Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08
Frank Knee of Waterloo was

WIG WAS u SutSL OI lTleuuS mere
over Sunday
Henry Popham of Alta, Iowa,
was guest in the Theodore Hatch
home last week.
Mick Nacl,tmann, of Dyersville,
was business visitor in Manchester
last Thursday
Editor W. S. Beels of the Hop
kinton Leader, was a caller at this
office Saturday.
j. R Nix, OF this place visited
relatives and friends in Dyersville
several days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vim. Clark attend
ed the funeral of Mr.. Clark $ cousin,
at Monticello yesterday.
The next visit OF DR.. Boyce, the
eye specialist, to this city, will be on
February 20, at the Clarence House.
MIR. and Mrs. F. L. Crosier Wis
tied at the home of Mrs. Crosier's
mother, in Cedar Rapids, last week.
Tuesday, February 14th, is
Valentines Day. and Kalamity has
a nice line of valentines. Call and
look them over.
Advertised letters at Manchester,
Iowa, for week ending February 6,
1905: Miss Addie Gritton, Mr.. S. II.
Howard, Mr.. Charles Harter.
Mrs Oscar Dorman and chill
dren went to Edgewood Saturday
morning where they will remain for
a short visit with Mrs. Dorman's
parents.
Since the 2lst of last Deem
Ter the days have increased one
hour and eleven minutes in length,
but the frost king has not yet given
up IA particle
VIM. Britt and son, Claud,
from jamestown, North Dakota,
spent Sunday at the home of Mr..
BIRTHS brother, j. w. Britt, of this
city. They left Monday morning
for Vinton, where they will visit Mr..
BIRTHS parents.
Willie Werh, the eight-year-old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Verb,
died at his home on the West Side,
last Friday morning. The funeral
services were held from the house
morning at 1920 o'clock,
Rev. Stice, pastor of the United
Brethren church, officiating.
For the past few days Manches-
ter people have been examining big
spot on the sun through pieces of
smoked glass, and many are the
Cub stone opinions that have been
to account for the phe-
Those who say that the
sun was probably frostbitten during
our recent spell of cold weather may
be as near correct as any of the
rest.
Editor Howard Ram of the Man
chester Press, always strong trust
and railway corporation advocate
and staunch defender of their rob-
berry methods, is commencing to
slide. In his latest issue he calls
to personal case that he
knows of where the railway rates
were extortionate. He admits that
this is not right and that there
should be some remedy within the
law. Somebody must have given
Ram a tip The day of the man
who can conscientiously defend the
trusts and railways in their robbery
Of the people is fast passing. Wat
erloo Times Tribune.
The preliminary hearing of
Charles Pratt, one of the five men
charged with being con-
nected with the Jones Mill store
burglary, was held before Justice
Pearse last Friday. After the testi-
mony for the state had been intro
duced, the defendants attorneys de-
cided not to disclose their defense
for the present, and waived further
examination, and also waived ex-
animation for the other defendants,
all of whom were held to await the
action Of the grand jury, None of
the defendants have as yet given
bail except John Verb.
The evidence given at the exami-
nation was very damaging to the de-
PENDANTS, and if half of the detectives
story, as detailed by him when on
the witness stand, is true, the de-
PENDANTS are bad lot. For several
years, until recently, crimes have
been committed in this county with
impunity. The perpetrators would
avoid arrest in nearly every in
stance, and the authorities were JUS
tifable in resorting to extreme
measures to put a stop to this con-
dition of affairs, by ferreting out
ana bringing the CRIMINALS to pun
ishments. 1.-THE detective employed
by the county has not himself VIC
lated the law in bringing about the
arrest of these defendants, and if
the evidence when given in the trial
court should warrant their convic-
ton, all good citizens will rejoice.
But every person accused Of a Grim
inal offense is presumed to be limo.
cent until he has beenlegally proven
to be guilty Of the specific otfense
charged, and in the case of these de.
PENDANTS, as in all others where 9
crime is charged, judgment should
be suspended until their explanation
Of the matter has been heard in &
court having the power to determine
their guilt or innocence. The de.
tective testified that he expended a
least fifty dollars for intoxicating
liquors during the sixteen or seven.
teen days he was engaged on thu
case, that he spent most Of his time
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