The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
THE NEWS in IOWA

and the Hatfield lad became frenZied
He picked up a rifle for which he
had traded something, chased the
frightened Ager for some distance
| and then shot him in the leg. The
| wound is not dangerous. Hatfield
was arrested.
Miss Clara Stanchfield of Creston,
| who has been in San Francisco for
several weeks awaiting the arrival of
her atfianced, Captain Warren lexis
of the Thirty-siNth United States
army, will sail April 9 for Manila to
become his bride, Captain lexis hav-
| ing decided to remain in the islands,
| where he is government title eX-
| aminer. Miss Stanchfield goes at the
request of Captain lexis. Their en-
gagement has existed since the war
| with Spain. Captain lexis expected
| to return to America when the
Thirty sixth was mustered out and
soon after his arrival i'll Creston the
wedding was to have been solemnized.
Miss Stanchfield is beautiful girl
| and talented.
C. Z. Stewart, United States inspec-
| tor of postoffices, has discovered a
shortage of $4,000 in the money order
department of the postoffice at Par
nell. He visited the office and in maxi
ing his inspection discovered that
about $4,000 had been taken in in the
department which had not been ac-
counted for. Mr.. Stewart began maxi
ing q search through the Office and
found. hidden away in various places
about 500 in bills, still $1,000 short.
Mr.. Stewart reported his finding to
the postmaster, who was considerably
surprised, but when shown the books
and accounts went out and raised the
required amount of money. lnspec-
tor Stewart is working on the case
and the guilty party, whoever it is,
will be prosecuted.
The grand jury at Leon has re-
turned an Indictment against DIR. j..
w. Crofford and Ira Hammond for
the murder of Maude Stone. Ham
mond's bond was fixed at S., 1000, which
he promptly gave and was released.
Crotford also gave bonds in the sum
of $4,000. Mrs. Anna Hammond,
mother of Ira Hammond, was indict-
ed on a charge of abortion in the
Stone case. She gave bond in the sum
of $1,000. A second Indictment was
returned against Crofford for per-
forming criminal operation on Miss
Martha Farnes. c. NJ. kellar, who
was indicted with Crofford in the
Farnes case, gave bond in the sum of
$1,000 and was released. These cases
will be tried in the August term of
The district court.
Frank Roesch, travelling sales
man for a Burlington liquor house,
has been found guilty at Washing
ton under the law passed by the last
general assembly of soliciting orders
for intoxicants, and was fined $50
and costs. This is the first convic-
der the new law. In this instance
the liquor was shipped from Bur-
lington, and no appeal will be taken
from the decision. The attorney for
the liquor house announces, however,
that another salesman will be sent
into the county and that his orders
will be filled from Dallas Center, ILL.,,
lnd under those circumstances he eX-
hRts to appeal a case to the, supreme
oours Sad have the law declared I'M
.oi.st!tu1NDn al on the ground that
~ IS III Restraint II interstate COM
merce.
Nine women and man cleaned out
two joints in Centerville few days
ago and were instrumental in secur-
Ing the destruction of liquors con-
tanned in one other. They were re-
pulsed at third place and made two
druggists promise they would sell no
meIe liquors. At 9 o'clock Mesdames
Wininger, Adams, Stevenson, Charles
Bryant, Elizabeth Charlton, John
Daley and Mcdaniel, all of that place,
gathered at the home of Mrs. Salter,
south of the square. Headed by John
DALEY, q prominent grocer of the city,
they left the house and proceeded to
the south part of the town, where
there had been much drunkenness
for the past week. They proceeded
to the place kept by d. johnson, en-
tered and in a short time left it in a
wreck. They smashed the bottles,
glasses, mirrors and ended by demol-
ishing the plate glass window. They
next hurried to the joint kept by
Buck Roberts and repeated the per-
Torrance, smashing everything break.
able in sight, leaving the place in a
condition much like it would appear
after cyclone struck it. Their appe-
tite whetted for more joints to con
quer, the little band of determined
women repaired to the place kept by
Blachey Kinder. Kinder saw them
coming and bolted the doors, max.
ing desperate attempt to remove
his stock by the rear door. The cru
saders saw his move and promptly
checked it by making detour. In
desperation Kinder knocked in the
heads of his kegs, broke the bottles
and allowed his enemies to enter,
They saw what he had done, and left
after warning him to desist selling
liquors. "Slippy" Holden, the keeper
of another joint, heard of what the
women had been doing and mar
shalled his friends in force. When
the band appeared "Slippy" was ready
for them. The crusaders saw that
they were outnumbered and retired
repairing to the H. & H. drug store.
and the Scandinavian drug store,
where they frightened the proprie-
tors into promising they would sell
no liquor, and then went up town.
where they were met by the police
and dispersed.
Archbishop Keane at vespers re-
Gently delivered . most scathing SER
mon again the traffic in liquor. He
denounced it as one of the greatest
evils of the age, and said that no
self-respecting man would ever en-
gage in it. He deprecated the large
number of Catholics engaged in the
business. He said: 81 have been told,
and was ashamed to hear it, that