Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-31

since at the home OF Max Mayer, one
of the leading citizens of Iowa City.
1t originated from defective fiue In
the room of Miss Florence Mayer,
VINO Is student in the university.
She Vs. awakened by the flames and
escaped from the rooD. The fire was
put out before great deal of damage
mad been done.
Arthur Simpson of Anamosa has
filed a claim for $4,000 against the
estate of the late Mr.. William b.
pearson. for many years a we'll known
dentist at Anamosa. Simpson claims
that Pearson filled tooth for him
and allowed arsenic to get on the gum
which finally caused necrosis of the
jaw bone. DR.. Pearson died about
three months ago.
Neis Lackey of Latimer, has filed
suit in the district court against ]. P.
Relliian, the Latimer druggist, for
$4,000 damages for assault on his per
son while attending dance at Alex.
ander, one night last December.
Lackey was badly cut and bruised,
and had his nose nearly chswed on,
and claims Rellihan is the party that
did the pounding and chewing.
George Wieder, one of the most
was found dead in his buggy when he
Grove into his farmyard few nights
ago. The horse trotted driverless to
the house and Mr.. Wieder's condition
was discovered by the family. Heart
disease is supposed to have been the
cause of death. He was 4S years OF
age and leaves a wife and three chill
dren.
w. B. Letchleam of Cleghorn was
crushed to death in wreck on the
Illinois Central at Arlington. Six cars
went into the ditch. Several were in
iured The accident happened direct
ly in front of the depot. A brake beam
on one of the emigrant cars dropped
and caught in the switch, which de-
rallied the cars and smashed them upA-
badly. On one of the cars were w. B.
Letchleam of Cleghorn, and his part
ner. Both jumped, but Mr.. Letchleam
was caught by the wreckage and in
stantly killed. His partner and the
stock In the car escaped injury. The
dead man was bound to Wisconsin
with his household goods and stock,
where he expected to make his future
home.
Immediately following the verdict
returned by the jury at Creston find
ing Robert Todd McFeeley guilty Of
murder in the first degree, the counsel
for the prisoner entered a plea of in
sanity for McFeeley and asked Judge
Towner for hearing on that issue,
which was granted and the cause will
be considered soon, Feeley is charg-
ed with killing his father with a ham
mer on Nov. II, 1906. 1t is claimed
that young Feeley is a cigarette fiend.
1t is also charged that he has a vio-
lent temper and during one of his
spells few years ago SO badly beat
I younger sister that he crippled her
for life, Mrs. Feeley, the mother is
said to have mortgaged her little
home to raise funds for defending the
Toy.
Daniel Magee was arrested at Mon
ticello by Sheriff Hogan on warrant
issued by. Justice Nugent of Cedar
Rapids charging arson. The informa
ton alleges that Magee set fire to a
meat market at Prairieburg, Ia, few
days ago to get the insurance money.
The blaze destroyed the building and
most of the business houses in town.
The evidence against Magee is strong.
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G. j. Dawson, who lived over the mar
ket has made written confession
claiming that Magee tried to hire him
to set the fire. The building was in
sured by the Merchants and Bankers
Insurance company of Des Moines.
Magee's bond was fixed at $4,000,
which the defendant has not yet se-
cured.
All the saloons now operating in
Grundy county are illegal, az arding
to DR.. l. N. McCash presiden
Iowa Anti-Saloon league, as result
of the decision handed down by the
Iowa supreme court on Jan. Is, in the
case of Dye VS.. Augur. The decision
is in case which has been pending
in the supreme court for two years.
DR.. McCash outlined the history of
the case as follows Two and one
half years ago the liquor men circu-
lated a petition of consent for the
opening of saloons in that county.
The Anti-Saloon league opposed mat
petition. After the board of super
visors had approved the petition, the
Ant-Saloon league took the case be-
fore the district court ana was victor
ious in it's contentious. The liquor
men Immediately carried the action
to the supreme court, where it has
been pending in the regular course of
business until the recent decision.
c. M. Kemp, a Santa Fe Pullman
conductor, was murderously assaulted
on train west of Fort Madison. He
is in the company hospital at Fort
Madison in precarious condition,
having six serious fractures OF the
scalp. He is still unconscious and
chances for his life are SLIM The as.
sault was committed in the drawing
car. 1t is evident frightful struggle
took place, as everything in the car.
even to the windows, were spattered
with blood The man was founo
sweltering in his own blood. No one
heard or saw the affair, which is en-
chroInd od in deem myStary Tho y,n+,