSED.

IOWA CONDENSED.
A man answering the description OF
Frank Novak. the Walford murderer,
purchased ticket at Iowa City for
Council Bluffs tho next day after the
fire.
| The Mcintyre Bros, and Wilson
Dry Goods company, of Oskaloosa,
has assigned. Liabilities arc 100000
assets. $4,000. The failure was
caused by the assignment OF the
McIntyrc-peck Dry Goods company.
of Rock Island, III.
! Herbert Chapter, who lived near Ft.
/ Dodge, was struck and instantly
! killed by a falling tree. He was
| engaged in chopping timber south Of
town when the accident occurred.
The tree, which was q large ono, fell
with sufficient force to crush his skull.
striking it ON the lack. Deceased was
about % years old and leaves wife
and child.
Governor Drake has conditionally
pardoned T.. J. PETERS, who was sent
to the penitentiary from Mar
shalltown in 1889 to serve Is year
sentence for the murder of Jack
Gather. The petition for his pardon
was signed by Judge Weaver. who
presided at the trial, and Attorney
Miller. who prosecuted. The pardon
is conditional on good behavior.
The annual convention OF county
treasurers of the state at Dcs Moincs
recently elected officers as follows:
President. w. r. Warren. N'apcllo
county: vicc-president, A. r. Cherry,
johnson county: secretary. II. {. Mnr-
ply. Polk county: treasurer. Rolf Aye:
Grundy county. The convention
appointed a legislative committee con.
sisting of Paul Lubbers, OF Clinton
county; NJ. w. Moir, of Hardin county,
and W. R. Warren, of Wapello county.
Albert Epperson, aged IS years, and
Abe Lafferty, same age, have been
arrested at Eddyvillc, says dispatch.
for an assault on the lG-year-old
daughter Of A. II. Brubaker. a farmer,
who owns a thousand acres OF land
in Mahaska county. 1t is charged
that the crime swas committed at Il
party at Brubaker's. The young men
at the pa....::. pursued the two accused
boys. but they escaped in :. Sleigh.
Epperson is son of +. NJ. Epperson,
partner of Edwin Manning. the wealth.
lest man in Iowa. and Laferty's
father is A. NJ. Lafferty, another very
prominent citizen Of Eddyville,
Sioux City dispatch: W. f.. Frost
has been appointed receiver Of the
Commercial Savings Bank at Leeds
The application was made by the Corn
Exchange National Bank. and the
receiver took possession at once. The
plaintiff claims to hold l2O shares of
the capital stock of the bank, and also
to be a joint owner Of the Hinton
Milling Company, valued at $4,000.
1t claims further to have about $50 of
trust funds on deposit in the bank. 1t
is stated that the bank has done little
or no business since December "a. and
that i'll order to preserve the assets it
is best to have receiver appointed.
The liabilities Of the bank are given
at Sll, 800 and the assets at 1886.
\ sad suicide occurred a few morn
ings since at Foster, eight miles
northeast of Guthrie Center. Charley
Wins, 90 years old, and single: while
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Wins.
and family were eating breakfast,
went into bedroom, placed the ,nuz-
zle OF u shotgun under his chin. and
with his foot discharged the gun.
blowing his head to pieces. He fell
back on the bed dead. Recently a
young man named Comstock was being
tried in justice court for tho crime of
stealing a wolf scalp and collecting
bounty from the county for it. On
the trial Comstock sworc he shot and
killed the wolf and Wins sworc he
came up when Comstock was skinning
the wolf. The grand jury, now in
session, was investigating charge of
perjury against both Comstock aud
Wins. and Wins was cited to appear
before the grand jury.
Hampton dispatch: Mr. and Mrs
Long. parents of the young lady who
died a year ago last summer of strych-
nine poisoning under suspicious cir
cumstances, have been indicted for
murder in the first degree. Judge
Hindman fixed the bail at 81, 800 for
Mrs. Long and $500 for Mr.. Long.
They asked for an immediate trial,
but will have to wait till the next
term of court. They will make an ef-
fort to get bonds and will probably be
able to do SO. The case is an import
ant one and it has been matter of
conjecture whether the parents would
ever be tried for the alleged crime.
Miss Long died very suddenly and the
parents are said to have hushed up the
matter. Neighbors demanded on in.
vestigation. The body was exhumcd
and an inquest held. The stomach
was sent to Des Noines chemist
who found strychninc in it, which he
declared had been administered IN
single strawberry. The. coroncrs
jury's investigation lasted q week,
when they returned verdict of poison
by strychnine, but whether admin.
istered by unknown parties or taken
with suicidal intent they were unable
to determine. 1t is thought it will be
difficult to secure conviction.