Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-23

Brakemen John q. Wilson and Connie
Matthews, OF the Chicago Great West
ern, who were shot to death and then
thrown from their train early Tuesday
morning, which was prosecuted with
much vigor all day Tuesday and Tues
day night, was continued this morning
with Increased interest, owing to the
fact that three men, the supposed muir
derers, who, in fact, had been traced
from near the scene of the crime, two
miles west Of this city, to a point near
Grinnell, were seen at Grinnell again
this morning. between 1 and 2 o'clock.
A fight ensued near the public park In
Grinnell between the Joint Marshall
town. rinnell posse, in which six shots
were fired.
Excitement was intense for moment
and one Marshalltown man. Rudolph
Henry. came near being shot by one OF
the suspects. The call was indeed a
close one and, although Mr.. Henry was
not struck, the ball missed him by a
very close margin.
A party from this city. composed of
Deputy Sheriff Garvey. City Marshal
Jones, Constable Nicholson, Detective
j. F. Cleary, of the Great Western, Ru-
dolph Henry, F. e. Northup. Marshall
Anderson and w. C. Rails, left on the
Central at $50 Tuesday evening for
Grinnell, where they took teams and
drove to the little town of Dixie, or
Turner, as 1t is now known. Farmers
along the road told the men that they
had been traced to near that point, and
the telegram Tuesday afternoon said
one Of the men had been captured
There was q suspect taken in charge,
but he did not prove to be the right
man.
When the posse got to Dixie 1t was
reinforced by several of the rural
residents Of that part of the coun-
try, armed with shotguns, muskets and
| light artillery of all kinds, much of
which had not ben used in recent years.
The farmers had been carrying firearms
nearly all day, in going back and forth,
and II seems as IL they must have been
seen by the supposed murderers In hid
ing, for they did not show UP about
Dixie. They had been seen, however, a
half mile north, coming south, and We're
supposed to be trying to get to Grinnell
on a freight train. One train on the
Rock Island came through, but the
searchers thought that they could not
have possibly reached the road In time
| to catch 1t, SO they scanned the cars
both between and underneath, and saw
no signs of the tramps. A second freight
| followed this soon afterwards and the
/ members of the posse left their buggies
and boarded 1t.
SHOTS EXCHANGED.
| Deputy Garvey got the sight OF one
man, and two others, one very large
man and the other smaller and about
i the size of the one spied by Mr.. Car
4 vey were seen further ahead on the
4 train. Garvey's man was concealed un-
der the train on the brake beams and
| the deputy sheriff ordered him to get
out, at the same time running alongside
Of the train nearer to where he was To-
Gated. The man gave a derisive smile
and crawled over to the opposite of the
car, jumping off on that side. There,
however. confronting him, We're Con-
stable Nicholson and Rudolph Henry.
Both shouted to him to halt, as his form
could be plainly seen in the moonlight.
1 With vile epithet slung at the men,
and as quick as flash. he drew a gun
from his pocket and fired twice. One
4 of these shots Is the one that came near
ending the existence Of Henry.
1 Henry returned the fire with two
shots as the man ran, and City Marshal
| Jones, who was little way further
/ down the track, sent two more after
him. The man cried as IL in pain after
one shot, but didn't stop running, and
/ 1t is not known whether he was struck
and injured slightly or not. He made
| good his escape, getting out from the
men who had surrounded the spot where
he was supposed to be, near the public
square.
He is described as being quite a well
dressed fellow. five feet and about sew
en- inches tall and heavy set.
!. The other two men, 1t IS thought, die
not leave the train, and went on east or
the Rock Island, probably getting of
as soon as a grade was reached.
The searching parties today have di-
lvided up, one taking an easterly course
and the other moving towards the
south.
Sheriff Mcpherson, p. w. Cooley, w
A. Size and G. w. Lawrence went t.
Grinnell this morning TO help in the
Il SShLC 1Ai0 WY OOitCo dihs
Constable Nicholson returned thi!
morning. All OF the officers have beer
up now practically two nights and day,
without rest.
THINKS CLUES CORRECT.
|, The clues obtained Tuesday near tn,
scene of the crime which were followe,
in the afternoon to the south Of Gil
man. Newburg and then on to Dixie
.. are thought to be correct ones. In fact
the trail has hardly been lost since I
was struck. The roads showed plainl.
lonly two tracks, one OF man wearing
I. . new No. 8 shoe. The other man ha,
a smaller foot. These tracks wer
struck at point a short distance thi
; side OF Luray, where there is a grade
and where the freight train on whic
\ the crime was committed could no
: have been moving very fast Som
trampled grass showed where one o
the men had fallen as he left the train
These tracks We're kept for four or fou
and half miles along the public high
way and past the Shorthill farm. Con
1 ductor c. Fitzgerald, of the Contra
who lives at Monmouth, ILL.,, but VIII
helped in the search, in company wit
a farmer named Wilson, thought Tues
day that perhaps the men left the roa
with view OF getting to Timber Cree
, to wash, when the tracks were los
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