The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29
THE NEWS in IOWA

VIVA was kllleu ny -DSluS SGIuCk sDy
Milwaukee train when driving home
Thomas Hall. an alleged joint keep
er, living at Cleveland, a small mining
camp west of Ottumwa, was shot and
fatally wounded during an alterca-
ton in his place. James Sage, pro-
prietor of the company store at that
place, is charged with being RESPONSE
BILE for the deed, but claims it was
done in self-defense.
John f. Morrell, an electric line
man, who was nearly electrocuted at
Burlington July 20 while working for
the Burlington Electric Light COM
pany, has sued the company for $1O,-
600 damages, charging the company
with criminal carelessness. The
young man was frightfully burned,
hanging in the wires far above the
ground for some time before being
released.
\ mad man was captured near Fort
Dodge, after having terrorized the
neighborhood country. He was caught
in school house striking matches on
the floor and captured after desperate
resistance. The maniac is large
and powerful man, and has thwarted
previous attempts to capture him. His
madness is evidently due to a terrific
blow on the head, which has forced
the skull down on the brain. The
mans identity is not known.
Esther, the ten-year-old daughter of
Scott Morrow, who is at present living
in Kansas, died suddenly at her for
A
tenn examination showed that death
was caused by criminal intercourse.
The girl only recently returned to
Iowa from Kansas alone in a road
wagon with man living at Douds,
and the two We're alone on the road
for two weeks. The coroner's jury
made no recommendation.
/ Leslie e. Bowker, postmaster at
Crystal Lake, was arrested on the
charge of shortage in accounts. The
arrest created much excitement, as
Bowker was a highly respected citi-
zen of Crystal Lake. The shortage
to the amount of $500 was discov-
cred by Postal Inspector Ketcham,
and Bowker admitted his guilt and re-
stored part of the money. He could
not furnish bail and was jailed at
Sioux City. Bowker will not divulge
the motive which prompted the ac-
ton.
After three adjournments and after
a three days session of the republican
representative convention for the
counties of Emmett, Dickinson and Os-
ceola at Sibley, the deadlock was
finally broken by Osceola casting a
sufficient number of votes on the two
thousand seven hundred and twenty
first ballot to nominate b. L. Robin
son of Emmett county. A motion to
make it unanimous was made by Z.
e. Fra2cis of Dickinson county, sec
onded by Mr.. Stage of Osceola county,
and carried.
Ira Godfrey, farmer about 60
gears old, living few miles north of
Bussey, died as the result of drinking
carbolic acid which had become mixed
with his whisky by a remarkable ac-
cident. He was returning from town,
under the influence of liquor, with a
bottle of carbolic acid and another of
liquor in the same pocket. The bot
ties were broken and the whisky be-
came saturated with the poison. God
frey, in seeking to lose none of the
liquor, drank what could be saved,
and in so doing swallowed a fatal
dose.
~-- Fl visit Of Pawnee Bills wild west
show to Correctionville resulted in a
riot, in which Joe Sullivan, an en-
ploye of the show, was shot and in
stantly killed by j. Harley Cave, a
young man of the town, who was with
difficulty rescued by officers from the
mob of hundreds of show
men, determined upon wreaking VEN
geance for the homicide. 1t is said
Cave shot in self-defense. The riot
ers beseiged the Petty hotel, in which
Cave had taken refuge, breaking Win
dows and doors and threatening to
burn the house. After Caves escape
from the town in charge of officers,
who brought him to Sioux City for
safety, the mob caught member of
The Illinois Central bridge gang,
whose name was not learned, suppos-
ng him to be Cave, and not until
after he had been slugged in the head
with slungshot and cut in the back
with a knife was he rescued and his
lssailants convinced he was not the
man who shot their companion.
AT the recent meeting of the re-
publican state committee at Des
Moines, Robert FL. Spence of Mt. Ayr
Ringgold county, was elected chair
man by unanimous vote yesterday
The election followed an entire day
spent in caucuses and conferences ot
the different factions of the commit
tee. When the committee finally met
IN formal session Committeeman Geo
e. Scott, of the Eleventh district, OF
fered the following resolution: "That
the committee be organized for tho
ensuing year as follows, to-wi.:
Chairman, r. Fl. Spence; vice chair
man, j. d. Whisenand, Des Moines;
secretary, Charles w. Phillips, Sec
ond district; executive committee t.
be invested with the full committee
when the latter is not in session: c
w. Phillips, chairman; r. H. Spence
J. Bruce, Ninth district; S. X. Way
Tenth district; r. w. Clayton, Sixth
district" This resolution was adopt
ed by unanimous vote, and the com
mittee called in A. b. Cummins, can
didate for governor; e. c. Brown, can
didate for railroad commissioner:
Secretary of State Martin, and Other
republicans. from whom remark,
were heard with reference to thu
opening of the campaign and the is
sues.
The Cherry sisters have come tt
grief in Joliet, III. Their stage trunk.
and effects We're seized by a con
stable on a writ of attachment for
board bill of $37 due hotel. TIL,