Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-03
THE NEWS IN IOWA,

from Chicago that William Heather
shaw, well known and respected
farmer living three miles east of Swea
City, was found dead In his room in
, a hotel. Death was caused by escap'
ing gas. Mr.. Heathershaw left Swea
City accompanying a car Of stock. He
had lived in the vicinity about thirty
years and leaves wife and several
children.
While her mother was away from
home little Aggie Patton, years old
of Cedar Rapids, tried to rekindle the
fire with kerosene, pouring 1t from o
jug on the kindling. She spilled some
OF 1t on her dress and when she struck
match she was enveloped in flames.
A neighbor rushed In and wrapped the
child In his overcoat, but she was bad
ly burned on the body and may die.
Searching for his wife and child
who disappeared from their home at
Fort Madison, two weeks ago, Burno
Woenckhaus arrived in st. Louis a
few days ago and requested police as.
sistance. II went to Chicago four
weeks ago." explained Woenckhaus.
My wife was to join me with our
child, Fred, aged 4, a few days later.
Two letters of mine were returned to
me. When returned to FIT. Madison,
wife and child had departed for st.
Louis"
Nick Enwright committed suicide at
Sewell. A short time ago he shot a
boy at Sewell and was indicted by
the grand jury. He was released af-
ter giving bond. The bondsmen be-
came dissatisfied because Of his pecul-
lar actions and asked the sheriff to
take him to jail. When the sheriff
came Enwright complained Of being
i'll and was in bed. AS soon as the
sheriff left Enwright shot himself in
the head, which caused instant death.
The lifeless body of Joe Lawrence,
while temporarily insane from illness
week ago, was found suspended
from tree on the old l.. DeCamp
farm, few miles northeast Of the
city. He had tied his feet together
with a strap, tied his hands with a
shoe string and with rope tied to a
limb and around his neck had jumped
from the tree. The body had been
there some days but had been hidden
by the foliage.
The origin of the recent fire at Gid
den. which cost two lives, is to be
investigated by the grand jury. Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Harvey, who formerly
conducted the restaurant just north
from the depot, which so mysteriously
n
which the two Hobbs brothers lost
their lives, were brought back to the
city for a hearing concerning what
they might know of the origin Of said
fire. They waived their examination
and put up a bond of $50 each to ap.
pear before the next grand jury.
J. Ogden Armour visited Sioux City
few days ago, and inspected the Ar
mour & Co. plant, which Is beina
erected in that city. Mr.. Armour had
been in town only few minutes wher
deputy sheriff served on him notice
Of suit for $175,000 damages against
Armour & Co, which will be started In
the district court. The Rayla Market
company had contract with Armour
& Co., who agreed to furnish meats OF
various kinds at stipulated prices for
certain period. When pork went up
high, the Rayla company demanded
that Armour & Co. furnish an immense
quantity of pork at the contract price
The packing firm refused and the suit
followed There Is now on in Chicago
suit involving these facts, but the
plaintiff thinks a speedier trial can be
secured in Sioux City.
s. F. Shaw. the cashier of the Bank
of Pleasanton, which made an assign
ment recently, has been arrested and
Is held to the grand jury for alleged
responsibility for the failure of the
bank. Among other things Shaw Is
said to have borrowed $4,000 from the
bank on his individual notes without
giving any security, and Is unable tC
explain what became of the money.
The bank will pay out in full, however
as Royal Richardson, one of the stock
holders, has turned in all his prop.
erty, and John II. Smith of Mercer
county, Missouri, another stockh/ider,
will be obliged to make up any loss
not covered by Richardson's property
Smith had allowed the use of mis-
name, thinking he could not be held
in case of the bank falling. The banb
was private enterprise.
Mrs. Fielding, who was shot by her
husband, Marshall Fielding, near Bux,
ton a few days ago, is dead. Field.
ing is now in jail at Oskaloosa. being
held for murder. He protests his In.
nocence, saying that the gun was dis
charged while he was engaged in a
scuffle with his wife, who wanted the
revolver to use on another woman.
Since his arrest 1t has been developed
that Fielding has had a stormy career.
He has been repeatedly indicted for
robbery and was once indicted for
murder in the second degree. He has
served a sentence of nine months in
the Fort Madison penitentiary for
robbery, and 1t is said that he served
a sentence for a similar crime COM
mitted in Jasper county. He was in
dicted September "a, 1898, by a Ma
haska county grand jury for murder
in the second degree and found not
guilty. One Alexander Southell was
the alleged victim.
The sheriff OF Woodbury. County Is
looking for James B. Potter, a smooth
hotel swindler, who passed bad
check for SIS at the Hotel Mondamin
He went from Sioux City to Sioux
Falls, South Dakota, where he passed
a bogus check for the same amount
at the Cataract. He was accompanied
by Mrs Potter"
The supreme court OF Iowa has de-
cided that not only city street car
lines but such portions Of interurban
railway lines as occupy city streets
are not subject to the laws governing