Iowa
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Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
March 13, 1907
HAS STRANGE HALLUCINATIONS
That he has been harassed through almost every State in the Union
by a band of bandits, striking at him by "black magic"
is the burden of a complaint to the Milwaukee, Wis., police by
C.V. Moline of Red Oak. Merciless bands of outlaws have been
organized to slay him; secret assassins have followed him for
months; all the forces of hypnotism and magic have been directed
at his head; he has been given subtle poison, deadly in its
effects but leaving no trace. Moline says the feud against him
was started by five Morrison boys in York county, Neb., in 188?,
when Moline was a boy of 18.
DRAGGED TO DEATH BY PONY
James L. Taylor, the 11-year-old son of J.L. Taylor ,living six
miles south of Murray, was accidentally killed. After returning
from school
"Jimmie" was told to go after the cows, and, as was his
custom, rode a pony which was gentle and considered safe for any
child to ride. It is thought that the pony stumbled and the boy
fell off, one foot catching in the stirrup. The pony ran from the
pasture to the house, dragging the boy. When found he was dead.
His head and body were bruised.
GOES INSANE ON THAW TRIAL.
Insane from reading about the Thaw trial, Lewis Bingamon, a
promising young man of Cedar township, Monroe county, was taken
before the commissioners and started on his way to an institution
for treatment. In his talk Bingamon, who is 23 years old,
constantly mumbled something about "the beautiful woman, the
beautiful woman." Since his arrest his delusions have taken
a new turn and he imagines that he is Theodore Roosevelt and, as
President, must go to Kentucky to make a prohibition address.
ELOPES WITH A WAITRESS
Although once brought back on a charge of abduction against the
groom, Edward Clarke, aged 24, a Chicago traveling man, and Miss
Mattie Eggers, aged 17, a waitress in a hotel in Osceola, were
finally married by Rev. A.A. Walburn of the Methodist church.
They first tried to elope to Chariton, but were caught and the
groom charged with abduction. The matter was pushed up, however,
and they were married. They had only known each other two days.
MANY INJURED AT WEDDING
Nearly twenty persons were injured, many seriously, at Knoxville,
when the floor in the hotel of C.K. Davis collapsed during the
progress of the wedding of his daughter, Miss Bessie to H.O.
Green of Hope, Ark. Eighty people were hurled into the basement
and but few escaped uninjured. The accident occurred while the
guests were congratulating the bride and groom. Without warning
the floor gave way.
STARVES TO CURE INDIGESTION
J.W. Leeper, of Metz, after fasting a month while the guest of a
hotel at Council Bluffs, to secure relief from stomach trouble,
died in Metz. It was supposed that weakness due to lack of
nourishment caused his death but an autopsy revealed the fact
that he died from a disease of the liver and that he had been
fasting without reason.
Senator's Brother Dead
Victor B. Dolliver, aged 46, a brother of Senator Dolliver, was
found dead in bed in Fort Dodge. He was found lying as if he had
died while asleep. Dolliver was known in Iowa as a campaign
orator, a business man, and a benefactor of Morningside college
of Sioux City.
Brief State Happenings
- J.H. Cook, one of Albia's pioneer residents, is dead.
- H. Peterson, a dairyman in Davenport, was probably fatally
injured in a runaway.
- William Trede of Atlantic was severely burned about the face by
using coal oil to light a fire.
- T.D. Lyon of Colfax has heard from his son, R.E. Lyon, whom he
thought was dead for forty years.
- Barney Muldoon, one of the oldest residents in Wapello county,
passed away at his home near Batavia.
- Peter M. Saddler is suing the town of Cascade for $1,500
damages for injuries received on a defective sidewalk.
- Pem Banton of Waterloo who had his back broken while at work on
the canal at Colon, Panama, is recovering rapidly and is now able
to walk around.
- Jack Ryan of Waterloo was taken to jail on the charge of not
supporting his family of three children. The children are being
cared for by the county.
- Richard Jones, employed in the Colfax Consolidated Coal
Company's mine, was seriously injured by being crushed by a load
of coal. He may not recover.
- Fred Neimier of Readlyn has disappeared from home and his
absence is causing considerable worry. The last trace of him is
found when he went to Waterloo.
- John W. Larmor, a pioneer of Benton county and a millionaire
farmer, died at his home in Mt. Auburn, aged 80 years. Death
resulted from a complication of diseases.
- While playing "teeter-totter" in Grinnell, Lottie
Davis, aged 7, was killed when the other children stepped off the
heavy plank. The huge timber caught the little girl across the
shoulders and threw her upon her chin on a log some inches from
the ground. The weight of the plank snapped her neck, death being
instantaneous.
- By the death of their brother, James Ryan, a wealthy man of
Denver, who for years lived the life of a recluse, Mrs. Ellen
Kelly and Mrs. John Connors of Atlantic, who are the only living
relatives of the dead man, may inherit a fortune. Ryan led a
peculiar life in Colorado and, while wealthy until old age forced
him to secure the aid of others, was a hermit. He amassed an
estate valued at probably $20,000.
- By marrying Lillian Ferris, George A. Johnson of Des Moines
comes into a fortune of $9,000, which would not have been his
otherwise for two years. Johnson is 19 years old, and was
recently bequeathed $9,000 to be his when he reached his
majority. When he learned that a young man gained his majority
when he married, he hurriedly made a bride of the young woman
whom he loved and will now come into the possession of his small
fortune.
- Mrs. Maria Drew, 63 years old, died at Mercy hospital in
Dubuque, after eight years' suffering. The malady was peculiar.
It manifested itself by crumbling of the bones. They were reduced
to the consistency of chalk. It is declared her condition was due
to the intemperate application of linament cure for rheumatism.
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Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler co., Iowa
March 20, 1907
IOWA STATE NEWS
MAN SHOT BY EDITOR DIES
Latte is Charged with Murder and Violence is Feared
M.S. Brundridge, who was shot by A.H. Sniff, editor of the Harrison
County News because he objected to an article in the paper,
died in Missouri Valley of his injuries. Feeling among the
friends of Brundridge is quite bitter and it is feared violence
may be attempted on Sniff. Sniff is held in $5,000 bond on a
charge that was changed from assault with intent to ill to one of
murder. The trouble arose over a row at a dance in which
Brundridge's brother-in-law, A.L. Fouts, was stabbed in the neck
following a quarrel. A strange part of the whole affair is that
the name of the dead man was never mentioned in the original
article detailing the trouble at the dance.
BANKER IS INDICTED
E.E. Snyder, Owner of Institution Which Failed Must Answer
A special grand jury in Anamosa has returned four indictments
against E.E. Snyder who was owner of the Olin bank at the time of
its failure for
$250,000 in November, 1904. Snyder has been indicted at four
different terms of court. In consideration of his entering a plea
of guilty in one case the State dismissed the other three cases.
The court imposed a fine of $100 which created a storm of
indignation, resulting in a special panel being called to
consider the case again.
Little Girl Terribly Burned
Lorene, aged 7 years, the daughter of William Myers, a prominent
Dubuque livery man, is lying in a critical condition as a result
of colliding with another sister who was carrying a bowl of hot
soup. The little girl ran in front of her sister, upsetting the
bowl and receiving the contents on her face and breast. Should
she survive she will be marked for life.
Leaps from Bridge To Death
Crazed by liquor, Roy Beck leaped over the railing of the Court
avenue bridge in Des Moines, shattering his brains out on an
abutment forty feet below. He was 32 years of age and unmarried.
The dramatic ending of a life was witnessed by over a hundred
persons.
Man Falls to Death.
Hans Drelin, an employe at the Smith box factory in Clinton, fell
from a high step ladder, while he was oiling machinery, receiving
injuries from which he died a few minutes later.
SAY MINE IS HAUNTED
Shaft Thirteen in Oskaloosa Invaded by Weird Apparation.
With the report that a ghost is haunting shaft No. 13 in the
mines at Oskaloosa the negro miners are in a fever of fear.
Numerous miners have reported seeing the wraith. It floats along
beside the men and at one time when a party of men hunted it down
and got it into a corner the figure suddenly vanished into thin
air. Some say it resembles a soldier in a uniform and slouch hat.
The entire camp is stirred up by the weird apparition. Many of
the miners have become sick over it. One boy was almost crazed by
fright.
Within Our Borders
- Washington Wyland, a pioneer of Shelby county, passed away at
Harlan.
- Mathew Boyle, aged 60, was struck and killed by a Northwestern
train at DeWitt.
- Mrs. James Pile of Des Moines while eating breakfast succumbed
to a paralytic stroke.
- Mrs. Thornton, living with her mother at Sigourney, was
poisoned by using some condensed milk.
- M.M. Brashor of Osceola has just received a payment of three
dollars which has been due for twenty years.
- Frank H. Holman of Waterloo while sweeping off the walk in
front of the house fell dead from apoplexy.
- A Jack-the-Hugger is busy at Shenandoah, several women having
been accosted by him in the last few nights.
- John I. Veach of Webster City is suing his cousin, W.H. Veach
of the same place, for $5,000 personal damages.
- M.B. Miles, first sergeant of Company H.I.N.G., stationed at
Atlantic, has been elected captain of the company.
- Mrs. Sylvester Lacey, a pioneer resident of Marshalltown,
dropped dead of heart disease. She was the widow of the late Mr.
Lacey, former president of the commercial State bank. She was 75
years old.
- The remains of Henry Glen Wood were brought to Clarion from
Newcastle, Wyo. He was a brakeman on the C., B. & Q. railroad
and fell between the cars and had both legs cut off.
- Patrick Hassett of Davenport is suing the McCarthy Construction
Company for $1,000 on account of injuries received by falling
into a hole which he claims was left open by the defendants.
- Fred Techentin of Davenport is suing the Tri-City Railway
Company for $10,000 for injuries received by falling over a stake
which he claims was left out in the street through their
negligence.
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