The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21

Kay Holmes, 14-year-old boy in
the employ of the Iowa Telephone
company's central Office in Iowa City,
left his home few nights ago and
has not been heard of since. It is
known that he had twenty dollar
bill changed at the Rock Island depot,
but bought no ticket. 1t Nisyisapposed
that he bummed his way out of town
on freight. The police have been
notified to keep lookout for him.
1t is thought that perhaps he went
to California, where he has relatives.
He had been complaining for some
time of his treatment at home, and
had frequently threatened to run
away.
Judge Walter Ingalls, Hayes of
Clinton died at Marshall, Mich, very
suddenly of angina pectoris on the
14th. Judge Hayes was born in Mar
shall in 1912 and attended the fun
eral of General German on the day
of his death. That evening he had
been calling upon some old friends
and neighbors and when he reached
the German home, about 9:40 D. M.
he sank Immediately upon a couch
complaining of PAIN in his side. He
| was unconscious until relieved by
death. He practiced law in Marshall
! directly after the close of the war,
I going to Clinton late i'll the sixties
lie was an ardent democrat. and
served in the national house of rep
resentatiNe three terms from the
/ Second district of Iowa. At present
he wars serving as circuit judge in his
! home district.
\ dispatch from Grand Junction
| says: j he c., Il. L. & T.. passenger
train No a01, bound for Fort Dodge,
jumped the track going at full speed
about Two miles north of Grand
Junction, caused, it is supposed. by
| the kinising of the rails. as no other
cause was appa, ent. The passenger
and mail cars are lying on their sides
in "A shallow pool of water the ten
der is also overturned, the engine
| sticking to. the track. A large num-
Der are huri. Il few seriously. Drs
! l.owery, Kirby, Workman. Kester and
4 Scarborough offered their services
! and Went to the scene of the wreck
/ An inlproviscd stretchcr was made by
! connecting two hand cars together
by mailing a farm gate to them, and
! the three most seriously hurt were
taken to Grand junction. where all
| possible help was rendered them. Fol
| lowing is The list of wounded: Celia
Wehii!e. Patton. Iowa, seriously hurt:
| Mrs. Hall. Stuart, Iowa, badly hurt;
y. NJ. Mexican, Perry, Iowa, foot hurt:
| c. n. Laalotf. Des Moines. slightly
hurt; w. L.. McNeal. Fort Dodge, hurt
ahoi;t head: David Mexican. Pomeroy.
| seriously hurt internally: Lee York,
4, Des Moi!ies, back hurt; w. ID. Phillips,
Dies Moines, nose broken. otherwise
shaken up: T.. j.. McCool. Des Moines,
cut over eye. not serious: /. w. Yo-
cum, Dcs Moines, hurt on leg, Joseph
Statfef, Iiskilwa. ILL.,. hurt on head,
not serious: Fred Bullen, Dcs Moines.
back nurt. not serious; VIM. Ballan-
tyne, Dcs Moines, arm cut. back hurt:
i. +. Luther, Grand junction. hurt
internally; Richard Wiltse. Grand
junction. face cut: o. j. Grant of
Fort Dodge. Iowa. superintendent of
the Mason City & Fort Dodge railway,
severely. Many others whose names
could not be learned were more or
less injured. The engineer. fireman
and brakeman escaped with slight in.
| lnries and did noble work in rescuinr
others from the wreck
a few nights ago two strange men.
both wearing masks, entered the
Rock Island depot in Centerville and
presenting pistols to the heads of
| William Ellsworth and Levi Wentz
| the latter farmer waiting for the
| arrival OF train. compelled them to
| hold UP their hands until one of the
| robbers ramsacked the money drawer
and Mr.. Ellsworth's pockets. The lat
ter had been recently paid his month
~ salary, and $50 of the money in
his pocket was taken from him. For
some reason The robbers did not
search Mr.. Wentz' person and he es-
| capped without the loss of dollar.
though he had about $40 in his vest
pocket. There was only $2.7o of mon
ey in the till belonging to the com.
pany, bat it was taken to the last
cert. The robbers, after getting the
| money. forced Mr.. Ellsworth and MIR.
Wentz back into the freight compart-
ment, separated from the waiting
room, and fastened them in. This
accomplished, they fled. first admon.
ishing Ellsworth and Wcntz not to
| attempt to follow them on pain of be.
ing shot. After short delay, Ellis,
worth notified the marshal by tele-
! the men, but they had escaped and
We're not apprehended. When the
robbers presented pistols at the head
Of Wentz he suspected it was joke
by some masked friends, and Instead
of elevating his hands thrust them in.
to his pockets. Immediately one of
| the men thrust pistol into his face
and profanely commanded him to put
his hands up on pain of being killed.
He complied. Five minutes after the
hold-np a freight train in charge of
| Conductor George Stewart of Tren-
ton pulled into the station. An in
spection of the train showed that one
car loaded with miscellaneous mer-
chandise had been broken open and a
sewing machine, n bicycle and several
boxes OF cigars removed while the
train was in motion. The engineer
of a train following saw the Grated
sewing machine lying at the side of
the track six miles out of town. He
stopped the train and recovered the
| machine. He also found the crate
which contained the bicycle, but the
wheel itself was gone. One box of
| cigars was also found in corn field
adjacent to the track. The night
preceding twenty-siX new steel rails
strung along the track southwest of
Trenton for the repair of the line
were stolen and hauled away. The
Rock Island officials are reluctant to
hunt down and prosecute the men
who took the rails for fear of retail.
alton by wrecking trains.
James Clancy of Clinton was ar.
i~reSted at that place a few dave ,.,o