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i Jf A UOVIIIUJIWi Util O IIIIU till IIIUIoShaw and Brigham, wanted to practically exonerate the management of the roiul by declaring the accident to be duo to the carelessness and disobedience of Coughlin. The other Lhrco jurors, hardware man Turner, grocer, coal undgrain dealer Osborne were Inclined to deal leniently with Coughlin and censure the management of the road, especially l'or running such a monster double-header train. Coroner Long is said in be under many obligations to the company for pusses, etc., and spends much of his time at the hotel and elsewhere with the compnny’s attorney. Long favors a verdict throwing the blame on Coughlin.THE LEON LYNCHERS.Poclnmailon Ianuod by the Governor of Iowa.Slule of Iown, Executive Department, by the Governor, a Poclnmation:WiiKiiK.vs, Information has come to this ofilca that the crime of murder was, on or about the night of Saturday, Aug. 18, 1887, committed in the town of Leon, County of Decatur and State of Iowa, upon the person of one giving his name as James Reynolds, by some person or pcrsons unknown to the authorities, now. therefore, I, William Lnrrnbco, Governor of the State of Iowa, by virtue of authority vested in me by law. do hereby oiler a reward of Jive hundred dollars for the arrest and delivery to the proper authorities of the person or persons guilty of such murder, the snid reward to lie paid upon conviction. The honor and dignity of tho State demand that tho officers of the law uso the utmost diligence to bring the guilty to justice.In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to he affixed the Great Seal of the State of Iowa.Done at Dcs Moines the 10th day of August, A. D. 1887. W«. Lariiaurq.By the Governor:Frank D. Jackson, Secretary of State. By C. S. Bvrkit, DeputyH. H. Warner, the patent medicine proprietor, is at Saratoga. Ho is a tall, vigorous man, with gray mustache andfoivteo and a bronzed, unwrinkled face, lo is ftbout 46 years of ngo. His fortune is a largo ono and ho spends hia money taeely. Like most great mou, he is ou %thn*iiurtio fisherman. ,---iviivwuif:nearly two hundred people from the country came to town. Tlioy we re provided with a rope, but the shcriIT hoard of t . r approach, and in disguise took his prisoner to a safe place. The croifc! dispersed nnd it was thought that betcer council would prevail. The prisoner waived examination, was bound over, his bond being fixed at *5,000. Everybody was expecting that the brute would get his merited punishment by the regular process of the law; but on the 8th of August about 9 o clock in the morning, another norrlbio outrage was committed, the victim being a very line young ladv, the daughter of a respected citizen. Jordan Kooger, by another brute. She was picking some vegetables in tho garden when the fiend approached her. and knocked her down with his revolver, so that she foil to the ground in n helpless condition. The fiend escaped into the near timber. Nearly every man in the community was on loot or on horseback, hunting for the brute: but all efforts to capture him have been iu vain. This second crime in the same county, though hy another person, no doubt hud much lo lt;lo with mating the people to make Hie second and final attempt on the life of Reynolds. Opinion is divided here ai to the propriety of the lynching, but all agree that the punishment whs just.PRINCE FERDINAND.*Ic Is Koyully Received by HU Now People.RbSTcnoK, Aug. 15.—Prince Ferdinand Arrived here last night. Ilis coming wasannounced by the firing of artillery. Thehouses mid streets wore profusely decorated, and the whole town was illuminntthproliofdoi. ... Hi * 11IIIII1,1 liu*A banquet in tho Prince's honor was sn during the evening, and Priuce ilinand delivered au oration in the ?nrian language, his remarks being ived with great enthusiasm, vast multitude assembled to meet riiico, mid extraordinary enthusiasm ..iled. At the banquot in tho evening ilciforolT, who was 0:10 of tho leaders Jo conspiracy which resulted in the hsitiou of Prince Aloxnndor, said: ewlll coyer tho Balkan i with corpse* icr limn allow onomies to'ontcr our/juntryDbfromexcititclcgrAdamto Mefour 'readyfor tBOttlCagainAnottto Geat oningaiu.U. Gen. ( of U. he is i the In work! afford and w He is lt;flglit tGov over t! thorlti nssiBt troubl this af States about 8tato’i a sing uyokle any of there 1 um do troubl term in protcc cstly I tied v;
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Laurens Sun
Laurens, Iowa, US
Thu, Aug 25, 1887
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