Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-06
|YANCY ANDSN|1HG|)UP.
Marshall County Murder Suspects
Sentenced at Nevada For the
Story County Crime
Get Five and Ten Years For Shoot
ing Conductor Hicks, of the
Northwestern.
No Attempt to Be Made to Indict
Them in This County For
the Present.

Charles Yancy and Sloppy" Smith.
the two men who have been under arr
rest at Nevada for the shooting of
Conductor Hicks, of the Northwestern,
and suspected of being two of the par
ties who shot and killed Brakemen
Matthews and Wilson, of the Great
Western, near this city, have been con-
victed in the Story county court of as
Birdsall passed sentence on the men
Saturday afternoon, and has deter
mined that Smith shall serve term of
ten years and Yancy one of five years.
Smith is the one who shot Hicks. A
dispatch from Nevada in reference to
the case there and the shooting of the
brakemen says:
s'Yancy is an old-timer, having but
recently been discharged from the Ne
braska state penitentiary, where he
has been serving sentence of four
years for robbery. Smith, the younger
man OF the two, has often been in the
criminal courts of Omaha and has been
1 connected with a great many petty
crimes there, but on account of his
| youth has been able heretofore to keep
| out of the penitentiary.
/ THE case in Story county has been
of added interest on account of the at
tempt to connect these parties with the
murder of the Great Western brake
men, Wilson and Matthews. near Mar
shalltown. The evidence of their con-
neetion with this affair has been
worked up pretty conclusively. The
Marshalltown and Great Western au-
liberties have investigated the murder
VERY thoroughly and have much evil
dence against these men. / is also
stated that there is man in the New
ton. Iowa, Jail who has made CON
lfession to the sheriff of that county in
/ which he stated that his brother, to-
gether with Yancy and Smith, com
mitted the crime, and that he was with
the trio up to within few days of the
Itime of the commission of the murder
/ He is also reported to have given TO the
/ Newton Sheriff some pointers which
i will enable him to locate the third MUIR
derer. This matter will be worked VI
and an effort to indict them will bs
i made by the next grand jury of MAJ
shall county. This evidence Will be re
/ tanned as 1ar as possible anu VIII ~
brought against them after they have
served the sentence pronounced today
The portion of the dispatch in refer
Ience TO the attempt to indict the mer
here is somewhat premature. County
i Attorney Stone was informed by {
4 T.-R. reporter that the men had beel
4 sentenced, and was asked in regard I.
Ibis probable action He said that Will
4 he was convinced in his own mind tina
81 Yancy and Smith had something To d'
4 with the Marshalltown crime, he dl'
not believe that the evidence now Il
hand was strong enough to secure al
Indictment. although some of the state
4 ments made by Yancy's brother Will
lin Jail at Newton We're damaging. Nj
s Stone said that no attempt would b'
made to have the men indicted at tn
looming sitting of the grand jury, which
{ Iconvenes on "Wednesday The case Wi
not be dropped, however, and turthe
evidence for future action viii be Sc
3 cured.