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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1925
Page
5
In a Fort Madison case Bartholomew faced forgery charges tied to repeated checks. The court delayed mittimus and allowed parole considerations after testimony that he forged while intoxicated but has since stopped drinking and found steady work.
San Francisco police seek three well dressed bandits who robbed at least 14 motorists on Twin Peaks boulevard last night, taking cash and jewels and disabling cars by tossing ignition keys. The trio fled toward San Francisco after firing at a driver who resisted. Earlier, they were involved in a revolver battle with another motorist. News note follows market closure.
An advertisement claims a few drops of Outgro in the nail crevice reduce inflammation and pain and toughen the skin so the nail turns outward overnight. Outgro is described as a harmless antiseptic for practitioners, but is sold at drug stores with directions included.
Peter Woodring reports to Secretary Woodring that Andrew Mellon disposed of liquor interests while serving as Treasury Secretary. Wayne Wheeler replies that Mellon previously co owned distillery stakes in Pittsburgh and later sold his holdings, implying a possible change in ownership and control.
Charles Seehawk, a Muskegon photographer and brother of Irrank J. Seehawk, took pictures of the slain bandit known as Dutch Anderson. The fingerprints were identified from his photos after a gun battle in which Dutch Anderson and city detective Charles Hammond were fatally wounded. Seehawk runs a local photo shop in Muskegon.
Jed Schell, proprietor, came to Reinbeck in 1919 from Dubuque and moved his family to Marshalltown to join McCarten Plumbing. He is overseeing plumbing and heating work on a $160,000 consolidated school in Newhall. Mrs Schell and their son Paul left Reinbeck for Marshalltown to reside.
In a divorce action filed in City, the plaintiff accuses her husband Joseph of driving the car at her two months after their marriage and attempting to injure her by running over her after she asked him to get a radiator cap. The filing outlines the alleged assault as part of the grounds for separation.
Chico report says attorney Patrick J. O'Donnell for Genna Bang leaders presented evidence alleging 800 police on a graft list with monthly payments of 5000. He claimed records show each officer's star number beside the amount and said the booze scheme involved police aided by 14 plants, but the judge barred the evidence as irrelevant in the murder trial.
An old advertisement suggests gargling aspirin for tonsillitis or sore throat. It claims dissolving two Bayer tablets in four tablespoons of water and gargling, repeating as needed. It cautions to use genuine Bayer Aspirin with the cross, sold in twelve tablet tins for a few cents.
The case centers on gangs running bootleg operations from west side tenements, with duplicate plants staged to avoid raids. Lawyers argued the graft charges aimed to prove cordial relations between the gang and police, while the trial highlighted court officials accused of accepting whisky gifts from O'Donnell.
A blind Des Moines woman, Mrs. Annal Wicks, aged GS years, was dispossessed from her dilapidated home by the sister’s children who claimed the former owner had legally given them the property. The case centers on disputed title and elder care concerns in the community.
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