Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-11
Southern Ioua Items

7 Mr.. Sherman was working for a farm
or near his home and had gone into
the stable to try to quiet the horse
! which had been biting at everything
within reach and which was bleeding
at several wounds where it had bitten
otis own flesh. AS soon as Mr.. Sher-
| man entered the sta BILE the horse
rushed at him catching his hand and
wrist between his teeth and crushing
the bone.1r The owner of the animal
Immediately ran out with gun and
shot it. a portion of the brain was
sent to the Pasteur institute at ST.
Louis and il signs of hydrophobia are
found, MIR. Sherman will go there for
treatment.
Abba.
Gussie Moore, formerly Of Buxton,
and whose father still resides in that
place, was charged with murder for
killing her husband at Bolton and she
was tried in the Mahaska county court
the past week. The case was given to
the jury little after noon and in half
an hour they had returned a verdict
in which they cleared the woman of
the charge. She had been indicted for
murder in the first degree and the in
structions of the court were that they
find their verdict for either murder in
the first degree or else clear her Of
the crime. The case was one which
attracted a great deal of attention in
the northern part of Monroe county,
where the woman was we'll known. Her
husband attacked her and she killed
him in self defense. Attorney George
H. Woodson was her attorney.
Davenport.
Owing to her enormous size it was
Impossible to get the coffin of Mrs.
Marion Miller. who was buried Sun
day afternoon. into hearse, and it was
taken to Oakdale cemetery on dray.
Mrs. Miller weighed nearly 500 pounds.
She was the heaviest person in Scott
county A special coffin ten inches
deeper than the largest size in stock,
was made to contain her body, and
when the measurements were taken it
was discovered that the coffin could
not be got into any hearse in the city.
Mrs. Miller died of pneumonia, and
until few weeks before her death
was in good health, and able to do all
the work at her farm home six miles
north of the city. She was As years
old. A year ago while visiting at a
neighbours Mrs. Miller broke thru the
floor falling into the cellar. She was
so injured that she could not arise and
eight men were necessary to carry her
upstairs.
Abba.
Fin Smith came nearyJunto death in
the yards of the NJ. & st. L. the past
week. or an engine came near being
sent to the junk heap. Fin was walk
ing on the tracks Of the NJ & st. L.
in the yards in the eastern part OF the
city last Friday. He had looked about
the yards and found no engine coming
along that line. He continued his
peaceful walk and all Of sudden he
turned around and q monster engine
was right at his heels. There was
but one way out Of the trouble and
that was to tackle the engine. Mr..
Smith made leap toward the engine
and struck on the cow-catcher. There
he chung like grim death until re-
moved by trainmen. Mr.. Smith did not
have time to jump off the track to the
side, so he took the only means left
and jumped right at the engine. The
contact between a man Weighing 200
pounds and tthe heavy engine. Of
course. caused him to suffer many
bruises. butht saved his life.