The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-12-02

will quiet almost any incipient riot
that Denison might have and the most
disorderly would not resist him. Per
haps the certain knowledge that if
they did they would have the entire
town down ON them is something OF
a deterrent as we'll as is the officers
reputation for personal bravery.
Denison's veteran officer is a Mary
lander by birth. For fourteen years
he "railroaded" in his native state and
in 1881 he first came to Crawford
county. His first home was in West
Side, where so many of our great
men originate. He tells us that he
left Maryland with the peaches in
bloom and struck West Side in the
worst snow storm of the season just
two days after ST. Patricks day.
After he came to Denison he work
ed for Will Laub and then he spent
six months in Deloit, March Is, 1883
he was elected hightwatch of penlsen.
Col. G. L. Wright was mayor and the
aldermen We're G. Green, N. j. Wheel
er, j. P. Miller, C. w. Carr and Geo.
Heston. ]. P. Miller was doing bust
ness in his old frame store on Main
street. He was plain "Pete" Miller
in those days. Penny and Morgan
were his chief competitors. Pettibone
Bros. and Milt Hendricks were the
grocers, Clausen was the jeweler, or
rather one of them, for we think JUDD
die Bond was then in the jewelry bust
ness. Frank Lesher was running the
swell restaurant of the county and
M. Goldheim was selling clothing to
half of western Iowa. Wrigley Bros
we're the Review editors and Klein
did the honors for the Bulletin Den.
ison was town of about 800.
Apple and Peters were in the har.
ness business and one of Lewis first
arrests was to nab Peters in his own
store. Lew did not know him, being
new at the job, Peters was in his
store in the early morning hours and
instead of answering when the offic
er called he got out of sight. This
confirmed Mr.. Baer's suspicious and
he waded in and marched Mr. Pro
prietor out of his own store on the
In,yl1a rt,,ioly lott Nv al
scared, but acknowledged that Hae,
had done just the right thing. 1t Is
"'iehtv interesting te get Lew to talk
ing about the old days, the only trou
BILE being that he is reticent that ii
is hard work to pump" him. His
long sui thas always been the proven
ton of trouble and it would almost
seem that he has nose for Grim
inals as some men are said to have
nose for news"
One night he was prowling back Of
Cassadays drug store. Charlie anG
DR.. Iseminger and some other famil
At1l oPA1ASo WSlS CudlIlL5 lOSSlllCI dllu
as Lew passed the rear window he
saw a surly looking customer peekine
through the window. He kept watch
and as it got to be closing time and
Cassaday was left alone the fellow
commenced to take more interest, fin
ally as Cassaday came to lock the
back door the fellow raised up ready
to strike, Lew caught his arm, took
his club from him, searched him and
marched him over to the lookup.
OF course the man had done nothing
but Cassaday had mighty close cal
just the same.
Down at Bullock's Lew captured
three would-be burglars and landed
them in Jail, single handed A large
part of Denison's luck about fires has
been due to Lew Baer Bartchel
Bros. store and the entire row OF
lower Broadway would undoubtedly
have gone up in smoke a few years
ago If he had not seen the blaze IL
time to break in the doors, eXtinguisl
the flames and call the fire depart
ment to put out the treacherous fire
that was eating its way between the
walls. Another time he passed Jung
erman's bakery and thought he saw
flames, he tried to arouse the DO,
who was supposedly at work there
and failing in this, he ran to Junger
mans house, reused him and the,
went to the store. His suspicious hat
been correct and blaze was JUS
starting while the apprentice lay
snoring within a foot of it.
OF course people never quite for
gave Lew for being Johnny on the