The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23

The district court of Tama count,
is now trying Mrs. Frances Vtipil
charged with numbering her husband
Vencel Vtipil, near Chelsea last fall
He was sick in bed and had been help
less for some time. Mrs. Vtipil says
that while she was out milking hi
got the revolver, which was lying
near, and shot himself through the
head. The hired man was in town
1t was claimed that Vtipil was unable
| to raise his hands to his head, but
the defense has witnesses to prove
that he could.
A young man about 25 years old
md giving his name as j. Rys, from
Calmar, committed suicide in the
Hotel Mealey at Oelwein by taking
morphine. He came to the hotel and
paid for lodging and breakfast. He
was dead the next morning when dis.
covered. He had purchased twenty
grains of morphine of local drug.
gist during the day. In answer to q
message from Calmar, no one knows
of any such a man. His weight is
about 100 pounds, height feet and
inches, blue eyes, smooth face and
| light complexion.
A man giving his name as Charles
Green and filling the description OF
Charles Hart, wanted in Appanoose
county for bank robbery, was arrest
ed at Council Bluffs and taken to Cen
terville. Charles Hart and Sol Davis
attempted to rob the Mcdonald bank
In Cincinnati on the night of Novem-
Der 2, 1898, and We're captured near
| Mystic by Sheriff Clinic and a posse
the next day. They were lodged in
Jail and the grand jury indicted them.
Their trial came up the first week in
December and after the evidence was
in and while the jury was deliberat-
Ing on verdict, on the night of De-
eember s, 1898, or the morning of the
9th, they broke Jail. Davis was cap
tured and returned to Centerville on
January 21, 1899. The jury had found
| both guilty on the Indictment. Judge
Roberts. who had heard the case, sen.
fenced Davis to nine years in the pen.
itentiary, where he was safely landed
the next day.
In the case of the Stayton Lyceum
Bureau VS.. Asbury M. E. church ct
al, in the district court at Des
Moines, Judge Bishop rendered de-
cision for the defendant. Plaintiff
Is engaged in the management of a
number of amusement enterprises
and made contract for a series of
entertainments for the benefit of AS
bury church. John Gibson and L. B.
| Evans, trustees for the church, made
| the contracts. Later the church
elected not to give the entertain
ments and plaintiff sued for the con-
| sideration named in the contract
The defense was that the trustees
| exceeded their authority in entering
| into the contract and that the arti-
| cles of incorporation of the church
did not authorize it to engage in
amusement undertakings. The court
held to this defense, giving it as his
opinion that the trustees of religious
organizations. unless it is especially
provided in the articles of incorpora-
ton that it may engage in this bust
ness, cannot contract for amusement
ventures.
iowa enjoys the proud distinction Of
oetis VIC '"rpost dairy state in the
uilioh' Inc put's~ product of the
cle an IN 19oo amounted to nearly
| oo,ooo,ooo pounds ana 1T N.,S >vn,,
over $17,00O,Cao on the market. Inc
cheese product of the state, however.
amounted to only little over 4,OOO.
900 pounds and Iowa annually imports
cheese Tor home consumption. 1t is
sometimes claimed that Iowa is not
adapted to cheese making. These con-
dltlons have led to careful investiga
ton OF the subject of cheese making
at the Iowa experimental station at
Ames and it has been clearly demon
strated that practically as good
cheese can be made in Iowa as in the
most famous factories of Canada. the
products of which have made such a
favorable reputation in foreign mar
kets. Bulletin No. 81 of the Iowa ey-
pertinent station gives report of this
work, and furnishes information
about the best methods of making
cheese and the conditions essential ia
success. This bulletin is for free dis
tribution.
A terrible tragedy occurred at Os-
ceola few nights ago that will prob
ably result in the death of Mrs. Lowe
dutch" Lowe, while in an intoxicated
condition, went to his wife's home
at 3 a. m. and forced an entrance to
the house by breaking in window.
he attacked his wife with a razor and
cut her several times. Physicians
took twenty-four stitches to sew I'M
the cuts inflicted by the infuriated
husband. Family trouble provoked
the assault, Mrs. Lowe having sued
for a divorce. When Lowe entered
his wife's home and attacked her with
razor she resisted. Her screams at
tracted young man named Metcalf
who CHANGED to be passing, and he
entered the house, but was driven off
by the murderous man. Metcalf hur-
rled to town and notified the night
Waterman, bat when that officer
reached the scene all was quiet, Met
calf tried to arouse the neighbors but
failed. When the night watchman
entered the woman had made her es-
cape to the yard and Lowe was living
on the floor with his children lyino
on either arm. He had tried to end
his own existence by cutting his
throat, but did not infict a fatal
wound. 1t is thought Mrs. Lowe will
die. Lowe is in jail.
John SherEer, aged 12, of Overs.
vile, was thrown from wagon by a
runaway and instantly killed. His
mother witnessed the accident and on
finding the son lifeless dropped dead.
Through the prompt action of sher-
1T Risely of Calhoun county and Sher-
1T Dowd of Fort Dodge Albert Case
was arrested at Duncombe on the
charge of horse stealing. He was
wanted at Rockwell City, in Calhoun
county, and has been taken there. 1t
is claimed that he rented a livery
team in Rockwell City of Wilcox
Brothers and drove to Somers, ten
miles AWAY There he sold the taana