The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-18

"We, the jury, find the defendant,
Mrs. Margaret Hossack, guilty as
charged in the Indictment" he read,
The silence continued several sec
onds, giving way to a low murmur
plainly audible around the court
room.
The aged prisoner sat looking help
less and in a sort of dazed condition
at the clerk. Then, suddenly seeming
to realize the meaning of the verdict,
she sank back in her chair and for
the first time during the long and try
ing ordeal gave completely away to
her feelings.
She was surrounded by her friends.
whose sobbing could be heard through
the hall and into the open court yard,
continuing until Sheriff Hodson led
the prisoner back to the Jail, await
ing final Judgment. Senator Berry an
nounced that he would move for o
new trial.
A peculiar case has just been tried
at Northwood, in which o. T. Ulland
of Chicago, but formerly of Mason
City, sued Burr Payne, formerly cash
Ter of the Bank of Hanlontown, which
was owned by Mr.. Ulland. The bank
was robbed on the night of March 27,
1900 and it was claimed that the cash
Ter had failed to turn the lock on
the burglar door of the safe. He had
also failed to make shipment of cur
rency to Mason City in accordance
with instructions. The jury awarded
Mr.. Ulland $s23.5O.
according to dispatches received
from San Diego, Cal, Artemus Lamb,
the millionaire lumberman of Clinton,
will never leave the Hotel Coronado,
where he has been seriously ill for
the past several weeks, as result
of injuries received in the wreck of
Pacific railway, near Rock Springs,
Wyo., last winter. Mr.. Lamb sue
ceeded his father, the late CLANCY
Lamb, as the head of the great saw
milling industry in Clinton. He is
also the head of the Iowa Packing
and Provision company, the president
of the Peoples Trust and Savings
bank, is largely interested in the
Fish Brothers Manufacturing COM
pany and many other of the leading
industries of the city, besides holding
large Mining interests in the west.
Centerville was Carrie Nationed"
again few nights ago, four alleged
joints being wrecked. Fifteen wo-
men and several men participated in
the raid. A meeting was held at the
home of Mrs. Frank Fuller, one of
the leaders of the previous riot, early
in the afternoon. The women present
were armed with hatchets, and the
days work was outlined before they
left the house. About 5 o'clock they
started out, visiting first the s'Red
Cross" drug store, operated near the
Keokull and Western depot. No
smashing was done here. Leaving the
drug store the women called on
Mayor Callen. asking him to punish
he would do all i'll his power. After
leaving the mayor they went to "Vin-
egar HILL" near the Keokuk & West
ern viaduct, and smashed two alleged
joints, operated by v. S. Kinder and
S. S. Johnson. The women broke the
glass windows, show cases, bottles,
jugs, ETC., and destroyed small
quantity of liquor. The floor and
shelving We're also damaged The
smashers had by this time collected
quite crowd, many of the members
of which assisted them in their under
taking. They went down the hill to
Eighteenth street, across the railroad
tracks and entered two more alleged
joints, wreck and ruin following in
their wake. The flooring was taken
up in places and secreted bottles of
liquor unearthed and destroyed. The
partitions for "blind tigers, where
no one sees the liquor sold, were
hacked down and large number of
bottles of liquor seized and smashed.
The windows were also broken. At
this point Frank Trump, who was as
sisting the smashers, had hard fight
with Joe Goldsberry, joint sympa-
thizer. when the women had finished
their crusade they visited the homes
of some of the liquor dealers. At the
residence of H. Chapman there came
near being serious trouble. The wo-
men were denied admittance, and
tried to force their way into the
house. Inapman's family and friends
blockaded the gate and prevented the
women from effecting an entrance.
They believed he had liquor stored in
his cellar. During the alteration J.
Is. Boyle, reporter for the Center
vile Citizen, was assaulted by two
members of the Holden family. BOYLE
was severely bruised. After visiting
one or two other agents the women
came back up town and tried to eff
feet entrance into several drug stores
and restaurants. BY this time the
town was alive to what was going
on, however, and the proprietors sue
ceeded in keeping the smashers out.
The days festivities closed with
prayer meeting. conducted by the
raiders at the First Methodist church.
1t is said that interest in the Cres-
ton-Winterset interurban electric line
has been intensified by the report of
the attempt of Mr.. Polk of the Des
Moines street railway to obtain a
franchise for an electric line, the
intention being to build a line to Des
Moines. 1t is argued at Creston that
the Omaha men who are promoting
the Creston-Winterset line are work
ing in harmony with the Des Moines
end and that electric connections
from Creston to the state capital is
one of the probabilities of the near
future. Mr.. Waterman in letter to
Creston friends assured them that
the electric line would be built.
President MacLean of the State uni
versity announces that Charles M.
Gregory has accepted the deanship of
the law school, which was offered him
by the board of regents. His salary
is fixed at $4,000. He will be here to
assume his duties next September.
Mr.. Gregory is now associate dean of
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