Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-12
Southern Io1ua Items

menced. The prisoners now in jail
were present for arrafgnment. r. Il.
Leech, attorney for the negro, accused
of larceny, waived challenge to the
jurors, but w. Z. Smythe. attorney for
Mills F. Miles challenged the entire
panel on the ground that it had not
been legally drawn. His objections
We're based on a variety of reasons. He
claimed first that the court order made
in September, 1909, to the board OF SUI
pervisors to prepare jury lists had not
been signed by Judge Ellison or any
other Judge of the district. The fur
Their claim was made that the county
board had not complied with the law in
preparing and certifying these lists.
The contention of Attorney Smythe
that the jury was not a legal grand
jury was sustained by the court. and
an order was made for the board to
draw another jury. The only effect
of the decision will be the delay
Burlington.
The hamlet Of Kingston in the
northern part of Benton township, and
the vicinity Of the same are greatly
disturbed over hte appearance of a
ghost in the neighborhood. Whether
it Is a supernatural visitor that has
escaped from one of the cemeteries
nearby, practical joker or crazy per-
son, the people are at a loss to UNDER
stand, but for the last two weeks a.
mysterious parsonage has been stirring
! things up in that part of the county
1t usually appears near the cement
bridge, near Kingston, and has been
seen on the hillside Several people
declare that it has poked it's head into
the buggies, apparently running along
4.
between the wheels. 1t emits the mosS
blood curdling screams and even the
stout-hearted farmer lads, who ordi-
narily are devoid Of fear. give this vi
cinity wide detour after nightfall
The ghost" usually appears about II
| o'clock. DR.. Woodbury. and his wife.
of Kingston. declare that they saw the
thing the other night. AS they were
driving past, something ran alongside
the road beside their buggy and poked
it's head inside.
corydon.
While moving a steam engine and
separator on the McMurry farm in
the northeast corner of Corydon town
ship. Wayne county. Lon Roles and
Ash Jared were the victims of fright
full accident. They were running the
engine, the water wagon hitched be-
hind it and behind the water wagon
the big separator. and coming to n
small bridge which looked unable to
stand the load they went around 1t and
attempted to pass thru the ditch They
ran tho engine across and as 1T was
started up the other side the heavy
weight of the separator broke tho
tongue in the water wagon and crashed
into the rear end OF the engine upon
which the two men were standing and
plnning them between the engine and
separator Only the presence of mind
of Mr.. Boies saved them from death:
altho badly crushed he stood at his
post and worked the lever to free HIM
self and Mr.. Jared. Mr.. Boles was
crushed from the lower part of the
chest to his knees. and it was feared
for some time that he could not sur
vive Altho no bones are broken he
is very serious. Mr.. Jared's right leg
lis suffering terribly, and his condition
was caught as he attempted to jump
as the crash came and from the knee
TO the foot was badly crushed.