Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-12-18

THE NEWS m IOWA

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Alleging that the carelessness of the
railroad company was responsible for
an attack of pneumonia, contracted
November l6 while sitting for four
hours In cold depot at Sedan, Mrs.
! Eunice Hendon Of Moulton, has
brought suit against the c., B. & Q.
for $4,000. In her petition she says
she bought ticket from Moulton to
Centerville, and because the K. & w.
train was late was compelled to wait.
There being no fire, she asked for one.
and says she was refused and not
treated properly. .
Fire at Nora Springs destroyed the
store building and entire stock Of the
Galbreith company, the loss being
$4,000. The fire originated from the
stove in the store and was not discov.
cred until the flames had found their
way through the roof, and by that
time the blaze was so well under way
that 1t was impossible to save any
of the stock or the building. The
firemen centralized their efforts to-
ward saving the Abendroth meat
market and City bank. close by the
meat market, being not more than six
feet from the blazing building. The
loss on goods and building will be
$4,000; insured for about half that
amount.
There is no longer any doubt that
young Robson, whose body was found
in a potato patch near Extra. where
it had laid for nearly four weeks, was
murdered. The coroner's examination
of his remains disclosed the fact that
the skull was badly fractured, indi.
eating that the lad had been struck
by some heavy weapon. The sutures
of the par:etal and occipital bones
were fractured two inches or more
while at the top of the head was a
large fracture that in itself could
have caused death. It Is doubted b.
local officials, however, whether any.
thing will ever be disclosed as to the
positive identity of the murderer.
Those who are at work on the case
have their suspicious, but SO long q
time elapsed before the boys body
was found that 1t will be difficult to
get definite evidence to establish
lueSe suspicious SuAiC1Vhtly W JUSTLY
prosecution.
Rev. George Giglinger. the young
priest who is managing Bishop Cos
groves crusade against Immortality In
Davenport, gave further evidence a
few nights ago that he Is in earnest.
by filing injunction suits against six
more saloons. One of them, with a
gambling hall attachment, is run by
Louis Martins, brother Of Henry Mar
tins, Davenport's chief Of police.
Two are notorious negro resorts
where white men are regularly enticed
and robbed by female solicitors Rev.
Gislinger Is the busiest man In Daven-
port. Representatives Of the brewing
and saloon interests are seeking him
out in continual stream, and writ
ten guarantees have been given him
that many properties hitherto corrupt
ed by saloons and low resorts will be
run In strict accordance with the Iowa
laws, If he will only call off his dogs
Of war. He declares that any saloon
with wine rooms or keeping open later
than midnight. will be enjoined and
permanently closed.
A suit for $4,000 was filed in the
district court at Council Bluffs against
H. I. Forsythe. president of the Union
Transfer company, by the Union
Transfer company, that concern alleg.
ing that during the last five years Mr..
Forsythe, has oyerdrAwn his salary,
misappropriated funds, used time be-
longing to the company for outside
business, that he has used the COM
pany's telephone for private business,
and that at last he destroyed the
books of the company so that there Is
no means of the members Of the COM
pany gaining any definite idea OF his
standing. Mr.. Forsythe states that he
has not been connected with the COM
pany for six or seven years, and that
he has not been guilty Of any of the
allegations set forth. He makes a
general dental. The Union Transfer
company Is one Of the largest nipple
ment concerns doing business in
Council Bluffs, and Mr.. Forsythe is
considered one OF the leaders in the
business in the Missouri valley. The
case promises to attract wide atten.
ton, as the parties to the s,sit are
prominent and will fight to the last
ditch. O. ~
The coroner OF Worth comfy went
to Hanlontown to investigate into the
cause of the death Of George Louge,
barber, who located in Hanlontown
two months ago, moving from Ma
son City. Louge's shop was upstairs.
He had some trouble and that night
about 11:20 o'clock, as some boys
were passing by the side of his
building, he was discovered lying un.
conscious on the ground. Louge was
carried into his shop and physician
summoned. Upon examination his
skull was found to be crushed. He
was still living and fingered along I'm.
til o'clock p. IN, when he died with
out regaining consciousness. The
window above where Louge was found
was broken, but it would have been i'm
possible for him to have fallen and
left it broken as it was. The coroner's
jury, after examining the evidence,
decided that Louge was murdered.
Martin Wescott was arrested and con-
fessed that he had quarreled with
Louge. He said he struck him over
the head with q beer bottle in
drunken row and that Louge fell
through the window. Wescott was
taken to Northwood and held to the
grand jury. .-'.> s.e.ss
Z A destructive fire broke out at 3:45
a. m. in the Mack-Easton building, on
Main street at Manson, and occupied
by A. H. Restloff, jewelry, bookseller
and music instrument dealer. Rest
lon had Just received an invoice OF
holiday goods. The fire originated
from one Of the chimneys. The loss
to Restloff is $4,000, with $4,000 in.