Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-18

Circumstances Point to Nevada Prisoners as
Matthews and Wilson'S Slayers.

the former still wears a pair of tan
shoes. One of his shoes was broken
across the sole. Smith showed the break
to Mr.. Merryman during the conversa-
ton. at which Carl Hass, shoemaker
on South Third avenue, was present,
and said something about having it
fixed. Smith has not yet had the shoe
repaired.
Conductor Fickas, who took only
passing notice of the men on the night
of the murder. says that Yancey and
larger and the smaller of the three, but
the same because he did not get close
view of their faces.
Mr.. Brewer says neither of the meE
is the one who left the revolver at his
saloon. He says, however, that about
the time Of the murder he heard the
names OF Sloppy" and Yancey mem
toned by parties who came in TO buy
drinks. He paid no attention to the
since they have been called to his atten-
ton.
ARE BAD ONES.
There is no question but that Smith
and Yancey are tough characters. Their
action in boarding the Northwestern
train, deliberately taking checks from
the hats of passengers and later shoot
ing the conductor demonstrates that
they are capable of committing the
Marshalltown murder Since they have
c,t.o
made an attempt to break Jail. and for
assisting them one of their friends is
already serving a sentence in the peni-
Tertiary This friend accompanied At
torney Martin to the Jail in the absence
of the sheriff and left number of saws.
With these they succeeded in saving
nearly through two of the bars of their
cell, when their attempt was discovered.
The pal was still hanging around, was
arrested and indicted the same day and
was taken to the penitentiary few
days ago to serve sentence of two
years because of his action.
That the men We're here about the
time of the murder has been learned
from their own lips, but they are UNI
aware that their statements were over
heard Sheriff Banks heard them talk
ing one night His bedroom adjoins the
cell room of the Jail and the prisoners
were evidently trying to determine GER
tain dates. He heard one of them say
that they went from Omaha to Des
Moines, from Des Moines to Marshall
town. from here to Grinnell and from
Grinnell to Newton.
ANOTHER WITNESS.
The sheriff has one other man who
Twill be called upon to assist in the work
lof Identification. This is farmer j. Leh-
man, who resides south of Gilman ano
who fed three men between 9 and II
lo'clock on the morning after the muir
| der. Mr.. Lehman observed the fellows
| closely. as one Of them had blood on hi!
clothes and all acted suspiciously. HI
Will be taken to Newton to identify thu
man there, who is supposed to he tn
one that escaped at the time of TIL
]shooting of Conductor Hicks. He will
also be taken to Nevada to identify j
possible Smith and Yancey. He ha
l|been shown Yancey's photograph and i
i almost sure that he is one of the mel
sIhe fed, but will not say positively unit
he has seen him.
The chain of circumstances, with tn,
statements of the Newton prisoner ant
the remark made by Smith to the doc
tor, warrants the belief that the officer
are on the right track. Sheriff Bank
is keeping close watch on his prison
ers. who have been indicted in Stor.
county for the attempt on the life o
/ Conductor Hicks. If Marshall count.
demands the prisoners, however. it i
Thought that Story county would no
hesitate to give them up, under the cir
Icumstances. If the state failed of con
4 viction here the Story county author
lities could then try them for the Kick
shooting
Sheriff Banks is able to throw littl
i light on/the identity of the man Cor
bett. whose presence here on the nigh
of the murder and his later disappear
ance has caused some wonderment
ICorbett is resident of Ames and re
Gently served a thirty day sentence il
Story county as the result of ROY
with his wife. He was released Their
on August 90 two days before the muir
der. and is supposed to have come here
Mr.. Banks says Corbett is somewha
4 queer, but he does not believe he ha
anything to do with the murder.
DISTPIrT CnuPT