Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-15

deed was money, and that between
$500 and $500 i'll money was taken by
the murderers and thieves. 1t has
been said that Mr.. Carr had nearly
$1,000 in the house at the time he was
murdered, and it may be that the fact
can be proved that the persons who
are under suspicion knew of it. Nei-
Their the officers, the coroner nor the
members of the jury will say a word
concerning any part of the case, but
it is pretty generally known that at
least two persons are suspected of
completely in the crime, and bad
hour in the sweat box might be the
means of learning the details and serve
to fasten one of the most dastardly
crimes ever committed in this county
upon the right person.
Coroner Powell and DR.. L. w. Mills
yesterday eNhumed the body of Mr..
Carr, which was buried at kirlyille,
and removed portion of the stomach,
which they brought to Ottumwa.
Troubles OF Tcier Family.
Mary A. .Teter, by her attorney, w.
w. Cory, today filed a petition in the
clerks office, asking for an injunction
to restrain her husband and mother
in-law from selling certain property
in Which she has an interest and to
quiet the title in her in and TO por-
ton of it. The suit indicates that it is
the elimination of family difficulties.
Mrs. Teter in her position says that
she is the wife of f. NJ. Teter, and
the daughter-in-law of Mrs. r. N.
Teter; that when she and her husband
intended building residence in East
Ottumwa, the defendant, Mrs. r. NJ.
Teter, and her husband, I. p. Teter,
since deceased, came to them and rep
resented that they owned certain
property and they agreed that if plain.
tiff and her husband would move with
them, that they would give this plain
| tiff and her husband one lot near their
house. Plaintiff says that she and her
husband accepted the proposition AMI
soon after Mrs. Teter and her husband,
[. 2. Teter, represented that as Frank
was their only child that they would
build double house if this plaintiff
and her husband would join them,
and after the death of Mrs. r. NJ
Teter and her husband, I. P. Teter,
that the property should belong to
plaintiff and her husband. This prop
osition was accepted and plaintiff and
her family have continued to occupy
the north half of the house, which
was built by them in common. Plain.
tiff says that she has bought other
property adjoining, erected several
greenhouses and otherwise improved
| it, but alleges that her mother-in-law
| has such an influence on and over
her son that he has turned against
this plaintiff and her children and
they are now trying to move them off
the property and are making efforts
to sell it, together with the hot houses,
She asks for an injunction restraining
them from selling the property, and
also asks that the title to a part Of it
be qnieted in her.
/ Important Decision.
| Judge Fee rendered a very important
decision this morning touching the OPP
4 Grafton of the inheritance tax law as
applied to the estate of the late Alvin
Lewis. In his ruling the court held
4 that the personal property, amounting
to some $4,000, is subject to the pay
ment of the tax, but said that the
realty which is valued at $1,000, hav-
ing passed to the heirs Immediately
upon the death of the decedent, that
the amendatory act recently passed
by the legislature to cure certain UNI
constitutional provisions in the inner.
itance tax law, was not retroactive and
did not reach the real estate. This is
the first case in WaPello county of this
character to be decided since the
amendatory act was passed. This case
has been in statue quo for long time
pending decisions .of the Il supreme
court on similar case which was de,
cided some time ago, mention oil
which was made in the Courier. An
agreed statement of facts was. sub
mitted to the court'in this case which
4 abrogated the necessity of a long trial
on the question of the fact. Hence
the matter resolved itself simply int
a question of law.
Widow Allowed $500.
In the matter of the estate of Johr
l w. Cole, the widow was allowed the
sum OF $500 for her support for one
i year, and the administrator was di
rected to pay the same to her out O.
the assets of said estate.