Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-11

OF morphine. lie was nephew VI
Hon. Robert Porter, of the wholesale
firm of Porter Bros. & Hackworth.
The body of w. +. Davis was found
hanging in his barn on his farm about
five miles southeast OF Mapleton. 1t
appears that he was involved in some
matter of mortgaging property which
did not belong To him. and also dis
posing of mortgaged property, and
not being able to Tx the matter up,
feared the consequences of arrest,
although no papers were issued against
him, and concluded he would hang
himself
At the home Of j. Tramel, near Ira,
a terrible misfortune happened to Mrs.
Planalp's i3-ycar-old boy. The child
had gone out TO pay with Mr.. Tramel's
dog. As the dog was not friendly to
children, it bounced upon the child.
biting IL III the face and shoulders in q
most horrible manner. Its left eye
was torn out of the socket, and its
face terribly chcwed. The child will
recover, but viii be terribly Scared.
The dog was killed.
Edith, the 9-year-old daughter of
! Thomas Stonch ECKER, of Newton, was
seriously if not dangerously hurt.
She, with other children, was playing
IN the barn where their horses were.
In some unknown way the horses
became frightened, one kicking Edith
in the forehead just above the right
eye, breaking her skull and tearing
part of it off She is also badly
| bruised about the shoulders. Doctors
were called. There is much fear as to
the child's recovery.
Leon Graves, formerly of Atlantic,
now Of Ogden, Utah, has been arrested
in New York for completely in stealing
$4,000 from an Ogden bank. Graves
was in Atlantic for few weeks in
April, and cut wide swath in young
society circles and spent money like
water. 1t is said he has several
thousand dollars deposited in AN Iowa
bank. Graves is q son Of Or. NJ. n.
Graves, u director of the wrecked Cass
County Bank, and seems to have
inherited his financial genius.
c. w. Yettcr's general merchandise
store at West Branch was broken into
a few nights ago ana Edward Lafferty,
who committed the crime, was killed,
practically, Oh the spot. Mr.. Getter
had prepared gun trap, which was
fixed to discharge load into the hand
of whoever il should meet. The string
was little longer than anticipated,
and when the marauder thrust his
hand into the store, after Juggling
with the latch, the load passed, not
into that mem Der, but into his side.
! He fell 90 the ground mortally
wounded. and when Rev. Mr.. Hadley,
who was aroused by the report, sent
aid, he was found wcltering in pool
afterward
The motion for Il third trial by Chris
Eckeriebc's attorneys was overruled
by Judge Waterman. 1t was based
principally upon the fact that the testi-
mony of the missing tramp, Murphy,
was admitted as evidence, and that
Court Reporter Jackson acted as a
witness in giving the stenographic re-
port of Murphy's testimony. Judge
! Waterman asked Chris Ecilerlebe if
he had anything to say. He said "Of
course, don't want to be punished
for nothing like Murphy's testimony.
! The Judge replied that the verdict was
deserved and be ought to think him
self lucky in escaping hanging. He
| then sentenced him to life impriscn-
mcnt ut Anamosa, and he was taken
there.
Relatives of Asa Burnett, of Rose
Hill, are much alarmed over the
disappearance of Mr.. Burnett.
| Burnett was an uncle of Clinton
Taylor, u young man who was TO be
sentenced recently in the Ottumwa
district court for the attempted muir
der of his wife. Burnett had stood by
his nephew during the trial and went
| W cIbuhi"" ID ASN tdyS ago W near
sentence pronounced. He was at an
attorneys Office just before noon and
made all arrangements to be in court
that afternoon, when the judge was
10 dispose of Taylor's case. He has
not since been seen. He owns consid-
cradle property near Rose Hill. The
case is very mysterious one, there
being absolutely 10 proofs of his
wherea bouts.
! A shocking accident occurred at
! Cherokee a few days ago which re-
! suited in the death Of John gladden., of
Dubuque, and the probable fatal injury
of John Morrisey, of Dubuque. The
two were working rs pipe layers for
the Dubuque Construction Company.
which is putting in sewer at that
place They were in ditch seven
feet deep, when from six TO eight tons
of earth caved in on them. Morrisey
is severely injured internally and is
/ suffering untold agony. The coroncr's
! jury found that gladden. death was
accidental but public sentiment sec ms
To be that it was piece of careless
ness in not curling the ditch. Men