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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
CASE PUZZLES THE POLICE
Mystery Surrounds Death Of a Des
Moines Man.

mystery surrounds Death OF Des
Moines Man.
Mystery that Is bathing police and
county officers surrounds the tragic
death of Louis Brindley. whose body
was found partially burned on the
kitchen floor at his home in Des
Moines.
With his wife, who is reputed to
have said on the preceding day that
she would not live with her husband
another day, Brindley lived upstairs in
an apartment house. The kitchen
where his body was found was sepa-
rate from the remainder of the living
apartments.
Mrs Rrindley says she was awaken
I'D by smoke. She had removed her
shoes, she says, lain down on the bed
in the chamber and fallen asleep. Peo-
pie living below the Brindleys claim
they heard some one go upstairs and
stealthily come down shortly before
the alarm of fire was given. Brindley
left the apartments with the state
ment to neighbors that he was going
out to get some money. When he
came back he stopped and talked with
a neighbor on the floor below, whom
he told he had received but dollar.
Firemen who entered the kitchen
before the flames had very good
start say 1t would have been an i'm
possibility for the fire to start from
the stove, as the doors to 1t were firm
ly fastened There were fumes of
kerosene in the room and the oil can
was empty.
Detectives are working on the case
and the coroner is holding open his In.
vestigation.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
Here's Trouble!

AS though our republican friends were
MT having trouble enough, J. B. Trid-
de of Spaulding, Neb., writing to the
Omaha World Herald gives them this
nut to crack:
II would like to ask one question of
my republican friends: If Grover Cleve.
land was buried in the political grave
of oblivion for issuing fifty millions of
interest bearing debt when he had but
one hundred and sixty-four millions Of
gold in the treasury, where shall we
bury Theodore Roosevelt when he is
sued seventy-fve millions with nine
hundred and thirty-three millions of
gold in the treasury? Ny republican
friends, please tell me where, oh,
where. -
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14

AT times when you don't feel just
right, when you have a bad stomach,
take something right away that will
assist digestion; not something that will
stimulate for time but something that
will positively do the work that the
stomach performs under ordinary and
normal conditions, something that will
make the food digest. To do this you
must take natural digestant like Ko-
dol For Dyspepsia. Kodol is a scientific
preparation Of vegetable acids with
natural digestants and contains the
same juices found in healthy stom-
ach. Each dose will digest more than
5000 grains of good food. 1t is sure to
afford prompt relief; it digests what
you eat and is pleasant to take. Sold
by E. 7. Tomas Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
Shot by Hishwaymen.

c. A. Snyder of Waterloo is sinking
from two bullet wounds inflicted by
two boys who attempted to rob him of
$50. Snyder is the proprietor of a
meat market, and when he reached
the back deor of his home with the
days receipts two boys fired and then
told him to drop the money. One bull.
let entered his hip and the other the
breast, but Snyder held the money un.
til aid reached him. The highwaymen,
who were apparently under age, es.
capped. leaving behind cap and gun.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
Starving Man Resisted Temptation.

Waterloo citizens are considering a
suitable reward for Theodore Hansen.
who in the face of starvation returned
a purse containing $40. which he found
on the streets. Mr.. Hansen has been
unable to get employment for some
time and his wife and seven children
are on the verge of starvation. The
overseer of the poor was informed of
their condition by neighbors. but the
family refused charity. Mr.. Hansen
said to the police. when he turned over
the money. that the amount would
have been acceptable, but he could
not bring himself to take something
wrongfully for the first time In his
life.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
ceusina WIN Retire.

Congressman Robert G. Cousins Of
the Fifth Iowa district, chairman Of
the house committee on foreign af-
fairs. sent message to the Renuhli.
cans of Cedar Rapids announcing that
he will not be candidate for renomi.
nation. He has been in congress six
teen years, all his denominations be-
ing by reclamation. Cousins says that
he has opportunities to do something
for himself and he has accepted them.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
sho, Hi. Wife and Himself.

Word from Pueblo. Colo. tells Of a
sensational murder and suicide com.
mitted by former Iowa railroad man.
Sherman T. Cammack, for eleren
years car accountant for the Iowa Cen
trail in Marshalltown. Two weeks ago
Mrs. Cammack applied for a divorce
on the ground Of cruelty and when
reconciliation was found to be unsuc>
cessful Caamack shot his wife three
times. then blew his own head off. The
woman is still alive, but fatally in
jured.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
kitled In Catching a Ride.

William Robbins, aged ten years,
the son of Moses Robbins. promi-
nent farmer residing near Gilman, was
instantly killed by falling from a wa.
son, which ran over him. He and a
little companion tried to climb upon
the wagon, and in doing so. young
Robbins fell, and the rear wheel
passed over his body, breaking his
back. File lived only few minutes.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
Cashier is Arrested,

p. S. McCullick, cashier of the de-
funct Princeton tlewal Savings bank.
has been arrested on the charge of
makipg false entries In the banks
books, The bank was closed recently
on order of the state auditor and a
receiver placed in charge, A short
age of about $4,000 has been dis.
covered.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14

"Iake 1t yourself, u you Ike" said
1rendon.
wall, the minor cadence wavered
through the stiffness and died away.
1.-THE High Barbareep, cried Tren-
don.
"You know it?" asked the captain,
expectant of clew.
zone of those cursed tunes you can't
forget" said the surgeon. Heard a
scoundrel Of a beachcomber sing it
years ago. Down in New Zealand,
that was. When the fever rose on him
he'd pipe up. Used to beat time with a
steel hook he wore in place of hand.
The thing haunted me till was sorry
/ hadn't let the rascal die. This crea-
ture might have learned it from him.
Howls it out exactly alike.'
II don't see that that helps us any"
said Forsythe, looking down on the
preparations that We're making to re-
ceiye the unexpected guests.
With a dizziness which had made the
Wolverine famous in the navy for the
niceties of seamanship, the great cruis-
er let down her tackle as she drew
skillfully alongside and made fast, pre-
paratory to lifting the dory gently to
her broad deck. But before the order
came to hoist away one of the jackies
who had gone down drew the covering
back from the still figure forward and
turned it over. With half stifed cry
he shrank back. And at that the ten
sion Of soul and mind on the Wolverine
snapped, breaking into outcries and
sudden, sharp eimprecations. The face
revealed was that Of Timmins, the
bo's'n's mate, who had sailed with the
first vanished crew. A life preserver
was fastened under his arms. He was
dead.
Sim out,n said the surgeon briefly
and stood with mouth agape. Never
had the Disciplined Wolverines per-
formed a sea duty with so ragged a
routine as the getting in of the boat
containing the live man and the dead
body. The dead seaman was reyerent-
" disposed and covered. AS to the
survivor there was some hesitancy
on the part Of the captain, who was
inclined to send him forward until DR.
Trendon, after swift scrutiny, sug.
gested that for the present at least he
be berthed aft. They took the stran-
ger to Edwards vacant room, where
Trendon was closeted with him for
half an hour. When he emerged he
was beset with questions.
Cant give any account OF himself
yet, said the surgeon. "Weak and moi
rightly conscious
What ails him?"
Enough. Cash in his scalp. Fever
Thirst and exhaustion. Nervous shock
too, think"
How came he aboard the Laughing
Lass? Does he know anything OF
Billy? Was he a stowaway? Did
you ask him about Ives and MCGUIRE
How came he in the small boati
Where are the rest?"
Nov, now" said the veteran child,
ingly. "How can ! tell? Would you
have me kill the man with questions?
He left them to look at the body OF
the bo's'n's mate. Not word had be
~ Suy MneAt ny tStuIAFt0 duiy tne
| captain got ANYTHING out Of him but
growing and uninteliigible expires
sions, which seemed to be ohjurgatorl
and to express bewildered cogitation.
Elbow long had poor Tinmins been
drownedg" the captain had asked him
and Treadon replied
Captain Parkinson. the man wasn't
drowned, No water In his lungs"
"Not drowned! Then how came he
by his deathY'
IF were to diagnose 1t under any
other conditions should say that be
bad inhaled flames"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
ITO be continued)
Neiqhborhood Fayorite.

Mrs. E. p. Charles, of Harbor, Maine,
speaking Of Electric Bitters, says: at
is neighborhood favorite here with
US. 1t deserves to be a fayorite every
where. 1t gives quick relief in dyspep-
STA. liver complaint. kidney derange-
ment, malnutrition, nervousness, weak
ness and general debility. It's action on
the blood, az thorough purifier makes
1t especially useful as a spring medi-
cine. This grand Alternative tonic is sold
under guarantee at p. A. Clemmer'e
drug store. Soc.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
Barber Killed hY an Enaine.

Ollie Rockabrand, Clinton barber,
was struck by freight locomotive at
the Sterling Qll) passenger depot as
he was in the act of crossing to get on
board passenger train for Clinton.
and was hurled sixty feet from the
right-of-way, receiving broken thigh
and arm, and internal injuries, which
resulted in his death in less than an
hour.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
A Primer.

a Primer.
See the man and woman entering
the Great Dry Goods Emporium.
The man looks very sad.
The woman looks supremely happy.
Why does the man look sad? He ID
going in to buy something.
Why does the woman look happy!
For the same reason.-Judge.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
Killed at a CROSSING.

!. J. Haddeman. a teamsteH was
killed by an illinois Central engine at
Waterloo. Hia wire is too i'll to be
told Of the accident Haddeman was
crossing the track in sleigh The
team was unhurt.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
What Chained Them.

s Ss'Ss0 SVSUs
Yeast-I see that previous to 1760
the French would not eat potatoes. IL
being supposed that they would cause
freckles.
Crimsonbeak-oh, well. / suppose
they hadn't discovered that there is al
cohol In potatoes then!-Yonkers
Statesman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
An Enfant Terrible.

An EHraht IerfIb1e.
Little Claude has been told that
Uncle John has glass eye, and for
gets that he has been hidden to say
nothing about 1t.
will you lend me your eye for q
little while, Uncle John! My other
marble has rolled down grating
Royal Magazine.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
Bricks and "srlek..,

0StSNo STU oFiCkSs
Bacon-The absorbing capacity Of Q
brick Is about 16 ounces of water
Egbert-And when they call man
a brick" 1t signifies that he has not
the reputation for absorbing anything
like that amount Of water.-Yonkers
Statesman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
CASE OF GRAIN STORM
Man Who Shot at Negro Says "eod
Told Him to Do It,"

The most striking defense ever pre-
sented In Polk county criminal case
is that offered by Sam Flint, an anna
teur detective who was placed on trial
at Des Moines charged with assault
with intent to kill Flint says God
told him to kill negro, so he loaded
his army revolver and went out in
front of his home. He shot at Ben
Taylor. tho first negro who happened
along. Els lawyers claim 1t was q
case Of brain storm.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
Administrators Notice.

Estate of Hannah Mackenburg, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, That the subscsiber
has been duly appointed Administrators to
the Estate of Hannah Mackenburg late OF
Cresco in the County of Howard, State OF
Iowa, deceased, intestate and has taken up
INV directs. Ali 'perIsons having demands
upon the Estate Of said deceased are required
to ex hibit the same; and persons indebted to
the said Estate are called upon to make pay
ment to H. MACKENBURG.
Dated, February I, 1903;
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14

The trouble with most cough rene
dies is that they eonstipate. Kennedy's
Laxative Cough Syrup acts gently but
but promptly on the bowels and at the
same time NETS it. stops the cough BY so %,
dren like it. Sold by E. T. Tomas.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
BURNED TO A CRISP.
pes Moines Mans Terrible Method Of
COMMITTING Suicide.

Leaving their bed without disturb
Ing his wife. Abraham Laudnicht went
to the kitchen of their home in Des
Moines, where he soaked his clothes in
kerosene and then applied match.
Before aid could be summoned the
man died in terrible agony, his body
being burned to crisp.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
A Good cues..

"A GOOD Guess.
Yeast-What would happen II some
people could take their money with
them into the next world, do you sup.
pose?
Crimsonbeak- Why. It would burn
in their pockets!-Yonkers States.
man.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14

Bert Barber of Elton, Wis, says: ~
have taken four doses of your Kidney
and Bladder Pills and they have done
for me more than any other medicine
has ever done. I ana still taking the
pills as want perfect cure. Mr..
Barber refers to DeWitt's Kidney and
Bladder Pills. They are sold by E. T.
Tomas Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14

Freddy-Ill tell you what would
cause sensation at this horse show
q long-eared brazen-tongued jackass.
Peggy-Oh. don't know. Very few.
people are looking this way, Freddy.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
Candidate Commits suicide.

George W. Smith, Democratic can,
didate. for county superintendent OF
schools, committed suicide by hanging
st his home near Pilot Mound. No
cause Ia known for his act
Everything taken into the stomach
should be digested fully within GER
tain time. When you feel that your
stomach is not in good order. that the
food you have eaten is not being diges-
ted, take good, natural digestant that
will do the work the digestive juices
are not dong. The best remedy known
today for all stomach troubles is KodQl,
which is guaranteed to give prompt re-
lief. It's a natural digestant; it digests
what you eat, it is pleasant to take and
is sold here by E. 7. Tomas Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14

ltUse DeWitt's Little Early Risars,
pleasant little pills. They are easy to
take. Sold by g, T. Lpmas Drug Go.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
Sent to Prison for Life.

oscar Hogan (coloredl was sem
fenced In the district court at Ottum,
VIA to the state penitentiary at Fort
Madison for life. Hogan assaulted a
well-known Ottumwa woman last Sep.
tember. The assault was the most
brutal in the history Of the county.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14

0A9ToHEA.
n.o,. Il. >,Ths Kind You Have Always Bauek
&C., 6; ! :; J. 4 / Z; =; :
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
CHAPTER VI.

1~lHIS ship" growled Carter. the
second officer, to DR.. Tren.
don, MS they stood watching
the growing smoko column
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-04-01

There appears to be more war in the ranks of tho Republicans of Cochisc county than ,he-e ever was in that coun. ty between tho Republicans and Demo crats, and all because . few politicians want to boss the party in that county. Now the Republicans of Gila county don. know the meaning of strife, ex. eept as referring to the biennial at tempt to knock ou. the Democrats and the brethren in Cochisc could learn a valuable lesson from Gila. The harmony here B simply beautiful The central committee gets together and decides upon something or other-;he selection of delega.es to convention for in.
 thc-c is not kick from
 aor . howl that someone is
 JOSS anything. It's great. A
 ago the Republicans of Gila
 for an uninstructed dele,
 10 Chicago convention and
 all for instructions. We
 in the world George
 to Globe for.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-04-01

That languid. lifeless feeling that comes with spring and early summer, can be quickly cnanged to feeling of buoyancy md energy by the Ju- dicious use of Dr. Shoop's Restorative. The Restorative is genuine tonic to tired, rundown nerves, and but few doscs is needed to satisfy the user that Dr. Shoop's Restorative is actually reaching that tired spot. The indoor life of winter nearly always leads to sluggish bowels, and to sluggish c;rcu- lation in general The customary lack of exercise and outdoor air ties up the liver, stagnatcs the kidneys, and oft times weakens the heart B action. Use Dr. Shoop's Restorative few weeks and all win be changed A few days test will tell you that you are using the right remedy. You will easily and surely note the change from day to day. Sold by Palace and Globe Pharmacies.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-04-01

gument.' ~ The presumption being in favor of innocence, If the facts stated may or may not constitute crime, the presumption is that no crime is charged" ln other words, although the man may be guilty, the court will
 free him if plausible technical reasons may be found for letting him go.
 The immediate effect of th.s unrighte. ous decision was to dampcn the ardor and dash tho hopes of those who have been trying for the past two years to clean up municipal politics in San Fran cisco. IL has given Schmitz an oppor. tunity to assert his "vindication and to pose as a glorifed hero tried in the fire of ordeal. It has imbued his CO.,
 ,onsp:rator agains; the public veal, Abe Ruef, with fresh spirit to fight his prose. cutors, because he now sees that it will be impossible to convict him. Graft has been revived among the police, who arc extorting money from divekeepers and gamblers, in the belief that. under the supreme court decision, they are not committing ind.ctable crime. Cor. rupt policemen reason that if they do es sertially the same things that Schmi,z and Ruef did, the courts will protect them as they d.d the men higher up. What shall be said of the administra. ton of justice that protects and en eourages crime and discourages the ef- forts of prosecutors and good citizens to stamp it outi
 It may be asserted, and with some reason, that the legislature ought to mako sure that the statutes cover every conceivable form and variety which crime may assume, and that prosecuting attorneys should draw indictments with accuracy. But admitting all this, have not the courts duty 10 perform to society other than that of picking flaws in the proceedings of trial courts, or deliberately seeking prcsumpt.ons of in. nocence? Which is the greater wrong to the commonwealth-that a trivial error in indictment should bo over looked, or that an obvious criminal should be allowed to go unpunished' Why should the court pass by the guilt of the defendants, as in the St. Louis poodle cases, and fasten its attention on m insignificant variation between the indictment and the judges charge' It there no longer justice which looks to the good of the community, instead of tho salvation of the criminal by legal quibbles'
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-04-01
sE or JUSTICE.
of convicting ard pul

of conyicting ard pun
 al grafters is notorious
 Jwer coGrts can be got to
 Ie higher courts only too fire
 reverse the verdict on some
 70 or othe. based on narrow and literal interpretation of tho law favor. able to the defendant, says the Wash. irgtor Herald
 GovrFnor Folk, when . prosecuting attorney, succeeded in convict:ng a number of unquestionablc guilty bood- lers whose transactions he brought to Ugh: ou. of tho dark places of St. Louis politics. Probably most people have forgotten that all these boodlers were released by 2 higher court, which, though admitting their guilt, reversed The ve-diets foI technical reasons of tho himsics; character. The latest and most fragrant example of this sort of justice is afforded by the decision of the supreme court of California releasing Eugene F. Schmitz, tho former mayor of San Francisco. That decision may be, as lawyers say, technically correct, it's legal logic may be Aawlcsa. yet 1t is mere travcsty of justice, and it's moral influence is of tho most dcplorable char. netc..
 Sehai:s vas indicted for extorting money from certain resorts in San Fran. cisco. His method was 10 induce the police commission ;o order tho closing of tho resorts, or to threaten to refuse licenses, wh::h tLs commission had Q right to do. Tho keepers of the re sorts were then given a tip tha. it would be well to retain Abe Rucf, then political boss, as their attorney. At Rrsf's request, the police commission reseinded tho orders to close, or granted tho licenses, and Rucf divided his fec with Schn;tz. But this was not cxtor- tion, in tho opinion of tho California supreme coart, becansc Sehmitz did not threaten to do an unlawful act. To threaten to commit Q lawful act is rot eXtortion, according to California law. As usual n these cases, fault is found with the indictment. That paper did not clearly ollege crime; it failed to state that Schmitz was mayor of San Francisco, that Rucf was a political boss, that the "defendant threatened to proven: tho issuaAcc of the license by unlawful means. and not solely by lawful and innocent persuasion and ar.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-04-01
Dreamland Tenish.-"East Lynne. .,

The Armin stock company will pre-. sent East Lynne tonight. The greatest theatrical stars on the American stage have played in East Lynne. play that will live forever There is something about East Lynne that makes it one of the greatest of all plays, and q favorite with the players in general No matter how often people have seen it they will go again. Miss Elenor Haber will play the part of Lady Isabel, in which this talented actress has ap. peared over 100 times. Miss Haber will wear some elegant gowns tonight Walter Armip will again play the vGlain, Francis Lcvison. while Will Howard rlays Archibald Carlislc, the husband. There is lot of good com edy in East Lynne which will be in tho hands of Fred Wagner and Miss Lawrence. The Arm:n stock company will give & splendid presentation Of this standard play and they will un- doubtedly bo greeted by 0 large audi. cnca tonight.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-04-01
This is change night at the Iris.

Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup the cough syrup that tastes nearly Ss good as maple sugar and which ehil. drtn like 80 well 10 take. Unlike near. ly all other cough remedies, it does not constipate, but on the other hand 1t acts promptly yet gently on the bowels, through which the cold is forced out of the system, and at the same time it allays inflammation. Al ways use Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup. Sold by Hanna's Drug store. 228 Broad street.