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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1907
Page
5
In New York on April 11 the Thaw jury showed signs of deep disagreement as they reviewed testimony and exhibits. Judge Fitzgerald warned the jury on insanity law while Thaw's counsel pressed for a verdict of some kind, with no verdict yet in sight.
In Pittsburgh April 11 the judge's harsh words and the district attorney's sharp rebukes left Harry Thaw and Evelyn Shaw distraught. The jury faced a tense wait after a lengthy trial day as Mrs Holman expressed mixed feelings about the prospect of an acquittal for the defendant. The court adjourned with no verdict in sight and observers noted the defendant's fragile nervous state.
In New York on April 11 the courtroom mood favored a verdict in the Harry Kendall Thaw case as jurors after hours of testimony retired to deliberate. Judge Fitzgerald called for a brief adjournment after dinner as the panel weighed their decision in the sensational murder trial of Stanford White.
A Dubuque report notes Mrs Barney Hansen, wife of the self confessed Masonville bank robber, circulating a mercy petition signed by Chief of Police Frickley Mayor Schunk and others. In Pittsburg Carnegie Institute ceremonies featured a Roosevelt letter and Andrew Carnegie address. In Chicago a woman’s death is attributed to self harm while her husband recovers from illness. A Teamsters union dance at K of P hall drew about forty couples with Myers Orchestra and a committee led by DeShon Bowers Keazer Baldenecker Stevenson.
Mary Heather ton sues F H Landy in district court alleging four violations of local liquor laws by selling beer to Luke Heatherton who was known to be a habitual drinker. The case, begun under amended statutes, centers on whether Landy knowingly sold liquor to an intoxicated man. Jury seated. later agreement reached to proceed with a reduced panel.
A cotton compress and a vast stock of cotton burned in Chickasha I T causing an estimated loss of about one million dollars. Other brief items note a wife theft in Marshalltown Iowa and a break in at H Willard Sons Co with $10000 taken, plus a Joliet prison sentence for George Cromley with initial solitary confinement.
Frederick Slage, 33, was arrested in front of Hotel Sehnley in Pittsburg after carrying a concealed pen kalé in his cuff. He asked to enter the hotel to speak with Andrew Carnegie about a patent for milking cows, but Carnegie was not present.
Montreal April 11 nine adults and six children are missing after a Canadian Pacific wreck near Chapleau Ontario yesterday. An official statement reports the train partly derailed by a broken rail. Five cars plunged down an embankment and caught fire from a cooking stove.
A large strike action at the American Shipbuilding yard in Lorain Ohio spurred a stampede as about seven to eight hundred workers returned to be hired today.
Constantine arrives in Chicago from New York aboard the Twentieth Century Limited and is taken to a police station after being named as a suspect in a murder case. In Madison the senate agrees with the assembly to raise legislator pay from 500 to 1,000 dollars. Springfield reports the house passes a bill increasing state legislator salaries to 2,000 dollars.
Representative Guy A. Feely returns from Des Moines as the session ends, noting a law affecting Waterloo police judges. The revised statute allows police judges to practice in civil cases while serving, but bars criminal practice, encouraging attorneys with small criminal practice to seek the post. The bill, delayed by committee, passed quickly in a closing, convivial session.
A new corporation named Fireproof Storage and Building Company is formed with capital of 50,000 dollars, 15,000 paid up, to begin business on the 15th. E. B. Manhard and F. J. Fowler lead the firm, which plans a large concrete storage warehouse on the old courthouse site, similar to the Melan area bridge. A five-member board directs affairs, annual meetings are set for the second Tuesday in April, and Fowler serves as president and secretary while Manhard is vice president and treasurer until the first meeting.
The former residence of the R. W. Dinzy family on Saxon Street was damaged by fire Thursday morning. A neighbor discovered the blaze and rang in the alarm from box 36 at 8:55. Firefighters extinguished the fire in five minutes. The unoccupied house shows little damage and the cause remains a mystery.
The death of C H Blossom, Bremer County’s elder statesman and father figure in Waterloo, is reported at age 92. He resided in the county since 1845 and leaves a wide circle of friends. his wife died last August aged 87. Blossom’s passing ends a long life of community involvement and public trust.
Eli J. Margretz, injured about a year ago while working at the Iowa Dairy Separator Co, agreed to drop his $20,000 damages suit after settlement reached with attorney firms Mullan & Pickett. He lost several fingers when a wrench slipped from a press while removing stamped pieces. he was hospitalized and later worked various jobs before the settlement covering doctor bills hospital fees and costs. He is an orphan and had assistance from coworkers and employer contributions, with a portion later returned.
A carbon copy letter from a city real estate dealer invites a rival to visit the office for a cash deal. It warns of a fishy odor and promises a five percent commission for all cash, with a taunting sign-off about “the long green” and two gold rings described in the enclosure. The crude tone and garbled OCR reflect a petty fraud warning within a dated urban correspondence.
Rev. George Zellhoefer formerly led Evangelical Association churches in Waterloo Cedar Falls and Meservey. He moves his family to a Colorado ranch near Buford, with Oscar and Cora already in Colorado Springs and Chester and others joining the venture. Some relatives stay in Waterloo Cedar Falls and one son remains in Waterloo. Also noted is the death of LeRoy Albert Myers, six, from diphtheria, with private funeral at Fairview Cemetery.
All pleaded guilty to entering the west side school building. Judge Platt presided as the case moves to the grand jury, with releases under bond and varied potential penalties for Willard Smith Orville Jones and Arthur Elliott. The record notes a library damage charge linked to the same incident.
About 150 business leaders gathered at the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce and Waterloy club to hear L. B. Boswell of Quincy discuss forming a local freight bureau. A six member committee was named to draft a constitution and bylaws and call a special meeting. The plan envisions a dedicated local commissioner to compile freight rate data for quick cost analysis, aiding large shippers such as manufacturers and jobbers. Boswell described the eight year old Quincy bureau and its operations, which were well received.
Joseph Hurley, convicted on a second trial for entering the Golden Eagle clothing house on September 15, 1906 and stealing pants and vests, receives a five year term at Anamosa penitentiary. Judge Ransher, familiar with Hurley, notes the family’s pleas and calls him a black sheep. partner G B Folsom earlier got four years nine months after pleading guilty and testifying untruthfully. Hurley remained unmoved, insisting, I am not guilty, judge.
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