Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-23
WORK FOR SUPREME COURT
Number of Appeals in Murder Gases Up for
a Hearing,
ARANA SOCIETY CASE ON THE DOCKET
oummins Has Big lead I'm Delegates
So Far selected, hut None Of COun-
ties in so Called 'Reserva-
tion" Have Yet Selected.
lFrom a starf correspondentl

(FrOm a STAN correspondent
DIES MONIES, April s2.-(special )-some
OF the most important cases ever presented
to the supreme court will be submitted at
the May term of court which opens May s.
Among the cases there are four murder
cases. besides the case against the Amana
society, In which it is sought TO compel
the society to incorporate. Among the
murder cases is the case Of John Hayden
Of Decatur county. charged with the murder
Of w. f. Bracewell. They were neighbors,
and Bracewems cattle got into Hayden's
field. Bracewell rode over on a horse to
drive them out and Hayden shot him as
he sat on the horse. Hayden had served
a term In the Kansas penitentiary before
coming to Iowa Another murder case
comes from the same county and IL that
against Charles Woodland, charged with the
murder of his WIFE, supposedly to get her
life insurance. The case of Willard Buck
Of Jasper county, who is charged with
murder and pleaded insanity, will be sub
mitted. Since his conviction he has been
confined in the insane ward OF the peni-
tentiary.
Another case is that against William II.
Moore of Muscatine county, who is accused
OF having ridden a horse onto an old man
who was attempting to assist him in
capturing loose horse I'm the streets. Still
another IL the famous Blydenburg case
from Hardin county on a petition for a re-
hearing. He is accused of wife murder.
There are two murder cases from Polk
county, one the Charles Thomas case, on
the charge Of numbering Mabel Scoffield,
and the case against Neal Matthews, q
negro, who is accused of a double murder.
All seven men are under sentence of life
Imprisonment.
Among other important cases TO be sub
mitted are those against the Amana society,
a religious organization, owning several
sections OF land and a number OF villages
and millions of property in Iowa county
The society has escaped taxation OH the
ground OF being a religious society and
taxpayers have brought suit to force the
society to incorporate or disbsnd. The
society won in the lower court.
The case against Day Cunning Of Ring
gold county, charged with receiving de-
posts when his bank was insolvent, and
the case of Shaw against the city council
OF Marshalltown, involving the soldiers
preference law, on an application for re-
hearing, will also be submitted.
Cummins Leads I'm Delegates.
Conventions OF the republican party in
a NUMBER OF lHe HlOSt important CouhtieS
of the state will be held this week as
! follows;
Monday, April 25-Cerro Gordo conven-
ton, Carroll convention.
Tuesday. April A-Monona convention,
Jasper convention for district and congress
sional delegates only,
Wednesday, April 25-Dubuque convention.
Thursday, April 26-Ringgold primaries,
Howard convention, Ida caucuses, Guthrie
convention.
Butler primaries, Wright primaries, Ida
convention.
Up to Saturday night caucuses and con-
ventions ha dbeen held in twenty-four Of
the ninety-nine counties of the state, re-
sulting as follows: