Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-06-15

the Des Moines river at Humboldt.
The body is still in the waters and
Will probably not be recovered until
1t rises of its own accord. Greagor
was fishing above the dam just north
OF Humboldt when the boat got into
strong current too near the dam and
was carried over
The dreaded disease, cerebro spinal
meningitis, has made its appearance
in Muscatine Glen Athouse of New
ell avenue is confined to the Hershey
Memorial hospital suffering with a
severe case. The patient Is holding
his own and has a fair chance of re-
covery. This is the first case of
spotted fever in Muscatine The
health department is taking every
precaution to prevent the spread of
the disease.
Charles NJ Moore, a 15-year old
Clinton boy, was sent to the State
Industrial school at Eldora on an or
der issued by Police Judge Fink, the
charges against the boy having been
larceny and incorrigibility The boy
stole wheel in Clinton and rode out
| ihto INV SouHllJ q lew IullSo, WHCIS
he threw his mount into Mill creek
and started along the road on foot.
Overtaking two young lady school
ma ANS on the road, he ran between
them from behind and seized their
pocketbooks, despoiling them of their
contents, little change and some
small trinkets, and then burning
them. Upon his return to the city
he was arrested and tried by the po-
lice Judge. The boy confessed his
guilt, and the judge decided to send
him to the state institution.
Oscar Yeager, a minute man in the
stantly killed by coming in contact
with a live WIRE and Walter Tucker
was so badly burned that his wounds
may result in death. The cause of
the two awful accidents was a fire in
residence started by the live cleo
| trio wire which later caused the
| death of Yeager. Tucker, who lived
near to the burning residence, ran
| to the aid of the fireman and uncon-
Sciously stumbled over the wire. The
shock he received caused him to cry
out in pain. His cries were heard by
Yeager, who was acting as a minute
man for the fire department, and run
ing to the rescue, he too. fell against
| the same wire He was instantly
| killed. Tucker was soon rescued, but
not until he had been burned so
badly that his wounds may prove fatal
at any time. One arm has been am
putated, and the other member is so
| badly burned that amputation may
also be necessary.
Mrs. w. J. Shrock, wife of a promi-
nent farmer living near Waterloo,
was burned to death in a mysterious
manner few days ago. Her husband,
who is large owner, returned from
| Waterloo to find the coal house, To-
| Gated near the house, mass or
charred ruins, and in the center of
the burning heap he discovered the
! head and portion of the lower limbs
of his wife, the trunk having been
wholly consumed by the fire. No ex-
| PLANTATION of the tragedy can be given.
! Mrs Shrock was left at home in
good health and spirits. Two theo-
! ries are advanced by the family. She
| may have been the victim of an &C.
! cident, and it is also thought that
! she may have been outraged by
tramps, who took this means of COW
erlng the crime. Mrs. Shrock was
born within one mile of the home
where the tragedy occurred. She has
two sisters who are missionaries in
India. She was 33 years of age, and
a daughter of a prominent family.
! nr'c i,rr,y IN
| fathom the mystery, and rendered a
verdict accordingly.
The Loser-Moore case was submit
| ted to the supreme court a few days
ago on arguments made for Loser and
Moore by B. |. Salinger of Carroll,
and for the state by Lawrence De
Graft Leon Moser and Ed Moore
were sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary for conspiracy. Their
conviction was secured in Pottawat-
| tamie county. They were charged
with having gotten up, a conspiracy
at Council Bluffs, but the actual fraud
alleged to have been perpetrated was
| carried out in Missouri. The case in
volved the foot-racing practices in
| southern and western Iowa and in
| Missouri. Loser and Moore were al
| legged to have laid plans to fleece the
unwary and uniformed Iowans out
of their hard-earned wealth by bets
on fot races fixed according to the
way in which the betting went. and
carried, out near Joplin, Mo. Charles
| Gregory claims to have lost $4,000 on
the race Salinger argued for the
men that they could not be legally
convicted in Iowa of the charge
which was made, for the reason that
even il they conspired in Council
Bluffs to fleece anybody, as matter
of fact they did not conspire to COM
nit a felony in Iowa, nor did they
commit felony in Iowa in this case,
the felony having been committed in
Missouri, if any was committed at all.
This is the difficult proposition in the
case, and the state is thought to en-
terrain some doubt about the outcome
A reversal would be a surprise to
either side.
Work hard. play hard. but let ii ts
fair play and honest work.
e. ]. Dawson, a travelling man for
the B. W. Sinclair tea and coffee
house of Marshalltown, was beset by
highwaymen and robbed Of $3.50. He
had returned on midnigh. train and
was walking along Church street,
near the old Sieg theater, when one
of the robbers grabbed him by the
throat and threw him down while the
other went through his pockets. Not
word was spoken by the robbers.
The money was the proceeds of col