Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-02-20
IOWA
NEWS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

WQli6 the night operator was JTduS-
ferring mail to the Milwaukee station.
o. p. Staley, Jr., well known car
penter of Creston was probably IA
tally injured by falling from the side
Of building to the brick pavement,
distance of eighteen feet. When
picked up he was apparently lifeless
and was revived with great difficulty.
He alighted On his back and is inter-
nally injured to an extent that he can
hardly recover.
A new record In burglary, estab-
llshed by thieves in Dubuque, has
just developed at the residence OF
George H. Brown, 1901 Bluff street
During the absence of the family, the
house was completely dismantled,
even carpets and stoves being carried
off. The house was completely strip
ped of it's furniture. The police are
working on the case but without any
clue.
Accused of an attempted criminal
assault, Art Davis, OF Mason City, was
arrested in Rockwell, and after a
hearing was bound over to the grand
jury under $500 bonds. His alleged
victim was Mamie Watkins, the 16-
year-old daughter of farmer living
near Rockwell, whom Davis overlook
in the road while she was enroute
from school. A companion of Davis :,
Charles Allen. was arrested but re-
leased.
Gambling paraphernalia, card tables,
stud tables, faro layouts, chuck-a-luck
boards, crap tables, ETC., valued at 3d.
900 were taken by Sheriff Jackson and
Deputy Sheriff Garvin in a raid on
gambling houses at Ottumwa. 1t re-
quired eight drays to haul the gamb-
ling devices to the court house,
where they were stored away. Cases
against gamblers have been occupy
ing the attention of the court all
week.
J. H. Ellis, of Homer. aged over 70
years, has brought suit against J. N.
Garth of Webster City. asking dam.
ages In the sum of $4,000. Nov. Is
last Garth. In his automobile, collid-
ed with Ellis. The latter sustained a
broken leg, a broken arm and was
severely bruised about the head and
neck. He was taken to st. Joseph's
hospital by Garth Immediately fol-
lowing the accident, and has been
there ever since.
Belah F. Wilson, of Middleto Tn,
who was sentenced to serve three
years at hard labor at Fort Madison.
was taken to the penitentiary. Will
son was charged with the embeZzle-
ment of SLABS. He was executor of
an estate and used funds of the estate
for his private use. Wilson was a
great worker in the Presbyterian
church at Middletown, having been
superintendent of the Sunday school
and leader of the choir.
A horrible discovery was made by
section men near Pacific Junction.
They found the head of man lying
between the rails on the Burlington
track, the open eyes staring into
space. About fifteen feet distant
from the track was the remainder of
the body of an unidentified Italian.
The dead man is presumed to have
been stealing a ride on one of the
fast trains when he met his death.
He was about 40 years old and
stranger to this section.
Joseph Hitch, a Iohrville black
smith, is dying as the result of an at
tempt to shoe a vicious horse. The
last nail of the shoe was being driven
when the animal lurched forward
throwing Hitch PROSTATE. The sharp
steel points of the shoe crushed into
his head, driving a piece of skull as
big as quarter an inch into the
brain. A second time the animal
reared and came down upon Hitch,
the shoes tearing great pieces of flesh
from his body. He cannot live.
Oscar Hogan, negro rapist, now
serving life term in the penitentlary
at Fort Madison, where he was re-
Gently imprisoned, will have a hear
ing before the supreme court Of Iowa
Attorney Walter Coen, Hogan's coun-
sci, has served notice Of appeal on
the grounds of error by the court in
admitting certain evidence and the
impassioned plea of the attorneys for
the state. On motion of counsel for
Hogan, Judge Roberts granted the de.
Tense the right to appeal and the cost
of transcript to be paid by the county.
Judge Kelley summarily took the
case of Bryan against the NJ. & St.
l.. railroad, on trial at Forest City,
away from the jury and ordered a
Judgment rendered for S6,00S in favor
of the plaintiff, who asked $4,000 for
personal injuries resulting from a fall
through a viaduct. The defendant, DR..
Bryan, is a practicing physician of
Forest City and some weeks ago was
leaving for Chicago to attend class
reunion, and was to ride on a stock
freight. In an attempt to reach the
caboose of the train, which was left
| above the depot, he fell.
Mayor Meade, of What" Cheer, act.
ing coroner, called jury to sit in
| the case of the death of an infant
| child of a Mrs. Curry, near Delta
| The attending surgeon refused to Ger.
| tify to the cause of death, the child
| having shown some symptoms OF
poisoning, and after taking evidence
the jury returned verdict of death
| from cause unknown. The mother
and her husband have been separated
| for some time, and the claim was
made that the death was a case, oil
infanticide. The people Of Delta are
much stirred up over the matter and
there may be further developments.
The mangled remains of James
| Dixon, one of the best known pioneer
residents of Carman, H., were found
near the Burlington railroad track:
| across the river near Viewer. Dixon
had been visiting some Of his rela
tives in Burlington and had gone tC
Viewer. probably intending to cross
the river from there to his home il
Illinois. In some unknown manner
he was run down by train ant
killed.
Henry Haddeman, teamster, aget
80, was killed by an Illinois Contra
engine at Waterloo, while CROSSING
the track in sleigh. His team wa!
unhurt.