Clinton-Jackson County IA Archives News.....Lawyer Arrested February 24, 1876
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Jackson Sentinel February 24, 1876
Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, February 24, 1876
-A correspondent of the Clinton Herald, writing from Delmar says:

Again we have to record a failure in Delmar-this time a law firm. A young man 
by the name of Thomas came here and hung out his shingle at the Riggs House. 
His business not being very flourishing, he would take a drink occasionally. 
But too many drinks got the better of him and he neglected his business, got 
entirely discouraged and concluded to pull up stakes and go further west. He 
went to Parker’s Hardware Store, bought a $4.50 revolver, loaded up with shot 
and whiskey, and procured a ticket as far west as Maquoketa, where he 
concluded to stop overnight and rest. Maquoketa being something of a “hub”, a 
number of bus drivers and hotel runners were about the depot waiting for the 
train to come in, and as soon as our legal chap alighted from the cars, these 
bummers of course went for him, some taking hold of his satchel, some his 
arms, and all trying to have him come to his or their respective hotels. He 
being somewhat under the influence of Delmar “incorporation,” thought they 
were trying to rob him, so he brought out his $4.50 shooter and blazed away, 
hit or miss. The way these bummers scattered was a sight. He held the field 
for a few minutes, when the marshal took him in charge and locked him in the 
calaboose over night. We heard since that his mother is a widow in 
Pennsylvania, and very wealthy, and sent her boy out here to keep from 
drinking. Selecting Delmar as the proper place, she told him to drive his peg 
here, but “alas, poor Yor’k,” it was a miss.

Thomas was arrested here, and taken before the police justice, who bound him 
over to appear next day, in the sum of $100. He deposited that sum, and upon 
conviction was fined $5 and costs. This with attorney fees, and other 
etceteras, nearly used up his stamps, and he left town a sadder, wiser, and 
poorer man. If Delmar has any more pilgrims of that kind they had better give 
Maquoketa a wide birth. It costs strangers big money to raise Ned in this neck 
o’ the woods.



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