Iowa Recorder Greene, Butler, Iowa March 20, 1907 IOWA STATE NEWS MAN SHOT BY EDITOR DIES Latte is Charged with Murder and Violence is Feared M.S. Brundridge, who was shot by A.H. Sniff, editor of the Harrison County News because he objected to an article in the paper, died in Missouri Valley of his injuries. Feeling among the friends of Brundridge is quite bitter and it is feared violence may be attempted on Sniff. Sniff is held in $5,000 bond on a charge that was changed from assault with intent to ill to one of murder. The trouble arose over a row at a dance in which Brundridge's brother-in-law, A.L. Fouts, was stabbed in the neck following a quarrel. A strange part of the whole affair is that the name of the dead man was never mentioned in the original article detailing the trouble at the dance. BANKER IS INDICTED E.E. Snyder, Owner of Institution Which Failed Must Answer A special grand jury in Anamosa has returned four indictments against E.E. Snyder who was owner of the Olin bank at the time of its failure for $250,000 in November, 1904. Snyder has been indicted at four different terms of court. In consideration of his entering a plea of guilty in one case the State dismissed the other three cases. The court imposed a fine of $100 which created a storm of indignation, resulting in a special panel being called to consider the case again. Little Girl Terribly Burned Lorene, aged 7 years, the daughter of William Myers, a prominent Dubuque livery man, is lying in a critical condition as a result of colliding with another sister who was carrying a bowl of hot soup. The little girl ran in front of her sister, upsetting the bowl and receiving the contents on her face and breast. Should she survive she will be marked for life. Leaps from Bridge To Death Crazed by liquor, Roy Beck leaped over the railing of the Court avenue bridge in Des Moines, shattering his brains out on an abutment forty feet below. He was 32 years of age and unmarried. The dramatic ending of a life was witnessed by over a hundred persons. Man Falls to Death. Hans Drelin, an employe at the Smith box factory in Clinton, fell from a high step ladder, while he was oiling machinery, receiving injuries from which he died a few minutes later. SAY MINE IS HAUNTED Shaft Thirteen in Oskaloosa Invaded by Weird Apparation. With the report that a ghost is haunting shaft No. 13 in the mines at Oskaloosa the negro miners are in a fever of fear. Numerous miners have reported seeing the wraith. It floats along beside the men and at one time when a party of men hunted it down and got it into a corner the figure suddenly vanished into thin air. Some say it resembles a soldier in a uniform and slouch hat. The entire camp is stirred up by the weird apparition. Many of the miners have become sick over it. One boy was almost crazed by fright. Within Our Borders - Washington Wyland, a pioneer of Shelby county, passed away at Harlan. - Mathew Boyle, aged 60, was struck and killed by a Northwestern train at DeWitt. - Mrs. James Pile of Des Moines while eating breakfast succumbed to a paralytic stroke. - Mrs. Thornton, living with her mother at Sigourney, was poisoned by using some condensed milk. - M.M. Brashor of Osceola has just received a payment of three dollars which has been due for twenty years. - Frank H. Holman of Waterloo while sweeping off the walk in front of the house fell dead from apoplexy. - A Jack-the-Hugger is busy at Shenandoah, several women having been accosted by him in the last few nights. - John I. Veach of Webster City is suing his cousin, W.H. Veach of the same place, for $5,000 personal damages. - M.B. Miles, first sergeant of Company H.I.N.G., stationed at Atlantic, has been elected captain of the company. - Mrs. Sylvester Lacey, a pioneer resident of Marshalltown, dropped dead of heart disease. She was the widow of the late Mr. Lacey, former president of the commercial State bank. She was 75 years old. - The remains of Henry Glen Wood were brought to Clarion from Newcastle, Wyo. He was a brakeman on the C., B. & Q. railroad and fell between the cars and had both legs cut off. - Patrick Hassett of Davenport is suing the McCarthy Construction Company for $1,000 on account of injuries received by falling into a hole which he claims was left open by the defendants. - Fred Techentin of Davenport is suing the Tri-City Railway Company for $10,000 for injuries received by falling over a stake which he claims was left out in the street through their negligence. Cathy Joynt Labath Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/