Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-27
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MASON CITY-A clever forger has vic
timized three local merchants by an ex
cellent imitation of the signature of tn
Independent Grain and Lumber company
lie passed three bogus checks, one 70
tz2.@ and two for 80 each.
CENTERV1LLE-Because OF the vlgorou.
prosecution OF illegal liquor sellers in thii
county nine have been convicted of the
days and each one has been fined s4o0 and
costs, a total In fines OF $500
IOWA CITY-Rev. Horace Strain, las
year the pastor OF the local Congregations
church, is hourly expected TO die at Sierr'
account OF pulmonary tuberculosis. IN,
strains had been In Pasadena until twC
weeks ago.
CREsToN-The Southern iowa Norma.
building located at Bloomfield was recently
for the fifth time In the last three years
badly damaged by fire. The origin OF the
fire is unknown. but was first located near
the roof. The damage was fully covered BY
inst
NEwToN-Philip Martin OF Brooklyn to.
day pleaded guilty to an indictment which
was returned in 1905 and which charges him
with the murder of Thomas Read of Brook
lyn. He will be sentenced next week. Jesse
Finley, who 1t is alleged was Martins ac-
complice, will stand trial and q bitter legal
battle is predicted.
WATERLoO-The prospects are that dur,
Ing the coming summer a new six or seven
tOOhi hONNi Dultulnk Will De eTeCleu III tUlF
city by Chicago and local capital. Negoti-
atoms to that end are under way and they
have reached such an advanced point that
steps are being taken to organize the cor
poration which will finance the enterprise,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Miller, who has be-
come known as the man under the bed.
was today sentenced to a term not exceed
Ing twenty years in the Fort Madison pen
itentiary. Miller entered the home of Rev,
Mr.. Litzrodt while the family was at prayer
meeting and hid under the bed, where he
was discovered. He broke out of the house
and was only captured after he had been
wounded by the police in a running revolver
fight.
ANAMosA-After being out for thirty
six hours, the second case against J. p.
Scoggs, the former mayor Of Anamosa,
and his wife, who are charged In the In
dictment with manslaughter, returned to-
day without being able to reach an agree
ment. The jury stood 5 to 4 for conviction.
Scroggs and his wife are charged with
neglecting a daughter of Mrs. Scroggs, VINO
lived with them, during the ickness pre-
ceding her death.
MASON CITY-The preliminary examlna.
ton of Sam Sherman, the Thornton ga
editor. and his employe, Harry Hardaman
the latter of whom is charged with at
tempted criminal assault on Laura Parish
OF Thornton, was begun here today. The
editor is accused of aiding and abetting
H~ardaman. The girl told a thrilling story
of her assault in which she alleges Harda.
man was aided by some person she could
not see i'm the darkened room, but who
Hardaman called Sam.
CRESTON-Judge Mcpherson has brought
the federal court to a whirlwind finish. the
present session concluding this morning. Al
an evening session held last night five Of
tenders received sentences on grand jury
Indictments. The five receiving sentences
were John Teric, one year and one day in
the government penltentiary at Leaven-
worth, for b~ootleggingj Dode Elston OF
Corning, two years In the government pen
itentiary for Bookkeeping; Alexander
Deisher and Carey Deisher, each eighteen
months in the government penitentiary for
bootlegging.
CRESTON-Frank Bannish, a Bohemian
farmer living near Shellsburg, aged 80 years
and the father of thirteen children, com
flitted suicide by hanging himself to a beam
In a shed late Wednesday night. He had
but recently moved onto the farm and
worry over being accused of taking corn
not belonging TO him to feed his team the
day he moved there seemed to have caused
him to lose his mind. He worried consid-
erably over the matter and at such times
threatened to take his life and tried to Sc
cure a ~evolver belonging In the family to
accomplish his purpose.