Iowa Recorder Greene, Butler, Iowa March 13, 1907 HAS STRANGE HALLUCINATIONS That he has been harassed through almost every State in the Union by a band of bandits, striking at him by "black magic" is the burden of a complaint to the Milwaukee, Wis., police by C.V. Moline of Red Oak. Merciless bands of outlaws have been organized to slay him; secret assassins have followed him for months; all the forces of hypnotism and magic have been directed at his head; he has been given subtle poison, deadly in its effects but leaving no trace. Moline says the feud against him was started by five Morrison boys in York county, Neb., in 188?, when Moline was a boy of 18. DRAGGED TO DEATH BY PONY James L. Taylor, the 11-year-old son of J.L. Taylor ,living six miles south of Murray, was accidentally killed. After returning from school "Jimmie" was told to go after the cows, and, as was his custom, rode a pony which was gentle and considered safe for any child to ride. It is thought that the pony stumbled and the boy fell off, one foot catching in the stirrup. The pony ran from the pasture to the house, dragging the boy. When found he was dead. His head and body were bruised. GOES INSANE ON THAW TRIAL. Insane from reading about the Thaw trial, Lewis Bingamon, a promising young man of Cedar township, Monroe county, was taken before the commissioners and started on his way to an institution for treatment. In his talk Bingamon, who is 23 years old, constantly mumbled something about "the beautiful woman, the beautiful woman." Since his arrest his delusions have taken a new turn and he imagines that he is Theodore Roosevelt and, as President, must go to Kentucky to make a prohibition address. ELOPES WITH A WAITRESS Although once brought back on a charge of abduction against the groom, Edward Clarke, aged 24, a Chicago traveling man, and Miss Mattie Eggers, aged 17, a waitress in a hotel in Osceola, were finally married by Rev. A.A. Walburn of the Methodist church. They first tried to elope to Chariton, but were caught and the groom charged with abduction. The matter was pushed up, however, and they were married. They had only known each other two days. MANY INJURED AT WEDDING Nearly twenty persons were injured, many seriously, at Knoxville, when the floor in the hotel of C.K. Davis collapsed during the progress of the wedding of his daughter, Miss Bessie to H.O. Green of Hope, Ark. Eighty people were hurled into the basement and but few escaped uninjured. The accident occurred while the guests were congratulating the bride and groom. Without warning the floor gave way. STARVES TO CURE INDIGESTION J.W. Leeper, of Metz, after fasting a month while the guest of a hotel at Council Bluffs, to secure relief from stomach trouble, died in Metz. It was supposed that weakness due to lack of nourishment caused his death but an autopsy revealed the fact that he died from a disease of the liver and that he had been fasting without reason. Senator's Brother Dead Victor B. Dolliver, aged 46, a brother of Senator Dolliver, was found dead in bed in Fort Dodge. He was found lying as if he had died while asleep. Dolliver was known in Iowa as a campaign orator, a business man, and a benefactor of Morningside college of Sioux City. Brief State Happenings - J.H. Cook, one of Albia's pioneer residents, is dead. - H. Peterson, a dairyman in Davenport, was probably fatally injured in a runaway. - William Trede of Atlantic was severely burned about the face by using coal oil to light a fire. - T.D. Lyon of Colfax has heard from his son, R.E. Lyon, whom he thought was dead for forty years. - Barney Muldoon, one of the oldest residents in Wapello county, passed away at his home near Batavia. - Peter M. Saddler is suing the town of Cascade for $1,500 damages for injuries received on a defective sidewalk. - Pem Banton of Waterloo who had his back broken while at work on the canal at Colon, Panama, is recovering rapidly and is now able to walk around. - Jack Ryan of Waterloo was taken to jail on the charge of not supporting his family of three children. The children are being cared for by the county. - Richard Jones, employed in the Colfax Consolidated Coal Company's mine, was seriously injured by being crushed by a load of coal. He may not recover. - Fred Neimier of Readlyn has disappeared from home and his absence is causing considerable worry. The last trace of him is found when he went to Waterloo. - John W. Larmor, a pioneer of Benton county and a millionaire farmer, died at his home in Mt. Auburn, aged 80 years. Death resulted from a complication of diseases. - While playing "teeter-totter" in Grinnell, Lottie Davis, aged 7, was killed when the other children stepped off the heavy plank. The huge timber caught the little girl across the shoulders and threw her upon her chin on a log some inches from the ground. The weight of the plank snapped her neck, death being instantaneous. - By the death of their brother, James Ryan, a wealthy man of Denver, who for years lived the life of a recluse, Mrs. Ellen Kelly and Mrs. John Connors of Atlantic, who are the only living relatives of the dead man, may inherit a fortune. Ryan led a peculiar life in Colorado and, while wealthy until old age forced him to secure the aid of others, was a hermit. He amassed an estate valued at probably $20,000. - By marrying Lillian Ferris, George A. Johnson of Des Moines comes into a fortune of $9,000, which would not have been his otherwise for two years. Johnson is 19 years old, and was recently bequeathed $9,000 to be his when he reached his majority. When he learned that a young man gained his majority when he married, he hurriedly made a bride of the young woman whom he loved and will now come into the possession of his small fortune. - Mrs. Maria Drew, 63 years old, died at Mercy hospital in Dubuque, after eight years' suffering. The malady was peculiar. It manifested itself by crumbling of the bones. They were reduced to the consistency of chalk. It is declared her condition was due to the intemperate application of linament cure for rheumatism. Cathy Joynt Labath Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/