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A SATURDAY, February 27, 1909.
MARSHAL BILL
IS INTRODUCED
IE
REPRESENTATIVE INMAN OF
FLOYD COUNTY FATHERS
MEASURE WHICH WILL BE
PUSHED ON FLOOR BY RANKIN.
SUNDAY MEASURE
BEFORE COMMITTEE
DES MOINES PEOPLE ARGUE FOR
LEGISLATION TO PRESERVE
CHARACTER OF THE AMERICAN
8ABBATH.
Des Moines Bureau of
The Ottumwa Courier.
Des Moines, Feb. 25.
The state marshal bill made Its ap
ipearance in the house today, having
(been Introduced by Representative In
man of Floyd county. Mr. Rankin,
representing the State Marshal clubs,
is here to take charge of the bill.
The senate this mofning received
the report of the cities and towns ad
verse to the "Van Law bill to permit
the Investigation of public service cor
porations. The bill was placed on the
calendar and ordered printed in the
Journal and this will bring the fight
on the floor to pass the bill.
Both houses of the legislature ad
journed today for a recess until next
Wednesday. The senate passed the
optometry bill by a vote of 33 to 8,
after several ineffectual attempts
•were made to have the board made up
of a majority of doctors.
Health Secretary Criticised.
In the house there was harsh criti
cism of Secretary Thomas of the state
board of health and Secretary David
eon of the state executive council for
alleged discourtesy to members and
refusal to give out information and
aid the departments.
The house passed the senate bill io
authorize tax aid for libraries and
hospitals, the bill, to change the name
of the poor farms to county homes,
the bill to require the annual cutting
of hedges along roads and several
bills relating to voting for franchises
in .cities. The senate passed the bill
appropriating $10,000 for 3.000 copies
of the soldiers' roster and several
minor bills.
The Sunday Observance Measures.
The showing in favor of the bill for
the better observance of the Sabbath
day, as made before the house com
mittee Wednesday afternoon, was
much stronger than the opponents of
the bill had anticipated. Amon& those
•who spoke in favor of some legisla
tion along the line of preserving tho
character of the American Sabbath
•was Henry Wallace, also W. B. Majtin
F. S. Dunshee and Rev. H. Hansen,
The latter read a carefully prepared
argument for the bill in which he took
the position that it was not giving any
new standing to the Sabbath but rath
er a measure for protecting a day al
ready established and recognized in
Iowa law. Mr. Wallace pointed to the
fact that every state now has lawa
safeguarding the Sabbath. Mr. Martin,
formerly secretary of state, strongly
supported the measure. The letter
from the secretary of the actors'
union to Senator Proudfoot was read
in which it was made very plain that
the actors and actresses desire a rest
day. A question was asked as to
whether or not there is not already
sufficient law and that the local au
thorities can prevent theatrical enter
tainments if they desire, but in an
swer to this it was stated that the at
torney general of the state is of opin
ion that there is not now actual au
thority for forbidding theatres on Sun
day and the city authorities in Des
Moines and most of the cities of tho
state take this view. The advocates of
the bill called special attention to the
fact that the only purpose of the Mere
dith bill, which was under considera
tion, was to put a stop to those things
•which are on a purely commerlcal ba
sis and thus to eliminate the money
making features of Sabbath breaking.
The Railroad Bills.
It is stated now that tho railroads
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Feeling.
These are especially women's afflic
tions.
They are caused by irregular work
ing of some of the functions of the
body.
It is of the utmost importance to
every woman to know that there is
no medicine so valuable for her, so
helpful, so strengthening, as
Lane's Family
Medicine
(called also Lane's Tea)
This tonic-laxative is a great blood
medicine and is the favorite regulat
ing medicine of old and young.
All druggists sell it in 50o. and
25c. packages.
No Paroles to be Given.
It is now fairly evident that the leg
islature is not going to authorize any
paroles from the penitentiary. Yester
day the two committees heard a state
ment of the case of L. R. Van Tassel,
of Chickasaw cqunty, who is serving
for having killed his wife with
strychnine poison. The case of T. W.
Watson was to have been heard, but
no one appeared for him. Then the
senate committee voted at once to re
fuse the Van Tassel application and
also the application for Thomas G.
Robinson of Howard county. The lar
ter is also a poisoning case, and th«
county attorney virtually decided
that the evidence of guilt was not con
clusive. The action ^aken on these two
is supposed to mean that the legisla
tive committee will not sanction any
paroles. The Haley and Robbard case
from Dubuque will have a second hear
ing.
The senate committee on cities and
towns gave a hearing yesterday to
those who oppose the Van Law bill
to give cities and towns additional
power In the matter of investigation
of their affairs as a basis for estab
lishment of rates. A large number of
representatives of various public ser
vice corporations appeared to resist
the bill on the ground that it. woulo
be an unwarranted interference with
their private affairs.
A hearing is to be given this after
noon on the Darrah bill to provide a
way for establishing a bank guaranty
system in Iowa. A large number of
representatives of the banking inter
ests of the state will be present. The
bill has been very little discussed, but
it is known that while some of the
bankers of the state are opposed,
there are others who ar.e for the meas
ure as possibly the safest bill of thi
kind that could be devised.
It was the intention of the members
of the senate insurance committee to
this afternoon pass upon the bill to
transfer the insurance department
from the office of auditor to that, of
governor, but owing to the absence
of members this will not be done. The
committee voted once on this bill and
it was a tie.
The senate committee on com
merce listened to arguments on the
wage exemption bill which proposes
to permit 10 per cent of the wages of
the head of a family to be subject to at
tachment. H. G. Lorlmer of Chariton,
president of the State Mercantile as
sociation, with others associated with
the same body, spoke for the measure
which is put forth as distinctly in
the interest of the merchants of the
state. R. W. Patrick, A. L. TJrick, P. S.
Billings and others, on behalf of the
wage earners, spoke in opposition to
the measure.
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have given up the idea of heading off
measures they regard as obnoxious in
the senate. This was made apparent
when the Allen bill went through
unanimously, yet most of the senators
agree that the bill is of very great im
portance in establishing tfhe relations
between shippers and, transportation
lines. It cuts out of the present law
all those modifying phrases behind
which the railroads have shielded
themselves when cars are demanded
for the use of shippers. It is far more
drastic than any of the reciprocal de
murrage billls which were fought to
death last session. But after the pas
sage of the Clarkson bill and the Pe
terson bill, both relating to damage
suits, the bill fathered by the senator
from Pocahontas went through with
out an effort to amend it and not a
vote against it. If the measure is to ber
disposed offtt must be in the railroad
committee of the house. It remains to
be seen whether the fight will be
made there to prevent its becoming a
law. It is the only bill regarded as of
general importance to shippers now
in position to be taken up by the
house.
Ora Williams.
Foley's Honey and Tar clears the air
passages, stops the irritation in the
throat, soothes the inflamed mem
branes, and the most obstinate cough
disappears. Sore and inflamed lungs
are healed and strengthened, and the
cold is expelled from the system. Re
fuse any but the genuine In the yel
low package. Clark Drug Co., and
Swanson & Co.
C. R. Kluger, the jeweler, 1060 Vir
ginia Ave., Indianapolis, Ind., writes:
I was so weak fro kidney trouble
that I could hardly walk a hundred
feet. Four bottles of Foley's Kidney
Remedy cleared mv complexion, cured
my backache and the irregularities
disappeared and I can now attend to
business every day. and. I recommend
Foley's Kidney Remedv to all sufferers
as it cured me after the doctors and
other remedies had failed. Clark Drug
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Lambert- Heads Militant.
Clinton, Feb. 25. The result of
the election among the Patriarchs
Militant of Iowa has just been an
nounced. Maj. Gen. E. E. Lambert, de
partment commander, has been re
elected to his high post for the coming
four years.
Gen. Paul Van Dyck, brigadier gen
eral of the first regiment, has been re
elected.
Col. C. W. Paschal of Belle Plaine
succeeds Brig. Gen. Will V. Tufford of
this city as brigadier general of the
Second brigade.
Lieut. Col. H. C. ITtley of Manches
ter is promoted to colonel, Third regi
ment, vice Col. Paschal.
Major O. H. Sweeney of Waterloo is
promoted to lieutenant colonel of the
Third regiment, vice Lieutenant Colo
nel Utley.
Capt. J. F. Reed, retired, of Water
loo, is appointed major of the Third
battalion, Third regiment, vice Major
Sweeney.
A Cruel Mistake.
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F. Bj Clark, J. H. L. Swenson & ,' o.
Harry Eager at Des Moines.
Des Moines, Feb. 25. —The Stan
dard Pant company, a vest and pant
manufacturing concern, has opened a
factory in the Commercial building,
corner of Sixth and Mulberry streets.
H. Eager of Ottumwa and J. Miller
of Bonaparte are at the head of the
firm. A force of twelve people have
been set to work on the machinery
already installed making garments.
MRS. JOHNSTON
ISNOTIMPROVED
WEAK FROM ATTACK SHE PASSES
BAD NIGHT—TRAINED NURSE
IN ATTENDANCE.
NO NEW EVIDENCE
Early Viciousness of John Junkin
Strengthens the Suspicion
That He Murdered
Clara Rosen.
Mrs. Charles M. Johnston is not
so well this afternoon, the patient
having suffered considerably last
evening and this morning. A
trained nurse is in attendance at
all hours, and all that medical at
tention can do is being done by a
corps of physicians. The physi
cians have requested that no on$
be permitted to see Mrs. Johnston.
—o—
No additional information relative
pointing to the identity of the brutal
assailant of Mrs. Charles M. Johnston
has reached the police department, but
in striking contrast to this is the evi
dence being received daily relative
to John Junkin, now incarcerated in
the Albia jail, with a strong suspicion
connecting him with the murder of
Miss Clara Rosen. Junkin, according
to all reports, has always been a bad
negro, even from the days of his young
manhood. Persons who knew him well
when he had not yet reached his teens
say that he had vicious tendencies.
One story is related of him cutting off
the front paws of a cat and after al
lowing this torture to continue for
some time, severing the hind feet.
While he was an inmate of the state
reformatory at Eldora, according to
State Agent J. H. Harnett of Des
Moines, he became so angry that he
threw a fine setter dog into a furnace
and allowed it to burn to death. In
addition to this reputed bad disposi
tion, Mrs. Bennett, who upon February
2d was accosted by a negro on the
Milwaukee tracks while en route to
this city from Rutledge, claims that
Junkin is the man who robbed her.
The officials have not given up their
hopes of fastening the crime of mur
der upon Junkin, although at this time
there is very little upon which to in
crease the evidence.
Mt. Pleasant Bum Town.
As the debris following the erup
tion of a volcano continues to fall for
days after upon the surrounding coun
try, so the hobos, vags and undesir
ables from Ottumwa are inflicting
their presence in numbers upon the
neighboring cities in Iowa. Yester
day twanty new bums, mostly negroes,
landed in Mt. Pleasant, supposedly
from Ottumwa while similar reports
continue to arrive here from numer
ous other local cities in Iowa. It is
the regular outflo.w of suspicious char
acters that follow eyery new crime in
Ottumwa.
Way Still Working.
D. D. Way of the Chicago office of
the Pinkerton Detective agency, con
fined his labors yesterday in the
northern resident district of the city.
Thus far he has made no report to
Chief Gallagher.
Junkin Makes Statement.
The following signed statement was
made by. Junkin yesterday in Albia:
"I don't know nothin' about that
Rosen murder except what I have
read in the newspapers, and some
times you cannot believe all they have
to say. This is a'kangaroo as far as
I am concerned and they are trying
to railroad me. If I had known when
they took me out of a cell at Ottumwa
that they were going to bring me to
Albia they would have killed me in the
cell before I would have come.
"I am twenty-six years of age and
was born r.t Milton and raised hi Ot
tumwa. I was sent to the penitentiary
from that place and served three years
and 9 months and 8 days on a five
year sentence. All I lost on behavior
during that time was eight days. Once
before I was in Albia. I had come to
Ottumwa from Ft. Madison on Sunday
and the following Saturday night I
came to Albia to go out to Hiteman
and changed my mind and went back
home wherg I played coon-can with
some fellows and went broke. I bad
intended coming to Albia and then go-,
ing to Hiteman to see Mary Priestly
but could not make the hill. Then I
was going over to Buxton and stay for
a couple of days.
8ays He Found Stone.
"The night the Rosen girl was mur
dered I was at the home of my moth
er and in bed. They say in the news
papers that I was in the vacant house,
but that is all a lie. I was not there
at all. The diamond which I peddled
to the pawnbroker, I found. I found
it at the corner of Main and Jefferson
streets and took it to the pawnbrok
ers when I went to get a suit of
clothes I had in soak. The suit was
up for $3.00 and I had $2.50 and wp.s
going to stand him off if I could and
get the clothes. Then I found the
diamond and took it along and tried
to get what I could on it. He said it
was a Barrios or something like that
and was not a genuine stone. He let
me have $5.75 on the stone and I left
it with him. Do you think that if
had taken that diamond from the
Rosen girl I would have tried to get
rid of it in Ottumwa. A man would be
a damn fool who would try such a
thing. And then if I knew it was a
good diamond do you suppose I would
have let that pawnbroker have it for
$5.75? I tell you this Is all a put-up
job and they are trying to kangaroo
me. I do not know anything about
the case, am innocent of anythin_
they have said against me. They claim
now all they are holding me for is
larceny. Can they send a man ovir
the road for celling a cyamond whon
he has found it? No, sir, I am not
guilty of any crime except selling a
diamond which I found, if that is a
crime.
"John Junkin."
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LEADER OF FAKE FOOT AND
HORSE RACE GANG BROUGHT
BACK TO COUNCIL BLUFFS.
Des Moines, Feb. 25.—J. C. Mabery,
the "man in the red auto," as ho was
known in Council Bluffs, will be
brought back to Iowa from Little
Rock, Ark., to defend himself against
the charge of conspiracy brought by
T. w. Bellew of Princeton, Mo. Mab
ery is said to be the leader of ths
gang which operated in Council Bluffs
for several months, and brought to a
close a career of lawlessness last Oc
tober by swindling Bellew out of
$30,000 in cold cash.
Armed with requisition papers
which were signed after 6 o'clock last
evening by Governor Carroll, Detec
tive William Groneweg of Council
Bluffs left last night for Little Rock,
where Mabery is under arrest. Mr.
Groneweg recently returned from
New York City, where he successfully
fought a legal battle for the custody
of John C. Dobbins, who is accused
by Bellew of the crimes of larceny and
conspiracy. Dobbins is now in the
Council Bluffs jail and Mr. Groneweg
feels highly elated over the successful
issue of the efforts that have been
made for several months to locare
Mabery.
Mabery, together with F. M. Clark
and I. J. Warner, was arrested by
Postoffice Inspector Swanson of Coun
cil Bluffs in a fashionable apartment
house in Little Rock. They are under
indictment at Little Rock for swind
ling gullible and wealthy victims and
it may be that the Arkansas officers
will oppose the efforts of the Iowa au
thorities to extradite them.
Story of the Swindle.
The story of Bellow's loss of $30,000
was told last night by Mr. Gronewoi*,
who declares that Bellew, when he
went into the deal which brought
about the swindle, had no hint that it
was dishonest and was not enticed
into the deal by the promise of win
ning money from other apparent
"suckers.''
Dobbins lived at Princeton for many
years and became acquainted with
Mr. Bellew, who is a wealthy mer
chant there. He was persuaded to
aid Dobbins, he says, when the latter,
who was in debt., came to him and
said he could make enough money to
pay his debts If Bellew would help
him.
Together they went to Council
Bluffs, Bellew declares, and there h»
was shown two race horses and told
that thev were to be pitted against
each other in a trial of speed. Dob
bins introduced him to others of the
gang, who were ostensibly eastern
men with plenty of money to bet on
one of the horses. Dobbins was stake
holder and Mabery, it is alleged was
one of the principals in the betting.
Bellew was entrusted with the money
the friends of Dobbins wanted to bet
on their horse, and when he had put
all of it up as stake money there was
still about $30,000 awaiting a taker.
Then the friends of Dobbins suggest
ed that Mr. Bellew furnish this mon
ey, to be repaid to him the following
day. He had brought just $30,000 in
cash from Princeton, Dobbins having
told him it might be needed to estab
lish Bellew's standing as a man of
means.
After the bets had all been made,
one of the gang, posing as an offlccr,
entered the room where the confer
ence was in progress. This was the
signal for the get-away, and Bellew
was quietly notified to meet the others
at Kansas City on the following day,
when he would receive his $30,000
Threatened with arrest by the sun
posed officer, the bettors called off the
arrangements for the race.
Two Now in Custody.
Bellew went to Kansas City, from
there to Chicago and thence to New
York, each time answering messages
from the gang, whose members were
meanwhile putting just as much dis
tance as they could between them and
the man they had duped. Finally Mr.
Bellew gave up the chase and report
ed the swindle to the officials at Coun
cil Bluffs. The federal authorities
were interested, as the mails had
been used to further the scheme. Since
last October the chase has been on,
and now that two of the accused men
are in custody there is a chance that
Bellew may get revenge.
Mabery, Mr. Groneweg says, was a
well known figure in Council Bluffs,
where he and his pals posed as brok
ers under the firm name of Mason &
Co. He lived in style and spent much
of his time riding in a red automobile.
Several swindles involving big
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amount are charged to the gang, of
which there were five or six members.
Fake horse races, wrestling matches,
prize fights, foot races and similar
games were used to wring the money
from victims and the stakes were al
ways high.
BIG STATE RALLY IN SESSION TO
DAY.
Des Moines, Feb. 25.—The state
Sunday school rally will open this
morning in the Plymouth Congrega
tional church for a two days' ses
sion. W. C. Pearce, international adult
Sunday school secretary, will give the
opening address, Emerson De Puy of
Moines will discuss the subject "The
Teachers and His Work."
This afternoon's program includes
an address by Rev. F. F. Fitch, state
Sunday school secretary. Mr. Pearce
will later discuss the different phases
of Sunday school work. A general
discussion of class organization will be
led by S. E. McCosh of Davenport,
state adult department secretary.
From 5 until 6 o'clock a public re
ception will be held at the parlors of
the church for W. C. Pearce, Dr.
Edgar Blake, associate secretary of
the Sunday schools for the Methodist
church, and Dr. Henry Tuttle, head of
the Sunday school work for the Con
gregational church in the state. The
reception committee will include the
Rev. W. D. McQuiston, George H.
Lewis, Gerard Nollen, Prof. A. C.
Newell, George W. Tones, Henry E.
Sampson, Miss Lillian M. Dale, Mrs.
L. S. Troupe, F. S. Dunshee, O. F.
Comfort, Mrs. O. F. Comfort, Miss
Stella Penn, A. M. Piper, Mrs. T. L.
Williams, Miss Eleanor Goodwin and
Miss Elizabeth Robb.
A banguet will be held later at
which will be seated 300 quests. Geo.
A. Boody will act as toastmaster. Re
sponses will be made by Emerson De
Puy, Dr. Henry Tuttle, W. C. Pearce,
Dr. Edgar Blake, Rev. J. S. Corkey and
J. F. Hardin of Eldora.
While in the city Mr. Pearce will be
the guest of Dr. G. A. Huntoon and
Dr. Blake will be the guest of E. S.
Root.
IDAHO IOWA CLUB IN JUBILEE.
Ove^ 200 "Hawkeyes" Remember
Their Commonwealth—Banquet
At Idaho Falls.
Idaho Falls, Idaho, Feb. 25.—Mon
day evening the Iowa club of Idaho
Falls met in the Odd Fellow's temple
and held a most enjoyable entertain
ment. Thie is the third occasion of
the kind since the club's organization
last August. Each occasion has been
a decided success and last night's
proved even more enjoyable than the
others. The day being the anniversary
of Washington's birthday, the program
was made largely appropriate to that
fact. Thayer's orchestra, the best or
ganization of its kind in Idaho, fur
nished music throughout the evening
and several prominent local vocalists
added to the musical part of the pro
gram. At 11 o'clock the tables were
laid with a feast and the banquet was
later followed with the program of
toasts. Over 200 former Iowa people
were present.
The Iowa club was organized last
August and now has a membership of
more than a hundred. D. G. Piatt,
mayor of this city, and formerly of
Sac city, is president Mrs. A. V.
Scott, formerly of Creston, is vice
president Mrs. Bert P. Mill, wife of
the editor of the leading newspaper of
the city and formerly of Correction
villet is secretary-treasurer Mrs. J. L.
Milner, wife of a prominent banker of
the city, and formerly of Atlantic is
chairman of the social committee
which had last night's festivities in
charge.
The club is prospering and with the
new Iowa families constantly* coming
to "Sunnyland," its membership is
rapidly increasing. It is already one
of the leading social organizations of
the city.
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B. L. Denny & Co., Highland Center.
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ALLISON FUND
ISiNGREASING
WAPELLO COUNTY RESIDENTS
SUBSCRIBE FREELY—GOVER­
NOR SIGNS MONUMENT BILL.
The receipt cfaily of contributions
for the Allison memorial fund
strengthens the belief that Wapello
county will go on record as eloquently
voicing the esteem the lamented sena
tor is held by the people of this vicin
ity. The subscriptions may be left at
any Wapello county bank or the
Courier office, and the list of donations
will be published from time to time.
The complete list, of donations this
week, including tlie amount previously
subscribed, is as follows:
Total previously contributed.. .$205.85
Arthur L. Larson .05
Francis Gustaveson .05
Charles Craver .01
H. L. Waterman 10.00
Herbert E. Farrington 10
J. K. Dougherty 1.00
E. H. Emery 5.00
F. A. Nimocks 5.00
Thomas Stodghill 1.00
C. C. Porter 1.00
James F. Powell 2.00
Des Moines, Feb. 25.—Governor Car
roll has issued a letter to the people
of Iowa calling attention to the Al
lison monument bill, to which he af
fixed his signature Tuesday afternoon,
and urging the people of the state to
respond to the call for contributions to
the fund for the erection of a hand
some monument.
The bill makes an appropriation of
not more than $10,000 for the pedestal
and the committee looks to the people
of Iowa for the money to pay for tho
erection of the monument itself.
Governor Carroll's letter follows:
To,the People of the State of Iowa:
The general assembly by unanimous
vote of both houses has passed a bill
which has today received my signature
carrying an appropriation of $10,000
for the erection of a pedestal for a
monument to be erected in memory of
the late Senator William B, Allison.
The bill provides that the amount ex
pended for the pedestal shall not ex
ceed 30 per cent of the amount raised
by popular subscription or donation for
the erection of the monument.
Allison Day.
A commission has been created for
the purpose of selecting a site upon or
adjacent to the capitol grounds in the
city of Des Moines and to supervise
and direct the erection of the monu
ment. General Grenville M. Dodge of
Council Bluffs is named chairman of
the monument commission and the
Hon. W. W. Morrow, treasurer of
state, has been selected as treasurer.
The congress of the United States has
now before it a bill carrying an ap
propriation of $25,000 for the erection
of a pedestal for an Allison monument
at Washington and the United States
senate has done him the unusual hon
or of hanging his portrait in the sen
ate lobby.
March 2, being the eightieth anni
versary of the birth of Senator Allison,
has been selected as a day upon which
it is desired that special attention be
given to the raising of funds for the
erection of this monument. General
Dodge's plan of raising funds is that
the schools and school children of the
state, of which Senator Allison was al
ways an especial friends and advocate,
be asked or given an opportunity to
make donations upon the date above
referred to, that is, upon Tuesday of
next week, the 2d day of March that
all donations thus raised be forward
ed promptly to Treasurer Morrow. It
is also desirous that our people gen
erally contribute as their inclinations
may direct them toward the raising of
the monument fund and in order to
\sive ample opportunity to all persons
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Our state has erected monuments
to our soldiers both within tho state
and upon the various battlefields
where our soldiers did honor both to
themselves and our commonwealth,
but up to the present time, so far as
I am aware, no monument has been
erected in memory of any civilian.
I wantr to give my hearty approval
and endorsement to the plan which
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mission for the raising of funds and
the erection of the monument and I
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self.
B- F. Carroll,
Governor.
LINDSAY ON TRIAL AT NEWTON.
Prairie City Man lg Accused of Crim
inal Assault Last Fall on Little
Grace Hopkins of Colfax.
Newtoiv Feb. 25.—The trial of Earl
w. Lindsay on the charge of commit
ting an assult In an automobile is on
in the district court here. This is the
case which caused such great excite
ment. at Colfax last November when a
lynching was feared by the officers.
in this case Grace Hopkins, 8 years
old, accuses Lindsay of assault in a
wooded ravine in the outskirts of
Lindsay came along the street
where she and some other little girls
were playing, in an automobile, and
took some of the little girls out riding.
He took Grace last and did not bring
her back. She testified yesterday that
he stopped his automobile in the hol
low and said he would take her where
she could see where she was and she
could go home. That among the trees
ne laid her down and committeed the
assault, left her and she found her
wa.y to the road on the other side of
field. There she met a man and also
a woman in a buggy, Mrs. Marquis.
Mrs. Marquis took her home and that
she told Mrs. Marquis about the as
sault and told the man in the auto
mobile had done it.
Dr. Martin and Dr. Shermon, both of
Colfax, were called by the state and
testified that an assault haid been com
mitted by someone.
Wm. Kinsel, a bus driven of Colfax,
testified that he saw Lindsay and the
Hopkins girl in the auto near the-sceue
of the alleged assault and that after he
had driven about a mile and thre».
quarters Lindsay passed him alone in
the auto going at least twenty miles
an hour, on the road towards Seevers
a mining town.
Lindsay lives at Prairie City, where
he is employed by a long distance tel
ephone company. The attorneys in the
case aye E. P. Malmberg, county attor
ney and C. O. McLean, 'for tlje state,
and. Judge Spurrier of Des Moines and
M. R. Hammer, Jr., of this city for the
defense.
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