The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
THE NEWS In IOWA

Thirty-six hogs owned by Jack
Morris near Ottumwa have died as a
result of eating cut glass fed them
by some unknown, hand.
George Severing, II years old. Iv-
Ing at Norway, met with fatal acct
dent while out hunting. He had
:rawled through wire fence and
Vas pulling the gun after him, when
It was discharged, the load striking
him in the left shoulder and lung.
de died the next day.
Fire destroyed the large general
store of B. e. Craft and the post
,ffice at the town of Evanston, fifteen
miles southeast of Fort Dodge. Bert
Craft, sleeping i'll the store, barely
escaped with his life. The loss is
about $500, including stamps and
POSTAL fixtures. Insurance ST 100.
Mrs. Amelia Sullivan, wife of Daniel
Sullivan, living about four miles
Southwest of Pennington, committed
;uicide by saturating her clothing
With kerosene and going out into the
garden to ignite them. When Mr..
Sullivan found his wife her clothing
vas entirely burned from her body,
wen her shoes being consumed, and
Ter body was frightfully burned and
:harred.
Mrs. Ed Deford, the wife of well
Known farmer living near Keosauqua,
picked up what she supposed was a
small bag of pumpkin seeds and
threw them into the kitchen stove.
A moment later she was hurled vio-
emily against the side of the room
~ an explosion which tore the stove
| 70 pieces, badly iniuring her small
| laughter and burning both her hands
seriously.
The trial of the alleged rapist from
Abba, Alva Booker, began at Ottum-
wa few days ago. At me very out
set an important question was
sprung by the defense, in the fact
That the prosecuting witness was
leaf and that it was necessary that
the questions put to her be written.
The attorneys for the defense OBJ
'ected to this, but Judge Eichelber-
ger overruled the objections and the
trial proceeded.
Sioux City police are looking for
Charles Thorn. church member,
trusted son of q wealthy woman of
Beatrice, Neb., by whose disappear
ance revelations were made of his
double life, with gambling, women
and drink. Among the secret mis-
deeds forgeries and embezzlement
are charged. He left note admit
ting shortage in his employers
fund of 5000. The shortage is sup
posed to much exceed this sum, how
Nv l.;
Carroll, Neb., widow, his intimate re-
lations were established with an
other woman. He had frequently re-
manned away from home all night
of late. His wife thinks his mind has
become affected by cancerous
growth. His father was insane. All
his wife's and his own relatives are
prominent near Beatrice.
The Hiyely damage case, which re-
GENTLY cost Webster county, $4,000 as
the result of trial held in Clarion
not long ago, will be revived in case
to be tried before Judge w. S. Ken
Son at the January sitting of court in
Fort Dodge. Preliminary notice was
served on the board of supervisors of
the county on October 20, that suit
for $4,000 will be brought against the
county for $4,000 by A. C. Hively, the
father of the boy who was killed in a
runaway accident, to recover dam
ages sustained by the plaintiff
R6rough the loss of the plaintiffs
lbr son, John C. Hively, who was
FILLED in runaway accident at the
Ainsworth bridge, located a few
miles north of TT. Dodge, on August
80, 1900. At the recent trial the plain
tiff obtained Judgment of $4,000 out
of the $4,000 for which the suit was
brought, and the result of the pres
ent case will be awaited with in
terest.
While attending her husbands
husbands funeral at New Virginia,
Mrs. Margaret Hossack was arrested
by Sheriff Lewis Hodson of Warren
county, charged with the murder of
her husband, John Hossack, who
was killed in cold blood recently 1T
the Hossack home near Medora. The
attendance at the funeral was un-
usually large, farmers coming for
miles around to atteAd. When the
sheriff stepped up to Mrs. Hossack,
shortly after the last chunk of dirt
had been thrown upon the newly
made grave, and she was on her way
to town with her children by her
side, the arrest caused a tremendous
sensation. Mrs. Hossacl1 took the
arrest calmly, evidntly having an
ticipated the event. She expressed
desire to go first to her home to
get few things, and within an hour
the sheriff and the accused were on
their way to the county Jail at In
dianola. More than twenty wit.
nesses were examined by the coron.
err and his jury before the evidence
was closed. Almost the last witness
and by far the most important one
examined, was Mrs. Hossack herself
She reiterated her former statements
of the crime, and although she was
under examination for nearly three
hours nothing in the way of causing
her to break down or to cross her.
self in her evidence resulted. The
evidence upon which Mrs. Hossack
was arrested is purely circumstan,
tial, the only testimony being to the
effect that Hossack and his wife had
frequent quarrels, and the improb.
ability of the woman's story that
she slept peacefully by the side OF
the murdered man and heard no
sounds until it was all over and the
murderer had escaped through the
front door.
( Some of the Cinnamon in Philadel-
phia wear wigs. 1t is their desire to
appear as much like the "Melicar,
man" as possible. With wigs, and
their hats off, they seem freaks.
Isaac Banner, farm hand on the
place of James Dunn, near Elmont,
had his right hand caught in corn
ebrnddor Tho hand and arr,, rucro