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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-01-23
HAPPENINGS IN
HAWKEYED0|M.
What Has Been Going on
During the Past
Week.
RICHARDS IS IN OLD MEXICO
II IL Now Known That He Bousht .
Ticket For ri Paso ct Omaha the Fri-
day Following the Robbery Waukes
HAS Disastrous Fire.

Des Moines, Jan. az. Sheriff Bybee
OF Marion county wants former Depu.
ty United States Marshal Richards.
Sheriff Bybee said yesterday: \ am
not looking for w. A. Richards In this
country. II we get him 1t Will be
through the state department at Wash.
ington. Richards has gone to Mexico.
He bought ticket in Omaha for 81
PasO the Friday following the rob-
berry. I think that has been pretty
thoroughly established. BY this time
he is undoubtedly well into the In
terror Of the southern republic. do
not know just where he Is, but we
propose to try to locate him..
It was said yesterday that one OF
the reasons Richards was asked to
resign his commission as q deputy mar.
shall was because q kit Of safe blowers
tools was found in his office. 1t had
been known for two years that Rich.
ards had kept company with 2 bad
gang in Des Moines and that some of
his apparently closest friends were
Pete Yoark. John West, Bill Burgoype,
a man named higgins, and others who
have records as safe blowers and term
servers. 1t was supposed he was
using them as stool pigeons" IN his
detective work, but since his disap.
pearance well Informed onlcers have
said that they were not surprised at
the Indications of his connection with
the Hamilton robbery Suspicion was
first directed to him when John West
was on trial in Story county on
charge OF attempting Jail delivery
West was known as Joplin Red" and
has served terms in Missouri and
Illinois for safe blowing. One Of his
confederates was Jailed at Nevada for
an attempted robbery. West tried to
pass him tools and nitro-glycerine to
aid him In breaking Jail. He was
caught in the act and placed on trial
Richards went to Nevada and after
testifying that he was deputy United
States marshal. testified to the good
reputation of West. That was too
much for local officers and they have
not worked with him since.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-01-23
ROBBERS SHOOT BANKERS SON.
Harry Pattee OF Perry Is Dangerously
Wounded.

Perry, Jan. 18.--After being threat
ened all day by an angry but disorgan.
lied mob Stephen Crandell. suspected,
but not formally accused Of shooting
Harry Pattee at o'clock yesterday
morning, was gotten safely aboard the
z o'clock train by Sheriff ]. N. Haynes,
City Marshal L. NJ Resser and three
deputies last night and taken to the
county Jail at Abel for safe keeping.
and to serve out an unexpired SEN
tence for stealing. A mob Of 500 men
and boys were. at the train at about
the same. time as the officers and their
prisoner. and Crandell's life was free.
ly threatened. There were ropes in
the crowd and the desire for q lynch.
ing was general but there was no
leader. Yesterday afternoon 1t was
necessary to surround the city jail
with members of the local National
guard company, who with fixed bay
Onets held the crowd at bay.
Never in the history of the city has
there been SO much excitement. 1t Is
estimated that 5000 people were On
the streets in the vicinity of the Pattee
home, when the Huffmier hounds from
Knoxville arrived and picked up the
trsf1, which led them to the residence
OF Crandell. The hounds not only fol.
lowed the trail twice to Crandell's
house. but later they followed trail
from the house to the city Jail. Gran.
dell went to the Jail yesterday morn.
ing and surrendered himself. having
been out of the county jail on parole
in order to be at home during the con
hnemeut of his wife.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-01-23
AFTER RICHARDS.
Representatives of Bond Company
Report to His Sureties.

Des Moines, Jan. 21.-Witmer &
Kaufman, local agents for the
t5nt III Fidelity aid Guaranty
pany Of Baltimore, Md. the company
which is surety for w. A. Richards,
the alleged Hamilton robber who dis.
appeared two weeks ago, are under.
stood to have detectives on the track
of the runaway marshal. The Bal.
timore company is surety for Rich.
ards as administrator Of the Graves
estate. Unless he returns the com.
pany is liable to the full amount Of
the loss.
Acting at the direction of Judge
Given of the criminal and probate
court, Wilmer & Kaufman wrote to
the bond company asking, advice as
to the best course to pursue. An an.
swer to the communication Is expect
ed by the local representatives tomor.
row morning.
'"There is no doubt but that detec-
tives in the employ of the company
were placed en- the track of Richards,
for as soon as it became suspected
Richards was connected with the
Hamilton affair there was reason to
believe he Lad defaulted in the Graves
matter" said local agent this morn.
ing. "There is also the best of rea
sons for believing they will catch
their man. A company such as the
one surety for Richards has well
organized force of shrewd detectives
who seldom ever let their man es.
CAPE" fa \
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-01-23
PERJURY WAS sERlouA
Cleared o. Murder But Got Hard Sen
M tsneA for lying.

CLEARED o. Murder But Got Hard Sen
tones Tor Lying.
X Des Moines. Jan. 23.---Zenas w
..yohn OF West Liberty. rho was In
dicted. tried and acquitted on the
charge OF murder, must serve Ten
years for perjury, because he went
on the witness stand In his own be
half and lied about his own case that
he might be freed of the graver
charge. John was In Parton Wright's
lunch room at West Liberty. October
4, 1899, when fight occurred be.
tween Ross Wiley and Walter "
Boot, and It was alleged that John
shot Boot: but on Johns trial he was
acquitted. He went on the stand and
testified he was not there at all.
Others, however, said he was present
and Oh this conflict Of evidence John
was convicted Of perjury and sentenc'
ed by Judge Bollinger to ten years In
prison. The appea' was largely tech.
nical. The strongest point was that
the court, instead of completing the
jury from the list of talismen, called
q special venire. The supreme court
says this proceeding is allowable. 1t
was also objected that there was am.
biguity as to dates In the indictment,
but the supreme court says that the
conflicting and misleading date men.
toned in the indictment was mere
surplusage and might be eliminated
without harm. Complaint was also
made that matters mentioned In the
indictment were not material to the
case, but this was without merit. The
court admits that the county attorney
In presenting the case went almost to
the verge of propriety, but committed
no prejudicial error. The ten year
sentence therefore stands.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-01-23
DIES MONIES AHEAD.
Largest Business Training School In
West Located at Des Moines.

= r. 3 e : s .
West Located at Des Moines.
The Capital City Commercial Col
lege Of Des Moines has made a re.
markable record. It is probably not
known to all our readers that the
greatest commercial college of the
West is located in the capital city
To those unacquainted with the facts
1t would be a revelation to visit this
large institution, which now occupies
three entire floors of the magnificent
". M G. "A. building. President Nc
Cauley informed the writer that near.
8ly 500 students have been enrolled in
the day and evening school since Sep
TENDER /, 1902, upwards of 700 being
enrolled in the day school. The at.
tendance at the day school is now
about 300. 1t is an interesting scene
to witness SO large a number of bright,
energetic young men and women
busily engaged in the various depart.
ments OF the work Of this popular
school.
The Capital City Commercial Col.
lege is an institution Of which Des
Moines people are justly proud.
Young people contemplating entering
business life will do well to acquaint
themselves with the work Of the 4C's,
and get catalogua@
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-01-23
CLOSE LEE COUNTY SALOONS.
Frank N. 6aIlinger Brings injunction
Suits Against All.

f5-s OUTS A9dtU0t NiIs 49, fss.s8g
Keokuk, Jan. 22.-To close every
saloon in Lee county Is the plan adopt.
ed by Frank Bailinger. one of this
city's attorneys. Yesterday the first
OF his injunction suits came up in the
superior court and was heard by
Judge Parsons.
Bal1inger has filed seven Injunction
suits so far against prominent saloon.
keepers in keokuk, and has stated
that he will file similar suits against
every saloon in Lee county. There
are fifty saloons in Keokuk and an
equal number at Fort Madison and the
other cities in the county, making
about 100 in all. ...
Ballinger's motive Is said to be one
Of revenge on the newly appointed De-
putty County Attorney, who recently
had the grand jury indict him for EN-.
bezzlement, charge which the for
mer county attorney would not take,
up. Ballinger was found not guilty
the court throwing out the case, as
there was nothing in IT. 49, b..
Ballinger has reputation as Grim
inal lawyer. His Start was a peculiar
one. Several years ago John Graham.
one ,of the slrewdest gold brick men
i'm the country, was arrested here for
attempting to swindle Missouri
banker. Graham was in the police
station and asked for lawyer. Bal
linger, then recently admitted to the
bar, happened to DE passing by the
station, and an officer called MIN IN. 4
The Graham case decided his fu.
ture. Ballinger defended the prisoner
and thereby won reputation.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-01-23
MUST SERVE Is YEARS.
Supreme Court Renders Decision in
Mckniunt Case.

. . .
Des Moines, Jan. 22.-Ben Nc.
knight, the Woodbury. county wife
murderer, will have to serve twenty.
five years in the state penitentiary
unless the pardoning power Of the
state is invoked in his behalf which
is unlikely. The supreme court con-
sidered his case today and an opinion
has been handed down affirming the
judgment in Judge DeWey's court.
where Mcknight was tried
The crime of which Mcknight was
accused was of most revolving ma.
ture. He was said to have persistent
ly beaten his wife until he finally in
flicted injuries from which she died
The evidence against him was furn
ished largely by his wife short time
before her death. She told the ply
sicians and attendants who attended
her bedside the details of the assaults
and these as dying declarations were
admitted in evidence.
In the appeal the defense made a
strenuous but Intellectual effort to
have these dying declarations stricken
from the record. The court held that
the testimony was competent under
the rule laid down in the Phillips and
Brooks case and that there was no
doubt that at the time the woman
made the statements she believed her.
self to be in the presence of death.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-01-23
HoRsieLE raAaepy Ar GARLAND
Aged Mrs. John Hapns Kills husband
aaS.s u 4. Thsn comvnlts suicide.

Aged Mrs. John HaDns Kills Husband
Then commlts suicide.
Oakland, Jan. 30.Three and one.
half miles east Of here some time Sun.
day night was enacted one Of the most
horrible tragedies that has ever gone
on record In southwestern Iowa. Mr.
and Mrs. John Hanna lived ct the
home OF their son Charles, one Of the
prosperous and most highly respected
farmers Of eastern Pottawattamie.
The elder Hanna, who was % years
old, had for some years been suffering
with cystitis and required almost con.
slant care. Recently he had been
failing and his wife, worried greatly
over his anticipated death.
Sunday night they retired to their
room as usual and nothing was heard
from them till the next morning, when
the son went to the room to call them
to breakfast. He found both parents
dead with their threats cut. The
father was lying on the bed covered
as he had evidently been when he
went to sleep. On the left side Of the
head and near the temple were three
wounds that had evidently been made
ny q uhWIuer tndL Was AOuAu AA SAo
room, and his throat was cut almost
from ear to ear. His position indi.
Gated that he had died without
struggle.
On the floor near the bed the mother
was found and her throat was also
cut almost in the same manner as was
her husbands. There were, however,
numerous stabs In the throat, but none
of them would nave been fatal. Near
her on the floor was found large
butcher knife covered with blood and q
pocket knife, with which it is sup.
posed she made the stabs in her throat.
An investigation Of the effects Of the
room revealed a note that the wife
had left, stating that she had discover
ed that she and her husband were In
the road. and that she intended killing
him and then taking her own life.
Friends OF the family who are CONVEX
SAINT with the case allege that there is
no doubt that Mrs. Hanna's mind was
deranged She was rs years old.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-01-23
TAKEN BACK TO ANAMosA.
Phillips and Brooks to Go Back For
Iona Term,

Storm Lake, Jan. 21.-Lewis Brooks
and Albert G. Phillips were sentenc-
ed by Judge A. ID. Battle to the peni.
tertiary at Anamosa at hard labor
for the remainder of their natural
lives. The sentence was in accord.
ance with the verdict returned by the
jury last Thursday morning. Brooks
and Phillips are the Greenville bank
robbers who, when an attempt was
made to arrest them at Albert City,
shot and killed John Sunblad. mer.
chant of the town, and Marshal Lo-
dine. They were tried year ago
last December, convicted Of murder in
the first degree and were sentenced
to be hung on December 18, 1902. The
case was appealed to the supreme
court, where a new trial was ordered,
resulting in a first degree verdict with
the penalty life Imprisonment instead
of death.
Sheriff Parker left for Anamosa yes
terday with his prisoners, the men
having been returned to Buena Vista
county for the second trial.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-01-23
LAW FINALLY CAUGHT HIM.
Missouri River 6ootiegger Claimed
He Was in Neither State.

Onawa, Jan. 21.-William MARI,
bootlegger who was found guilty of
selling liquor, was sentenced by Judge
Wakefield to pay a fine OF 5000,
SIS attorney fee and costs.
Butch" Mari, as he is generally
called, has been running a floating sa.
loon on barge in the Missouri river,
near Lake Quinnabove, at Holman's
Island, and seemed to believe that he
was outside the jurisdiction of either
Iowa or Nebraska, as the land was
cut off some years ago when the Mis-.
souri, cut across the big bend" and
landed two or three thousand acres
of valuable Monona county soil into
Nebraska. T%M U.s.
Mari put up strong defense and
his attorney, Judge ellis Of Tekamah,
Neb., tried hard to show that the pro.
hibitory law Of Iowa could not be
made to work in Nebraska. The jury
wrestled with the problem all night,
but finally found MARI guilty. Z.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-01-23
ATTACK ON SAN
CARLOS Renewed.
Gunboat Panther Closes in
and Resumes the Battle
at Short Range.
FORT MAKES a HOT REPLY
'Enga cement Proceeds Fiercely Twelve
yenexuelans Dead ut End of First Day
Z WashiDgto ton Views tho New Turn Of AZ
fairs With Great Concern.

Maracaibo, Jan. 23.-The lombard
ment Of Fort San Carlos by the Ger.
man cruisers Vineta, Panther and
Faulke was continued wednesday
afternoon until y o'clock.
Il was resumed yesterday morning
At daybmak. The first shells were
hurled at the fort at 4 o'clock at long
range.
ATS o'clock the Panther, being o.
light draught, closed in and again be.
came actively engaged.
The fort replied. At O'Clock the
engagement was proceeding as fierce
ly as Wednesday.
wounded Venezuelan soldiers were
counted in the fort at Z O'Clock last
night by the correspondent OF the AS
ISOLATED Press.
Maracaibo, Jan. 23.-The CORE.
spondent left the fort for the main
land at 8 o'clock yesterday morning.
The Panther left her position close
into Fort San Carlos. which she took
up earlier in the day Wednesday az
ternoon at O'Clock and Joined the
Falhe. This ship was half q mile out
side the bar and about five miles from
the fort.
At 3 o'clock the correspondent OF
the Associated Press in roWb0at ap-
preached one side Of the fort, out OF
long range fire of the German cruls.
srs, which was continued from until
6 o'clock. The Vineta and the Rake
were close together and nearer the
fort than the Panther.
The first two vessels at q range OF
four and q half miles poured In con.
tinuous rain of shell upon the fort and
only stopped firing with the advent OF
dusk at o'clock. At this hour the
German vessels retired seaward after
having made q second inehectual at
tempt to land troops in the village OF
San Carlos, situated at the base OF
the fort.
At 7 o'clock Wednesday evening the
who was accompanied
by a government telegrapher bearing
a telegram from President Castro to
the commandant Of San Carlos, landed
on the island and entered the fort
The walls of the fort are terribly bat.
tered, and there were many evidences
Of the fierce engagement.
Twelve dead Venezuelan soldiers
we're counted behind the ramparts
ana fifteen other men, seriously
wounded, were lying on a low plat.
form. The fort is literally covered
with pieces of broken shells. It was
seen that great many of the German
shells had not exploded. The maya.
zine had very narrow escape, two
shells having come near penetrating
1t. The walls of the fort which face
towards the entrance of the lake suf-
fered particularly and were greatly
damaged. It is estimated by the com.
mandant, General Befiu, THAT the
German ships fred more than 1000
shells at Fort San Carlos.
Although the damage inflicted upon
The fort by the sustained fire of the
German cruisers is very great, 1t ia
not all that could be expected from
such continuous fire from modern
high power guns.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-01-23
BLACK HILLS GOLD STRIKE,
Report Of Iowa company's Rich Find
is Corroborated.

Des Moines. Jan. 23.--The rich
strike Of gold recently reported as
having been made by the Gladiator
Mining Company Of Des Moines, has
been corroborated by several inter.
ested parties who have visited the
mines and invested heavily in Glad.
iator stock at SO cents per share.
The company is arranging to take
q car load OF stockholders and inves,
tors to their mines In the Black Hills
for the purpose Of investigating and
arranging for the completion OF treat.
mont plantgl u
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-01-23
PHILIPPINE TARlFF ACCEPTED.
Senate, However, Adds Several
Amendments.

Washington, Jan. 23.-The senate
committee on the Philippines has au.
:horized favorable report on the
Philippine tariff bill which recently
passed the house, but with important
amendments. The house bill carried
I uniform reduction of the tariff on
Philippine goods imported into the
United States making the rate only
rs per cent of the rates imposed by
The Dlngley law. The senate commit.
zee amended the bill so as to provide
:or the admission Of all Philippine
produced articles free of duty except
sugar and tobacco and on these two
commodities fixed the tariff at 80 per
cent Of the Dingley schedules. This
,hange was made to meet the sugges.
ions Of the sugar and tobacco produc-
srs Of this country who have claimed
hat q duty rate of only Is per cent
IN those articles would result in in1u.
-iouS competition. t.s 4 II
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-01-23
INVESTIGATE BRIRERY CHARGES

Washington, Jan. 23.-1mmediately
after the house convened yesterday
he members of the committee on ma
val affairs, who have been Investigate
ing the Lessler bribery charges, filed
into the house and Mr.. Foss Of ILL
lois, chairman of the committee. was
recognized to offer a resolution to or
der full investigation Of the charges.
The resolution was as follows:
Whereas, AS information has come
20 the committee on naval affairs
through a member of said committee
0: an attempt to corruptly influence
his action respecting proposed legis-
!ation pending before said committee
and the house:
Resolved, That the committee on
naval affairs or such substitute COM
nittee thereof as said committee may
appoint, be and it is hereby author.
led and directed to fully investigate
said matter, and for such purpose it
is hereby authorized and empowered
20 send for persons and papers, to
compel the attendance of witnesses
and to administer oaths; said com.
nittee shall have authority to report
at any time, and the expense incur
red hereunder shall be paid out Of
The contingent fund of the house on
vouchers approved by the chairman"
Mr.. Foss explained that the action
Of the committee was unanimous, and
demanded the previous question.
Mr.. Richardson of Tennessee inter-
posed to suggest that the charges
we're vague and indefinite. No names
we're given, and he said it seemed to
MIN that something more definite
should be vouchsafed the house. Still,
ae said, he would not insist il the
committee were satisfied.
MN lnnlAE. nlEE IA NAeRrEA
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-01-23
state sheriffs win Lose.

Sioux City, Jan. 21.-shariff Jack.
son, to whom w. A. Richards. the
ex-deputy United States marshal, who
recently disappeared in connection
with the Hamilton robbery, was to
have reported on the Carnes investi
CATION. has figured up the net loss
accruing to the Iowa State Sheriffs'
association by reason of Richards
employment. Sheriff jackson says
the association i already out over
5000. !. "a u u
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-01-23
Franchise Tax Is Declared VOID.

Albany, N. Y. Jan. 21.-The appel.
ate division Of the supreme court,
jj:hird department, handed down I de.
.ision declaring the special franchise
AK law unconstitutional. The main
joint upon which the law is declared
unconstitutional IL that It violates
he home rule Of the constitution in
giving the state tax commission
light to assess local franchises, tax.
sng that power from the local tax
boards. The case will be carried 81
he state to the court Of appeals. A
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-01-23
BURGLARS ROB DEPOT.

Oakville, Jan. 21.The Iowa Cen.
trail railroad station was broken open
and robbed of all It's yaluables. the
burglars also despoiling the home Of
George H. Sewers. They secured
3735 In cash and escaped.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-01-23
conf1scated . Coal Train.

Pocahontas, Jan. When train
arrived with one car Of coal for Poca.
'hontas and several other cars for.
points up the line, citizens who had
been without coal for weeks, attacked
the train and conhscated several humid.
red tons. The train crew saved
several cars by detaching them and
running down to the next town, com.
Ing back after the caboose and re.
mainder OF the train. The coal was
dumped on the ground and In, wagons,
parties securing from one hundred to
fifteen hundred pounds each. Two.
hundred people watched the cbnnsca.
ton. Is sssS