Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31

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| the room of Miss Florence Mayer
VINO Is student in the university
She was awakened by the flames ant
| escaped from the room. The fire was
had been done.
Arthur Simpson of Anamosa has
filed claim for $4,000 against the
estate of the late Mr.. William b.
pearson, for many years well known
dentist at Anamosa. Simpson claims
that Pearson filed 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 Iatimer, has filed
suit in the district court against ]. P.
Rellihan, the Latimer druggist, for
$4,000 damages for assault on his per-
son while attending a dance at Alex
ander, one night last December.
Lackey was badly cut and bruised,
and had his nose nearly chewed on,
and claims Rellihan is the party that
al the pounding and chewing.
George Wieder, one of the most
prominent farmers of Johnson county,
was found dead in his buggy when he
drove 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 As years OF
age and leaves a wife and three chr
dren.
w. B. Letchleam Of Cleghorn was
crushed to death In a wreck on the
Illinois Central at Arlington. Six cars
went into the ditch. Several were in
jured. 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 uT
badly. On one of the cars were w. b
Letchleam of Cleghorn, and his part
ner. Both jumped, but Mr.. Letchlean
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 verdic'
returned by the jury at Creston find
ing Robert Todd McFeeley guilty o
murder In the first degree, the counse
for the prisoner entered plea of In
sanity for McFeeley and asked Judge
Towner for hearing on that issue
which was granted and the cause viii
be considered soon, Feeley Is charg
ed with killing his father with a ham
mer on Nov. II, 1906. 1t is claimed
that young Fesley is 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
a 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
boy.
Daniel Magee was arrested at Mon.
ticello by Sheriff Hogan on a 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.
VII rUH. Sc1ouDMrsFannieJh
e. 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 Sc.
cured.
All the saloons now operating In
Grundy county are illegal, according
to DR.. I. N. McCash president of the
Iowa Anti-Saloon league, as a 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 that
petition. After the board of SUPER
visors had approved the petition, the
4 nt-Saloon league took the case be-
lore the district court ana vas victor.
ous in it's contentious. The liquor
men Immediately carried the action
10 the supreme court, where 1t has
been pending in the regular course OF
business until the recent decision.
c. M. Kemp, Santa Fe Pullman
conductor, was murderously assaulted
IN a 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
EAR. 1t is evident frightful struggle
.ook place, as everything in the car,
even to the windows, were spattered
With blood. The man was founu
sweltering in his own blood. No one
heard or saw the affair, which is en-.
shrouded in deep mystery. The vesti.
oule trap was found open and the
hand rods on the steps were covered
with blood, indicating that the man
who committed the deed had left the
train. The assault was not the work
Of robbers, as none of the conductors
personal effects were disturbed. Mr..
Kemp lives in Chicago.
Judge Benson directed verdict in
favor Of the defendant in the case of
Langstaff VS. the city of Dubuque.
Captain Langstaff is an old soldier.
He made application for the position
Of clerk of the office of city recorder
nder the old soldiers preference act