Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-10-13

| Mrs. August Oelke returned home
Saturday from visitwith her mother.
Gus Forsbeck, of Gray, was down
Monday looking after county seat
business
| II. w. Wilson went to Avoca Tues
day to visit his sister and to attend
to business.
/ A. A. Nelson and wife were down
in Oakfield township Sunday visiting
with his people.
Will Dryden has purchased the
house just north OF the PARK barn, in
which he now lives.
4 Miss Mae Reinemund went over to
Anita Saturday and spent Sunday Wis
iting with her friends.
Fred Vermilya gothome Wednesday
from Omaha where he has been buy
ing goods for his store.
Miss Buela Fisher of Shannon City
is here this week visiting her old time
friend Mrs. Fred 81. Blume.
Chris Hansen and wife out in Gree
ley are the parents of a fine baby that
came to their home last week.
Henry Ewoldt and Mrs. Frederick
Suffer of up by Manning were down
Monday attending to business.
Mrs. Ed Frlck and Mrs. DR.. Childs
and baby got home Wednesday even
ing from their visit with relatives.
Mrs. Chas. Bamseu and Phoebe Oh
sen from up by Ross left for South
Dakota this week for a visit with
their brother.
The lumber for the new house of
Doctor Childs arrived Tuesday and
carpenters will soon be at work on
the building.
Charley Dollahide is building a
neat cottage over in West Audubon
whether it is for himself or to rent
we did not learn.
The property of Uncle Jimmie Ellis
in the north part of town that has
stood there for 80 many years is being
torn down this week.
III. B. Kenells, Talbots baker has
been nursing felon on his hand the
past week and has been laying off
from work as consequence.
o. E. Dutton and R. G. Sutherland,
Of Manning, came down Sunday in
the automobile of the former and
spent few hours visiting friends.
Henry Jacobsen has his hotel on
market street almost completed and
in the course of a couple of weeks
will have it ready for occupancy.
]. J. Lewis, who has lived down by
Brayton, has purchased house in the
north part of town and is busy this
week moving his household effects to
it.
The big loom end sale at Fred
Vermilya's was success in every
particular. He had better and bigger
sales than ever before and was much
pleased with all of the sales.
Mrs. J. G. Fisher received the sad
intelligence Wednesday that her
mother, Mrs. Shissler had died at
her home at Colfax, and she left on
the evening train for her old home.
In the confirmation by the Supreme
Court of the verdict rendered by
Judge Green about two years ago in
the case of Frank Richardson, ct al,
the last details in the most famous
case in the history of this county have
been written. The case grew out of
the inexplicable disappearance of
Frank Richardson, Sr. The incidents
connected with it have been 80 thor
oughly written previously that it is
unnecessary to go over them again.
Mr.. Richardson having been declar-
ed legally dead, w. j. Clapper of
Walcott, New York, relative, was
appointed administrator. A part of
the property of the deceased the ad-
ministrator found to be $4,000 in
notes and other securities taken in
the name Of divers relatives. An or
der of court was made that these Sc
curities be turned over to the parties
in whose names they were taken. In
the case above certain heirs sought to
have this order set aside on the
ground that the paper belonged to
the deceased, who had used the
names of these relatives to avoid pay
ing taxes. The defendants maintain.
ed that they had loaned considerable
if not all of the original sums to the
deceased, and that any amount repre-
sented in the notes above their loans
to him was intended as gift. Judge
Green, who presided, held to this
veiw, and his decision has been SUE.
tanned as quoted above. While the
discussion of the case was fresh in the
public mind reflections were made
upon the integrity of administrator
Clapper 1t was alleged that he was
showing tavoritism and imprope
motives in the discharge of his duties.
The decision of the Supreme court
completely exonerates him. Harlan
Tribune.