Jury Recommends Life Sentence for Iowa Murderer
In Bidora Iowa on February 6 William Winters age 21 or 22 was convicted of first degree murder in the slaying of Linn Trimble in Union January 16. The jury recommended life imprisonment. Winters claimed irrational impulsive motive and there was no provocation. The crime followed a dime novel style holdup after Winters watched Trimble handling cash. Winters fled then confessed after capture at his father’s Titonka farm. The defense aimed to avoid hanging and the jury’s recommendation is likely to prevail.
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Bidora
William Winters
Linn Trimble
Union
Winters
Trimble
Titonka
Robber Sentenced to Three Years in Penitentiary
Rock Rapids Iowa February 6 William Wilson was sentenced to three years in prison for robbing the till at the Lyon house He broke jail after arrest but was recaptured and pleaded guilty to robbery at trial
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Rock Rapids, Ta
William Wilson
Lyon
Kepler loses left hand at corn sheller in Webster City
Oscar Kepler of the Payne place near Cass Center church suffered a severe hand injury while shelling corn on the Burleson farm. While clearing a clogged blower with a wire his mitten fingered into the machine, tearing and lacerating the hand to the wrist. It was amputated at the hospital after transfer.
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Webster City
Oscar Kepler
H. Co. Payne
A. R. Burleson
Cass Center Church
Kepler
Clark Olmstead
School suspends 30 students over secret society affidavits
In Council Bluffs Iowa thirty boys and girls were suspended by the school board for refusing to sign affidavits pledging not to belong to secret societies. Parents of Knights of Columbus and Daughters of the Kings may take the case to court.
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Council Bluffs
Meh. É
Knights of Columbus and
Daughters of the Kings
Bad River Editor Cyrus Hague Dies in Phillip
Des Moines dispatch reports Cyrus Hague editor of the Bad River News died at Phillip 8 D pneumonia. Hague longtime circulation manager of the Des Moines Capital and had many friends in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Dispatcher Today
Cyrus Hague
Bad River News
Phillip
Hague
Iowa
Superior steel boasts unparalleled hardness from new process
London reports a Sheffield product developed after patent disputes in the United States. Professor John Oliver Arnold predicts a revolutionary air hardening method enabling steel to be hardened in oil paraffin or water. Claimed to extend tool life dramatically by six to seven times and reduce regrinding, a tool tested for a day and a half without sharpening versus five daily refinements.
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London
John Oliver Arnold
Royal Institute
Sheffield
Paint Measure Advances in Iowa Senate Sessions
Des Moines Feb 6 The Iowa legislature is slow but shows progress with rising bill counts. Senate bills passed include waterworks funding and outward opening doors. new measures cover road dragging pricing and state health salary hikes. Committees show limited work while other bills touch rail taxation and Sunday amusements. Lincoln Day plans name Lafe Young as orator. Ida county recount anticipated for Corrie contest.
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Des Moines
Ira
Clarke
House
Senate
State House
Railroad Commission
Emmetsburg
Francis
Holmes
Lafe Young
Ida County
Corrie
Shoots Prominent Man Over Wife Theft in Denver
In Denver on Sixteenth Street John H Cradlebaugh shot and killed G Fred Walton former Idaho Odd Fellows grand master. Walton died at hospital after gasping that Cradlebaugh believed he had stolen his wife. Cradlebaugh was arrested immediately and offered no statement.
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Denver
Colo
Fred Walton
The
Odd Fellows
Idaho
John H. Cradlebaugh
Wallace
Cradlebaugh
Walton
Sixteenth Street
Armstrong
Cradiebaugh
Wife deserts family and elopes with affinity in blizzard
Charles Hudergson of Rock Rapids told police in Iowa City that his wife eloped with another man, leaving him with three children ages 2, 4, and 6. He said the blizzard delayed them for 66 hours in a strange town with only 30 cents to feed the kids. He was found at Rock Island station this morning after being there since Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Charles Hudergson
Rock Rapids
Hudelson
Rock Island
Thres Burn To Death In Brentwood Home Blaze
In Little Rock Arkansas on February 6, a house near Brentwood owned by Mrs. Frank Lathrop burned overnight. Sons William 15 and Frank 5 perished, along with visitor George Burris, all fatal victims of the blaze.
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Little Rock
Ark
Frank Lathrop
Brentwood
William
Frank
George Burris
A Bill to Keep Chickens at Home
Des Moines Iowa February 5 to the Waters of Iowa. Citizens urged to write G H Hammond at the state house to help draft a bill regulating backyard poultry and domestic animal disturbances. The proposal excludes country precincts with few fences and shared property lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
G. H. Hammond
State House
Railroad tax bill reshapes Iowa city taxation and mileage basis
Des Moines reports a proposed bill by Senator Saunders to raise railroad taxes in Iowa by taxing rail mileage including main and side tracks. Cities would gain taxation on railroad property within limits, while townships bear much of the increase. The Senate introduces numerous measures from S. F. 121 to H. F. 168 covering boards, fees, park powers, fire funds, and state agencies.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Saunders
Council Bluffs
League of Iowa
Senate
Seeley
S. F
Bernnett
Thirty-second General Assembly
Moon
County Boards of Supervisors
Ss. F
van Law
de Armand
Bruce
Cosson
Winters Trial Sees Defense Citing Mental Irresponsibility
Eldora Iowa February 5 The second day of the trial of William Winters for the murder of Linn Trimble began with jury selection. The state’s evidence is largely complete and the defense will present about 25 witnesses. The court room is crowded as the case nears a jury decision expected this afternoon.
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Eldora
William Winters
Linn Trimble
Three Foreigners Held Over Forged Check Plot
LeMars Iowa reports three men identified as John Wilson Des Moines John Wylie Fergus Falls Minn and Wm Smith New York were held to await grand jury action after cashing a forged Union hotel check and trying a second at a clothing store. They used local family names on the checks and remain jailed on $500 bonds. Police believe they have carried out similar schemes in other towns.
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LeMars
John Wilson
Des Moines
John Wylie
Fergus Falls
Minn
Wm. Smith
New York
Linden
Union Hotel
Carrie Nation fined for umbrella thrust at car window
Carrie Nation appeared in police court today and was fined 7.50 for thrusting an umbrella through a car window on the underground railway where a cigarette advertisement was posted. She remarked that the amount was less than she expected.
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London
Carrie Nation
Self-inflicted death follows alleged shooting in Davenport
Clarence Camery, linked to a fatal wound on Mrs. Lulu Pue, fled Davenport and shot himself near Stockton last night, ending a suspected crime sequence. Local authorities report Camery died at the scene with the incident under investigation.
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Davenport
Clarence Camery
Lulu Pue
Stockton
Hepburn Files Contest Notice
Des Moines IA February 5 notice served on Congressman elect W D Jamieson by M L Temple attorney for Hepburn that contest of his election would begin at Centerville tomorrow and include votes from Union Appanoose and Page counties
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Des Moines
W. D. Jamieson
M. L. Temple
W. P. Hepburn
Centerville
Union
Appanoose
Page
Court Decides Town Site Case For Defendants
Judge William Hutchinson rules on the Kingsley Garfield township land title dispute. The decision finds Geo B Smyth had no interest when deed to Collier was delivered and that all claims are barred by the statute of limitations. Collier appeals to the Iowa Supreme Court.
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Geo. Smyth
Thornton Lomax
Martha Smyth
Smyths
Plymouth County
Lomax
Iowa Railroad Company
Geo. B. Smyth
David A. Collier
Keokuk
Collier
J. G. Smaltz
Iowa Land Company
Three Iowa railroad men killed in Missouri wreck
Chillicothe Mo February 6 A head on collision between two stock trains on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line at Powersville left three dead and a fourth fatally injured. The engineers Stipp of Chillicothe and Kent of Laredo were among the injured and cattle plunged from a steep embankment after four cars derailed.
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Chillicothe
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Powersville
Iowa Line
John Stipp
James Brown
Ottumwa
Towa
T. B. Belcher
Iowa
Kent
Laredo
Chicago
Iowa House Advances Bills on Appeals and Public Needs
The Iowa State House approved a six month limit for commencing appeals in criminal cases, signaling faster justice. Other measures include outward opening public building doors, extended time to sell old paint stocks, and city funds for waterworks. A highway fund request and telephone company joint rates were discussed. A drainage law committee was named, and a Kr Schee resolution on Iowa’s fleet reception tokens was reconsidered.
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State House
Des Moines
House
Senate
Moon
Meredith
Stillman
Packer
Harding
Ripley
Lee
McDonald
Kellogg
Jacobs
Davidson
Schee
O'Brien
Iowa
Salina Banker Plans New Walk From New Orleans to Mobile
Salina Kansas banker Frank Hageman has chosen Frank Bristow, son of Senator J. L. Bristow, for a walk from New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama. The pair set out after their recent Kansas City to Salina trek.
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Salina, Kan
Frank Hagerman
Salina
Kansas City
Bachelor Died Leaves Widow and Children in Suit
Mrs. Wm. Phillips sues for a share of Wm. Vincent Callery estate claiming a legal marriage and three years of cohabitation. Callery, tied to traction interests in Pittsburg Philadelphia and San Francisco, died as a bachelor. The suit cites alleged bigamy and seeks portion of the large estate for two children and Mrs. Phillips.
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Pittsburg
Wm. Phillips
Vincent Callery
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Callery
County Attorney Measure Passes the State Senate
Des Moines Iowa reports the senate approved the Cosson bill defining county attorney duties as part of Byers measures. Dowell's county depository bill also passed with new bills listed across several committees including alcohol regulation, hog cholera serum manufacturing, court reporters’ pay, and bridge contract bidding.
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Des Moines
Senate
Cosson
Dowell
Smith
H. F
Wilson
Ames Agricultural College
Boards of
Elliott
Jorinda
Byerly
Oxford Junction
Jones County
Sullivan
Quigley
County Boards of Supervisors
Judiciary
Larrabee
Secretary of State
Hunter
Chapman
Notable Blizzard Tragedy Near Odebolt
Joseph Jacobson a farmer southwest of Odebolt IA perished in a blizzard while en route from town to home. Exhausted and lost he collapsed in the snow. neighbors dug his body out this morning after organizing a search posse.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Joseph Jacobson
Odebolt
Chicks Hatched Amid Blizzard In Early Brood
In Onawa Iowa during a February blizzard Mas ter Frank O Gorman found 13 fluffy chicks beneath a broody hen. Despite winds of 60 miles per hour and heavy snow his hens hatched the early brood by natural methods, the earliest reported.
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Onawa
Frank O'Gorman
Woman Indicted in Iowa Murder of Two Sons
Mrs. Nellie Powell was indicted in Rockwell City Iowa on charges of killing her two sons on January 4. Fort Dodge attorney M Healy entered a not guilty plea for Powell. Bond set at 10000 dollars, she remains in custody under nurse and sheriff until posted.
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Rockwell City
Nellie Powell
Healy
Fort Dodge
Indictment Against Walter Weaver Faulty in Court
Walter Weaver remains held on $3,000 bond after a faulty indictment ruling in Marshalltown Iowa court. A new indictment is to be returned before action proceeds.
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Marshalltown
Walter Weaver
Car Fire Kills 17 Horses In Red Oak Train
A Burlington tracks fire in Red Oak Iowa burned 17 horses owned by William Beckwith. Most animals were remothered or killed. The blaze started from a hot box as the train arrived from the west.
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Red Oak
William Beckwith
Burlington
Young Indian Shoots Himself On Street in Toma
In Toma La February 4 Harry Davenport an Indian about 25 years old shot himself on the main street in front of about 20 spectators dying instantly. He fired a first shot in the air then shot himself in the forehead. His father is named Harry Wacemah known as Harry Davenport and he claimed to be the son of Bailey Davenport of Rock Island. He had been a quiet man recently baptized at the Methodist church.
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Toma
Harry Davenport
Harry Wacemah
Bailey Davenport
Rock Island
Harry
Methodist
Labor Commissioner Brigham pressures engineers over railroad laws
Des Moines reports State Labor Commissioner Brigham scored the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in the state convention for not aiding in needed railroad legislation. Engineers later decided to seek laws to require enhanced train equipment including the purchase of the strongest headlights available.
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Des Moines
Brigham
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
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