Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

| rested and held to the federal grand
jury for sending an obscene postal
through the mails, was discharged at
the session Of the grand jury in
Cedar Rapids. He appeared with an
Iowa City attorney, and was asked
what he meant by line he had writ
ten across the bottom OF the card.
Mr. Adams did not know what they
were driving at, but told what the
line referred to. The grand jury at
once found mo bill" 1t developed
that idiomatic English was at the
bottom of the trouble, and a meaning
was put into the words which was
not intended.
| ID. M. Fulton OF Hepburn, who is
also one Of the towns most promi-
nent business men, was indicted by
the federal grand jury in session in
| Creston on charges of intercepting
the mail. Postmaster Fulton pleaded
| guilty, paid fine of 5000 and was
| dismissed from the office. 1t was
disclosed that Fulton intercepted
| checks given by him to wholesale
houses as they were being returned
to the bank upon which they were
| drawn for collection. Two secret
service men were placed on the mat
ter, upon whose report the charge
was filed. John Henderson has been
appointed postmaster 10 succeed Mr..
| Fulton.
The case Of little Clarence Jones"
| the boy who was abandoned at Bur-
| lington by a man and a woman four
weeks ago, is one of the strangest
| that has ever come to the attention
| of the people In that community. The
| little fellow, who Is years old, bears
striking resemblance to the missing
| Marvin boy, who was kidnapped from
| his home in Dover, Del, a month or
more ago. When pictures of the
missing boy were received in the
newspapers and by mail, people at
once noted the remarkable resem-
blance to the Jones boy, and the par
| ents of the Delaware boy were mott
| fled. A careful examination of Clar-
ence Jones, however, has failed to
reveal certain physical markings
which characterized the Marvin boy
and the fact that Clarence has been
in the keeping of Mrs. Harmer, at
whose house he was left for nearly
eight weeks, is positive evidence that
he is not the Marvin boy, who was
kidnapped March 6.
What is believed at Perry to be
certain evidence that the Folks will
extend their Perry line to Jefferson
this summer developed during the
| past week. 1t is said the route has
been surveyed and that right of way
In II iC
that the route will be via Angus and
thence an air line direct to Jefferson.
President Polk and Engineer Cum
mings of the interurban are said to
have gone over the route last fall
with a representative of N. w. Harris,
the Chicago bonding firm which has
furnished a large amount of the
money for the Polk projects. Messrs.
Polk and Cummings are also said to
have gone over the route again few
weeks ago. In consequence of the
activity in this direction, many ru-
mors have been afloat at Perry the
last few days. One is to the effect
that the work is for Perry-Sioux City
line via Jefferson, Lake City and Ida
Grove.
AS horse trader, Joseph Smith of
Sioux City seems to have a system
which makes that of David Harum
look like child's play. Smith guar
antees" all his horses, he said on the
witness stand in Judge Naglestads
court, and gave most remarkable
explanation of what he meant there
| BY. The attorney for Sam Dimsdale,
who secured Smiths arrest for trad
ing him bum" horse, said to Smith,
What did you mean when you told
Dimsdale you would guarantee the
horse you sold him?" Smith replied,
We'll, that is hard to say. l always
guarantee horse, but I do not say
what l guarantee it for. Sometimes
| mean that l guarantee it to be
lame, possibly l guarantee it to be
balky; in this case l guaranteed the
horse to be all that Dimsdale might
be able to get for him. The horse
died the day after the trade. Dims-
dale charged Smith with larceny, and
the justice held him to the grand
jury. Smith is now rejecting that
his verbal quibble was not so clever
| after all.
Jerry O'Leary, former roadmaster
of the south division of the Great
| Western, who was indicted in Warren
county for fraud in come ction with
the general padded pay roll swindle,
and who gave bonds for his appear
ance in court next September. left
the employ of the road about month
ago, some think in anticipation of de-
velopments which have just been
brought to light. 1t is claimed by
friends that O'Leary left the employ
OF the Great Western to accept a
much better and more lucrative po-
sition with another road, and that he
did not know of the impe nding in
vestigation in Warren county. The
indictment against the former road
master is said to be the direct result
of testimony given by ]. B. Hollen.
hors, former roadmaster with Offices
at Marshalltown, who was accused Of
similar charges last November.
OIeary's name is only one Of many
that have been mentioned in connec-
ton with the frauds, which are said
to have covered a period of twenty
three years. Ex-Roadmaster Hollen-
hors was arrested on information
furnished by w. B. Seibert, who was
agent of the Great Western at Water
loo for five years, and who at the
time of his arrest was agent at Cedar
Falls. Other minor officials were ar
rested at the same time.
Iowa lost to Minnesota in the an
nual debate at Iowa City, the visitors
denying that street railways should
be privately owned. Both sides had
excellent constructive argument and
were strong in rebutal, but Mime
sofa had more mature men, AMI nut
| L.