The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07
John Clark, who Is locked a. T. rhe

John Clark, who Is locked IN in the.
Sioux City police headquarters,
charged with the shooting of his
brother-in-law, Phil Kelley, stands ac-
cused by statement of frank Mat
thews, made twenty-four hours before
his ueath, of having fired the shot
which ended Matthew'S life. The
statement was made to his nurse.
whom he pledged never to repeat
what he should say unless he should
aie. Apparently the statement was
wrung out of him by the verdict OF
the doctors that his case was hope.
less and that he had only few hours
to live. On the night Matthews was
shot he said to Desk Sergeant Bron-
son at police headquarters that he
nad been shot by a friend and that
he was not going to say ANYTHING
about it. Clark protests Innocence.
III. T. Bosom of Colfax was married
at Binghamton, N. Y, to Miss Mabel
Johnson by means of photograph.
Arrangements had been completed
for the wedding and the groom ar
rived to find mis- fance had been
stricken with scarlet fever and was
under quarantine. Though the at
tack was slight the quarantine was
strict, but they determined to go
through with the ceremony. Lac
ceremony. Inc bride conceived the
idea of resorting to a monograph.
An instrument was procured into
which the minister propounded the
| questions. 1t was conveyed to the
house and the answers of the bride
recorded, then after it was fu1nigated
the groom made his reply and the
ceremony was ended by the mini>ter
| filing marriage certificate.
The bank of Arispe was entered by
robbers, who exploded nitroglycerin
on the safe, valued at $1,000, and
| shattered the door to bits. Every
cent in the safe was taken, and the
| loss will be over $500 in cash. A
number of 81 and So bills are included
IN the amount taken, but the most of
the money secured is silver. A large
amount of money in small safe was
not secured. The robbers left their
tools in the bank. 1t is believed that
two men did the work, and walked
to the railway track and thence north
out of the city along the Great West
ern track. The work was done be-
| tween 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning,
when the sky was darkened by clouds
and there was heavy rain and con-
siderable wind. There was no insur-
ance on the bank safe or it's contents
and the loss will be $500 or over, in
GLIDING damage to. the safe and
money taken.
| A small private bank at Huxley, q
station situated on the Chicago, Mill
waukee & st. Paul railway, seven
miles east of Slater, was entered by
| burglars few nights ago, the safe
blown open and $3.50 in money taken.
ne robbery was executed SO adroitly
| that none of the citizens were alarm
| ed, though some of them were awake
ened. The explosions We're attribute
ed, however, to blasting by the rail-
road company in Il stone quarry
short distance from the town. AS
| near as could be ascertained, the
bank was entered about o'clock in
the morning, the outer doors being
pried open by 'jimmies." The safe
was large one, bought second hand
recently. The crevices between the
edges of the safe door and the iamb
were sealed with soap and the whole
wrapped in some old canvass, which
operated to deaden the explosions.
The quarterly bank statement just
issued by the state auditor shows sr1
| increase of $6,o4s,956.15 in the bust
ness done by The state and savings
! banks in Iowa over that of the quar-
| ter ending june 20 last. This is the
largest increase ever shown on the
| books of the state auditor. The
| statement shows the condition of the
\ banks, including 269 savings banks
and go state banks, at the close Of
business September 80. The total as
\ sets and liabilities of the savings
banks aggregated $S9,213,330 while
| those of the state banks reached a, to.
tai of STOCKHOLDERS. The consolidated
| statement of the assets and liabilities
of both state ana savings banks shows
4 total of $145, 603, 346.97. The increase
in the business over the previous quar-
ter is looked upon as marvellous, and
is attributed entirely to the increased
financial prosperity throughout the
country. The largest item in the in
crease is that of the deposits in the
| different banks, which are So, ,O31,56
heavier than at the close of the last
quarter. Bills receivable increased IN
the sum of $5,o75, O1O.52.
An unidentified corpse was found
half mile from 1reton few days
ago lying between three rows Of a
corn field, about fifteen rods from the
highway. There is bullet hole
through the head. The bullet prob
ably entered in the back of the Skull,
coming out at the forehead. On the
scalp are also several serious gashes.
! No weapon was found in the vicinity.
The body is that of man IN or ~
years of age, 5 feet 10 inches in
height, bald-headed and two front
teeth gone. He wore a fedora hat
and an ordinary suit Of clothes, the
original colors of which it is impos-
sible to determine, owing to the
length of time they have been exposed
to the weather. No means was dis
coverable by which to determine the
identity of the victim of what seems
70 be murder. In the pockets were
found two scraps of paper. one Of