The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-14

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John A. Freeman OF Baskerville, the
man who confessed to having killed
his wife and then set fire to her and
! the house last December, was sen.
fenced to life Imprisonment at Ana.
mosa.
| Charles Wenham of LeMars, while
operating corn shelter, caught his
left hand in the machinery and the
member was SO badly mangled that
amputation of the forearm was found
| necessary.
The 3-year-oid child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac Boyle was smothered to death
at Cincinnati. Neither of the parents
being at home, the child upset lamp
in bed room and set the bed cloth
ing on fire, with the above results.
Andrew Peterson of Atlantic, a man
nearly SO years of age, attempted sui
eide by cutting his throat. He lives
with another aged man and was in q
feeble condition. He was not discov-
cred for an hour and half. There
are little hopes of his recovery.
Montana Tom" professional and
clever safe blower, who has relieved
the safes of many merchants of their
contents in Iowa and Illinois, was
killed in the Burlington yards at
Creston few days ago. Montana
Tom" was sent to the penitentiary
from Bedford for breaking into the
railroad company's safe. He was
known to every officer along the
Burlington from Chicago to Omaha,
along which road he operated. Rail-
road yards were his home. He was
a degenerate.
Jack Robinson, son of prominent
family, has confessed that he was the
footpad who shot Fred Foster few
nights ago. The affair has caused a
sensation. About 10 o'clock at night,
as Fred Foster, barber, was going
home, he was stopped by footpad
and his money demanded. The fellow
drew revolver and as Foster opened
his coat to deliver the money he was
accidentally or Intentionally shot, the
ball hitting him near the nose. The
outASo was S-S-S0llUeE anu WenI
through into the throat. Foster was
not stunned, but ran and escaped. He
is dangerously wounded.
A collision occurred in the Burling-
ton yards at Creston, in which Rev.
Joseph Moran, pastor of st. Paul's
Episcopal church, was seriously in
1ured and three engines wrecked
Rev. Moran had been to Summit lake
to watch the ice harvest and was rid
ing on the first engine. He did not
jump in time to escape and he sus-
tanned badly fractured leg. He was
taken to Cottage hospital. Amputa-
ton may be necessary. He recently
came to Creston from Eau Claire,
Wis. The enginemen jumped in time
to escape the collision. The accident
is due to a misunderstanding of sig
nails. The second engine, in which
,Trainmaster Leonard was riding, was
badly smashed and had the men re-
manned in the cab they would have
been crushed against the boiler head
and cooked to death. Engineer Alb
~ was in charge of the second en-
Engineer McMurtray the first.
heer Anderson was running the
switch engine.
The supreme court has granted a
restraining order in the case of j. II.
Windsor VS.. Polk county, restraining
the board of supervisors from taking
any steps looking to the expenditure
of the 100000 now on hand as a re-
suit of the sale of the court house
bonds until the case is finally dis
posed of by the supreme court IN
May. This is the case brought by the
river front advocates to mandamus
the board and compel it to use the
money to refund the bonds or to re-
submit the bond proposition on the
ground that the rescission petition
was not properly disposed of. In the
district court the plaintiff was de-
feated and an appeal was taken. At
torneys for both sides of the contro-
versy say that the order granted by
the supreme court merely restraints
the board from eXpending any por-
ton of the 100000 until the court
has passed on the case. Tt does not
prevent the board from removing to
the temporary quarters provided in
the Harbach building or from tearing
OoWAl l1lC Olu COuIU mousse.
A recent dispatch from Des Moines
says: James Carss of this city, as
sisted by corps of engineers, has
begun the survey of a route from
Des Moines to Newton, for the pro-
posed interurban electric railway line
with which it is the expectation to
place Newton, ColfaX, Mitchellville
and Altoona within hourly reach of
the capital city. Mr.. Carss and A. p.
Chamberlain, the latter of whom is
the active promoter of the enter
prise, made cursory inspection of
the route recently. Mr.. Carss show
ed Mr.. Chamberlain that a feasible
route, with easy grades and a rea-
sonably direct course for the line
could be had, and being satisfied
with the inspection, Mr.. .Carss was
given orders to employ assistance and
proceed to make the survey at once.
He started out prepared to do the
work. He will continue in the field
until the route is completed and an
estimate of the cost of the line sub
mitted to Mr.. Chamberlain and the
Cleveland, Ohio, parties reported to
oe interested with him in the con-
struction of the road"
On 1lotion of the county attorney,
the indictment against Frank Pey-
ton, self-confessed murderer of John
y. Robson of this city, was auashed
st Sioux City few days ago. Pew
ION was Immediately rearrested and
turned over to Sergeant Nolty of
The st. Louis police force as a fuei-
tive from justice. Peyton was ar-
rested in st. Louis for robbery and
there confessed to the Sioux CITY