The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06
HOMESTEAD MUST BE SOLD.

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expired on the first Monday in Janu-
airy, 1902.
| HOMESTEAD MUST BE SOLD.
Judge Holmes of Polk County Decides
Pierce-Stewart Case
Des Moines, Dec. 3.-After weeks OF
waiting since the suit was instituted
last summer, Judge Holmes in the,
dstrlct court has handed down an,
opinion in the Pisrce-Stewart Home
stead case. 1t is held that a receiver
must be appointed as provided in the
original agreement to sell the prop
erty of the Iowa Homestead to the
hig--est bidder, but in the meantime
PIERCE is to be left in possession of
the Homestead property. With the
exception that the property must be.
sold by receiver the victory is one
Tor Pierce, the court holding that
SStewart cannot hold to the terms of
the charter as to his employment
after the expiration of the charter.
NO receiver has been named by the
court, an opportunity being first al
lowed to the interested parties to
agree, If possible, upon some person
to act in this capacity. In case of
failure tie agree the court will then
! appoint a receiver for the purpose Of
selling the Homestead property, with
the exception of the real estate, the
sale OF which is to be determined by
the parties themselves.
| A Miss Martin has sued for $4,000
damages for having been arrested
and placed in Jail at Coon Rapids
without authority, as she alleges
Ihe story leading up to the filing of
the suit, briefly tod, is that Com
stable Bowman of Coon Rapids re-
ceived telephone message from
Guthrie Center to arrest Miss Mar
tin on the charge of havinr left
town without paying her board bill
Constable Bowman made the arrest
and placed the woman in Jail The
next day She was taken to Guthrie
Center. There she was released,
and now sues for $1,000 on the
ground that she was arrested with
out the legal papers to justify the
act.
Whether husband has right to
open his wife's letters and read
them, and afterward destroy them
without her having seen mem, is a
question that will be tested in the
United States court. Edward Van
derveer of Marshalltown is The lie.
PENDANT. He has been indicted by
the grand jury on the charge of em7
bczzlement, and when arranged be-
fore Judge MCPHERSON of the feder-
al court entered a plea of not guilty,
and has said he intends to fight the
case to the end. The defendant is
not only charged with having OPEN
ed the letter in question, but hav-
ing destroyed it as well, with the
express purpose of keeping dclec-
table news it contained out of the
hands of his wife. The defendant
the family to keep the letter from
his wife, and on this ground will
base his defense.
When the members-elect stepped
forward to take the oath of Office
in the house on the 3rd Bailey of
Texas questioned the form of The
resignation of Representative Dolli-
yer. He said he doubted the right
of a member to resign at future
fixed date. He said he would not
raise the point formally, but merely
called attention to it so in future it
could not be used as precedent.
Mr.. Delivers resignation, he said,
had been rendered to take effect De-
ce1nber 1, so that Mr.. Conner had
been elected to fill vacancy which
did not exist at the time of the cleo
ton. He cited short decision to-
show that resignation to take eff
feet at future date was not res
ignation in fact. but simply -..:,-
fication of resignation to be made,
in the future. Mr.. Bailey said he did
not desire to press the matter, but
desired the protest to be filed. The
speaker stated, that inasmuch as OBJ
lection had been made, Mr.. Conner
would step aside until the protest
had been disposed of.
After being out day and half,
the jury i'll the Quinlan murder case,
on trial at Centerville, reported that
} they were unable to reach a verdict.
Henry Sherman, of Clarinda, who
shot Belle Benson at Minneapolis and
then turned the revolver upon him
self, was arraigned i'll the police
court on a charge of assault in the
first degree. He waived examina-
ton and was bound over to the
grand jury in $1,000 bail Miss Benz
: son is resting comfortably and has
even chances of recovery. The
hospital authorities, while at first
believing that she could not recover,
are now confident that they will be
able to save her life.
: Mrs. Nettie S. Hoot of Waterloo,
wife of the man sentenced to ten
years in the penitentiary for attempt
: ing to kill his wife with dynamite,
; has been issued decree of divorce,
and has assumed her maiden name
of Nettie M. Schwab.
Fred Bagley, of Hiteman, one of
the mining camps near Abba, is in
Jail at the latter place accused of
striking an old man over the head
and very near killing him. Bagley
4 is supposed to have struck the man
| thinking he was anouher who had
| exhibited a considerable roll Of
money and which it is thoughu Bag
! ley coveted.