The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16

oHoes and post roads. He served
twenty-one years on the board of
education of Keokuk, fourteen being
as president, and was mentioned for
the presidency of the State Univers-
ity. For eight years he was post
master. He was best known as the
dean of the Iowa press. His editor
las We're widely quoted. He leaves
one son. Arthur +. Clark, his wife
hav;rg died about fifteen years ago.
Rev. Father e. w. Fowler, pastor
of ST. Joseph's Catholic church of
Sioux City, has received personal
letter from Rome, dated July 30, con-
firming the appointment of Arch
bishop Keane of the archdiocese of
Dubuque, to succeed Archbishop
Hennessey, deceased.
Gov Stanley, of Kansas. honored a
requisition from the governor of
Iowa for Harry Stevens, a convict
found in the Kansas penitentiary,
whose term for forgery will soon eX-
| pire Before that he was in the Ne
braslla penitentiary for forgery, and
now will be brought to Mills county,
Iowa, for the same offense He is a
bank check forger.
VIM. Greenwood, negro cook en-
ployed at one of the hotels of Ames,
has been bound over to await the
action of the next grand jury of
Story county on the charge Of as
sault with intent to commit rape.
The complaining witness is Mrs.
Robinson, the white wife of Cutler
Robinson, a colored porter in one of
the local barber shops. Robinson
and wife went there recently from
Des Moines, and as Greenwood was
one of the three or four colored
men in town they naturally picked
up an acquaintance with him at
once They spent considerable of
their spare time together, and the
Robinsons claim that Greenwood
kitchen to partake of toothsome
night when the offense was commit
ted, they claim he invited them to
the hotel to have some ice cream
with him. Robinson himself was
busy at the time, and he sent his
wife after the refreshments She al.
leges that Greenwood tGId her, when
she got to the hotel, that the cream
was all gone, and that as thew we
passing the laundry room he dragged
| her inside and with threats to kill
her(if she resisted be there tried to
accomplish his brutal ends. After Il
fierce struggle, she alleges. she was
able to get away from him. and,
finding her husband. they Immediate
| ly had him arrested. 1t is re-
ported that she is the daughter of a
wealthy farmer who lives near Col
fax. Her husband is a full blooded
negro.
The death of Henry B. Hendershott
occurred at his home in Ottumwa on
the 10th, after an illness of six
months. The deceased was one of
the earliest and most prominent pi-
oneers OF the state. and especially of
Wapello county, where he spent the
greater part of his life. II. B.
Hendershott was a native of Iowa
and was 81 years old. In 1856, Mr..
Iiendershott was elected judge OF the
Third judicial district of Iowa, and
it IS said that fewer of his decisions
have been reversed by the supreme
court than of any other Judge in the
state. Mr.. Hendershott was elected
tc the state senate in 1850, where he
Represented the counties of Wapello,
Monroe and Lucas. While in this
body he was member of the judi
ciary committee and took an active
Part in forming the code of 1851. In
February, 1854, ne was appointed by
Judge Mason as clerk of the district
court of Wapello county. During
this service it became his duty to
organize the county. In 1915 he
was appointed by Gov. Clarke to the
office of district prosecutor for the
Seventh district of Iowa. In 1896
Mr.. Hendershott was commissioned
as colonel of the Second regiment,
First brigade, Fourth division, Iowa
militia. In 1s49 he was commission
ed by Hon. George w. Jones, sur
veyor general of Wisconsin and
ships. He was later made commits
sioner of Iowa and in conjunction
With Hon. r. w. Wells, commissioner
from Missouri, settled the long and
complicated dispute over the bound
airy line between these states. In
1876 Judge Hendershott was nomi-
congressional district. He was de-
feated, however, but ran away ahead
of his ticket.
The eighteenth fire in seven days
occurred at Fort Dodge, the barn of
William Nickel burning to the
ground. All of the fires have been IN
barns and there is no longer any
doubt about the fact that there are
incendiaries about who are the cause
of them.
A small boy by the name of Tor
ellison, whose home is in Fort Dodge,
was badly injured at Calendar re-
Gently. He was thrown from horse
he had been riding and was so tram
pied on as to render him unconscious.
DR.. Aren't was called and believes the
boy may recover though his injuries
are serious.
During the storm at Muscatine
lightning struck the barn of John
Negus, three miles north of Musca-
tine, and the resulting fire consumed
the barn and 300 tons of hay, a
crib and 600 bushels of corn, and
some stock and utensils.
Ernest B. Peters, the young man
who fell off bluff at Gordon's
Ferry, near Dubuque, July rs. died
without regaining consciousness. He
had been attending school in Du-
buque. The fact that he had $50
when he left Dubuque, and the abb
sence of the money from his pocket
| when found indicates that he was
! foully dealt with.