Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-10
L-cRIMINAL
Recount Verdict Against Hearst.

Under instruction from the judge the
jury which has been conducting the re-
count of the New York mayoralty vote
in 1905 on the appeal of w. r. Hearst
has returned verdict sustaining the
election of Mayor Mcclellan, his legal
plurality being reduced to 2,965. CouI-
sci for Hearst had tried to show that
the boxes in certain districts had been
stuffed and made motion for new
trial, but this was denied. The legal
expenses of this remarkable contest
have been enormous. Hearst is said to
have spent over 100000, and the may
or says that his costs amount to $780,
600.
Hearst acquiesced in the final de-
cision, although maintaining that If
the stuffed boxes were thrown out he
would have been elected. In a cabled
message from London he said he had
made the long and costly fight not to
make himself mayor, but to secure an
honest count, and that a precedent had
been made which would prevent cleo
ton thieves from hiding behind the
barrier of the law in future.
Thaw Seeking Jury Test.
Pending action on his appeal for
jury trial to determine his sanity,
Harry Thaw, the slayer Of Stanford
White, was remanded to Jail at Pough-
keepsie, N. Y, after Justice Bowling
had refused the application for his
transfer from the asylum for the Grim
inal insane at Matteawan. Bowling
expressed the conviction that Thaw
was still dangerous person suffer
ing from the form of insanity known
as maniac-depressiye, with recurrent
moods, in which he might commit VIC
lent acts.
Banker confesses $4,000 Theft.
Robert Ohnmeiss, Jr., assistant treas
urer Of the Marine Trust company Of
Atlantic City, has confessed to a defal-
cation of $4,000 and is held for trial.
While living in fine style he system
atically used the banks funds for
bucket shop speculation.
Allegheny National to Pay.
The officers of the Allegheny Ma.
tional bank Of Pittsburg, the Quay In
stitution looted by Cashier Montgom-
cry. now announce that all depositors
will be paid in full. If restitution is
made it is expected that the judgments
Of the city and state with be with
drawn.
Remarkable Child Burglar.
The case of Annie Wilson, deserted
child Of nine years, who has confessed
to having robbed more than fifty
homes IN Brooklyn, N. T., Of articles
valued at $4,000, is certainly excep-
tfonal in the annals Of crime. The girl
however, a woman who, she
says, directed her efforts. The method
was to stroll along the streets with an
old baby carriage, into which the ar.
ticles taken from the houses were con-
cealed The mother Of the child had
been sent to prison, and she was COM
PEELED to live alone with younger Sis
Ter In q small room.
Engineers Chief Aids Trust.
When the governments suit against
the Standard OH company was re-
sumed at New York June 20, F. A.
Burgess, assistant grand chief of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers,
was called to the stand by the defense
and testified to the effect that the oils
Of the Galena Oil company, branch
of the trust, were OF superior char
acter and that on this account they
had been adopted by the Louisville and
Nashville, on which line he was en-
ployed.
Life, Term For Orchard.
Harry Orchard, the confessed MUIR
derer of the late Governor Steunenberg
of Idaho and more than score of 9TH
err persons, whose confession was used
by the state in its effort to convict the
leaders of the Western Federation Of
Miners and who was sentenced to
death, has now been saved from the
gallows by the state board of pardons.
His sentence was committed to impris-
Dnment for life. Friends Of the fed
GRAFTON say this is just what they ex-
pected as the reward for Orchards
confession. When the news reached
Orchard in prison he is said to have
shown no surprise.
Extradited Exporter Escapes.
Francis G. Baile.g. the fugitive presi-
dent Of the New York Export Shipping
company. who got away to Honduras
with . cargo FL stolen goods valued at
$2oo,G9a, Is reported 10 have escaped
Just - l. ..S about to be brough;