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THEY FLEAD GOUTY.first degree, malnoe and intent- to kill must be shown. None can be proven here. To gain a verdict against a man for murder in the second degree, isdertake the task so I did it, pretend*Brown and Hoyt Sentenced to the quite as difficult to show in the pres*enfc case. To get a plea of guilt ofPenitentiary.manslaughter, therefore, and to give the defendants the extent of the law’sEHD OF THE CD1BERLARD TRAGEDY | penalty is nil tliat the officers felt theycould expect nnder the circumstances,ConfM.ion Mid* by Hoyt a. to th* M«,r- and hence their arrangement for the S.r Of Battle Spiw-t4*y the niame on ptea of guilt and the sentences as told.0t|Dr, Johmoo—They are Sentencedfor Sftanelanshter—Court Not**,From Wednesday'* Daily.Sight years in the penitentiary isBut no more revolting crime everoccurred in the history of this faircounty than the murder of that poor ignorant girl by these dare devil fellows.the prospect which confronts Robert The collfe8gion o{young Hoyt isBrown, wnose plea of guilty to t e|noj. ma(je ™blio bat- it may be stated ________public but it may _ _ -------crime of manslaughter made Monday . thf) TeleKttiph that it and hisltesti-evening will serve to open the doors mony before the gnuQd compre.of the states prison te him before the hend(j fche following allegations as tothe responsibility for the untimelyweek is gone.His companion in crime,young Rea- | deafh oTpretty Hattie Spies, son Hoyt, will be sent to the pemten-fci^ f°-r ^fait, tme i«n anniHdv IHakfcie Spies condition and asked me The victim of their paBB,on,.up.tidy I tat ^ J j fold him (o ^and dense ignorance, Miss Hattie Spies, of near Cumberland, lies in her grave with her unborn child, while their accomplice in the deed, at least so alleged to be by them, is a fugi-marrygirl. At that time he was pretty sure that he was the father of her unborn child, but since then he has said that he was not sure that he was responsible, At the time he wanted me totxve from the pains of the law, and . . ,, T ... . .... . , - I help him out I told him I did not likethe atmosphere m the vicinity oil { . .___ _Cumberland is still thick with discussions of the case which so startled the community on the morning of the ninth of Septemper last, when it was known that Hattie Spies was dead and that these two young men were responsible fot her killing.They Plead Guilty.to do so as it was risky business. Dr. Earl W. Johnson came in the neighborhood about this time and I spoke to him about the' case. On the ^second Sunday before the girl's death 1 went with Bode Brown down to Johnson's and the doctor toldfme that lie had several times caused the miscar*_ . , riage of women and that the trickThe two culprits pleaded guilty conid be done with little or no dan-the crime of manslaughter lust even- ; Brown did not Mk with the Doc.ing and waived time for sentence, tor abont the matter Bt that time- At whereupon Judge Green pronounced oter time , rode .. th john,0n infothe seutencee as above detailed. 10nmberland when he spoke to me Hoyt’, term was made shorter than 1 b(Jut ^ ^ eaKgeated thatthat of hi. companion for he reason if , were going to do anything that that he made a confestson to the offl- theIe wa8 n0 tim„ like now to d„ itcers some daye age in which he claims I Hu ^ (hat ^ wa going ^ AtUn.to have told all the oiroumstances oftic on business and would get certainthe case. A review of this confession, tw . hUe there and ,ated me and the other statements whioh have I ^ cgme with him. I got Brown’*been made hy him, is printed here- team ftnd we mme t0 AtUntl0i had with, and forms a sufficient review of dinner and went w the Kairaad ttlthe orime.lr. Bari W. Johnson, who is drawned home at sun-down. Johnson then ... brought up the question and said tlrntinto the matter by the confession, waB I i()s the task * undertaken soona wandering fellow who has been go- L W| [d have doing forth over the land ma covered . u ^ # eertain timlt;J itwagon, ministering to the wants of the eick and the distressed whenever he could find employment. He is not a graduate in medicine, but an uncouth and unkempt fellow, who if Hoyt’s confession is to be relied upon, was not unaccustomed to commit the revolting crime which made this county cringe last month. Since the day of the death of Hattie Spies, he has not been heard from.Soua« Other Stories.was a dangerous matter to handle. On the next day which was Thursday, lie gave me a bottle of medicine of whichlog tliat 1 was the man in trouble.The girl did not moke any outcries 11 tliat. night while in my room nor did 11 she give evidence of any fear. Johnson did not tell mo his method of procedure, but after the girl was Laid 11on the lounge he told me that he had {inot begun his task at the time she fainted, but had merely made an exploratory examination. At no time during my talk with him did he admit tliat the girl was dead, but assert-1 jed that she had merely fainted. When Brown got out to the house and saw the girl’s condition he started to town for Dr. Weaver and left me with the girl and Johnson. I wanted Johnson to stay and help as, particularly to stay with me and not leave me alonewith the girl, but he declined to doIt. When Dr. Weaver got to the place lie immediately pronounced the girl dead.11ICourt Wot**.In the ease of Peterson vs Meredith Dickey A Co. for damages, wliieh was tried last week, the jury returned a sealed verdict whioh was opened yesterday and found to be for the defendant.The court was engaged yesterday afternoon and part of the evening in the trial of the damage suit brought by Candis Ackerman agianet C. P. Meredith. The case was concluded Into in ths evening and this morning, by order of Judge Green, Clerk Me*Convillo convened court and read the Judge’s instructions to the jury and they retired to make up their verdict. They will return a sealed verdict which will not be opened until eourt convenes again on Saturday.In the case of the state of Iowa vs. F rank D. Jeffrey, indicted for the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors,the defendant appeared by his attorneys and entered a plea of guilty. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $800 or go to jail for ninety days and to pay 960 attorney fees and costaTheodore Fredrickson, charged with illegal sale of liquors was given a fine of 9300 or ninety days in jail and to pay 980 attorneys fees and costa.John Hudspeth was appointed counsel for Fred Beema There are three indictments against Beema He was arraigned but took the statutory time to plead and prepare for trial.In the case of the state of Iowa vs.the girl was to have a dose m warm i p,*** Cain the defendant appeared water each evening just before retir- j attorneys and waived challengeing. The bottle had the name “Pal-1 ^ jaIy.Chas. Antrim, who was arrested yesterday morning on a bench warrant, i charged with keeping a nuisance,appeared before the court by his a ttomsy and was arraigned on themer Findley” blown in the glass.I gave the medicine to Brown thatnight at a dance at Frank Liston'swhere he and the Spies girl were together. Brown afterwards told meIt is not within the province of Ifclmt he took the girl to | indictment ftnlt;| took the statutorya newspaper to detail the many stories George Brown’s, where she wub work- time to plead ^ prepare for trial, that are flitting about as to further ing\ °n September 8th I saw John* During the term of court Judge details of the crime. Suffice it to say B0B in town agam wanted to Green has made the following partiesthat they are many and that many know what waB goin« t0. don®full fledged citizens of the UnitedI told him that the girl would be I States: Charley Johnson, A. H. Von;brought out that night. Johnson said Bergan, John Brissle, August Raata, to bring her down to his place as he D T ■yyahlenhanse, Henry D. Wich-had a place prepared for the operation J Gregor Anderson, Andrew Ras-but Bode and Hattie both said that Lmtl88en( Henry J. Mueller, Simon they wanted the work done at ray Q^iey Philepsen, Charley Nelson, house, as they knew that my folks I j^nlt;jrew Nelson, Martinus Thompson, would be away, and I consented. That Hedegord, Niels Sorenson,night I went after Johnson and Uagust Braun, Fred Lykke,Wm. Bon-bronght him to my place and then ufta8 Jorgenson Bengard, Chriswent on up the road to get the girl. 11 Andersen, Boren Thygesen, Gerhart met her and Brown a mile or more Kloppeuburg, Axel Sjostrom, Harold west of Cumberland where the Hemiugscu, John Weppler, H. B. got out of Brown’s buggy and got in* j Zeigler and R. C. Rasmussen, to mine. We at once proceeded to my I jU(jge Green adjourned eourt last plaoe where we found the Doctor evlt;ining until Saturday, when he will awaiting us. At that time the girl 1 prPbabIy hold a short session to ftn-was acting in a queer manner, jump* igh up tj,e business term. He went to ing about and grabbing at the bows of 1 Ibis morning to open histhe boggy top. Bhe said she guessed | muion ci ooor* there, she was drunk. She had 4afcen twopersons are not of the belief that Justice has been altogether satisfied.Why MkoaUaghtflr,The officials who have had to deal with this case point out that while there may be some who will believe that the punishment, which Judge Green meted out to Hoyt and Brown, is inadequate, that it is all that they could reasonably expect to secure had they gone into a trial and made an effort before a judge and jury to have the degree of the crime declared larger and the punishment more severe. Many points of evidence are missing, as for instance, it is not known that either of the defendants were present at the death of the Spies girl. It is not known tliat the young defendants intended that she shoulddie, or that they expected that she, , . , . , , , ■ , T , f \ , . I drinks of whiskey that I know of; shewould die. It is not known what | ______ed her, except in so far as the statement of Hoyt tends to implicate the pseudo-doctor Johnson, To gain a verdict against a man for murder in theDon’tinto the house and up into my room I to express to you my gratitude foi where left her and the Dceter U^o-JI came down stairs again. In about | a complication of stomach die-fifteen minutes the doctor called to J orders. For ten months I could worl me and asked me to bring some water I and was treated by th*®8 eminenl as she had fainted. This I did and phjrsieimns. One insi.ted-1»pon operat,, . . . .* si__,i_A~Iingcthen we.the yard „ ...........BaralWe rnbbed her on the face, hands and I Dn Caldwell’ifiytdp Pepsin and fronCTtOt TIf ffl U -4 -hishey into. I her mouth and Johnson said that. she i^e gained 36 pounds in weight amvjret rat; get nice and plump 11 g-wollowed the fluid, but she did not jam enjoying the very beat ox health there is safety in plumpness, seem to mo to show any signs of lift 11 never fail tlt; say a ^luTf^0c u ■ i we took her into fche house and Inidjp^r» ferine it wilSummer has tried vnnrl. . ^ r know wnat it has aone ror me ir wuon thesofa. Then I tol(l»do for othera Gratefully yoursA fainted. This I did and I physicians, une insistea upon ope ruta raintea. xms i am .“jfng on me, declaring nothing short oi brought the girl down jnto I ^ oporalioa for appendicitis woulc where she could get the air. I cute me. A friend induced ihe to trjSi 1*1 I WO tUUh IDummer has tried your L,.r downfood-works ; winter is coming I Johnson tliat it was Brown’s girl andCharles Cimy,to try your breath-mill. FaU|B™^T“’B e“8e anlt;i not “ine a?V,* J 1 ail along been pretending and Jolm-IS the time to brace yourself, j eon replied that if it was Brown’sHale DftlM *nd Bill*.The Telkgkapii office is prepared tBut weather is tricky’ look Uirl lhad get Brown, and I Like dates ter sales ter that popnli.it i , / , , (did bo, finding him in Cumberland. |uuctionwer, A. H. Goodspeed. Partuout I Look out for colds espec ially.When Brown and I got to the house desiring to hold sales msj loarn at th .again Johnson was still there but he office when and where GoodspeedScott’s Emulsion of Codldid not Btay told ua wel^omUed an can secure mhad managed to get our toot in it and I *or tberaseivss.that he would leave ua to get it out! Remember that this office is prepanLiver Oil is the helps. It is food, food in the world than food, it helps your food, and get ment from itsubtlest ofthe easiest I as beet we oould and he started away. I*° Prlnk y°ur **}* M it is more Whioh way he went I do not know, jpo^ble to get the type onto the prea.Bode had given me 910.00 to pay to the Our prices are rlghtiandourpilntl, you digest Lan and this I had given him on a ported. A lt;ree pdlce of all .ale-more nutri-1 previous oocaBiou, however there was I printed in t • • J P‘nothing saidas to whar the u*mey \V»n ^ having sale, shonld take thU ^ . . ,was for. My part in the affair was not to account, as the notice^ol thelrseDont get thin, there is I for pay hut for iriondship’s sake, an j thus advertised, goessafety in plumpness. Man hooause I felt that uni.BBS the» was in £“■ “^ymooh ai lhe bmB.woman and child.some tiling done for that girl her life | would , .*» Gome In and bflve your date secirnIf you have not tried it, seod for free I would be ruined. Bode got ttiO to.em- I *.nH vnuradverililu aereeable taste will aurprise you. I«lrawr T„hnonn fn, tt,n vaaonn that, he I VOUT bills printed andyour»aVe
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Atlantic Semi Weekly Telegraph
Atlantic, Iowa, US
Fri, Oct 26, 1900
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