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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [IASCOTT] !! Davenport Democrat; Scott Co, IA; Oct 1870 "Crime Files"
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 15:09:00 -0600


Davenport Democrat
Davenport, Scott, Iowa

Tuesday, October 11, 1870:
Cruelty to Animals.
Fred. Rose was arraigned before Squire Peters this morning for beating,
bruising, and pounding a cow, the property of Mr. Bushnell, in a very
beastly manner, and against the law for the protection of animals that
cannot protect themselves or fight back when inhumanly assailed. The
defendant was fined one dollar and costs.

Friday, October 14, 1870:
Attempted Swindle.A farmer giving his name as Altman, undertook to swindle
Steffen out of the price of forty bushels of barley, yesterday afternoon. He
had obtained one of Steffen's tickets, such as are used by his grain buyers
on the streets, and presented it at the office for the money. The
endorsement was such as excited suspicion, and upon being asked where he
unloaded, he gave a prompt answer, which proper inquiry proved to be false.
He was followed up pretty closely, but in every point it appeared that he
was on the swindle. Afterwards in the day he said he had sold the grain to
Hass, and upon inquiring there it was found that he had done nothing of the
sort. He was not prosecuted, but well deserved that kind of attention. There
is occasionally a trick of this kind in the market, and a little salutary
punishment would have a good effect. We were unable to ascertain where he
came from, but at all events he had better keep scarce.


Cathy Joynt Labath
Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project
http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm

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