Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
Burglars effected an entrance to tho


work of amateurs.
That j. c. Cain was drunk when
Ee fired the shots that resulted In the
death of Charles II. Morris and the
serious injury of E. C. Johnson at
Enterprise recently was brought out
in the Polk county grand jury investi-
cation, which resulted in two indict-
ments being returned against the ac-
cused man. Neal Wilson of Enter
prise told the grand jury that Cain,
was intoxicated when he followed hiJ
two victims from his home aftcr the
shooting.
Tho coroncr's jury exonerated Fred
Schica, who ran over and killed Rob-
ert Smith, Waterman who tried to
keep him off a piece Of nsw pavement
at Davenport The verdict said that
Smith "came to his death by reason
Of a fracture of the skull resulting
from fall received while attempting
to stop horse, and which was driven
bv Fred Schick on Second street, near
Scctt street, in the city of Daven
rort, Scott county, Ia, on the third
day of November 1907"
That a man is. never too old to
learn" is the belief of John Mccarthy,
aged II. student at Morningside
college. Mr.. Mccarthy became in
terested In astronomy last summer
while acting as custodian Of the col
lege during the summer school. He
happened one day to pick up an as
tronomy on Prof. F. A. Browns desk
and was surprised at some statements
N IT,, To IN M
then, and now is enrolled as a mem
Der of several classes.
A stranger entered the saloon Of
N. Oelkers at Davenport at o'clock
p. m, and held up George Davis, the
bartender, at the point of revolver,
compelling him to hand over $3.50
that was in the cash drawer AS soon
as the man left Davis started in pur-
suit and other people joined In the
chase down streets and alleys until
the man. was captured and the money
recovered. The stranger gave the
name Of w. Wright. but refused tc
say where he was from.
An epidemic of breaking and en-.
teTing business house at Burlington
eliminated in the capture of a we'll
known young man named Gray Ro-
bins in the act of crawling through
the broken door of a saloon which he
had entered. He was placed under
arrest. Some time during the pre-
vious night the Ihrer grocery store
was entered and the safe robbed of
a large sum of money. A number OF
similar cases gives rise to the belief
that an organized band of burglars Is
operating in the locality.
A silver dollar which has been
lodged in the stomach of Neill Wes-
terman, young man of Coesville, for
several days was removed at hospi-
tai in Muscatine. The operation was
the most difficult ever performed In
that part of the state. While playing
with the coin it slipped into Wester.
mans mouth and stuck in his. throat.
1t was impossible to extract it, and 1t
was driven down into the stomach,
where 1t remained. The man is in a
critical condition and his recovery is
doubtful. The coin was black when
removed
Secretary II. F. Laird OF the Coal
Dealers Association of Iowa api Ne
braska, has 6cen advised by the
interstate commerce commission that
the western railroads had decided not
to enforce the proposed charges Of
S., Sc and 81 car on all coal recon
signed. The proposed charges meant
an advance of 25 cents a ten to con
sumers. Instead the railroads have
filed with the interstate CONNIE rec
commission amended tariffs fixing
reconsigning charges at 81 and So
The Interstate commerce commission
will have hearing Nov. 16.
The case of William Bergen against
-rne-1owa Farming Tool company .pi
$4,000 for the loss of the end of Ifs
index finger was dismissed by JUG &c
Bank of the district court at F. RI
Madison. Bergen is a convict sss'
up from Adair county for seventt II
years for swindling w. B. Mart n
! late secretary of state, now a banlL p
| of Des Moines, out of several thousa Il
| dollars. The damage case came II
! before a jury, but was dismissed :5e
cause Bergen refused to divulge l,lt
! location of farm of which he clai I!
to be owner. An indictment is a 81
hanging over Bergen at Fairfield 20
|
minent politician and Indian ag, n
under President Cleveland and Nv
right of way agent for the Chica 90
Burlington & Quincy Railway CT 70
pany, out of $4,000.
Judge Ransier of Waterloo, in a &c
cent decision sustained tie motion O
the attorneys of Father Luke Don OF
of st. Peer's Catholic church. G'h
Judge dissolved the temporary injulc
ton granted four weeks ago restrain
ing Donlon from distributing am n;
the members of his parish finan ia
statement which it Is alleged .on
tanned libelous utterances against lei
tain leading members of the chu oh
The plaintiffs attorneys arguei TO
the motion to dissolve the injunc iol
on the grounds that the court exc Led
ed it's authority in granting tho re
straining order and that If the air
tiffs had been injured by the pub ish
ing of such statements as vera Is
sued by the priest they had red res
in the courts by suing for libel. Ines
suits will in all probability be sra rte,
against the priest within few lay
as the plaintiffs are very strons Il
their belief that they have Deel
grossly misrepresented by the. prizes
In his annual statement
Truant officer l.. Anderson OF siou
City, according to the reports jus
! filed with Superintendent Stevsas TO
September and October, has his hand
full sending children, within tn
school age. to school. He has invest
gated nearly 200 cases and the ez
cuses that are made by parents ar
amusing and remarkable.
JOHN Haffner. prominent farme
living near Fort Madison. recent
made an assignment for the beneh
of his creditors. Liabilities, $4,000
assets, 100000; outstanding notes an
securities, $4,000. TIE trouble wa
caused by sureties for which he |