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Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
May 22, 1907
Iowa State News
Phones Her Friends.
"I am Mrs. George Betts and I am about to drink carbolic acid and leave
this world forever," was the startling message which went over the telephone
wires in every direction from the comfortable Betts farm home, six miles
from Guthrie Center. Family after family was called up to hear the
melancholy announcement. Friends and acquaintances would be peremptorily cut
off when they started to plead with the woman to change her mind. When the
neighbors arrived Mrs. Betts had taken the final dose. The husband hurried
home from town and brought doctors with him, but his wife was past help and
died within a few hours. It is believed the woman was despondent over her
health.
Serves Three Years of Sentence
William Jones, a colored man, serving an 18-year sentence for murder in the
second degree, was released from the Anamosa penitentiary on suspension of
sentence. He was sent up from Dubuque county in December, 1904. He was
working for a circus company and got into a controversy with another colored
employe and struck him with a tent stake, causing his death.
Receives Painful Injuries
A most painful accident happened to the 19-year-old son of Henry *Isentroger
of Dumont, whereby he is to lose the sight of one of his eyes. He was
assisting in clearing rock from the farm, when a crowbar which he was using
slipped and struck him on the side of his face just back of the eye with
such force as to knock the organ from the socket.
Dies on Rubbish Heap
Winfield McKim, aged 68, a painter who spent his winters in the county poor
house, was found dead in a barn at Charlotte after leaving the institution
for the summer. Death was due to suffocation, the old man falling among a
heap of rubbish on the floor of the barn, face downward and expiring.
Wealthy Farmer Hangs Himself
Iso Ryks, a wealthy farmer, living near Parkersburg, hanged himself in the
barn on his farm. When he left the house he told his family he was going to
fix some fences. His failure to return caused an investigation to be made
and he was found. No cause is assigned for the deed.
Boasts of Health and Dies.
"I am 65, but sound as a dollar and good for at least 85." With the sound
of his own voice still lingering in his ears, James Hadfield, a pioneer of
Polk county, testifying in a civil action in Des Moines, gave a sudden gasp,
slipped forward on his chair and dropped to the floor dead. Heart disease
was the cause of his death. Apparently Hadfield was in the best of health.
He was in the act of answering the usual question as to age put to a witness
when he jocularly boasted of the future. The death created consternation in
the court room.
Assaulter Gets Long Term
Lem Whimpey was sentenced in the District Court to thirty years in the
penitentiary for assault on a young girl in Des Moines.
Convict Mice of Old Theft
After being under a cloud for more than four years, H. Wooley, night
telegraph operator and station agent in Osceola, has been vindicated of the
theft of $100 from the railroad company. Mice have proven the culprits. The
tearing up of the old station revealed the true story. Buried under a post
and forming part of a nest was the money, all in bills, badly chewed.
Wooley, who was discharged, will be reinstated.
Page Loses Job; Runs Away
Senator E.P. McManus of Lee county is searching for Clifton Gathens of Des
Moines, the little lad who disappeared nearly two months ago and who has
been missing ever since. The Senator says the boy left home early in March,
after he had been discharged as a page in the Senate following a case of
earache. He had put another boy in his place, but when the sergeant at-arms
heard of the change he gave the boy his dismissal. The discharge broke his
heart and he left home. Mr. McManus says he is a bright lad, delicate and
refined in appearance and that he was a great friend to the boy. The
legislator says he will keep up the hunt until he finds him and is willing
to pay a reward for his return to his parents, who live at 34? Thirty first
street, Des Moines.
- Relying on a dream, August Aase came to Des Moines and found his sister,
who mysteriously disappeared seven months ago. Her parents live in Norway,
Europe.
- Gladys Van Gilder, the 8-year-old daughter of Charles Van Gilder, was
burned to death at her home north of Highland Park, Des Moines. The little
girl was with a farm hand, burning corn stalks. Her dress caught fire and
before the flames could be extinguished she died in agony. The father was
badly injured while trying to save the child's life.
Posted at this site with Cathy's permission
Iowa Old Press
http://www.IowaOldPress.com
*Not positive but surname may be Icintrizer
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