Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-05-25

"a Tic federal court 80 Sioux City
the hearing of : case iny olving nearly
half : million dollars has begun. II Is
that 81 the Manhattan Trust Company
Us. the Sioux City = Northern Railway
Company On the petition of interven-
ton Of the Trust Company Of North
America, which seeks to recover S534,-
SIS alleged to be due for rental Of the
terminal facilities in Sioux City by the
Northern. 39 ~
Another member of the notorious
gang Of Chicago safe robbers who
went through Bradley's bank, at FL
don, on the night of February II, 1898,
| to the tune of $1,000, has been cap
tured in the person of Sam Richie,
the saloon keeper and leader OF the
gang, who is under arrest in Balti-
more. Sheriff Suites left for that
place, armed with requisition papers,
to bring him back.
At Muscatine few days ago Wesley
MAGELLAN, aged 80 years, got into an
alteration with the sons of Dave Set
tlemeier, their father taking sides in
the mix-up that followed. MAGELLAN
was stabbed several times with a
knife, the result of which may prove
fatal. He has cash across the abdo-
men, one through the leg and one in
the left side, penetrating the lung.
The parties are under arrest.
Burglars broke into Reid s. Conger's
store at Clinton and stole $40O worth
of silk dress goods. Entrance was
gained by lifting "a transom in a front
window Of the cellar and then cutting
out panel in the door that leads from
the basement to the store room. The
work of removing the panel from the
door was accomplished with large
pair of shears. The Job seems to have
been carefully planned and carried
out. It is thought to have been the
work of the same person or persons
who entered the store of Towle &
Spreter Company some time ago and
stole all the dress Innings, under the
supposition that they were securing
silk goods.
Judge Hutchinson, of the district
court in Sioux City, rendered decis-
ion involving the ownership of twenty
acres of land in the business district
of Sioux City and abutting on the
Missouri river. The court holds the
property belongs jointly to the Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Com
pany, the Sioux City & Pacific Rail
road Company and the city, under a
dedication in 1858. When this prop
erty was plated it was of no partic-
ular value, but when Sioux City did
become city it became worth many
thousands of dollars and of great
value as depot and terminal grounds
for the railways. One Of the pioneer
owners sought to reclaim the land,
and bitter fight in the courts fol-
lowed. A good deal of the property
is accretion land, following the river
improvement work of the government,
James Davidson, of Mystic, was shot
and fatally wounded by William Quin-
ley, of Frankfort, KY, at dance near
Twin Mines. The two men became
engaged in quarrel, or rather re-
newed an alteration which they had
had some time before, during which
Quinley fired two shots at Davidson,
the last one resulting fatally. The
first shot passed over his head. The
gun which Quinley used was of 49,
caliber, and the ball passed through
the left side, entering the lower part
Of the lung. Death resulted the next
morning. Quinley, in company with
brother, went to Centerville and gave
| himself up to the authorities and in
default of S., 900 bonds was committed
to Jail. James Davidson, deceased,
| was a son of Mr.. and Mrs John Dav-
idson, of Mystic. He was % years old
and single. The man who is held on
the charge of murder formerly resided
near Frankfort, KY, but recently has
been residing with brother at Twin
Mines, and was employed on the Brazil
section of the Keokuk & Western.
Sam Richie, the saloon keeper and
leader of the gang of safe robbers who
went through Bradley's bank at Eldon
on the night of February IL, 1898, to
the tune of $1,000, has been captured
and is under arrest in Baltimore.
Sheriff Suites left for that place,
armed with .requisition papers. to
bring him back. Bradley's bank, then
situated in the first floor of the Eldon
hotel, was blown to pieces, and the
vault looted. The scheme was Matched
by Charles Stevens, then city marshal
of Eldon, and through Dick Dodd, an
Ottumwa gambler, he secured the SER
vices of Richie and his men to do the
work. The men implicated, as noted
by the confessions Of both Dodd and
Stevens, have all been caught now,
| with the exception Of s'Indian Joe"
Menard, who was in limbo once at
Chicago, but was released on $4,000
bonds and skipped. Stevens was given
three wears and released only month