WOW - and I thought the news in our daily papers was depressing! juanita > The New Era > Humeston, Wayne, Iowa > January 23, 1895 > - J.K. Cumberland, convicted of the murder of two men in Shelby county > in 1891 must hang. Governor Jackson has signed the death warrant and > fixed February 9th as the day for the hanging. > > - Preston T. Greenlee, of Vincent, who disappeared from his home > several days ago, has been found in a demented condition at Humboldt. > He said he thought he was going to Texas on foot. > > - Mayor Hillis, of Des Moines, has suspended Chief Johnson, Sergeants > Butin and Batchelor and Officer Thompson of the police force. It is > believed that their failure to stop gambling is the cause. > > - Mrs. Dewalt of Manson, while on her way home from Belmond fell > between the coaches on the Mason City & Fort Dodge railway and her > head was completely severed from her body. She was there visiting her > son, who became insane a week ago. > > - The now celebrated Reames murder case is now on trial in the Floyd > county court at Charles City, Judge Burr residing. Reames is indicted > for killing his wife, striking her with a club and then cutting her > throat. His plea is that he did it in self defense. Sympathy is > strongly against him and it is the general opinion that the state has > a clear case. > > - Rev. J.W. Mahood, pastor of the Whitfield M.E. church, at Sioux > City, has commenced a crusade against the houses of ill fame after the > manner of Dr. Parkhurst. He went to a well known brothel on one of the > principal streets of the city at night and found five women and four > men there. He appeared in police court as prosecuting witness against > these five women, charged with keeping a house of prostitution. He > gave testimony to what he saw there, which, while not as sensational > as that given by Dr. Parkhurst in New York on a similar occasion, was > sufficient to prove the character of the house. While he was present > one woman proposed to do the feat of standing on her head, but was > prevented from doing so by another woman. There were a large number of > friends of the preacher present at police court when the case was > called, but the attorneys for the women insisted on the room being > cleared. The police have refused to interfere in these houses and a > general crusade is likely against them. > > Cathy Joynt Labath > Iowa Old Press > http://www.IowaOldPress.com/