Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-05-07
IOWA
NEWS

Benson. the Iowa Central engineer,
charged with the murder of Byron E.
| boody, Central brakeman, has been
continued in Justice Millard's court
at Marshalltown from May until
June 10.
Milo Adams, an insurance agent.
we'll known over Northern Iowa,
committed suicide by hanging. His
body was discovered In the board of
trade room. He lived at Kensett. A
letter written to his wife told of the
contemplated tragedy.
Miss Rose Aleck, aged "a years,
of Logan, In fit of melancholy and
dependency over i'll heath. suicided
at the home of her brother, John
Aleck. She strangled herself by
winding strap around her throat
and drawing it with ner hands behind
her back until strangulation was
produced. Her share In her fathers
estate was about $4,000.
Mrs. Minerva A. Haddeman has
filed action against the Illinois Cen
tfal Railroad company in which she
asks $4,000 damages for the death
OK her husband. Henry c. Haddeman,
VINO was killed by a train in Water
100, Feb. z, 1908 Mrs. Haddeman
was left penniless, without insur-
ance or other income, and with seven
little children to care for.
The Chicago & Northwestern rail-
way has issued orders which will
practically close the machine shops
at Boone for an indefinite time. 1t
| is understood that this is a part of
general order shutting down all
ever the system, with the exception
OF Clinton and Chicago. The people
CT Boone are asking themselves why
thls Is so, and many feel that it is
not square deal. 1t is hoped that
the shops will reopen after the June
meeting.
After eight hours deliberation, a
jury in the district court at Ottumwa
returned verdict finding Leroy Ed
wards, a negro, guilty. OF rape upon
the person of Mrs. Clara Erwin on
the night of Jan. a. This assault
on Mrs. Erwin was the boldest ever
committed in Ottumwa. The night
after the assault on Mrs. Erwin a
mob of 200 men gathered at the
county jail, but Edwards was taken
out OF the city for safe keeping and
had been in the Abba Jail until the
| beginning of his trial.
While engaged in trimming trees
for Dr. D. Graves at Gilmore, Charles
Chinland fell and sustained injuries
that may prove fatal Chinland was
standing on limb while in the act
OF cutting OF another above him,
when this limb broke, knocked him
OH his feet, and felled him to the
ground, distance of twelve feet.
He alighted on his stomach across
renee then struck his head on a ce-
ment sidewalk. The injuries he re-
celved are largely of an internal ma
ture and are very serious.
The budget for the State university
as made out by the board Of regents
at It's recent meeting provides for a
total expenditure the coming year of
$4,000. This sum is we'll distribute
ed between the different depart.
ments, and its distribution formed no
small task. Plans for the new law
building have been practically ap-
proved, and 1t is probable that the
state will take steps to condemn the
necessary ground for the site, as
there is difficulty in reaching an
agreement with the owners.
Basing its action on the ruling of
Attorney General Byers, the anti-sa-
loon league in the district court at
Sioux City filed information charging
the Stevens-Kennedy company and
Charles Slezer with contempt of
court. The officers of the Stevens
Kennedy company are practically
the same as those Of the Cooperative
company, against whom the attorney
general made an adverse ruling. The
ruling of the attorney general will
| probably be tested in the courts by
attorneys of the Cooperative com
pany.
Stepping on the rotten covering
over an abandoned well, Mrs. Will.
lam Hoffman, residing one mile south
of Shenandoah, fell to the bottom and
died alone and unheard of exposure
and starvation. Her dead body has
been found after search of several
days. Some broken boards and a hens
nest SO located that to reach it it was
necessary to cross the well, destroy.
ed the theory of suicide and told the
story of the fatal accident. Mrs
Hoffman has been in Ill health, and
when she disappeared and continued
search failed to locate her, friends
and relatives feared suicide The
we'll was about twenty feet deep and
there was considerable water in it
but not enough to cause drowning
The we'll was in an isolated location
and her cries were unheard. The
coroners jury, after thorough in
vestigation, returned verdict that
her death was due to shock and ex
posure due to an accident