The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-01

Murray received injuries LnaL may
prove fatal. His son, aged IA, is badly
hurt. The high wind blew a tree down
on the wagon, frightening the horses.
The 2-year-old child of Henry Ault
Of Rands was struck by freight train
on the c., M. & st. P. The family liva
near the tracks and it being about
train time the mother went in search
on the track and the train short
reach it her child had been struck
and hurled from the tracks. It died In
a short time.
The city police force Of Fort Dodge
was called out a few days ago to pro-
tect the city's interests in a contest
over foot strip of ground in the
foundation Of the new freight depot
being built by the Mason City and
Fort Dodge Railroad company for the
Great Western. The strip is vacated
portion of the street, and is claimed
by both the railroad company and the
city. Laborers of the city were busy
in shoveling dirt back into the exca,
Walton while the railroad employees
shoveled it. out again. Several ar
rests were made by the police. Both
sides finally withdrew their men, and
the matter will be settled in the
courts.
A romance extending over a period
of thirty years came to close at
Waterloo few days ago by the mar
riage of Joseph Hoephner of Hudson
and Mrs. Anna E. Hale of Sanoma
county, California. Mr.. Hoephner 10
a widower of one years standing. He
was left with family of children and
was looking for housekeeper when
the address of Mrs. Hale was given
him and he began correspondence
1t developed that she was former
sweetheart of his youth and he imme-
act as housekeeper when he found
any immediate family, her children
housekeeper was necessary for cupid
to find lodging place for, his dart
and they went to Waterloo and were
married by Justice Hildebrand.
Just a few lines, scrubbed in an in
nocent looking letter that postman
recently left at the doorstep of James
Rockwell of Sioux City, disrupted his
home and brought tribulation where
happiness once reigned. 1t was from
a former wife, who for more than
fifteen years he believed to be dead.
So certain was he of her death that he
married in Fort Madison in 1888, the
woman he has since iced as his law.
full wife. Upon receipt of the message
from the woman thought to be dead,
Rockwell and his second wife parted.
Later he filed suit for divorce from
his second wife, setting forth the
above statements and the additional
information that he and his first wife
were married in 1871 and that she left
him in 1888. Rockwell has been
respected citizen of Sioux City and
he and his second wife had many
friends. 1t is said that he will try
to get divorce from his first wife
and then remarry the second wife
1t is not believed that there will be
any prosecution for bigamy.
At Des Moines, a few evenings since,
Jesse Hammond, cigar dealer, fired
shot at DR.. E. B. Walston. The ball
passed through the front door of the
boarding house kept by Mrs. M. s..
Allen at 1041 Sixth avenue. The ball
sped past the head of DR.. Walston,
who claims he slammed the door in
Hammond's face to prevent him from
taking direct shot. The affair grew
out of Walston's attentions to Ham.
mond's divorced wife and was preci.
plated by the meeting Of Walston and
Hammond at MRS. Aliens, where
Hammond went to call upon Mrs.
hammond. Walston claims the shoot
ing by Hammond was unprovoked.
Hammond, on the contrary, insists
that Walston first drew gun on him
and that he fired in self defense.
Hammond was arrested on charge
Of assault with intent to commit MUIR
der on warrant sworn out by Wal
ston and held under bonds. Hammond
later swore out a warrant for the ar
rest of Walston, making the Same
charge.
A pathetic incident occurred in dis
trict court at Indianola few days
ago, at an adjourned session held by
Judge Gamble. A. j. Morrison had
been indicted by the grand jury of this
county for the crime Of larceny by
embezzlement, having misappropriat.
ed the funds in his hands belonging
to the estate of T. M. Henderson, de.
ceased, and on the plea of guilty and
waving time he was sentenced to ten
months imprisonment in the peniten.
tiary at Fort Madison. He will be II
years Of age in a few days and is now
quite broken in health. He was for
four years county auditor Of Iowa
county, and for some time treasurer
of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows Of
Iowa. He stated to the court that
while treasurer he used the funds in
his hands expecting to replace them
and used the money Of the Henderson
estate to replace the money taken
from the Odd Fellows, and was thus
unable to even up, The Judge in pass
ing sentence was visibly affected, and
in closing his remarks hoped that the
defendant would live to serve his
time and return to his aged wife oil
| their old home in Marengo, where they
have lived for over forty years.
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