Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-02
THE NEWS in IOWA!

4 .At Mason City Judge Clyde passed
Esentence upon Fred Lawrence. tile
confessed rapist, giving him 9 term tern
nj twenty years in the penlten't.lar
The court also sentenced to the penl--s
Etentiary for two and D half years
l,Bcrt Lorrimer, who recently WINE VIM
Ipiaying pool with an associate, Claude
Morris, extracted $16o from his coat tt'i' 4
4 pocket.
w. III. Glenn, general auditor OF the the
. Adams Express company, has arrived i'
lin burlington with four Pinkerton
detectives. It is claimed the man
Iwho stole the $4,000 express pack
age has been located in that city,
and will soon lc under arrest. MIR.
Glenn and the detectives keep the
usual silence and will give no infor-
nation on the subject.
| The city marshal Of Muscatine was
informed Of the theft or q horse and
buggy at Milan, HI. q few days ago.
The trans-river bridge was watched
and the marshal and sheriff spotted
and overlook the two men and stolen
rig on the Burlington road south OF
town. Covering them with. guns they
| ordered them to surrender, which
they did, receiving the handouts and
submissiyely returning to cells in the
county Jail.
Six prisoners confined in the coun-
ty Jail at Marion escaped few days
ago. Sherlm Evans entered the. cor
ridor where the men were running
at large, and was assaulted and
knocked doWn by four men, sus-
pected of commit ting highway rob-
berries along the line of the North
western, and two boys held for
breaking into freight cars. The
sheriff was not badly injured. Posses
armed with rifles are guarding tho
railway points in the vicinity.
Ed Booker, colorcd man of Abba,
the county seat. Of Monroe county,
was arrested charged with assault
ing Sarah Hovel, widow, There
was. strong talk of lynching, and
Sheriff John Doner was compelled
to get his prisoner out of town. He
started for Ottumwa, but later de-
cidel to take him to Fort Madison.
Booker, it is alleged, forced an en-
trance into the Howell home and first
attacked the .11-,year-old daughter OF
Mrs. Howell. In defense of her daugh-
ter's honor, Mrs. Hovel, it is alleged,
was compelled to submit to the raw
isher Booker, it is said, displayed
a 44-caliber revolver aud threatened
to kill both Mrs. Hovel and her
daughter.
The supreme court of Iowa has
granted {: writ Of error whereby d.
II. Talbot's suit against the Sioux
National bank of Sioux City will be
taken to the federal court. Talbot
brought actions against both the
Sioux National and the First National
bank of Sioux City, and he has been
fighting the cases hard. Heretofore.
the banks have got the best of the
litigation In 1890 Talbot borrowed
$4,000 from thu Sioux National, and
he previously had borrowed $4,000
from the First National. The loans
were secured by mortgages on MI.
,Talbot's large farm near Sioux City.
The banks forcclosed the. mortgage
because of non-payment of interest.
Now Talbot charges them with usury.
a Waterloo dispatch says: It is
probable that a number of cases
standing against George Scott, a
Methodist minister who was before
the 1owa public seyersi years ago.
will he stricken from the criminal
docket. r. win be remembered by
many That Scott was called upon
several years ago to answer to
charges preferred against hin, be-
cause of alleged iatimncy with one
of the young ladies' OF his ccngrega-
ton. He escaped punishment at the
time by feigning insanity and was
sent to Tie hospital at Independence.
Ills actions now point to case of
genuine insanity. The asylum OIL
Gals are OH his track and believe he
has gone to Webster City, whore his
wife owns property and il living.
A Washington: dispatch says: The
civil service commission has just
completed Investigations of charges
of viola ton Of civil service laws,
mostly Of political assessments and
coercion. against federal officials,
whose names arc withheld, in Phila-
dclphia, Louisville, Cincinnati, Tope-
ka, Birmingham, Jersey City and in
Iowa, In some of these cases the
commission has recommended to the
various executive departments TO
which the accused officials belong the
prosecution and dismissal Of the lat
ter, and in other cases no action has
yet been taken. Investigations in
other cities are in progress. The
commission refuses to di-ulge names
or any details of information con
corning these cases.
Is A Dispatch from Fort Dodge says:
4. eli1nmcr OF WavcrlY has just made
Che city OF Port Dodge an offer to
donate $4,000 for the erection of
city hospital, The only conditions
attending tho gift are that the city
shall furnish another $4,000 to be
devoted to the purpose Of perma-
nent fund te the Ilcspi:a; and that
the hospital scr-1ce shall be free to
persons of all co!0l1s and crceds Mr..
Simmer is a mar Of advanced age
and abundant means and is becoming
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