Victor B. Dolliver ~ Iowa
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.
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Cathy Joynt Labath
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