Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-22
SOUGHT EVIDENCE
OF BOOTLECCINC
CHARLTON MAN ARRESTED AT
ALBA SAID TO BE SPY FOR
LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE

i
ALBA SAID TO BE. SPY FOR
LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE
A L TOR N E Y In G "A Sc
Dee Pettyjohn When Taken Into Gus
tody Shows Letter Authorizing Him
to Secure Evidence Of Illegal Liquor
sellins-other Abba News.
Abba, Aug. 16.-Dee Pettyjohn OF
| Charlton is confined in the county Jail
in this city and awaiting trial this aft.
! ernoon on the serious charge Of at
| tempting to enter mans house in the
night time The circumstances are
most peculiar. George Carmean had
been in Ottumwa and when he return
ed home at o'clock in the morning
he found Pettyjohr lurking around this
side of his house and peering into the
| windows. He asked the m1n what he
was doing and was met with the re-
spouse that he was looking for fell
low Carmean notified the police and
\
him just about daylight at the depot
He was taken to jail and brought be-
fore the Justice Of the peace the fol-
lowing day he denied that he had any
intentions Of going into the house and
displayed letter from John B. Ham
mond Of Des Moines, superintendent
Of the Law and Order league of the
state, in which he was told to see a
local attorney named Price for any
division of fees that could be procured
in bringing injunction cases against
the illegal dispensers of liquor in the
county. Pettijohn told the officers
that he had been working. for both
Price and Hammond and his work was
to locate and tell on the places and
the attorneys would divide the fees
with him. Mr. Price made an effort to
get the letter from the officials but
failed and it will be brought out in tn.
courts. Mr.. Price has been the at
torney for the anti-saloon league In
all their work In connection with Mr..
Hammond Is causing the temperance
people to be active in getting at the
facts of the case.
!, CompIett Interurban Grading.
,, I. A force Of a dozen teams and twice
as many men arrived in the city yes
terday afternoon to complete the work
!, Of the grading for the Abba Interurban
city limits and in few days 1t Is hoped
they will be as far as the square that
; the track layers may get busy. The
bad weather put a danper on the
work for time but within the last
week great progress has been made.
Avery Young People Welded.
Arch WAR; and Miss Ella Faye
, Moore, both Of Avery, came to the city
last evening and after securing mar
, riage license they went to the home
Of Rev Schreiner on East Washington
! street, where the knot was tied. The
, couple are among the most popular in
the east part of the county. Mr.. War;
is bookkeeper for the Smoky Hollow
Coal Co. The bride has been reared at
n Avery and her life has been spent
1 among the most pleasant surround
: ings. That this condition may con-
n tinue is the wish Of the friends.
= New Abba Amusement.
3 moving picture show is the latest
= to the anusements of the city. j. E
4 Benton of Belle Plain was in the city
q this morning and leased the Griffin
room on the northeast corner of the
: square for period Of one year. He
also has q similar attraction at Belle
" Plain. Mr. Benton will move his fam
q lily to Abba and become permanent
= resident Of this city.
s Chautauqua Closes.
: The Abba Chautauqua association
d closed it's third annual assembly
i last evening At the former efforts the
ID assembly has come out "in the hole,
but this year they will just about pla,
a even. Had it not have been a sue.
d cess this year there would have beer
d no further efforts to have an ASSEMBLY
3 next year. The stockholders and PEG
sr pie in general, have taken an interes
1t in the matter and already they have
er1 commenced to make plans for mex
years entertainment and it will be >,
ID a wider scale than even this year. 4
meeting of the stockholders will bt
ID held and new officers elected at som
is future date. At the meeting yesterda!
T. S. Patton and Hon. Fred TOWNSEND
m were elected as stockholders to fill va
t. cancies of those who have moved
away. Fifteen more people also signi
D fed their intention of becoming stock
rs holders and that increases the mum
Der to 325.
he James McCracken and William Bair
p two of the good farmers from the cas-
end of the county, departed yester
day afternoon on trip of three week
In Colorado. They will visit at For
OF Morgan for portion of the time wit
lie Monroe county people who have 10
ne Gated in that section.
Ia E. c. VerVerr of the Strasburger I
y verVeer dry goods store departed las
10 evening for Chicago. AT that place h
e will be Joined by his partner, 10
ey Strasburger, who has been in the eas
ne for several weeks and they will tax
sc in the markets together.
N; Jep Powell of Moravia is In the cit
a. ~ for few days visit with his brothe
~ DIR. C. B. Powell.
TO George NJ Watts and family, VIII
have been at the Kelsey home on Eas
cd Benton street, left yesterday for Char
nj iton to visit for week before goin
n to their home at Dubuque.
NJ, Halifax, N. s.. Aug. 2o.-The biel
til NAL meeting of the Royal Clan of tn
n Order of Scottish Clans began in TIL
at city today with about 100 delegates /
attendance from different parts of til
is ITni+ed States and Canada Governf