Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-10-05
THE NEWS I'M IOWA

Il A dispatch from dubuque saJs'
Henry Schaffer, aged 60 years, fren'
xiedSwiths liquor attempted to kill his
slswife and daughter near La Motto
4 While defending her mother, Inc
i daughter struck her father with
4 club, killing him. The coroner's jury
i exonerated the girl.
i Will Marks, an unmarried man.
about 35 years old, was killed at Del
vein by an east-bound freight train
passing over his body. Marks was
employed in the ice house of the Chi
cago Great Western railway company
i and at the time of the accident was
engaged in iceing meat train. The
train gave sudden jerk, throwing
| Marks head forward beneath the cars.
| He was taken to Pattison's hospital.
He lived only an hour. His parents
reside in Ohio. #
I Miss Annie Nordahl went to the
home of her sweetheart, Rasmus
johnson, at Sioux City, and made the
frightful discovery that he was dead.
Empty beer bottle strewn about the
room told the cause OF the unfortun-
ate fellows death Miss Nordahl had
not seen johnson for several days ana
had become worried about him. When
she saw him lying on the bed she
thought he was sleeping. She shook
him and called on him to awaken.
When the body remained motionless'
she felt of his head and face, and the
truth flashed upon her. When ponce
officers arrived she was still there.
| keeping her lonely vigil. johnson is
| said to have been n hard drinker. d..
Fire was started in the Oleson Drug
company's store at Fort Dodge by an
explosion of can of carbolic acld.
The blaze was quickly communicated
| to the oils and paint stock. and for a
time the three story block. one OF the
finest in that city. was threatened
with entire destruction. The elevator
shaft communicated the fire and
smoke to the second and third stories
so quickly that some women were M
prisoned in living rooms on the third
floor. and were rescued from the bal
cony by firemen. 1t required an hour
and a half to get the fire under con-
troll, by which time the $4,000 stock
was almost totally ruined by fire.
smoke and water The building was
damaged $4,000. The insurance is
about $4,000 on stock and $4,000 on
building. :
Emerald Hamilton. twelvc-year-
old colored girl of Ottumwa, has \
been adjudged guilty of attempting
to poison the family of w. l.. Sar-
gent. a prominent druggist, and sent
to the reform school at Mitchellville.
In the evening some time before SUD-
per she contrived to put fifteen grains
of strychnine in a jar of club house
cheese. The family partook of the
cheese for supper, but Mr.. Sargent,
being druggist, quickly detected the
drug. He shouted to the other mem
bers of the family not to eat any
more of it. Hastily preparing an
emetic, he gave it to his father. which
action saved his life. The girl finally
confessed her guilt but showed no
repentance for the deed. It was a
narrow escape for the Sargent family.
Fatalities were averted only by the
prompt action of the head of the
house.
The officers OF Benton county are
of the opinion that they have just
captured one OF gang of horse
thieves who have been doing a whole
sale business in Benton and neighbour
ing counties. For several weeks horse
stealing has become SO notorious in
that neighborhood that that entire
portion of Iowa became terrOriZed.
a few days ago the sofficers at Belle
PLANE received notice to be on the
.l, .1,o ut
ed Jack Davis. who had stolen horse
at Watkins. Later they discovered
that the man had gone to Chelsea, and
telephoned to the officers there to
look out for and arrest him. Davis
was caught in The act of selling an
other horse and buggy which he had
stolen. Sheriff Dir took him to Belle
PLANE. The officers believe that
through Davis they may obtain clew
that will lead to the apprehension OF
others of this gang.
A serious accident occurred on the
Indianola and Charlton branch of
the Burlington a few days ago. The
south bound passenger train was run
ming at thirty miles an hour. when the
rails spread under it only TWO and
half miles out Of Milo, near a hi-h
trestle. The engine got over safely
but the back trucks of the tender
came off the track. pulling the three
coaches with it. They ran about fifty
yards on the ties, when the engine
! broke loose and the coaches rolled
down twelve-foot embankment. One
| man was killed and another-man and
woman probably fatally injured and
the entire train load of passengers
badly bruised and shaken up. The
roadbcd was torn up for 40 feet and
the coaches entirely demolished. b.
Il. Welcher. a stock buyer of Milo. died
in an hour of his injuries. 5and an UNI
known woman and c. b. Buchanan,
travelling salesman for the West
Seiser Grocery company of Burling-
! ION. were probably fatally injured;
l.. o. Reinard was permanently in ur-
ed around the back: Railway Postal
Clerk Thompson. bruised and head
cut: George Bruce. ribs broken and
injured about the head: unknown
lady. leg broken: Conductor Bryan,
hand and face cut. The engine men
were uninjnrcd. The wounded were
taken to IL farm house and afterward
to Charlton. The accident is said by