The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-22
THE NEWS In IOWA

tion has been called to be held at the
Savery hotel club rooms in Des
Moines, August %.
John Dean, aged 80 years, residing
near Cascade, met instant death in a
tragic manner. He was working at a
machine for baling hay. He lost his
balance and fell into the machine. Be-
fore assistance could arrive he was
crushed to death.
The coroner's jury in the Arion
murder case has brought in it's YER
dict. Beyond establishing the lden-
tity of the murdered man as j. FL.
Love and obtaining information as to
the means by which he was killed the
inquest brought nothing to light.
There is no clue to the murderer and
the case is decided mystery. The
omcers have not given up, but at
present there is but small hopes that
the guilty party will ever be arrested.
A. A. Rishall, riveter employed
on the new court house at Fort
Dodge, lost his balance and fell from
the third story to the first floor, a
distance of IS feet, but escaped with
slight injuries. One wrist was broken
and the other was dislocated, and his
head and shoulder were bruised, but
otherwise he sustained no injury
Rishall fell on pile of boards, and
all the spectators thought his neck
was broken. He was picked up I'M
conscious, but soon recovered and is
resting easily.
A supposed incendiary fire destroy
I'd $4,000 worth OF property at Moul-
ton few days ago, four buildings be-
ing leveled. They were fully insured.
The fire started of the general store
of Hard & Hefner, spread to the
Wallis harness shop, Il. r. McCream's
jewelry, Mrs. L. A. Wald's millinery,
and E. Wood & Co.. S feed store. Other
property was damaged slightly. The
fire was fought with hand engine.
The individual losses are: Ledbetter
Bros, meat market, building and con-
tents, $1,000, no insurance; Hard &
Hefner, general merchandise, about
$4,000, covered; Wahl's property, in
Guiding millinery and jewelry, about
$4,000, covered; Wood. $500, covered.
Mrs. Martha Callahan, wife of N1ui-
;i-Millionaire James Callahan of Des
Moines, is dead from heart disease,
induced by injuries received in an ac-
cident. She was rs years old. She
was worth more than $l,uOO,OOO, and
it is expected that her will will re-
veal many charitable benefactions.
She was at the head of the State
Equal Suffrage society for years, was
at the head of the Willard Woman's
Christian Temperance union of Iowa,
president of the Des Moines NVo-
mems club for several years and was
more recently at the head of the
lone for the Aged and the Benedict
Home in this city. She has given
thousands of dollars to these institu-
tons.
Postmaster Saint and ex-Post-
MASTER Getz of Marshalltown, accom-
panied by Max kruskopf, the alleged
defaulting assistant postmaster, we're
before United States Commissioners
Macarthur at Des Moines few DAYS
ago. KrusLopf waived preliminary
examination to the charge of defalca-
ton and allowed his case to go direct
to the grand jury. His bonds were
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by Marshalltown friend and the de-
PENDANT was released. Kruskopf was
caught at Abba by a constable and
returned to Marshalltown. He had
been wandering about the country in
d?AS0anriI1g which time he spent but
weak and i'll when apprehended.
Postmaster Saint says Clerk Hawley
is in no way implicated in the affair.
When the legislature appropriated
$500 to make up the shortage of DR..
H. A. Gilman, former superintendent
of the hospital for insane at Mt.
Pleasant, on account of his embezzle-
ment of funds belonging to the pa
tients it was thought that the loss of
the reimbursement would be almost
total. This is disproved, however, by
notice just received by the board of
control to the effect that dividend
of seven per cent had been declared
on the estate of DR.. Gilman and the
states share Of this dividend is
$362.36. The fact that this payment
is dividend declared on the estate
since the property of DIR. Gilman
went into the hands of George H.
Spahr, who was appointed by the
court as executor. is very encourage
ing in that it gives promise that the
state may eventually be fully REIN
bursed.
An unknown man was murdered a
few nights ago along the right-of-way
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad, one-half mile west of Arion.
The murder was evidently committed
with coupling pin, as the dead mans
head was completely split open and a
large pool of blood was found near
the right-of-way fence, together with
coupling pin all covered with blood,
except where held by the murderer's
hand. The crime was committed at
about 10 o'clock p. M, and the body
was first discovered by train crew
on a Milwaukee freight train. The
man had evidently been killed near
the right of way fence and the body
dragged to the track so that passing
trains might obliterate the signs of
the crime. A man has been arrested
on suspicion at hlapleton. He had
blood on his hands and handkerchief.
The murdered man was in Arion the
day before the murder. He was fairly
well dressed and was thought to be a
card shark, as he spent the day mark
ing deck of cards, which were found
near the scene OF the murder.
Samuel II. Shelladay of Iowa City,
employed as a workman on the Rock
Island bridge which is being con-
structed across the Iowa river there
was instantly killed by falling, caused