Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-01
Station Agent at Hamilton Sends
Liquor Although Men Pleaded
To Keao IL


Station Agent at Hamilton Sends
Liquor Although Men Pleaded
To Keep it.
Abba, Sept. 26-Up at Hamilton,
just over the line in Marion county
there is a young lady by the name of
Miss Meeker, who is temporarily fill
Ing the position of station agent for
the Wabash. A carload of beer was
shipped to that point and q force of
men got into the car and piled the
cases Of liquid out on the ground with
the intention of dividing them among
those who had come to haul it to Lo-
villa, Hfteman. Buxton and other
places. When Miss Meeker arrived at
the station she found the men all
ready to load the beer onto their kag-
ons. She assumed control and told the
men that her orders from the COM
pany were that no beer could be re-
ceived at that point.
The men pleaded and then threaten
ed her to allow them to haul It away
but she held her ground and when Il
freight came down from the north she
had the brakemen reload the beer into
the car and then billed the whole load
back to the brewery fiom which it
had come, The young lady is temper
arily filling the position and her plnck
has caused the temperance people Of
the locality to make the request upon
the company that she be assigned to
that station as the regular agent.
The Monroe county grand
jury has been in session for solid
week and still 1t has not returned
an indictment. This is one of the bus
lest seasons the jury has ever had and
there are scores Of witnesses before
1t every day From the number OF
parties it looks as if every illegal
liquor joint was being investigated.
The jury will probably make return
on Wednesday of this week. There are
between thirty and forty criminal
cases on the docket and it was neces-
sary for Judge Eichelberger to call the
attorneys into court this morning and
make new assignment. Under the
new assignment the Ralston case is
set for next Thursday and from then
on for about three weeks the crimi-
nal matter will occupy the attention
Of the court. The trial jury report
ed this morning for duty but was
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was told to be on hand early and
prepared to stay late.
w. J.. Boden, prominent coal
operator at Coalfield and Mrs. Anna
Howell of the same place, were grant
ed a license to we'd at the county
clerks office late Saturday evening
and the following day the ceremony
was performed at Coalfield.
Ed M. Noble, at one time county
auditor of the county, but who is now
making his home in South Dakota is
here on a business mission.
Misses Cora and Sue Gray, who live
four miles north of Abba, came near
meeting with a serious accident this
morning. They had driven to the city
and the horse took fright and started
to run. AS corner was turned the
buggy collided with a delivery wagon
and the young ladies were thrown out
onto the pavement. Miss Cora suffe:-
ed severe shaking up and bad
bruises while the other escaped with
scare.
Wiley Griffin Of Ellis, Kansas, is N
the county on a visit to his mother,
north Of the city.
DR.. M. F. Riordan and W. P. Muir
ray, of Melrose, were in Abba today
looking after business matters.
In district court this afternoon n
permit to sell liquor was granted A.
E. Thomas of the Thomas Drug Co.,
at Buxton.
Harndon and Walker Reasby
Of Buxton are on trial in local JUS
tice court today charged with resisting
an officer and also with assisting g
prisoner to escape. The two men had
some trouble with Officer Andrew
filed the information. The case WIS
set for trial today and while Mr.
Blakey was coming to Abba he had an
accident when his team ran away with
him and he was thrown from the rig
and had to return to Buxton to get
another conveyance to continue his
trip to the trial. In the melee between
the officer and the two men the officer
received a punch in the eye, and has q
much discolored optic as the result.
The Ministerial association of Abba
had meeting yesterday in the Chris
tan church. They had planned to
have the meeting in the City park, but
the weather was against such pro-
5ect. The meeting was addressed by
several members and a good socia
time was had.
The raiding of booze joints has not
ceased in this county, and this time
the Foster people are breaking into
the public notice. Constable Manoel
had a warrant of search for an alleged
Joint in that town and was successful
in gathering In two barrels that were
filled with empty bottles. 1t is sale
that there has been place running al
\ Foster and the authorities intend tt
see that 1t Is closed. and as far as IL
their tower to see that the county re-
mains dry.
BLAkESBURG.