The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-08-08
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Ago
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published a Quarter
of a Century AGO.

of Century Ago.
| FM. Euritt while returning from
camp-meeting had the misfortune to
be thrown from his buggy Sunday
evening, breaking the bones of his
right leg near the ankle. The team
SHE'D and Mr.. Euritt and two ladies
who were in the buggy with him
were thrown out, the ladies escap-
ing without serious injury. AL
though painfully injured Mr.. Euritt
held on to his team and did not let
them get away from him.
Leon was being inflicted with a
plague of tramps, not a day pass
ing but a number of Weary Willies
were in the town begging for hand
out.
Captain Alexander, an old time
resident of this county, now resid-
ing at Hastings, Neb., was here
visiting at the home of his son,
w. A. Alexander.
Mrs. George Woodbury. died at
] her home in Garden Grove on Aug.
7th, at the age of So years.
Capt. J. A. Ray traded his farm
| west of Leon for stock of drugs
at Bonneville, Mo.
A narrow escape from broken
neck was made by Virgil Penniwell
on Monday morning at 3:20. He
went to the depot with the bus, and
just as he climbed up on the seat
after the train arrived, the engine
popped, which frightened the horses
so that they lunged forward, throw
ing Virgil about fifteen feet from
his perch. He struck on his head
and shoulders and had to be carried
into the depot by the trainmen. He
soon rallied and came on up to
town after the team which slowed
down to a walk and came up to the
hotel in good shape without driver.
A record camp-meeting closed at
Davis City on Sunday night.
Scott Robinson had purchased
Marion F. Stockey's interest in the
Decatur County Journal
There was considerable discussion
being carried on over the question
whether Decatur county wanted
herd law or not.
Rumors have been aloat that the
Leon school building was in an un-
safe condition, so the school board
appointed an Investigating commit
tee consisting of w. H. Jenkins, Geo.
Sanger and S. H. Lorey to examine
the building and they reported that
the building was absolutely safe in
every respect, but recommended
that some slight repairs be made on
the building. -,- .--.-a@.-
Following close upon the outrage
w inh fo1 My~c
Noble last week, the entire county
which was made by an unknown
assailant upon Miss Susie Roger, a
daughter of Mr.. Jordan Roger, one
of the prominent farmers of Decatur
county, who lives three miles north
west of Decatur City. On Monday
morning Miss Roger was assaulted
by an unknown assailant, who has
not been captured. She had gone
to the garden across the road from
the house to get some vegetables,
it being about nine o'clock in the
morning, she saw man coming to-
wards her with revolver in his
hand. He threatened her with in
stant death if she made any alarm,
but regardless of his threat she
screamed and started to run. He
pursued her and overtaking her
struck her in the face with his re-
volver, and she was felled to the
ground unconscious, after which she
was assaulted by the brute, who then
escaped into the timber close by.
The alarm was soon given, but to
do so Mrs. Roger had to 60 nearly
a mile to inform Mr.. Roger, and thus
much valuable time was lost. The
farmers of the vicinity turned out
in force and in a short time posse
of over two hundred men were
securing the country, but the
country in the vicinity where the
crime was committed was very
rough and heavily timbered, and it
was an almost hopeless task to run
down man. who was trying to
escape in such country. Miss
Roger was able to give very accur-
ate description Of the fellow, and
he was traced up the river to
point near Funk's mill and then on
up to Westerville, but here all trace
of him was lost. The county was
in an uproar over the recent out
RACES, and this was increase by the
report that there had been lynch
ing party at Corydon, where a man
had been lynched who had commit
ted an outrage upon little child.