Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-27
NEGRO ATTACKS 3 WOMEN
Family Of Former Detective Chief al
Des Moines Victim Of
Fury.
IS CAPTURED AFTER CHASE

lFrom starr correspondent
DIES MONIES. Ia. Nov 2s.-Cspeciai
/ Telegram)-Armed with claw hammer.
loaded revolver and razor. Lee Holt. IS
years old. a negro. living at 1909 Twelfth
| street. forced his way into the home
Of Charles G. Jackson. former chief Of
| detectives. at Sis this morning.
lie attacked with a hammer. and seri-
! ously injured two young women. and
badly injured a third.
The negro was captured a few minutes
later. after an exciting chase. His vic
Tins are Mrs. Mary Chestnut. % years
old. dep gashes and bruises about the
head. condition serious; Miss Margaret
Jackson, Is years old, bruised about the
shoulders, not serious; Mrs. Jess Jack
son. q years old, bruised about the head
and face. not serious.
The first two named are daughters OF
/ tho city detective Mrs. Jackson IL a
daughter-ln-law. the wife Of ely fire
man.
Traffic Men to Meet Here.
Clifford Thorne, chairman Of the Iowa
Railroad commission. yesterday sent in
vitations to commercial clubs OF interior
Iowa cities to send representatives TO
meeting to be held at the state house
Saturday. December e. for the purpose
of preparing for the reopenlng Of the in
terror Iowa rate case. which has been
granted by the Interstate Commerce COM
mission The commercial organizations
will send their traffic experts to Des
1 Moines to confer on the rate matter. The
cities expected to have representatives
are Oskaloosa. Marshalltown. Fort
Dodge, Des Moines, ottumwa. Waterloo,
| Mason City. Boone. Grinnell and several
others The State Railroad commission
and the commercial clubs asked for re-
opening OF the interior Iowa rate case In
order TO bring about grading Of the
| freight rates across the state. Although
/ the proportional west Of the Mississippi
river was reduced on the original hear
| ing. tho traffic men say that the rates
were not lowered enough 20 overcome the
! discrimination which existed in four OF
the Mississippi river cities OF Iowa on
shipments TO and from eastern points.
Towner Fights Route Changes.
| Representative Towner OF the Eighth
district is receiving all sorts OF complaints
| from his constituents about the changes
I In the rural routes in his district Judge
| Towner has recently been I'm conference
with postoftlce officials trying to get re-
| lief for persons I'm the district who are
adversely affected by the changes. He
has been unsuccessful. Just as have all
( OF the other members OF congress who
/ have appealed TO the department. The
news comes from Washington that when
the postoffico appropriation bill comes UP
/ In committee and on the floor OF the
house II L. certain the denominations
Postmaster Burleson Is responsible for
will be attacked by both republicans and
democrats.
| italian shoots self.
| u. Prospect, one of the leaders among
the Des Moines Italians. owner OF a fruit
store, was found dead on a bridge over
the Racoon river cutoff early yesterday
morning. At first murder was suspected,
but the finding OF revolver near at
hand convinced the coroner and police It
was case of suicide.
KILLED ny train.
| Paul Miner 10 years of age, was
struck by a freight train while riding
home from the broom factory where he
worked Tuesday night and both legs
were crushed. He lived through the
night. but died early yesterday morning.
BACK Yard I'm Court.
Members OF the supreme court in
solemn session yesterday listened to the
relation OF details OF a common cat-and-
dog fight-same kind OF ordinary cat-and-
dog fight that has been waged in back
yards since cats and dogs came into
being. The case involves Just $40 and
costs. In addition to certain rights deemed
precious and inalienable by the man
/ filing the suit The case is known as
tho state Of Iowa against Charles Wolff.
Wolff lives In Cedar Rapids and owned
the cat. A dog belonging to w. Kepler
killed the cat and Wolff shot tho dog.
The district court fined Wolff $40 and
costs for shooting inside the city limits
and he appealed to the supreme court.
The case was argued before the high
court yesterday.
Surgeons. Meet Here.
The Western Surgical association will
hold it's twenty-fifth annual meeting In
Des Moines December II and IS. On the
program are Drs. Charles II. Mayo Of
Rochester, MINI; Joseph c. Bloodgood.
Baltimore; W. w. Grant. Denver. and
Willard ID. HRines. Cincinnati. The
president OF the association Is Dr. Joseph
Il. Eastman OF IndianapoliR