Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-07
Telegram Says the Suspects Com
mitted an Offense Similar to
That Here.
Detective Oleary Again in the City
"a Smart Communication
From Grinnell.


Pherson, Sheriff: Wire description OIL
murderers Of Great Western brakemen.
Have men who committed similar Of
Tense. III. n. KIRK, Sheriff."
The description Of the men was sent,
as requested, but the officers have little
faith that the arrests will prove OF i'm
portance.
Detective Cleary, OF the Chicagol
Great Western, who was detailed by the
company to work on the case, is again
in the city, and Is investigating some of
the matters In connection with the
statements OF Charles Fitzgerald, the
former Central employe who was doing
q great deal of talking and who disap-
peared when he was asked to bring in
his evidence against the strangers ar
rested on his claims that they were the
murderers.
A s.TuNNER FOR THE SHERIFF.
Latin and Greek had no place in the
curriculum of the schools that the sher-
\ iff and his assistants attended. Grin
nell College, DR.. Heron and applied
christianity were unheard of during
| their school days. SO when the following
| letter, with Grinnell postmark, and
written In two different languages,
reached the sheriff's Office there was
much speculation. Enclosed with the
letter was O clipping from newspaper
containing en- account of the double
murder two weeks ago. The sheriff
passed UP the first portion as Chinese
puzzle, but interpreted the second as
Dutch. County Attorney Stone pro-
nounceu the first Greek and the second
Latin, and said the statements in each
were the same. The first portion can
not be reproduced, as newspaper plants
are not equipped with similar HERO
glyphics, but the second paragraph in
the letter was as follows:
"Operamini non cibum, qui peril, sed
qui permanet in vitam aetemam, QUEEN
Filius hominis dabit vobis. Hume enim
Pater signavit Deus"
Jack insisted that this is about what
\ the Grinnellite meant:
Operate no more with the buns; quit
perspiring; give permanent Invitation
to you to come here. fill up on hominy,
rabbit, pie, ham, onions. Signed, Pat
and Duce.'
AT least he considered that about as
y sensible as the correct interpretation
4 which was furnished by the T.-R., as
follows:
4 Work not on that material which
Il vanished, but on that which remained
in the continuous existence, which the
son Of man gave to you. This indeed.
God. the Father has pointed out
Whether the letter was written by a
4 fool, by some smart student who thinks
the sheriff's officers have nothing to do
but study the languages, or by spirit
ualistic medium is question the Off
m vaf lot no nd yyf1
4 not try to determine.
# COMMENT FROM DIES MONIES.
The Des Moines Capital, commenting
on the killing Of the two brakemen near
this city, says:
The American peope have long toll
Grated the tramp. The public at one
4 time believed that the tramp was not
4 responsible for his condition; that he
Il was a victim Of adverse circumstances
and deserving of sympathy and assist
ance. This belief grows out of the fact
that hard times some years ago threw
many men out of employment, and the
pity that was stirred then has lasted all
through these years of good times and
steady work for those who honestly
seek 1t. This old world has the reputa-
4 ton of being cold and heartless, but the
sional tramp proves that the world is
not rightly judged. The fellow that
shuns honest labor, that beats his way
about the country, that loafs around
water tanks and depots all through the
long days of summer and the short days
OF winter, and who seeks food to fill his
worthless carcass and clothing to cover
1t at the homes Of honest toilers is rare
ly turned away empty handed. The
good housewife fears to refuse lest a
deserving man be denied comething al
her hands. The world is not so cruel
after all when 1t will feed lazy and
worthless vagabonds who insist that
the railroads should transport them
from place to place free Of charge and
who will murder the train employee who
disputes that right. Everybody knows
that the men who are 'tramping It
now are not the men who were thrown
out of employment years ago. but the
tramp is still tolerated, still fed and
clothed.
The Herrons and Debs encourage the
tramp to believe that the world hat
committed q great wrong against him;
that our social and economic conditions
are such that poor man stands nc
show whatever. and that idleness will
bring practically the same results as
industry. The teachings OF these mer
are partly responsible for the tramps
and do much to keep alive the sympa.
thy that was created when men were
idle for cause. The tramp at the pres.
ent time is a crime against society. He
Is no more to be defended in leyyine
tribute on the Industrious classes b,
begging than he is when stealing hi.
ly,oc <rayr 10 y,,,tc ,ox
and a dangerous one
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