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Newspaper
Reporter
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1897
Page
2
Ottumwa September 10. The Buck Murray bank robbery case opens with a protest of violence and strong court resolve. A juror receives a letter about the trial and is instructed to reveal nothing. Defense plans an alibi as proceedings promise a tense time.
Finley Ackert of Moberly Missouri, a veteran Wabash conductor, was found unconscious beside the track after his Ottumwa to St Louis passenger train No 4 was en route Monday night. He died at his home from injuries and reportedly said an unknown man pushed him from the car.
Myrtle Sullivan visiting Webster City was fatally burned after a candle she carried to her room fell and ignited her clothing and bed clothing. She fell asleep while sitting on the bed and the flames were not immediately extinguished. Her home was Washta in Cherokee county.
Belle Plainé Sept 10 The state versus Charles Warnock for the shooting of Robert Liddle ends with a judge sustaining a discharge motion. The defense argued self defense and lack of sufficient evidence. no conviction seems possible and further proceedings are unlikely. Community sentiment expresses sympathy for the deceased’s family. Iowa Falls Sept 10 A failed escape scheme from the county jail is uncovered as two indicted tramps planned to knock down the deputy using a handkerchief ball of tobacco.
A dispute at a Meriden church last night led to Rev Sequin firing on a crowd outside the Catholic stronghold. A glass wound to Sylvester Reynoldson, Sequin kidnapped a pistol and fired several shots, some say into the crowd. He was arrested in Cherokee and released on $1000 bail awaiting preliminary trial.
In Davenport Iowa a son shoots his father believing him guilty of his wife’s murder. Circumstantial evidence may reopen a ten year old case. Neighbors recall years of alleged cruelty toward the wife and children including public shaming over bread and a callous remark about neighbors’ deaths.
J Curtis Latimer a young teacher from Wayne county left his western county school last Tuesday and has not been seen since. He wrote to his mother and sister-in-law with hints of death and life insurance papers, suggesting possible insanity after stress. Searches continue while reports place him near Haw Station, Missouri, en route to Kirksville possibly to study osteopathy. He is about 5 feet 9 inches, 180 pounds, with a roman nose and wore dark pants and vest with a light shirt and large white felt hat.
Waterloo report says Rev. Scott the Adventist his wife Royal Queen and Miss Mae Tibbetts drowned in the Cedar River at Waverly during an excursion. The party failed to return last night, a search found the bodies in the river this morning. It is believed the ladies swam beyond their depth and the men perished attempting rescue.
In St Louis and Los Angeles two likely legal battles loom over editor Joseph B McCullagh estate. Charles I Young nephew and divorced claimant died in Los Angeles just after winning a favorable divorce judgment. The will left Young a one thirteenth share valued near one million dollars. The divorce decree not yet signed at his death may alter inheritance for Mrs Young.
New York dispatch reports Irish and British leaders reacting to Ireland’s winter outlook. Viceroy Karl Cadowgan states famine predictions are unjustifiable. Sir William Harcourt warns that high bread prices and potato crop failure threaten many, urging government attention. Archbishop Crokett, Bishop of Galway foresee gloomy crops and possible famine.
Commander Booth Tucker sails to California to inaugurate a Salvation Army colony for the poor in San Francisco. Wealthy San Francisco citizens raise 25900 to fund the project, with plans to settle the colony in California before he proceeds to Denver and then New York for the first colony.
Moore the killer who escaped from Englewood was seized near Brennan seven miles south of Rapid City. Sheriff Plunkett of Deadwood and Ingersoll of Rapid City arrested him this morning. He confessed to the crime and asked to meet his fate.
Wreck near Emporia Kansas involves the fast mail and the Mexico and California express. William J Bryan aboard the westbound train helped rescue victims and served water to a dying passenger. Six bodies recovered include engineers Jim Brennan and William Frisbee and fireman Nate Hollister. many others are seriously injured.
A Biloxi dispatch reports drug shortages as orders wait for supplies and urges prompt action. Ocean Springs and Blockin note new or suspicious cases but no deaths, while Ocean Springs appeals for aid for twenty eight distressed families. Texas health officials push quarantine along Louisiana border and armed guards on roads and railways.
A yacht capsized near Peche Island and Lighthouse Bay in Lake St. Clair. Six men died and six others survived or were rescued after passengers climbed into the rigging and the boom while the boat sank. Victims include Newsome, Gerters, Tansey, Fritz, Rice, and Murray. others were saved by rowboats or swam ashore.
Paris reports the Soleil contrasts the Drei Bund with the Russo French alliance noting Germany and Austria need simultaneous attacks to aid each other while Russia and France would assist if either is attacked by a single foe. The paper links this to a universal war risk and cites Hungary’s Nemzeti newspaper on William II securing assurances that the Franco Russian treaty is defensive only.
Ex champion James J. Corbett in Wheeling accepts a telegram offer of 20 000 purses from the Northern Julian club of New Orleans for a bout with Fitzsimmons. Corbett plays first base with Wheeling today.
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