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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
6
A Waterloo, Iowa, assistant in Dr. J. H. Crippen’s office was attacked by a stranger who slashed her arms with a razor. The assailant fled after screams drew attention. the injured woman fainted and later requested the physician’s presence as police were alerted.
Leadville Colorado September 6 The jury found Sherman W Morris alias Frank Shercliffe formerly of Des Moines guilty of second degree murder in the slaying of John Walsh a Leadville saloon keeper in June 1893 A motion for new trial was made The penalty ranges from 10 years to life Morris had confessed the crime to acquaintances Tom Dennison of Omaha and M P Hooker of Chicago testified He is also linked to the Abe Pollock robbery at Logan Illinois and suspected in other west area murders robberies and holdups Morris was brought from Lansing Michigan.
Ruth Hoover, a domestic in Des Moines, was pulled from the Des Moines River after drowning attempts. She had first tried carbolic acid, then leaped into Zoo Lake, and finally clung to a log until rescuers retrieved her. She remains in a dangerous condition at the Methodist hospital.
Des Moines report Rev. Frank Evans aged 79 dies in Iowa after 57 years as a Methodist minister. He formerly served as grand chaplain of the Iowa Odd Fellows.
In Clinton Louisiana on September 5 Engineer Ellis of the Northwestern fast mail suffered a broken arm when a hanging box car door struck him as he rested his arm on the cab window. Despite the injury he continued the run from Morrison Illinois 14 miles away to Clinton. In Corwith Iowa Judge Clark and creditors attorneys heard 330 claims against the Corwith bank about 70 000 dollars in irregularities surface with cashier Standring missing and the bond obligors seeking his location.
The big dredge on the Little Sioux river cutoff completed the Channel at Conyers bend last evening. Starting at 3 PM the work ended by 5 PM, carving 1200 feet and shortening the river by two and a quarter miles. The ditch averages two feet depth per 200 feet and will boost capacity tenfold.
The jury charged William H. Pettis with embezzlement after a thorough investigation. Pettis pleaded not guilty. Bond set at 5000 dollars. A continuance was granted and the case will be tried at the October term. Sac City.
Waterloo Iowa Sept 5 H B White secretary of the Iowa Workmen and Waterloo Board of Trade suffered a paralytic stroke on the grand stand during a league pall game. He was taken home in serious condition tonight and is known in lodge and commercial circles across the state.
William Saunders, charged with slashing Andrew Lundien, waived his preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury on $1,008 bond. Lundien remains in precarious condition. In Des Moines, Walter White, accused of seduction by Miss Etta Taylor, married today and the case was dropped.
Mrs Ida Clapp Smith faces a $50,000 damages suit filed by Mrs Alice Asherton Chapman alleging she alienated the affections of Chapman's husband George C. Chapman. Judge C. C. Cole represents Mrs Chapman as the suit traces to a dinner at the Savery cafe.
Iowa City September 4 Marjorie Coast 11 daughter of Mr and Mrs P C Coast received a Carnegie silver medal for leaping into the Iowa river last summer and saving the life of Margaret Hayes daughter of Professor and Mrs Samuel Hayes
Davenport Iowa September 4 The Iowa State Christian Endeavor convention opened with 1000 delegates and a chorus of 100. Welcome addresses were given by Mayor Geo W Scott L W McKeown and Dr LeRoy M Coffman. President W A Schley of Sibley responded for visitors and Walter D Howell field secretary of Minnesota spoke. Various phases of Christian work will be presented by specialists over the next two days.
Dubuane Sept 4 After 22 years in the saloon business Schaffhauser Bros closed their bar and quit the liquor trade. The action follows pending law enforcement suits and a Supreme Court ruling adverse to Schaffhauser.
Waterloo Louisiana reports a rise in divorce filings for the September district court term. Blackhawk county shows 32 new actions with an estimated 50 to 60 carried over. Alimony requests include 310,000 and 25,000, and one case seeks separate maintenance.
A Budapest dispatch reports Countess Szechenyi gravely ill following the accouchment of a stillborn child. Immediate danger passed, but she remains bedridden for a long recovery. She was traveling with her husband when ill and doctors were summoned from Budapest. The countess’s mother, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt of New York, has been asked to come. Count Szechenyi and Gladys Vanderbilt wed in New York on January 27.
Pittsburg Sept. 4. Dennis and Mrs. McIntyre celebrate 26 years of marriage with twenty children, all living. Married in 1882, their children arrive at intervals of 15 42 months. The latest baby is a boy born last evening weighing 15 pounds. 12 sons and eight daughters in the brood.
Manson Iowa September 9 funeral held for Mrs. George G. Brown murdered by her father in law. J M Brown jailed at Rockwell City after pleading not guilty in justice court. George G Brown terminally ill with tuberculosis and vows to pursue his father if he lives. The aged mother测试 testifies for husband and supports the crime to save him. Rockwell City court term now in session.
Miss Liz Agea, 13, guest of George Mathis, was assaulted in Des Moines. An intruder forced entry, muffled cries, and fled. a struggle left him unconscious after a fall from a window. Police later arrested Earl Nizzert after recovering.
Iowa City custodian Henry E. Brock of the Iowa City State Bank confessed to burglaries at Golden Eagle Clothing and Equitable Jewelry. He stole $100 in property recovered, with many forged checks found at his home. He had served as custodian of the local post office.
John M Brown 70 confesses to killing Mrs Geo G Brown and is held without bail in Rockwell City. M Healy Fort Dodge retained to defend. coroner's jury attributes death to blows with a weapon. Geo G Brown arrives from Colorado for the funeral as details emerge of a long quarrel. A separate report notes Anton Blazek Sr seriously injured by a bull. wife rescued him but both are hurt.
In Waterloo Iowa two men died last night after incidents with trains. BE. J. O Connor, 30, of Waterloo, was killed on a moving train leaving his wife and four children. T. W. Dobbins, 26, of Waterloo, was found along the Chicago Great Western tracks with exact death details unknown.
Cedar Rapids Iowa September 3 John O Hara a Rock Island fireman was fatally hurt this morning at Oasis while reaching for a crate of eggs as the train moved He was struck on the head by a mail crane and died at the hospital
Mason City Iowa September 3 Harry Ade longtime keeper of the Clear Lake assembly grounds inherits fifty thousand dollars through the death of Charlies Hillman of Brighton England.
New York, Sept 3. In Huntington Bay exhibition races Ray Mulvey sped 100 yards in 58.25 seconds after oxygen administration by Dr F B Smith. Mulvey raced E J White as an equal, but surged ahead with oxygen, which Dr Smith called athletic food of the future.
Reverend Hugh Birckhead returned from London with the rumor that Dr W S Rainsford would join President Roosevelt as one of the African hunters in the jungle. Rainsford, famed for big game in British East Africa since 1904, previously hunted in Colorado and Canada. Birckhead says Roosevelt may rely on the minister to guide in the art of pursuing large wild creatures.
Fort Dodge Iowa September 3 Wm Sanders likely fatally stabbed Andrew Lundien in a saloon near Union Station last night after Lundien ejected him earlier in the day Sanders escaped and was not found until morning following an all night posse search Lundien suffered a knife wound to the abdomen crippling two ribs and piercing his lungs and was left in a precarious condition
Neilie Roberts, 20, a self described tramp, slept on the Milwaukee bridge in Ottumwa Iowa and lost an arm when the Chicago limited train passed over her. She came here from Kansas City yesterday in a box car. her parents live in Quenema Kansas.
Mason City Iowa September 2 F Burns an engineer at the Milwaukee passenger service owes his life to his dog whose antics woke him as a thunderstorm broke The dog pulled the bedclothes and Burns rose before a bolt of lightning struck the bed The bolt wrecked the home starting fires and causing extensive damage Burns lived with his aged mother who was stunned lightly by the bolt
Gloucester City New Jersey September 2 Harry Walker long plagued by bad luck meets yet another crash in Hammonton when thrown from his car. He sustains a broken hip and internal injuries along with his mother in law who also breaks a hip. His 18 year old daughter is unhurt. This marks his thirteenth accident.
Muggs McGee a Davenport Ia physical instructor was stabbed and likely fatally wounded when he tried to separate a fight outside 175 North Clark street. Samuel Israelson 21 known as Sam the Jew fled after stabbing McGee who died or was dying as police investigated.
Mrs. Gabriel McPhee, wife of an army officer in Cuba, traveled to Des Moines Iowa to gain custody of her daughter Goldie from her divorced husband. She states the second wife refused entry and habeas corpus proceedings were filed.
Earl Wagner, son of J W Wagner near Marengo Iowa, was seized by three masked men while tending kilns, gagged, stripped, and tied to a telephone pole. He was found unconscious two hours later and is under medical care. The Wagners suffered a string of fires and vandalism over years, with a $100 reward offered for clues.
Fonda Iowa reports two barn fires. At 3 AM the Goeppinger farm barn near town burned to the ground, destroying eight horses about 100 sheep and stored hay and grain insured. At 10:30 AM the M E Endersbe barn in town burned down. cause unknown.
John Knauss of Farmington was struck by an eastbound Northwestern train near Dayton while aboard the Yankee Robinson special car. His arm and leg were severed, he lay bleeding until found, and he died minutes later despite efforts. A coroner's verdict supported the account.
Mason City reports the death of Jule Calkins in Los Angeles California. A longtime resident and a man who amassed a fortune, his body will be brought back to Mason City for burial.
Des Moines Iowa sept 1 Frank and Nathan Rainsbarger have applied to Governor Cummins for pardon in a bid for clemency.
Spokane reports the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad line from Taft Montana to St Joe Idaho costs 11.4 million dollars 1907 price per mile 190 000. The project includes tunnels the longest over 8000 feet through solid rock and prompts plans to double track within five years to handle growing business. The route crosses the Palouse and Big Bend wheat belts which produced over 40 million bushels in 1907.
A local litigant sues an attorney for allegedly high fees after a court action. The Sheldon fair was financially successful, but the Sheldon Sun criticizes the number of fakirs on the streets and their indecent exhibitions, urging their exclusion next year.
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